[img_assist|nid=4209|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=86|height=100]LONDON, August 30 -The draws have been made for rounds one and two of the English hockey’s men’s cup (Push still calls it the HA Cup for sentimental reasons).
The draw has thrown up an exciting all national league premier division clash between Surbiton and Southgate.
In the round one ties, Bedford Town will host West Herts and Brighton & Hove will visit Chichester Priory Park.
With just the two ties in round one, the draw for round two also took place with the stand out match of the draw being an all premier clash between Surbiton and Southgate. To add extra spice to the tie, the match will be the second time in as many days the teams meet with Surbiton also hosting Southgate in the league the day before.
Cup holders Beeston, the England Hockey club of the season, begin their defence of the title with a home tie against conference north side Leek. Elsewhere, in Hampshire, Conference West side Fareham host last season’s Cup runners-up and premier division side Hampstead & Westminster.
Of the other big names in round two, Canterbury have a home tie against Buckinghamshire side Marlow, who won promotion from their division of the MBBO league (Middlesex, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire) while Cannock will make the short trip down the M6 to take on Rugby & East Warwickshire.
The draws for rounds one and two of the HA Cup can be seen below in full. The draw for the first round of the Investec Women’s Cup will be made week commencing September 3.
Men’s Cup Round One – To be played on Sunday September 16
Bedford Town v West Herts
Chichester Priory Park v Brighton and Hove
Men’s Cup Round Two – To be played on Sunday September 30
Alderley Edge v Oxton
Banbury v Sevenoaks
Beeston v Leek
Bowdon v University of Leeds
Canterbury v Marlow
Crostyx v City of Peterborough
Doncaster v West Bridgford Monarchs
Eastcote v Indian Gymkhana
Fareham v Hampstead and Westminster
Havant v Eastbourne
Holcombe v Ashford (Middlesex)
Isca v Robinson’s
Long Sutton v Spalding
Maidenhead v Bromley & Beckenham
Maidstone v West Hampstead
Milton Keynes v Woking
Northampton Saints v Edgbaston
Norwich City v Chelmsford
Old Halesonians v Belper
Oxford Hawks v London Academicals
Oxted v Chichester Priory Park or Brighton & Hove
Preston v Didsbury Northern
Rugby and East Warwickshire v Cannock
Spencer v Bedford Town or West Herts
St. Albans v Ely City
Surbiton v Southgate
Sutton Coldfield v Redditch
Timperley v Sheffield University Bankers
University of Birmingham v Worcester
University of Cambridge v Wisbech Town
Waltham Forest v Phoenix (Essex)
Yeovil & Sherborne v Gloucester City
