October 2011 - Talk Hockey Radio

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BACK TO
EUROPE EuroHockey League
Round 1 venues in
Mulheim and Antwerp. We
have a preview
ALL CHANGE IN
THE PREMIER
DIVISION - We look at
the players who are
moving on in the England
Hockey League
BACK IN THE
PINK? - Teddington
return to the national
league
MASTER SPORTSMAN - We
review a book about a
hockey great
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Number 64 - October 2011
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NTERNATIONAL NEWS COMMENT FEATURE EDITORIAL TALK HOCKEY RADIO ENGL
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There was a time when there were two hockey rule books one for men’s hockey and one for women’s. The differences
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were so great that you could not play the two games on the
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daft that you could not play what was fundamentally the
same game on some pitches and eventually the women
came into line with the men’s
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were still differences.
It took hockey nearly
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danger of returning
to the bad old days.
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Back in the early 1970s, at a
time when I only umpired men’s
hockey, I was invited to umpire
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a Police Athletic Association
semi final. It was a women’s
game and, being aware of the
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differences, I quickly got hold of
a copy of the women’s rules.
Editorial advisor is Bill Colwill OBE.
Amazingly, it was relatively
easy in those days to buy rule
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men’s or women’s version), but
back then sports shops only
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ABOUT
playing sport, rather than for
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One rule book for men and women
but it was not always that way.
and
Come the day of the match I suffered two
disasters. Firstly, I blew for an offside that wasn’t. It was an
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the whistle that the men’s and women’s offsides were
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different. I then had to award a thing called a ‘Penalty Bully’
MP3 format. Presented in a magazine
and realised that I had no idea what this involved. I had the
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embarrassing experience of having to get the rule book out
of my pocket (they were much smaller volumes in those
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replaced the penalty bully with the penalty stroke some
years earlier. It became clear too that my colleague was
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going to be no help. She marched down the pitch and
and follow the on-screen instructions. If indignantly announced that she had never seen a penalty
bully given in women’s hockey before and, when I asked her
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seconds. If you are still on dial-up or
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Anyway, all that’s in the past, and we all play to the same
rules. Er, well that’s not actually correct. We now seem to
have a plethora of variations, depending on which
competition you play in. I heard a recent story of a match
where two players each received a green card. One went to
cool his heels on the naughty seat for two minutes whilst the
other stayed on the pitch. It seems that the umpires and
players were confused about which rules they were playing.
Now, don’t get me wrong - I actually approve of most of the
innovation that’s taken place over the last few years. I don’t
want to turn the clock back to offisides, roll-ins or, going
back even further, 25 yard bullies. The role that the
EuroHockey League has played in this is commendable, but
we have landed up with far too many variations on the main
theme. We already have a packed stadium for next year’s
Olympic hockey. If someone asks about the rules of our
game, which version do we give them? If we could just
settle for two it might be a great help.[HT]
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DOORS ENGLAND HOCKEY LEAGUE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS EHB CUP IN
TEDDINGTON BACK IN THE
PINK?
In the October edition of our podcast, The
Hockey Show, we will have a feature on
Teddington HC, who have recently re-entered the
England Hockey League via the East Conference.
In this article we give some background to the
club’s history.
Although Blackheath can lay a claim of sorts to being the
world’s oldest hockey club, it is probably more accurate to say
that they are the oldest club playing hockey. The grand-daddy
of them all is Teddington who, after being out in the
comparative wilderness of the South Premier League for three
seasons, made a return to the England Hockey League this
September.
The difference between the two rival claimants is that
Blackheath’s game would be unrecognisable as a game of
hockey today, not least of all for being being played with a
square ball. To be more accurate, it was not a ball at all, but a
cube of rubber. Teddington, formed in 1871, played a version
of the game which laid the foundations of modern hockey,
although, as we describe in this month’s editorial, hockey has
changed dramatically during the lifetime of many of our
readers.
Legend has it that hockey was first played at Teddington by
cricketers who were looking for some winter recreation to keep
them occupied, and the cricket connection is still apparent
today. The game was originally played with a white painted
cricket ball, and the fact we have 11 players in a team and
have umpires and not referees, is a reference back to those
early days at Teddington.
Teddington were originally based in Bushy Park, which back
then must have been a leafy suburb of London. The advent of
the artificial turf pitch meant that the club had to find a new
home and after a few seasons of wandering they landed up in
Broom Road at Teddington School. They even managed to
arrange for a clubhouse to be built in the grounds of the
school, as we have seen at other places such as Guildford
and Fareham, although this was, and remains, a far more
modest affair.
Originally, Broom Road was an uninspiring place to play
hockey, hemmed in as it was by the school in whose grounds
it lay. But, between leaving the national league three seasons
ago and returning, a transformation has taken place. The old
school buildings have been demolished and the pitches repositioned and re-laid. You could be forgiven for thinking that
the architect of the school had the hockey club in mind when
he designed the place. It now has two spaciously laid out
pitches, although you could criticise it for being more school
than club in its atmosphere.
The club’s ambitions to return to the top tier were made clear
when they appointed ex-England and GB international Callum
Giles as their coach. Callum, who was most famous as a
fearsome penalty corner striker during a period when you
could bring on a big hitter for corners, has brought the club
back into the England Hockey League, and is looking to
achieve again the Premier Division status they lost in 2005.
For followers of hockey with a sense of history, there can be
few who would not want to see them return to where they once
belonged.[HT]
Callum Giles - taking Teddington back where they belong?
THE FALL AND FALL OF TEDDINGTON
As was befitting the oldest club in the world, Teddington were
founder members of the national league and won the league title
in 1995. But by the turn of this century things were not going well
with 9th place finishes in 2000 and 2001. Teddington would
have been relegated out of the top division at the end of the
2003/2004 season had it not been for a major reorganisation the
following season.
For 2004/2005 the top tier, now known as Premier 1, consisted
of 12 teams. Teddington finished 10th and had to play a twolegged play-off against East Grinstead to stay in the division. It
was a dramatic two matches to say the least.
Teddington took an early lead and went into the second half 3-2
up thanks to goals from Chua Boon Huat and James Nation. But
Kwan Brown proved to be their nemesis, scoring five times
during East Grinstead’s 6-4 win. The other East Grinstead goal
was scored by some fellow called Ashley Jackson.
The next day the two sides played again and this time
Teddington emerged the winners. But it was a hollow victory.
Duncan Howarth had equalised for East Grinstead in the closing
seconds of the match. With the aggregate standing at 9-7 in
favour of EG, and with the final match being decided on a
golden goal, there was no way they could raise their aggregate
to win the play-offs, and so they were relegated. Teddington
lasted two seasons in Division One before relegation to the
National South and then out of the England Hockey League
altogether in 2008.
Teddington returned to the England Hockey League this season.
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NDOORS ENGLAND HOCKEY LEAGUE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS EHB CUP
ALL
CHANGE IN
THE
PREMIER
DIVISION
Cannock
In:
Paul Harris (Re-registration)
Ashpal Kaur Bhogal from Leicester
Oliver Westbrook from Bournville
Out:
Will Pearce to Cheltenham
Ben Dando to Wimbledon
Sam Mee to Bowdon
Richard Lane to Holcombe
Tom Pinnegar to Beeston
List of player movements in
the Premier Divisions from 1
August up until the first day of
the 2011-2012 season.
Possibly the season’s most talked
about signing. England captain Barry
Middleton moves to East Grinstead.
Exeter University
MEN’S PREMIER
DIVISION
In:
Beeston
Former Cannock captain Richard
Lane moves from Staffordshire
to Kent as he joins Holcombe
In:
Patrick Schmidt from Crefelder
Peter Hextall from South Notts
Chris Proctor (New Registration)
Carl Smith from Atletico San Sebastian
Tom Pinnegar from Cannock
David Griffiths (Re-registration)
Jonathan Beckers (Royal Leopold)
Out:
James Kyriakides to Olton & WW
Matthew Parker to Doncaster
Sam Ward to Loughborough Students
Jamie Ruiz to Surbiton
Jon Proud to Olton & West Warwicks
Maxime Cerulus from Klein Zwitzerland
Edward Davidson (New registration)
Tom Samuel from Three Rock Rovers
Nick Cooper from Surbiton
Matthew Laidman from Holcombe
Myles Locke from Ben Rhydding
Robert Blamire from Richmond
Bowdon
Out:
In:
Phil Dutoy from YMCC
Samuel Cook from Oxton
Mark Daniel from Lisnagarvey
Sam Mee from Cannock
Jimmi Hill from Deeside Ramblers
Sam Dawson-Smith (New registration)
Thorsten Kuffner from Russelsheim
Guim Ursul Colome - Junior Futbol Club
Nigel Croke from Moorebank Liverpool
Simon Egerton from Central Districts
Geoff Price from Deeside Ramblers
Out:
Chris Borrett to Surbiton
Josh Guy to Team Bath Buccaneers
Mike Dodd to Hampstead & Westminster
Charlie Rookes to Southgate
Will Bishop to Bromley & Beckenham
Simon Hare to Canterbury
Tom Millington to Wimbledon
Tim Fuller to Havant
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East Grinstead
In:
Barry Middleton from Club an der Alster
Gareth Carr (re-registration)
Daniel Koschyk from Berliner
Mohammad Rahman from Slough
Olie Ashdown (New registration)
Andy Piper from Atletico San Sebastian
Will Arthur from Loughborough Students
Josh Ewens from Loughborough S’dents
Out:
Beeston’s Sam Ward moves
to Loughborough Students
Inderpal Laly to Hampstead & West.
Christian Pryce to Wimbledon
Hampstead & Westminster
In:
Rafael Lopez Jimenez from Indian Gym
Mike Dodd from Exeter University
Inderpal Laly from East Grinstead
Christian Boyce from Bambridge..
Shaun McIntyre from Holcombe
Frank di Mercurio from Atletic Terrassa
Out:
Alex Collins to Wimbledon
Stephane Vehrle-Smith to Holcombe
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NDOORS ENGLAND HOCKEY LEAGUE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS EHB CUP
Southgate
In:
WOMEN’S PREMIER
DIVISION
In:
Callum Stoddart from Doncaster
Oliver Ward from Doncaster
Sam Spencer from Old Loughtonians
Christopher Barber (New registration)
James Byers (Re-registration)
Sam Ward from Beeston
Carl Sitch from Harleston Magpies
George Lilly from Old Louhgtonians
Harry Gibson from Bath Buccaneers
Kevin Haigh from Old Merchant Taylor’s
Matt Coombes from Collegians
Adam Grout from Wycombe
Simon Broadway from Tulse Hill & Dulw.
Juan Elias from CD Terrassa
Simeon Bird from Mentone (Australia)
Charlie Rookes from Exeter University
Birmingham University
Loughborough Students
Out:
Ed Kelleher to Wimbledon
Out:
Nick Catlin to Reading
Will Arthur to East Grinstead
James Osborn to Wimbledon
Tom Blyth to Oxted
Phil Carr to Oxted
Josh Ewens to East Grinstead
Ross Booth to City of Peterborough
Alex Boxall to Fareham
In:
Anna Toman from Belper
Lotta Hof from Russelheimer
Pippa McCormick
Xenna Hughes from Bowdon Hightown
Out:
Jenny Mashford to Olton & WW
Laura Thompson to Maidstone
Bowdon Hightown
In:
Hannah Pike from Bolton
Sabrina Heesh from Cannock
Emma Gillespie (New Registration)
Jen Rowe from Canberra
Sophie Crosley from Sevenoaks
Reading
In:
Out:
Nick Catlin from Loughborough Students
Tom Woolven from Marlow
Ben Carless from Bath Buccaneers
Xenna Hughes to Birmingham University
Cannock
Out:
Warren D’Souza to Teddington
In:
Laura Coggins from Shrewsbury
Chloe McIntosh (New registration)
Gemma Brooks from Olton & WW
Helen Reeves from Worcester
Out:
One of several European imports into the
Premier Division is Beeston’s Jonathan
Beckers from Royal Leopold.
Sabrina Heesh to Bowdon Hightown
Holly Webb to Beeston
Eleanor Watton to Beeston
Charlotte Craddock to Canterbury
Meg Byas to Beeston
SurbitonR
In:
Chris Borrett from Bowdon
Adam Joy from Belper
Fergus Dunn from FC Barcelona
Jamie Ruiz from Beeston
Alexander Penny from UD Taburiente
Tim Deakin from UD Taburiente
Phil Messent from Birmingham Uni.
Out:
Oliver Clements to Brooklands MU
Nick Cooper to Exeter University
England international Nick Catlin
makes a return to Reading after
a spell with Loughborough Students
Great Britain’s youngest hockey Olympian,
Charlotte Craddock, was caught here
playing for her new club, Canterbury
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NDOORS ENGLAND HOCKEY LEAGUE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS EHB CUP
Canterbury
Leicester
LATEST MOVES
In:
In:
Nicola Taggart (New registration)
Lucy Barnes (Re registration)
Charlotte Craddock from Cannock
Blair Wynne from Notre Dame Club
Philippa Newton from Clifton
Carmen Simpson (New registration)
Bertie Harris (New registration)
Kim Hicklin (New registration)
Kerry Hearsey (New registration)
Sandy Yeates (New registration)
Katie Mason (New registration)
Sarah Treanor (New registration)
Josie Inverdale from Loughborough Stds.
Out:
Jenny Hall to Old Loughtonians
Out:
Caitlin Jeffries to Clifton
Clifton
In:
Caitlin Jeffries from Leicester
Louisa Denman from Horsham
Laura Myers from Firebrands
Katharine Cooper from Bath Buccaneers
Aileen Davis from Bath Buccaneers
Emily Kirkham from Reading
Gemma Whitworth from Sunderland
Out:
Ellen Mumford to Surbiton
Philippa Newton to Canterbury
Olton & West Warwicks
In:
Jenny Mashford from Birmingham Uni.
Julie Stowe from Lansdown
Chiara Clarke from Reading
Kerry Taylor from Aldridge & Walsall
Helen Jelley from Aldridge & Walsall
Katie Maltman from Brooklands Poynton
Bethany Evans (Re registration)
Out:
Amanda Ferebee to Bath Buccaneers
Gemma Brookes to Cannock
Aimee Gosling to Old Loughtonians
Alice Stuart-Gumbar to Durham Uni.
Reading
In:
Grace Lawes (New registration)
Takara Haynes from Oxford Hawks
Out:
Alexa Thomas to Firebrands
Emily Kirkham to Clifton
Sara-Jo Coakley to Surbiton
Chiara Clarke to Olton & West Warwicks
Slough
In:
Kathryn Mcgonigle from Isca University
Out:
Samantha Archer to St Albans
Katie Shanahan to Loughborough Stu’ts.
Sutton Coldfield
In:
Sara-Jo Coakley moves to Surbiton after
a brief spell at Reading. She was previously
at Bowdon Hightown for several seasons
Sophie Manning from Doncaster
Alice Bradley (New registration)
Helen Morris from Harrow
Nicola Whalley (New registration)
Out:
And there have been more moves since
the opening match of the season,
including some high profile ones. How
about England international Iain Lewers
(pictured above) moving to East Ginstead
as an example. Below is a list of the
Premier Division moves between 19/9/11
and 28/9/11.
MEN
Lewis Jecketts - Cannock (New
registration)
Jack Middleton - Cannock (New
registration)
Rob Moore - Wimbledon to Surbiton
Ben Upton - Havant to Exeter University
Andy Watts - Reading (Re-registration)
Johannes Kloess - Rhodes University to
Southgate
Tak Chau - Mentone to Southgate
Ross Stott - Bowdon to East Grinstead
Tom Kavanagh - Wimbledon to
Hampstead & Westminster
Iain Lewers - Loughborough Students to
East Grinstead.
Oliver Ward - Hobart University to
Loughborough Students
Kevin Ross - Oranje Zwart to
Loughborough Students
Charles McCombe - Annadale to
Hampstead & Westminster
David Kettle - Holcombe to East Grinstead
Phillip Walden - Reading to Cardiff &
UWIC
Mark Cleghorne - Loughborough Students
to East Grinstead
Tom Skinner - Beeston to Team Bath
Buccaneers.
WOMEN
Jessica Brooker - Surbiton to Reading
Jo Bryant - Slough (Re-registration)
Rosie Bailey - Swansea to University of
Birmingham
Philippa Wilson - Havering to Canterbury
Sarah Kerly Canterbury (Re-registration)
Flora Peel - Olton & West Warwicks (Reregistration)
Catherine Bazey-Harrison - Bowdon
Hightown to Liverpool Sefton
Alice Trill - Canterbury (New registration)
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INDOORS ENGLAND HOCKEY LEAGUE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS EHB CUP INT
DOUBLE HEADER AT READING
We all like two for the price of one, and we had the
opportunity at Sonning Lane on Sunday 25 October
when Reading’s women played host to neighbours
Slough, and the men took on Beeston
Nick Brother’s understudy Jamie Legg had a decent
game, but no doubt he would rather forget this nutmeg
that ended up in the back of the Reading goal in their 2-1 win
Slough’s England international Ashleigh Ball winds up for a shot at goal.
Beeston ‘keeper George Pinner finds himself the centre of
attention with the ball perched temptingly on his pads
ABOVE: Another England international, Nick Catlin, was back in action
for Reading, after a spell at Loughborough Students.
BELOW: Reading’s Chantal DeBruijn, a former Dutch international,
forces Ashleigh Ball to take evasive action.
Abi Harper and Laura Bartlet thinks it’s 2-0, but this late
Reading goal was disallowed after the umpires conferred.
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HAMPIONSHIPS EHB CUP INTERNATIONAL INDOORS COMMENT FEATURE EDITORI
Pick of
the Pics
1
We’ve been monitoring which are
the most popular photos on our
HockeyImages site and learnt
some surprising lessons
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and if you really want to be
convinced of that you only have to look at our site stats.
Back in June we changed the company that hosts our images.
They keep statistics relating to the number of times that a portfolio
is visited and how many times each image is actually opened.
Since June we’ve been to some major hockey events, including
the London Cup and the European Championships, and there are
some exciting images to be found from those events. But is it that
people are not really interested in international hockey or does the
interest wane during the Summer?
The reason for posing that question is that since June we have not
reset the counter for the number of visitors, and we were very
surprised by what we found. Within four days of the opening
matches of the England Hockey League season, one of our
pictures from the match between Teddington and Indian
Gymkhana had risen to the top to become our most viewed image.
The one that it replaced, and is still in second place, is a bit of a
surprise too. It was taken at the Investec sponsorship
announcement in London a few weeks back, as was the picture of
England captain Kate Walsh, which is at number five in our list of
most viewed pictures. The other two slots in our ‘Top Five’ are also
occupied by shots from the Teddington v Indian Gymkhana match.
2
It’s always hard to tell what sort of images people want to see, but
the pictures from the Reading v Beeston men’s match attracted 47
visitors within a couple of hours of going on the site. This
compares with a mere 16 for the Reading v Slough match on the
same day. So where are the visitors for the two England bronze
medal matches in the European Championships a few weeks
back? Are people not interested in international hockey or does
interest wane outside of the domestic hockey season?[HT]
3
A quick run through of the images that have attracted the
most visitors:
4
1 We think the player passing the ball is Teddington’s
Graham Anderson, but whoever he is he must have a
large number of friends and relatives.
2
Is this my best side? Alex Danson glances over her
shoulder at the Investec sponsorship launch in London.
On her left are Georgie Twigg and Kate Walsh
3 Teddington’s Lodewijk Beerman takes a tumble during
the match between Teddington and Indian Gym.
4 More action from the
Teddington v Indian Gym game.
5
England Captain
Kate Walsh.
5
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LAND HOCKEY LEAGUE EURO HOCKEY LEAGUE EHB CUP INTERNATIONAL INDOOR
ENGLISH CLUBS FACE
TOP OPPOSITION IN
EUROPE
After English clubs enjoyed their most successful season
yet, with Reading reaching the last four and winning bronze
earlier this year (England’s first medals in this competition),
the EuroHockey League returns this month with the first
rounds of the 2011-2012 season.
England is represented by the same clubs as last season,
although there must be concerns that their squads will be
much depleted by international calls ahead of the Olympics.
Beeston and East Grinstead travel to Mulheim for their
matches, whilst Reading visit the home of KHC Dragons at
Antwerp for theirs.
Beeston have difficult opponents in Pool C, where they will
meet last season’s losing finalists, Real Club Polo de
Barcelona. Their other opposition will be Polish side
Pomorzanin Torun. To survive Round 1 you only need to
avoid finishing bottom in the pool of three, so Beeston’s
chances of progresssing to Round 2 at Easter are good.
East Grinstead meet another Polish side in Pool G when
they play Grunwald Poznan. Their other opponents are
Dinamo Electrostal from Russia, and East Grinstead’s
chances of progressing are good.
Two weeks later Reading will be England’s sole
representatives in Antwerp when they play their Round 1
matches in Pool A. Reading have the misfortune of coming
up against Amsterdam, undoubtedly one of the favourites to
do well in the League, but hopefully by then they will have
already secured their position with a win over new boys
Cookstown from Ireland. Whilst it is theoretically possible to
win a Round 1 match and not progress through to the next
round, we do not actually think it has ever happened.
Looking around at other matches in Round 1, there are two
in Round 1.2 in Antwerp which caught our attention. In Pool
D German side Der Club an der Alster play Club de Campo
de Madrid, whilst in Pool E the hosts, KHC Dragons, take on
Rotterdam. The Belgians proved last season that they can
really turn it on, humbling League Champions UHC
Hamburg in Round 1 in Eindhoven.
Noticeable by their absence will be the current Champions,
HGC, who failed to qualify from the Netherlands, and past
Champions Bloemendaal, who also failed. Newcomers to
the league include AHTC Wien, who are best known in the
UK as an indoor side.
The EuroHockey League has often been used as a test bed
for rule changes and this season the League’s rules will
allow the ball to be stopped above shoulder height
anywhere on the pitch, subject to it not being dangerous.
The number of one-on-one shoot outs to decide a match
has been increased from three to five.
After the debacle over who was playing who in the last four
of the Women’s Club Champions Cup last season, the
League rules have been amended to remove the clause
which requires two clubs from the same nation to play each
other in the semi finals. This rule is now common to both
competitions. This has a caveat however. If there are
‘commercial or television requirements’ to change the draw,
the League regulations allow the draw to be changed![HT]
Reading’s Nick Brothers celebrates his side’s 3rd/4th place win
against Oranje Zwart in the 2010-2011 EuroHockey League.
Reading’s win resulted in the first medals for an English club
in the four seasons the league has been in existence.
Round 1.1 at Uhlenhorst, Mulheim, Germany
7-9 October 2011 (Round 1.2 on next page)
Pool B
Atletic
Terrassa
Uhlenhorst
Mulheim
AHTC Wien
Friday 7/10/11
Saturday 8/10/11
Sunday 9/10/11
Pool C
Beeston
RC Polo de
Barcelona
Pomorzanin
Torun
9:30
12:00
14:30
17:00
9:30
12:00
14:30
17:00
9:30
12:00
14:30
17:00
Pool G
Pool H
Grunwald
Dinamo Kazan
Poznan
East Grinstead Bloemendaal
Dinamo
Elektrostal
Olympia Kolos
Sekvoia
Grunwald Poznan v Dinamo Elektrostal
Beeston v Pomorzanin Torun
Dinamo Kazan v Olympia Kolos Sekvoia
Uhlenhorst Mulheim v AHTC Wien
Dinamo Elektrostal v East Grinstead
Pomorzanin Torun v Polo de Barcelona
AHTC Wien v Atletic Terrassa
Olympia Kolos Sekvoia v Bloemendaal
East Grinstead v Grunwald Poznan
RC Polo de Barcelona v Beeston
Atletic Terrassa v Uhlenhorst Mulheim
Bloemendaal v Dinamo Kazan
Confused by Uhlenhorst? An explanation.
Uhlenhorst is a very famous German club who won the
European Club Champions Cup nine times in succession
from 1988 onwards, and is based in Hamburg. No, hang
on, that last bit is wrong! Readers may recall that a couple
of years back we mentioned that Uhlenhorster hockey club
in Hamburg were now calling themselves UHC Hamburg to
avoid confusion with Uhlenhorst Mulheim. This year’s
Round 1 features both clubs, with Uhlenhorst Mulheim
hosting and playing in Round 1.1. It looks as if UHC
Hamburg’s decision to change its name was timely!
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LEAGUE EURO HOCKEY LEAGUE EHB CUP INTERNATIONAL INDOORS COMMENT
Round 1.1 at KHC Dragons, Antwerp, Belgium
21-23 October 2011 (Round 1.1 on previous page)
Pool A
Amsterdam
Reading
Cookstown
Pool D
Der Club an
der Alster
Club de
Campo Madrid
RC Bruxelles
Friday 21/10/11
Saturday 22/10/11
Sunday 23/10/11
9:30
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14:30
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9:30
12:00
14:30
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9:30
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14:30
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Pool E
KHC Dragons
Pool F
Banbridge
Rotterdam
UHC Hamburg
Rotweiss
Wettingen
Montrouge
Montrouge v Banbridge
Reading v Cookstown
Rotterdam v Rotweiss Wettingen
RC Bruxelles v Der Club an der Alster
UHC Hamburg v Montrouge
Cookstown v Amsterdam
Rottweiss Wettingen v KHC Dragons
Der Club an der Alster v Club de Campo
Banbridge v UHC Hamburg
MEMORIES
OF
MULHEIM
European club hockey returns to a club with an
impressive record. Bill Colwill looks back
twenty-two years.
Generally I dislike nostalgia. I'm not the sort to wallow in
it. But when in Monchengladbach for the European
Championships, and the announcements were made of
the venues for the first round of this year’s EuroHockey
League, clouds of memories flashed back of an earlier
tournament in Mulheim - the Europa Cup 1989.
Moreover, when the announcement was made then
there was the same confusion as in Monchengladbach.
There are in fact two senior German clubs - HTC
Uhlenhorst Mülheim in Mülheim an der Ruhr and
Uhlenhorster HC in Hamburg.
Amsterdam v Reading
KHC Dragons v HC Rotterdam
Club de Campo v RC Bruxelles
It was to Mulheim an der Ruhr that we journeyed at
Whitsun 1989, a city lying in the green belt of North
Rhine-Westphalia’s large industrial centre. Particularly
characteristic of the town is its attractive and picturesque
setting on the banks and in the valley of the river that
lent its name to the area. However, it was for the hockey
which we had come and the tournament was played in
the shadow of the Great Britain victory over Germany in
the Seoul Olympics the previous year. The host club
had three members of the Germany squad - Carsten
Fischer, Dirk Brinkman and younger brother Thomas,
whilst England’s representatives, Southgate, featured
Sean Kerly, Richard Dodds and Steve Batchelor.
Drawn in the same group, the English and German
teams did battle on the second day. Sadly, there was to
be no repeat of Seoul. The host side recovered from an
early set back after Kerly scored at a penalty corner in
the 10th minute and went on to win 2-1. Uhlenhorst won
the final 2-0 against Atletic Terrassa, the start of a
remarkable run of nine consecutive European titles.
Southgate were beaten to the bronze medal by HC
Bloemendaal by 3-0, with their great Dutch penalty
corner expert, Floris-Jan Bovelander, scoring twice. The
Dutch club also featured legends in Dutch hockey
history, Cees-Jan Diepeveen, Marc Benninga, the
Kooijman brothers, Hendrik and Steven, along with the
highly capped Theodoor Doyer.
Beware the Ducks and Dragons!
For a very small country, Belgian clubs have an excellent record in
the EuroHockey League. Waterloo Ducks proved to be a tricky side
in the opening seasons of the League and Leuven battled their way
through to the last four in Rotterdam in 2009.
Leuven did not take part last season and their place was taken by
KHC Dragons, who are the hosts for this year’s Round 1.2. The
Dragons caused carnage amongst the German clubs last season,
beating UHC Hamburg 3-2 in Round 1 and knocking out Rot Weiss
Koln in the KO16. Rot Weiss include in their squad Jan Marco
Montag, Tibor Weissenborn, Benjamin Wess (pictured above in
red) and both Zeller brothers. That’s why we think they are
amazing. We used to say, “Beware the (Waterloo) Ducks.” Now
that should be, “Beware the Dragons!”
The atmosphere in Mulheim was carnival with full
houses and the standard of play electric throughout the
four days of hockey with each team playing each day.
Interestingly, of the medal winners in that tournament,
Mulheim, Atletic Terrassa and Bloemendaal, appear in
the first round of this year’s EuroHockey League. Of
England’s representatives this year only East Grinstead
were in Division One of our National League in 1989.
Reading were in Division Two and Beeston still in the
Midlands League. Nostalgia isn't so bad after all![HT]
Southgate Squad:
Simon Rees, David Owen, James Duthie, Mike Spray,
Chris Picken, Nick Clarke, Peter Boxell, John Shaw,
Steve Batchelor, Paul Moulton, Sean Kerry, Rupert
Welch, Sean Kerly, Freddie Hudson, Soma Singh and
Richard Dodds.
Page 11
AMPIONSHIPS EHB CUP INTERNATIONAL INDOORS COMMENT FEATURE EDITORIA
A MASTER
SPORTSMAN
The editor reviews a book about a great
hockey player of the past and explains how it
led to how tracking down a book he had read
at school.
We like to be different at HockeyTalk but this could well qualify as one
of the strangest book reviews you will ever read.
I was recently sent a copy of Richard Sayer’s book, Master
Sportsman, to review and…..well, it led me to go on a search for a
book I had first read at school, but more about that later. The Master
Sportsman in question was Norman Borrett, who you may or may not
have heard of. For readers over 75, and we have a few, he will be
remembered as a former England and Great Britain player. If you are
slightly younger than that, you may have read one of his books about
hockey, because he was an author as well as a sportsman. If you are
much younger and you have not heard of him, shame on you. He was
a quite remarkable man and one of a disappearing breed of sportsmen
and women, those who played for their country at more than one
sport.
Norman Borrett was born in 1917 and was educated at Framlingham
School, a place to which he was to return as a master years later. He
was an outstanding hockey player, and graduated from playing for his
university, Cambridge, to representing the East, England and
eventually Great Britain. Probably his crowning achievement as a
hockey player was to captain the silver medal winning team at the
1948 Olympics in London.
But Borrett’s sporting achievements did not end there. He also
represented his university and England at squash. If you think that is
enough for any man, he also played county cricket for Devon.
Richard Sayer, the author of Master Sportsman, is also a
Framlingham old boy, and the book is published in association with
the Society of Old Framlinghamians. It follows that the school takes
centre stage for some of the content, but don’t let that put you off. Not
only is it an account of a great English sportsman, but it is an insight
into how hockey was run not that many years ago. Sayer’s style is
readable and, if you have limited interest in squash and cricket, the
book is set out in a way that makes it easy to dip in and out of, so that
you need only read those parts that interest you. There is also some
interesting statistical information towards the end of the book which,
from my own experience, must have taken a lot of research to put
together.
I can certainly commend the book to anyone who has an interest in
the history of our game. Amazon are currently quoting £17.95 for a
copy, although they were out of stock when I visited the site.
And it is with the mention of Amazon and Norman Borrett that this
review gets a bit unconventional. My best recollection of Borrett was
that he was the principal contributor to a book called Hockey for Men
and Women, which I had borrowed from my local public library when I
was a schoolboy. It was one of the Lonsdale Library series of books,
which I recall included volumes on polo and foxhunting, which perhaps
demonstrated where hockey once belonged on the social ladder. The
book was originally published in 1951, which made it a fairly old work
when I got my hands on a copy in the 1960s.
I accidentally came across a copy when researching this review and
forked out £4 to buy it. Reading through it is like stepping back into a
different world - a world of no backboards, strange haircuts, and even
stranger shaped sticks (yes - there are lots of photographs). The
language is a bit earnest and it is amazing how many words you can
devote to the selection of a pair of socks! But if you ever stumble
across a copy, it’s well worth a read just for the nostalgia[HT]
Richard Sayer’s new book about a
great hockey player, Norman Borrett
How things have changed! The following
are taken from Norman Borrett’s book
Hockey for Men and Women, first
published in 1951:
“It is worth taking care of your stick. Clean
it after every game, inspect it for splits and
before playing on a wet ground put a thin
film of wax over the head to keep the
water out of the wood.”
“I remember playing for England against
Wales with my sweater on during the
whole game………..Of course we were
fortunate to be able to do this as England
always play in white shirts, so that our
sweaters did not confuse our opponents.”
“It may not be easy for everyone to get
practice, especially if they live in large
towns, when it is too dark to take a ball
out on a hockey ground or a lawn.”
Page 12
EAGUE EHB CUP INTERNATIONAL NEWS COMMENT BACK PAGE FEATURE EDITORI
SEVENOAKS’
CENTENARY DAY
We hope somebody has a very long
wall on which to hang this picture
There have been a lot of club
Centenaries of late, but the difference
with this one is that we got an invitation!
The tower of power. Sevenoaks’ official photograph takes
a high rise approach to taking a club photograph.
Something to cheer about! Club members gather to have their photograph taken.
The Centenary Day included matches between
Sevenoaks men and England Masters, and
between the women and Canterbury.
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Y LEAGUE EUROHOCKEY LEAGUE EHB CUP INTERNATIONAL NEWS COMMENT BACK
INDIA STRIPPED OF MEN’S
CHAMPIONS TROPHY
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has taken the
unprecedented step of removing the Men’s Champions
Trophy from India, which was due to be played in Delhi from
3rd until 11th December. This follows a row over who runs
hockey in India. Ironically the situation comes about as a
result of Hockey India and the Indian Hockey Federation
agreeing to work with each other.
The FIH will only recognise one governing body in each
nation and Hockey India was that body for India. But the
agreement to work together compromises that situation.
Hockey India had previously replaced the Indian Hockey
Federation amid allegations of corruption.
PRIZE MONEY INTRODUCED TO THE
INVESTEC WOMEN’S LEAGUE
England Hockey has announced that their new sponsor for
the Women’s England Hockey League, Investec, will be
providing a prize pot to be shared amongst the most
successful clubs. The prize money will be distributed
between the winners of the Premier Division and the winners
of the three Conferences. The runners-up will also receive a
share of the fund. We understand that the ‘winners’ of the
Premier Division will include both the club coming first and
the club winning the Championships. There will be additional
bonuses for the Most Valuable Player, top goal scorer and
most hospitable club. The prize fund is valued at £10,000.
The tournament will now be played in Auckland, New
Zealand on the same dates. The following nations are
expected to take part: Germany, Australia, The Netherlands,
England, Spain, Korea, Pakistan and New Zealand. India
has been invited to take part in the Champions Challenge in
South Africa. They had previously qualified for the
Champions Trophy as hosts.
England were the runners-up in the 2010 Champions Trophy
in Monchengladbach.
NEW COACHES FOR AGE GROUPS
England Hockey has announced the appointment of new
coaches for the national Under 16, Under 18 and Under 21
age groups. They are:
Men
Women
Under 16
Charlie Bannister
Marc Bourhill
Under 18
Andy Bradshaw
Jon Bleby
Under 21
Graig Keegan
Martin Rogers
The announcement by Investec that they were going to sponsor
the England Hockey League was was in our last edition.
Now they have announced a £10,000 prize fund.
MIDDLETON, LEWERS AND MOORE
MOVE CLUBS
A number of England internationals have moved clubs for the
2011-12 season. The main beneficiaries have been East
Grinstead, who gain Iain Lewers and England captain Barry
Middleton. Two players are making a return home to their
old clubs. They are Nick Catlin who moves from
Loughborough Students to Reading, and Rob Moore who
moves from East Conference Wimbledon back to Surbiton.
Full details of all the Premier Division moves can be found on
pages 4 and 5.
OVER THE SHOULDER
Former England and GB defender Jon Bleby, who has
been appointed the coach of the Under 18 women
The EuroHockey League will be trialling a new rule for the
coming season which permits a player to stop the ball above
their shoulder, subject to no danger being caused. Under the
current rules a defender is permitted to stop or deflect a shot
at goal by playing it above their shoulder.
Page 14
EHB CUP INTERNATIONAL NEWS COMMENT BACK PAGE FEATURE EDITORIAL TAL
BORED OF ROADSHOWS?
TEN YEARS AGO
At HockeyTalk we’ve been to a lot, and so we cannot exactly
blame you if a bit of lethargy is starting to creep in. But don’t
miss these, particularly if you want to find out about the Big
Dribble and the Five Week Frenzy. We’ve been to one and
can highly recommend them.
If you feel, as part of the hockey family, that the Olympics is
passing you by (and even the England Hockey Chief
Executive failed to get tickets in the ballot we are told), then
there are things coming up that you may feel will re-connect
you. But you’ll need to go along to find out what they are.
There are still seven dates during October, but you’ll need to
register by going to the England Hockey web site at
www.EnglandHockey.co.uk. The remaining dates are:
Ÿ England’s women achieve their first
major tournament win for 10 years
when they win the Olympic Qualifier
in Amiens.
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3rd October: Exeter Court
4th October: Firebrands Hockey Club
Ÿ After five games Reading are
leading the Men’s Premier Division
by five points, ahead of Surbiton,
Loughborough Students and
Teddington. Southgate are at the
bottom of the table.
Ÿ A young Alex Danson reveals to the
world that her nickname is
‘Doormouse’ due to the amount of
sleep she takes ahead of a big
game.
6th October: Guildford Hockey Club
11th October: Olton & West Warwicks Hockey Club
FIVE YEARS AGO
12th October: West Bridgford Monarchs Hockey Club
13th October: Culford School
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