As a result of the long-awaited draw for the 2010/11 Euro Hockey League first round stage, Reading HC now know that they will face Bloemendaal (Dutch and former EHL champions) and SC Stroitel Brest (champions of Belarus) in pool A of the competition. These first round matches will be played at Terrassa Hockey Club in [...]
It’s been a long time since we had a super Sunday at Sonning Lane and this week it’s a big one!! Both 1XIs will be doing battle to be crowned English champions and claim their place in Europe. The Mens 1XI have already secured a place in the Euro Hockey League next season by topping [...]
Reading Men claim the league and a guaranteed place in Europe with two games to spare. After a depressing weekend away from home last weekend the Mens 1s won at the Lane on Sunday, beating Bowdon 2-1 thanks to Jonny Codling’s 68th minute winner and then found themselves guaranteed the league top spot after Brooklands [...]
So far most people who have booked tickets are seated in Block 11 or Block 13 – so try and book in those blocks if you want to be with the Blue Army contingent!! Although Reading HC are only playing on the Sunday, there’s plenty to do the rest of the weekend too. Apart from [...]
Action from Mens National Indoor Hockey League at the University of the West of England All photos courtesy John O’Brien of First Focus Event Photography (http://www.firstfocusphoto.com/)
Due to the Women’s and Men’s Indoor Premier divisions being postponed last weekend there have been some changes to the indoor schedule. All matches are now 15 minutes each way with no timeouts. The Mens 1s will be playing at the University of the West of England this Saturday and Sunday (16/17th January). Their schedule [...]
Before we came out to Melbourne the Australians invited us to join in with Movember, a campaign to raise money for Prostate cancer and mens health by growing a moustache throughout November. Obviously, we accepted the challenge readily and apointed our two Movember captains in the shape of our two ‘net minders’ Nick Brothers and [...]
An early start saw us travel up to Manchester again this weekend. Bowden last week, Brooklands this week. With a number of people unavailable due to work and England Indoor, we again bolstered our ranks with Brian Vogues, Jack Hardy and Ali Parkes. Brooklands had the better of the first half and took the lead [...]
We travelled to Surbiton on Saturday for our top of the table clash. With the international players away at the Champions trophy both teams were testing the strength of their squad. Reading also suffered a further set back as Wattsy was unavailable due to work commitments. The game started at a high tempo with Reading [...]
