England’s club sides fall in the EHL quarter finals

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Reading, East Grinstead and Beeston all fell at the quarter-final stage of the men’s Euro Hockey League over the Easter weekend.

To add to the disappointment, England’s qualifiers for the women’s top-level club competition, the European Club Champions Cup, also crashed out. Leicester and Reading, both minus their GB squad players, finished last in their pool competitions in Spain and Belgium respectively.

Back in the men’s EHL, the Belgian champions KHC Dragons defeated Reading 3-1 after a 1-1 draw in normal time on Monday. East Grinstead also lost on Monday, 3-1 to hosts Rotterdam.Dragons and Rotterdam join Uhlenhorster HC and Amsterdam H&BC who qualified for the Final Four on Sunday. The EHL double winners UHC Hamburg celebrated a massive 7-1 win over the English champions Beeston HC. The second quarter final in Rotterdam was won by the Dutch champions AH&BC who defeated last season’s Hoofdklasse runners-up Bloemendaal 3-2.

The final four will be played on 26/27 May. The semi finals will see UHC taking on Dragons with Amsterdam facing Rotterdam. EHL Board will announce the venue as soon as possible.

It’s the fourth time that Rotterdam qualify for the EHL final four. The current Hoofdklasse leaders have reached the semi finals in all four EHL editions they have participated in.

Detailed match summaries, video highlights, fixtures and results, images and much more information on the KO16 is available on www.ehlhockey.tv , the official website of the Euro Hockey League.

East Grinstead and Reading go through to final eight in Europe

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H.C. Rotterdam, Reading HC, East Grinstead and KHC Dragons qualified for KO8 on day 2 of the KO16 in Rotterdam. Monday’s quarter finals see East Grinstead facing Rotterdam with KHC Dragons taking on Reading.

KO16 host H.C. Rotterdam had given away a convincing 4-0 lead against German runners-up Uhlenhorst Mülheim. After being 0-4 down Mülheim started a stunning fight-back scoring three goals in the third quarter. The 4-4 equaliser was a penalty corner goal from Thilo Stralkowski with three minutes remaining.

The phenomenal crowd in Rotterdam’s hockey stadium saw both teams going into a penalty shoot-out. The score was still tied 7-7 after five attempts each. As Jeroen Hertzberger and Thilo Stralkowski scored at sudden-death stage, the decision came after the 14th penalty. Nick Wilson scored for Rotterdam while Benedikt Fürk failed to equalise for Mülheim. “It was a fantastic and exciting game with a lot of goals. It is always good to come up on top of a Penalty Shoot-Out”, Wilson said.

Sunday’s first quarter final will see Beeston facing UHC Hamburg. This match is followed by the Dutch quarter final with the Hoofdklasse champions AH&BC taking on the runners-up from Bloemendaal. This giant meeting will also be a battle between the Dutch legends Floris Evers (Amsterdam) and Teun de Nooijer (Bloemendaal).

Detailed match summaries, video highlights, images and much more information on the KO16 is available on www.ehlhockey.tv , the official website of the Euro Hockey League.

Lynch in form as Australia save face in USA series

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Australia 3
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Hockeyroos goalkeeper Rachael Lynch saved everything the USA could throw at her to lead Australia to a 3-0 win in the final match of a three game series on the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.

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Amsterdam and Bloemendaal set up all Dutch quarter final; Beeston to play Uhlenhorster

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[img_assist|nid=3472|title=Matchwinner|desc=Carl Smith (centre) celebrates a match-winning goal for Beeston vs Club de Campo in Rotterdam – Frank Uijlenbroek/Euro Hockey League|link=popup|align=left|width=200|height=133]Sunday’s Euro Hockey League quarter finals will see Amsterdam H&BC taking on HC Bloemendaal (2.30pm in Rotterdam, 1.30pm UK)and Beeston HC facing Uhlenhorster HC (at 12noon Dutch time, 11am UK). Bloemendaal knocked out the Spanish champions Atletic Terrassa 4-3 on day 1 of the KO16 in Rotterdam. Terrassa was the third Spanish team to be eliminated at KO16 stage as RC de Polo de Barcelona and Club de Campo have also lost their matches earlier this day. 
  
The Dutch champions AH&BC celebrated a massive 6-0 win over the Russian champions from Dinamo Kazan. Mirco Pruyser’s double strike made him the new top scorer in this EHL edtion. Pruyser is now on seven goals. The English champions Beeston HC were the first team to qualify for the KO8 after beating Club de Campo 2-1 with goals from Ben Arnold and Carl Smith. The EHL double winners Uhlenhorster HC won their KO16 match 3-0 against RC de Polo. 
  
Saturday will start off with East Grinstead facing CA Montrouge (9.30am Dutch time, 8.30am UK). This match is followed by the game KHC Dragons against Dinamo Elektrostal. The hosts H.C. Rotterdam play Uhlenhorst Mülheim at 2.30pm (Dutch time – 1.30pm UK) before the Day’s action is finished by the last KO16 encounter between Club an der Alster and Reading HC (5pm, 4pm UK time).
  
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Detailed match summaries, video highlights, images, LIVE STREAMING and much more information on the KO16 is available on www.ehlhockey.tv , the official website of the Euro Hockey League.

Europe calls for England’s hockey clubs

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[img_assist|nid=3469|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=175|height=115]England’s top hockey clubs face a busy 2012 Easter weekend with rounds of the Euro Hockey League (men) and European Club Champions Cup (women) ahead.

English men’s champions Beeston (@OfficialBeeHC) play Spain’s Club de Campo at 8.30am UK time on Friday in Rotterdam (9.30am local) in an EHL round of 16 clash. A win would see them play UHC Hamburg (GER) or another Spanish side RC Polo de Barcelona at 11am Sunday, UK time (12noon in Rotterdam), for a place in the quarter finals.

All EHL games will be streamed live on www.ehlhockey.tv and can be followed on Twitter – @ehlhockeytv

Reading (@readinghc) and East Grinstead (@eghockeyclub) are also in action in Rotterdam. EG play CA Montrogue of France at 8.30am UK time, Saturday (9.30 local) for a place in the quarter finals against either Uhlenhorst Mulheim (GER) or the hosts HC Rotterdam. That quarter final will be the showcase game at 1.30pm on Easter Monday (2.30pm European time).

Reading play German champions Club an der Alster at 4pm Saturday with the prospect of a KO8 game against KHC Dragons or Dinamo Elektrosal (Russia) on Monday at 11am UK time (12noon in Europe).

Meanwhile the country’s top women’s teams face a testing cup campaign minus their GB stars. Reading travel to Brussels to play hosts Royal Wellington on Friday (3pm local time) and Hamburg’s Klipper T& HC (12.30pm local time) on Sunday) with the prospect of difficult cross-over pool game on Monday.

Leicester (@LeicesterHockey) travel to San Sebastian in Spain to play Uhlenhorrster (GER) at 12noon local time on Saturday and SHVSM Izmaylovo (Russia) at 12noon local time on Sunday. A further cross-over pool game follows on Monday.

The top two women’s sides in San Sebastian and Brussels will go through to the semi-finals to be played the last weekend of May.

US defeat Australia’s Hockeyroos in first test

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[img_assist|nid=3466|title=Wrongfooted|desc=Jill Dwyer playing for Australia vs the US – the American’s winning the first test of the series 1-0|link=popup|align=right|width=220|height=147]Australia 0
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The US women’s field hockey team have defeated Australia 1-0 in the first of three tests being played downunder.

An eight minute penalty corner goal from Shannon Taylor separated the teams in the test played on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast on Thursday night.

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Rechelle Hawkes finds her place on the Tube map

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[img_assist|nid=3460|title=|desc=Rechelle Hawkes|link=node|align=right|width=200|height=226]When decorated Australian hockey great Rechelle Hawkes travels to the Olympics this year, her name will be on display for millions to see.

Hawkes and 360 other athletes from across the globe will have a London tube re-named in their honour for the Games.

The cornerstone of the Hockeyroos golden era under Ric Charlesworth, Hawkes will share the recognition with the likes of boxing great Muhammad Ali and swimming sensation Michael Phelps.

Hawkes, who captained the Hockeyroos for eight years was flattered to be included.

“Since the Olympics started there has been thousands of athletes from so many different countries, so to be recognised amongst such a small number is really special,” Hawkes said.For the full map click here. 

[img_assist|nid=3463|title=Hockey line|desc=Rechelle Hawkes and other hockey players on the map|link=popup|align=left|width=200|height=318]Just six hockey players were included, Dutch sensation Stephan Veen and German Carsten Fischer considered with Hawkes, amongst the greatest athletes in the world.

“It shows there has been many great performances by hockey players internationally and to have an Australian in there is great,” Hawkes said. “I’ll definitely have to try and get to that stop, it will be interesting to see.”

Hawkes won three Olympic gold medals at Seoul, Atlanta and Sydney and holds the record for Australian caps at 279.

To add to her remarkable achievements she boasts two World Cup wins, five Champions Trophies and one Commonwealth Games gold.

Originally from Perth, she debuted in 1985 and retired in 2000 and was later inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame and AIS Best of the Best.

Hawkes hopes the Hockeyroos will return to their former glory at this year’s Games.

The new breed of Hockeyroos take on the USA on the Sunshine Coast this week as another key part of their Olympic preparation.

“I watched them play in Perth recently and they looked sharp and fit and their structures were working well,” she said.
“They are seventh in the world at the moment but I don’t think that is an accurate reflection of where they are at.

“They have good foundations, their penalty corners have improved and they are defintely a medal chance in London.”

The first game of series against the USA hits off on Thursday.

East Grinstead win through to England Hockey League championship final

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[img_assist|nid=485|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=151|height=46]League-topping East Grinstead have secured a place in the national championship hockey final (to be played April 15) with an 8-1 defeat of Reading. In the other Sunday playoff Beeston turned around a loss vs Reading the day before to defeat Surbiton 3-2. 

Beeston will now play Reading on Saturday April 14, for a place in the final the following day. Under the new men’s playoff system, EG, Reading and Beeston have all now qualified for the 2012-13 Euro Hockey League.

On Saturday, third-placed Reading travelled to second-placed Beeston, turning over the Nottingham side 3-1. In the other first-round playoff game Surbiton had ended fourth-placed Cannock’s season.

The women’s Investec hockey league championship final will be between defending champions Reading and Leicester. Reading defeated Bowdon Hightown 2-0 on Sunday. In Saturday’s games, Leicester defeated Canterbury to book a final spot, while Bowdon Hightown defeated Clifton 2-1 for the right to play Reading on Sunday.

The Investec Finals weekend will be held at Reading Hockey Club on 14-15 April 2012 and will feature the final of the Investec women’s hockey league championships and the men’s championships.

In addition the final stages of the Investec women’s hockey league promotion tournament will be held over the weekend as well as the Investec Women’s Trophy, Investec Women’s Vase, Investec Women’s Over 35s Cup and Investec Women’s Over 35 Plate all taking place at Reading. 

The men’s EHL Promotion Tournament will be held over the same weekend (14-15 April) at Cannock HC.

Australia clean-sweep series vs Japan

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[img_assist|nid=3453|title=Hat trick|desc=Kieran Glovers in action vs Japan – Mundo Images|link=node|align=right|width=200|height=133]Australia 7
Japan 1

Australia completed a their hockey series clean sweep over Japan with a 7-1 win in the third test. The previous tests were won 3-1 and 3-0.  

The Kookaburras wrapped up the series with a dominant performance at the National Hockey Centre in Canberra on Sunday. Coach Ric Charlesworth said it got tougher after every game to predict who will be chosen to play in the London 2012 Olympics.

“This series is another brick in the wall in the pathway to get to London,” he said. “Bit by bit the group is maturing, they’ve been tested and challenged but physically they’re where I wanted them to be.”

Despite a lack of forced penalty corners once again, Charlesworth was pleased with today’s circle penetrations.”It’s not because we weren’t looking for them, I think we had a lot of good chances,” he said

“I’m happy for them to take their shots the shots just should have been better.”

Kieran Govers ended the series on a high note with a hat trick, while Rob Hammond scored twice and five time world player of the year Jamie Dwyer sent home a screamer. Home town champ Glenn Turner posted a late deflection to round out the assault on the scoreboard.

While Japan once again had few opportunities up front, number 14 Nagasawa Katsuyoshi, made no mistake with a well executed drag flick that found the top corner.

The Kookaburras will now head back to Perth to prepare for the Olympic test event, May 2-6, 2012. Charlesworth said more than twenty players would make the European trip and continue to press for Olympic selection.

Hockey 2012: Australia finish series drubbing of China

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Australia 7 
(Dwyer 4m FG/22m FG, Glenn Turner 28m FG, Simon Orchard 40m PS, Des Abbott 51m PC, Eddie Ockenden 52m FG, Jonathon Charlesworth 59m FG) 
China 0

[img_assist|nid=3448|title=Australia's Graeme Begbie in action vs China in March 2012|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=250|height=167]The world number one ranked Kookaburras secured a clean sweep of their hockey series vs China with a 7-0 drubbing of of the visitors. Five-time world player of the year Jamie Dwyer got the Kookaburras off to the perfect start scoring the opening two goals of the match.

The Kookaburras took their goal tally to 27 in the three-test series with China only managing one goal. Single goal scorers for the match were in0form striker Glenn Turner, Simon Orchard, Des Abbott, Eddie Ockenden and Jonathon Charlesworth.

Kookaburras coach Ric Charlesworth was pleased with the results from the series. “We scored a lot of goals during the series and that doesn’t usually happen.” Charlesworth said. “We got great starts in each of the three games and that usually breaks the game open.” Charlesworth said.

The first two tests finished 10-1 and 10-0.

With the London Olympic Games only 120 days away, team selection for the Kookaburras will continue to be a talking point amongst the group. Charlesworth said “I think it’s as hard as it’s ever been. We’ve built some good depth and we’ve got a rally good group of players and choosing 16 for the Olympics is going to be very difficult.”

The Kookaburras head to Canberra tomorrow for a three match test series against fifteenth-ranked Japan starting on Thursday night at 7pm. In an ominous warning to Japan, Charlesworth believes the players are just freshening as they head into the Japan series.

Japan Series Fixture:

Game 1: Thursday 29th March 2012 – Kookaburras v Japan at 7pm
Game 2: Saturday 30th March 2012 – Kookaburras v Japan at 2pm
Game 3: Sunday 1st April 2012 – Kookaburras v Japan at 2pm

Final Goal Scorers Tally for 3 Match series against China
Glenn Turner 5
Jamie Dywer 3
Russell Ford 3
Chris Ciriello 3
Matt Gohdes 2
Eddie Ockenden 2
Jonathon Charlesworth 2
Des Abbott 2
Brent Dancer, Rob Hammond, Matthew Butturini, Simon Orchard and Kieran Govers 1

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