Ladies EHL
Week two of the ladies Division One North and no team has a record of 100%, but all teams have at least one point after Saturday’s matches. Recently relegated from the EHL Premier Division, Sutton Coldfield, are top of the early table with four points after a 5-0 win over Ben Rhydding with two goals each for Emma McCabe and Amber Smit. Also on four points, Gloucester City, who defeated Pendle Forest 4-0, including two goals for Jess Roe, while Repon Buckingham defeated 2-1. Leeds beat Olton 1-0 and Beeston pulled for the second week in a row. 0-0 at Loughborough Students 2S.
Reading 2s, who defeated Guildford 3-0, is the only team with a 100% record in Division One South. They lead Holcombe and Exeter University with two points after the teams went 1-1 in Kent. Bristol Firebrands are also on four points after a 2-2 draw at Surbiton 2S, where the home team came from two. It was the same score in the Southgate-Sevenoaks games. Teddington stabbed the stamp with a 2-0 win at Harleston Magpies, who are the only team without a point.
Trojans and newcomers Cardiff & With have two victories from two in Conference West. Two goals from Milly Chatterley helped Trojans to a 3-1 victory at Lansdown, while Jamie Bulbring scored both goals from Cardiff in a 2-0 win over Slough. Oxford University and Team Bath Buccaneers are two points behind the top two after their 2-2 draw. There were narrow wins for Clifton Robinsons 2S, 1-0 in Marlow and Cheltenham, 2-1 on Exeter.
In the East conference, Maddie Newlyn hit a hat trick for old Loughtonians who enjoyed a 5-1 victory at Guildford 2S and the only team with maximum points after two games. Spencer won 2-1 on Hampstead & Westminster 2S and Old Georgians won 1-0 in Canterbury. The other two games, Waping v Barnes 2S and Wimbledon 2s v London Wayfarers, both ended 2-2.
Cannock is at the top of the Midlands conference after a 3-2 victory at Nottingham Trent University, their second consecutive victory. Birmingham University 2S are the same as their 2-1 victory in Leicester City. Molly Hobson hit a hat trick when St Albans Harleston Magpies beat 2s 7-0. The Cambridge Citystourport and Oxford Hawks-Cambridge University games both ended with 2-1 for the home team.
A single Isabel Moores strike was enough for Alderley Edge to beat Fylde 1-0 while leading to the north after two victories. Durham University 2S and Bowdon 2S are also on six points after a victories on Saturday. Durham won 4-2 on Didsbury Northern and Bowdon 2-1 in Wakefield. The two promoted teams both suffered heavy defeats on Tyneside. Newcastle University defeated Sheffield 4-1 and Whitley Bay & Tynemouth won 4-0 against Kirkby Stephen.
Open/Heren Ehl
The second place of last season, Indian Gymkhana, has made a strong start in Open/Mens Division One South and defeated promoted Surbiton 2S 6-2, including two goals from former Surbiton player James Tindall and Ajaz Ahmad. They stand on six points, next to Exeter University, who won 3-1 at Havant with Drraysey quay who yielded two of their goals. Canterbury defeated Richmond with the same score line, and the other two games ended level; Guildford-old Loughtonians 1-1, Sevenoaks-Teddington 2-2.
Loughborough students, also second in 2024-25, are at the top of Division One North after their second victory, 4-1 against Birmingham University. Repon is level at points thanks to a 2-1 victory over Bowdon with Si Claris both from corners. Durham took the honor in their all-university struggle with Nottingham and won 5-3 including a hat trick for Rhys Harmer. Deeside Ramblers and Timperley got their season after the leaching of last week. Finn Leonard scored twice when Deeside won 3-0 in Olton and Timperley took a point in a 3-3 draw with Harborne.
Promoted Leek made a good start in the Midlands Conference and won for the second consecutive week, 3-0 against degraded Stourport, around the table at the top. Norwich City is just behind them on target difference that comes back from 3-2 with eight minutes to beat Banbury with 4-3. The city of Peterborough and St Albans are two points back after they had drawn 2-2. Nottingham University 2s defeated their counterparts from Birmingham with 2-1 and Oxford Hawks conquer Barford Tigers 3-2.
Robert Goldthorp and Jack Fletcher touch both hat tricks while Conference North leaders Leeds beats 9-2. Neston is right on maximum points with them after a 3-2 victory at Lindum. Two Liam Kennerley goals helped Didsbury Northern to their first points in a 3-2 victory at Durham University 2S. The promoted Newcastle University also came from the stamp with a 2-1 defeat from Sheffield. The Yorkshire Derby between Doncaster and Ben Rhydding finished 3-3.
Two Luke Emmett Strokes helped Chichester to their second victory, a 3-1 victory at Exeter University 2S and they Leiden Conference West. Clifton Robinsons 2S and Ashmoor also won twice. Clifton won 4-1 in promoted Marlow and Ashmoor Beat Team Bath Buccaneers 2-1, both goals scored by Richard Fisher, where the winner was an overtime corner. Promed Cardiff & With 2S earned their first point in a 2-2 draw with Isca and Bristol University beat Fareham 2-1.
40 goals were scored in the Five Conference East matches, with four teams that scored five. James Cutter scored twice in the 5-3 defeat of Southgate of Old Cranleighhan, making them the top. They are just before Chelmsford, who won at home with the same score as Brighton & Hove with David Agar who hits a hat trick. Holcombe 2s and Spencer went 5-5 in a fluctuating game, with brackets for the Trevor Junior de Lora and Jay Randhawa of the home team and the visitors Richard Heywood. Hampstead & Westminster 2S and Bromley & Beckenham Drew 4-4 while Wimbledon 2S and London Wayfarers finished 3-3.
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