It’s week 10 of the England Hockey Leagues, and with the ultimate two sport days of part one of many 2022/23 season upon us, Hockey World Information previews the weekend’s motion, together with a mega conflict within the Males’s Hockey League and a ‘should win’ within the Vitality Girls’s Hockey League.
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MEN’S HOCKEY LEAGUE
Week 10 is right here, and we lastly get to see the nation’s two high golf equipment go face to face within the Males’s Hockey League as leaders Outdated Georgians make the brief journey to Sugden Street to line up towards Surbiton, who’re sizzling on their tails, trailing by two factors. Profitable convincingly in February (5-1), Outdated Georgians will likely be trying to make it 5 consecutive matches with out defeat towards their closest title challengers.
After falling to a slender defeat final week towards East Grinstead, Brooklands Manchester College put together to welcome a Wimbledon facet who make their first journey to Manchester since 2020. With only one loss from seven in Manchester, Wimbledon will likely be keen to maintain the stress on the main two.
East Grinstead are as soon as once more taking part in in entrance of the Saint Hill devoted because the College of Nottingham head to West Sussex. With each side sporting one win of their final 5 and stage on factors within the desk, climbing away from the underside two is the primary precedence.
After a giant win in Nottingham final weekend, Hampstead & Westminster return dwelling to face an Oxted facet in excessive spirits after taking all three factors towards Holcombe and conserving their high six hopes alive. Oxted, making the journey to the Paddington Leisure Floor for the primary time within the Premier Division, will likely be hoping for all three factors to remain forward of Studying within the high six.
Holcombe head to Nottingham to tackle Beeston, who’re aiming for his or her first dwelling win over Holcombe since November 2018, when Lucas Ward scored the one purpose. In search of a repeat of their final assembly, beating Beeston 5-2 at Residence, Holcombe will wish to put final weekend’s defeat to Oxted behind them as quick as they will.
Studying and the College of Exeter have solely met throughout 4 seasons attributable to Exeter’s struggles to take care of top-flight standing initially. Then with the Devon membership having established themselves, Studying have been relegated. Exeter gained for the one time in Studying in September 2019, and so they accomplished the double in February 2020. Within the different three conferences, Studying scored 4 targets in every sport, with Exeter scoring not less than twice.
VITALITY WOMEN’S HOCKEY LEAGUE
Buckingham have met Studying twice at dwelling within the Premier Division and are ready for his or her first dwelling victory after dropping 2-0 in 2014-15 and drawing 1-1 of their first match of 2015-16, which in the end noticed them relegated to the Convention West. After choosing up their first win of the season two weeks in the past, Buckingham fell to defeat final day out towards Clifton Robinsons. A win for the house facet might see them climb off the foot of the desk if Holcombe fail to beat the College of Nottingham. Nevertheless, Holcombe will know that securing their first away win of the season will see them leapfrog their opponents and clear the underside two.
Clifton Robinsons, who’ve travelled to Central London solely twice within the Premier Division since Hampstead have been promoted, as a result of groups not assembly within the truncated 2020-21 season, head to the Paddington Recreation Floor to tackle high-scoring Hampstead & Westminster.
Beeston make their second Premier Division journey to Loughborough College students, having beforehand met in February 2020, trying to all however finish Loughborough’s hopes of a top-six place for part two, and securing their very own future with a win.
Struggling of late, the College of Birmingham are nonetheless ready for his or her first victory at Sugden Street since Surbiton joined them within the high flight for the 2012-13 season. Birmingham make their first league go to to Surbiton for 3 years, having drawn twice and misplaced six of the earlier eight conferences. With the 2020-21 season curtailed and Birmingham taking part in within the bottomfFive in part two of the 2022-23 season, there has solely been a single assembly in every of the final two seasons, each in Birmingham.
Awaiting the arrival of East Grinstead, Wimbledon will likely be in search of their first dwelling win over the East Sussex facet, after they gained the one Premier Division assembly in South West London final March because of Sophie Bray’s brace.
