Open/Eredivisie Men
It is a double header weekend in the Open/Eredivisie Men, with teams playing on both Saturday and Sunday.
In the big match on Saturday, the top two players will meet Surbiton, host of the Old Georgians. The match is a repeat of last season’s league final, which Surbiton won, and they come into the match with a 100% record from four games so far this season, while OGs were defeated by Hampstead & Westminster last weekend and trail them by two points. On Sunday, Old Georgians travel to East Grinstead and Surbiton host Cardiff & Met, their first ever visit.
Cardiff, Beeston and Brooklands MU all travel to the South East this weekend. Cardiff travel to Oxted on Saturday. Brooklands plays against Hampstead & Westminster and Wimbledon, Beeston against Reading and Southgate.
Wimbledon and Holcombe, both of whom are also on ten points, meet each other on Saturday. Wimbledon is the only other undefeated team in the Division. Holcombe, whose Teague Marcano is the Division’s top scorer, travels to Reading on Sunday. Hampstead & Westminster will look to build on last weekend’s great result against OGs and follow up Saturday’s match against Brooklands with a trip to Oxted the following day.
East Grinstead take on Southgate on Saturday with Jonty Elmes looking to extend his four-match scoring streak.
Premier League Women
Bowdon, Durham University, Nottingham University and Loughborough Students all travel south for this weekend’s double header in the Womens Premier Division.
Loughborough travel to leaders Surbiton on Saturday and will be hoping for a repeat of their last meeting, which they won 4-3 in the closing stages of last season’s competition. They then face a trip to fourth-placed East Grinstead, who face Nottingham University the day before.
Hampstead & Westmsinter, who lost top spot after a draw at Loughborough last weekend, face Durham University in their first ever meeting on Saturday. Hampstead follows this up by hosting the University of Birmingham on Sunday. Birmingham play Barnes the day before, their first meeting since 2008. The visitors will be looking to get off the mark and off the foot of the table this weekend. They return home for the visit of Nottingham on Sunday.
Third-placed Reading have two home games against Bowdon and Durham University, the first meeting against the latter in 17 seasons. Bowdon travels to Wimbledon on Sunday, where they won 3-0 last season.
Clifton Robinsons are another team who need points to climb away from the foot of the table and travel to Wimbledon before returning to Bristol to play Surbiton on Sunday.
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