Field Hockey EHC 2011 - England wins the bronze medal

27th August, GANT EHC in Mönchengladbach, women: England – Spain 2:1 (0:0)

27.08.2011 - England had to be very patient against the defensively strong Spanish team. It wasn’t until three minutes before the end of the game that Helen Richardson scored the winning goal and presented her team with the bronze medal. There were no goals before half time. Both teams concentrated fully in the match for third place, but neither side gave away many chances.

England’s goalkeeper Storry took the sting out of a Spanish penalty corner in the fourth minute, and only a minute later there was no one in the English circle to accept a cross pass from Anabel Flores. Spain did not see many more chances – one corner was defended by England. England had more possession, but was usually stopped on the Spanish quarter line, and so there were no more conclusive scenes to report in the circles during the last 15 minutes.

England improved after the break, but had bad luck after two minutes when they hit the Spanish post. Lopez de Eguilaz in the Spanish goal had to stretch in the 42nd minute to disarm an Argentinian backhand from Alex Danson. Spain went into the lead somewhat surprisingly in the 49th minute as the result of a penalty corner. Georgina Oliva’s shot could be blocked, but Silvia Muñoz was able to poke the ball over the English line from the melee.

England didn’t give up and equalised just three minutes later, when Georgina Twiggs found Helen Richardson at the far post, and she safely put the ball home. And England remained strong while Spain could only counter singly. The winning goal came just before the end, when an English free hit was quickly carried out, and Helen Richardson again scored with an Argentinian backhand. The usually reliable Lopez de Eguilaz was not able to block the goal.

England deservedly won the bronze medal and could even afford to concede a final penalty corner. England’s coach Danny Kerry was very pleased with the success: “Spain played very defensively, as they have throughout the tournament, as we knew that we couldn’t force success. Our patience paid off.” Captain Kate Walsh was still a bit sad about the semi-final loss to the Netherlands on Thursday.

“Yesterday we got together in the team and had long discussions. It was very good that we could round up the tournament with this success. Even if it may sound a bit strange after a long hockey year, I’m already looking forward to the preparations for the Olympics. With our Scottish and Welsh players, we’ll be able to put together a really good team for Great Britain in London.”

Goals:

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0:1 Silvia Muñoz (48, PC)

1:1 Helen Richardson (51)

2:1 Helen Richardson (67)

Penalty corners:

ENG 3 (no goal) / ESP 3 (1 goal)

Green cards:

Ashleigh Ball (31) / Olalla Piñeiro (9)

Umpires:

Julie Ashton-Lucy / Stella Bertlema

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Field Hockey EHC 2011 - England wins Bronze with Golden Goal

28th August, GANT EHC in Mönchengladbach, Men: Belgium – England 1:2 GG (1:1, 0:1)

28.08.2011 - And the bronze medal goes to England! In a tense, technically first class ‘mini final’, the 2007 European champions needed a golden goal to defeat the surprisingly strong Belgians. The Belgians put up a good fight from the beginning, even if England was the more active and determined team in the opening stages of the game.

The reward for the then reigning European champions was the first penalty corner, which was safely put into the Belgian goal by defence boss Richard Mantell (7). The game developed into a very balanced game in front of the almost sold-out stands at the Warsteiner HockeyPark. Belgium also had a few worthy scenes in the English circle – including a penalty corner which was well parried by the English keeper James Fair – but until the break England managed to hold onto their slight lead.

The same picture continued in the second half, but the Belgian team still had something to offer. In the 44th minute Alexandre de Paeuw was successful with a chip, though this first had to be confirmed by the video umpire (1:1). Afterwards Belgium was the more dangerous team, but didn’t take advantage of their few good shooting chances. The English team also continued to threaten, but after 70 minutes the score still remained at 1:1 – extra time was needed.

Only four minutes into extra time the ball came out of the melee to James Tindall, and he almost playfully looped it into the goal with a backhand shot. The video umpire confirmed the goal and England and their fans could celebrate the bronze medal.

Goals:

0:1 Richard Mantell (PC, 7)

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1:1 Alexandre de Paeuw (44)

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1:2 James Tindall (GG, 74)

Penalty corners:

BEL 1 (no goal) / ENG 2 (1 goal)

Green cards:

Benjamin van Hove (47) / -

Umpires:

Francisco Vazquez Lopez / Christian Blasch

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Field Hockey EHC 2011 - Germany beat England to meet the Netherlands in the Final

Germany beats England and gets into the final

26. August, GANT EHC in Moenchengladbach, Men: Germany – England 3:0 (1:0)

26.08.2011 - Germany won its semi-final against England 3:0 (1:0) and will challenge the Netherlands in the final on Sunday. Because of the horrendous rain the match was paused for over one hour 23 minutes before the end. Christopher Zeller, Oskar Deecke and Oliver Korn scored and shot Germany into the final.

In the first half the DHB-Team had more possession, but England had the more dangerous chances. Nevertheless Philipp Zeller got the ball after 15 minutes and flicked it in the goal. When play resumed for the final 23 minutes England got better, but Germany scored. In the 60th minute Oskar Deecke ripped a reverse high into the net and the DHB-team increased their lead.

After that Max Weinhold had to save two English penalty corners. Three minutes before the end Oliver Korn smashed the ball into the empty net after keeper Nick Brothers was beaten. In the last minutes Germany defended well and secured the victory.

Goals:

1:0 Philipp Zeller (15.)

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2:0 Oskar Deecke (60.)

3:0 Oliver Korn (67.)

Penalty corners:

GER 2 (-) / ENG 4 (-)

Umpires:

van Eert / Stagno

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Women from the Netherlands are first finalists

25th August, GANT EHC (women) in Mönchengladbach: Netherlands – England 2:0 (1:0)

25.08.2011 - Holland was true to its role as favourite, pulling through the game against England to earn a well-deserved final spot 2:0 (1:0). Carlie Dirkse van der Heuvel and Kim Lammers didn’t only win their team a place in the final, they also won them a place at the 2012 London Olympics. The record-breaking European champions from the Netherlands will now meet Germany or Spain at 15:30 on Saturday. England had almost no answer for the experienced Dutch women and now have to be satisfied with the play-offs for places three and four.

The Oranje coach Max Caldas was very pleased with his team’s red-hot show: “We’re very happy that we were able to win this difficult game and ensure our place in the final. We couldn’t shake off England, so we kept worrying until the final whistle. But we played a good game.”

England’s trainer Danny Kerry was less satisfied with the offering from his team: “We had two good chances at the beginning and two good ones at the end. For the rest of the 66 minutes, Holland was better than us.”

In a briskly played opening phase England had the first big goal chance, but after five minutes Hannah Macleod was hindered just as she was shooting at goal. This was the last dangerous action from the next Olympic hosts. The Netherlands took over the command and pushed for the first goal – which came in the eleventh minute. Carlie Dirkse van den Heuvel was quickest after a penalty corner which was parried away too shortly and pushed the ball in for the Netherlands 1:0.

England then came into the game slightly better but couldn’t build up real pressure. The Oranje were very stable defensively and wasted almost no opportunities. After 27 minutes, Maartje Paumen almost ensured the preliminary decision, but her corner goal was disallowed after video evidence. Shortly after the change of ends, the very active Kim Lammers appeared in front of Elizabeth Storry, but lost her nerve and stumbled. But she improved in the 59th minute.

Eva de Goede was nicely played free in the circle and hammered the ball in front of the goalmouth. Lammers held her stick straight – 2:0. Until then Holland had dominated the game and successfully kept England away from their goal. In the 66th minute the English fans almost had their best change to celebrate, but the English captain Kate Walsh failed to convert a penalty corner thanks to the Dutch keeper Joyce Sombroek. The Netherlands didn’t give them any more chances and qualified for the final with a well-earned victory.

Goals:

1:0 Carlie Dirkse van den Heuvel (PC, 11)

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2:0 Kim Lammers (59.)

Penalty corners:

NED 3 (1 goal / ENG 1 (-)

Umpires:

Eskina / Ashton-Lucy

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England breezes into the Semi-Finals

24th August, GANT EHC (men) in Mönchengladbach: France – England 1:8 (0:3)

24.08.2011 - In an extremely one-sided match the title defenders England overwhelmed France 8:1 and qualified for the semi-final. ‘Les Bleus’ put up a good fight for the first few minutes, but then England took command and for most of the time forced their opponents into their own half. They took advantage of their first real chance to open the floodgates.

Ashley Jackson scored from a penalty corner. The English then dominated the game at will - Richard Alexander scored once and then Jackson scored his second goal from a penalty corner to raise the score at half time to 3:0, which did not accurately reflect the one-sidedness of the play. England had two time penalties after the break, which France used to achieve their first goal, - by Fabien Magner.

But the answer wasn’t long in coming as first James Tindall and a little later Richard Alexander with his second goal increased the lead. The French weren’t able to stand the pressure and had to be thankful to their goalkeeper Henri-Julien Lhomme, who was able to parry a few more times. Nevertheless, a goal from Adam Dixon, a third from Jackson and a second from Tindall added another three to the final score 8:1.

Goals:

0:1 Ashley Jackson (PC, 8)

0:2 Richard Alexander (15)

0:3 Ashley Jackson (PC, 31)

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1:3 Fabien Magner (41)

1:4 James Tindall (43)

1:5 Richard Alexander (46)

1:6 Adam Dixon (52)

1:7 Ashley Jackson (PC, 56.)

1:8 James Tindall (58)

Penalty corners:

FRA 1 / ENG 7 (3 Tore)

Green cards:

Francois Scheefer (48) / Ashley Jackson (40), Richard Alexander (41)

Umpires:

Nathan Stagno / Geoff Conn

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England finished the game in command

23rd August, GANT EHC (women) in Mönchengladbach: Ireland– England 1:3 (1:0)

23.08.2011 - The English women had a spectacular win in the first game on Tuesday 3:1 (0:1) against the pluckily competitive Irish. However, the outsiders led 1:0 at halftime. Both teams made the most of their early chances, but it wasn’t until the 33rd minute that Niamh Small won the unexpected early lead for Ireland.

England had dominated until then, but without being really dangerous in front of goal. This changed after the break. England came out of the cabin full of power and turned the game with two quick goals. The first was a successful stroke from Hannah Macleod (41). Shortly afterwards Helen Richardson pushed the ball over the line to put England into the lead for the first time (44).

Anne Panter then brought the score to 3:1 after a penalty corner (54). The game was then decided and England easily held on to their lead until time. Trainer Danny Kerry was nevertheless unsatisfied: “We played badly; the only positive result is that we are now in the semi-finals”.

Goals:

1:0 Niamh Small (33)

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1:1 Hannah Macleod (41)

1:2 Helen Richardson (44)

1:3 Anne Panter (KE, 54)

Penalty corners:

IRE 1 (-) / ENG 6 (1 goal)

Umpires:

Bartlema / Meister

Original Article: http://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/default.asp?lokal=DHB&innen=/VVI-web/EM/2011/Ergebnisdienst.asp&auswahl=0&spiel=9&version=EN

Netherlands Beat England Men in tight match

22. August, GANT EHC in Mönchengladbach, Men: England – Netherlands 3:4 (1:1)

22.08.2011 - In an high quality game with fast combinations the English and the winning Dutch team underlined their top favourite role inside the Gant EuroHockey Championships. The Dutch team won 4:3 (1:1). In the first minutes, Billy Bakker from the Netherlands scored the first goal of the match.

The Oranje-team had not more opportunities to score, but the better ones. Inspite of Matt Daly scored the equalizer, before the halftime whistle. After the break the pre-decision seemed to happen. Taeke Taekema converted a penalty shot and again Bakker scored, after a well performed combination.

England seemed to be a little bit impressed, so the Dutch became the better team. Surprisingly Iain Mackay scored to get one back. He and his teammates hoped to come back into the game. But Billy Bakker scored his third goal, only a few minutes later. Ashley Jackson got one back again, but this was not enough to beat the Dutch team finally.

Goals:

0:1 Billy Bakker (10.)

1:1 Matt Daly (24.)

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1:2 Taeke Taekema (PS, 39.)

1:3 Billy Bakker (40.)

2:3 Iain Mackay (54.)

2:4 Billy Bakker (57.)

3:4 Ashley Jackson (68.)

Penalty Corners:

ENG 0 / NED 4 (-)

Umpires:

Nathan Stagno / Christian Blasch

Original Article: http://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/default.asp?lokal=DHB&innen=/VVI-web/EM/2011/Ergebnisdienst.asp&auswahl=1&spiel=8&version=EN

England profits from weak German offense

21st August 2011, GANT EHC, Mönchengladbach: England - Germany 2:0 (1:0)

21.08.2011 - England took a giant step towards the semi-finals on the second day of the GANT EuroHockey European Championships with a 2:0 (1:0) defeat of the host German team. The player of the match was Crista Cullen, who scored both goals in the high-speed game.

In the first half 26-year-old Cullen converted her team’s second penalty corner to put the English into the lead 1:0 (18). She got past the German goalkeeper Kristina Reynolds with a stroke from a short distance out. After that the English striker continued to challenge the German defense with quick combinations. Luck and a strong performance from their goalie saved Germany from falling even further behind. It was also Crista Cullen who scored the decisive second goal by again converting a penalty corner in the 40th minute. Her scoop shot from the edge of the circle was unstoppable.

In the following minutes, England dominated the play and had further chances to increase their lead, but the score remained 2:0. After the game Michael Behrmann, the German trainer, criticised his team’s offensive play. “We didn’t manage to perform as well as usual today. Most of all, we didn’t put them under enough pressure in the circle” was his analysis. On the other hand, English coach Danny Kerry praised his offense, who created seven penalty corners to the Germans’ one and converted two of them. The coach described the progress of his team: “Yesterday we had problems using our chances, but today we played forward with discipline and scored the necessary goals,”

Goals:

1:0 Crista Cullen (PC, 18)

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2:0 Crista Cullen (PC, 40)

Penalty corners:

ENG 7 (2 goals) / GER 1 (0)

Green card:

GER: Julia Müller (31)

Umpires:

Ashton-Lucy / Eskina

Original Article: http://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/default.asp?lokal=DHB&innen=/VVI-web/EM/2011/Ergebnisdienst.asp&auswahl=0&spiel=6&version=EN

England win in a cliffhanger

21st August, GANT EHC in Mönchengladbach: England– Ireland 4:2 (1:1)

20.08.2011 - The Olympic hosts England defeated Ireland after a hard fought prestige duel 4:2 (1:1). The two teams have more in common than just the usual rivalry between neighbours.

The green-clad underdogs threatened throughout to upset the favoured English team. It wasn’t until two minutes before the end that England’s captain Barry Middleton ensured his team’s three points. After thirteen minutes there were enthusiastic attacks from the men in green. Christopher Cargo entered the English circle with the ball and put Ireland into the lead, to the delight of the Irish fans (13). Conor Harte almost increased the lead to 2:0 just six minutes later, but his stroke skimmed over the English bar.

However, in the twentieth minute the selfless efforts of the shamrocks came to naught when England’s Matt Daly found himself with the ball and with his back to the goal (20). A quick turn and the ball wobbled into the net 1:1. Ireland seemed shocked and England was back in the game. Shortly after the change of ends came the next setback for the outsiders. After a mistake in the circle, the England captain intercepted the ball and hammered it into the goal for a 2:1 lead (39).

For the Irish team, Gormley tried to tidy up his team in midfield but their play became ever more hectic. David Harte in the Irish goal kept his team in the game by saving seven corners. But in the 55th minute Ashley Jackson converted the eighth attempt 3:1 and thus ensured a more comfortable lead. This didn’t last long because only six minutes later it was the turn of England’s goalkeeper Nick Brothers to dig the ball out of the net (61), after John Jermyn converted a corner with an unstoppable shot narrowing the score to 3:2.

This woke up the fans in green who cheered their team forward. Shortly before the end Ireland were awarded a penalty corner – a great chance to tie the score. Nick Brothers for England saved the day with a spectacular effort. England’s captain Barry Middleton put the game beyond Ireland’s reach two minutes before the end, when after a skillful attack down the right side he coolly rounded off the game 4:2 (68).

The England trainer Jason Lee said later “Ireland played well and made life difficult for us for a long time, but we worked hard enough to win in the end.” The Ireland coach Revington was also basically satisfied with his team, especially as they had saved so many corners. He added to this “We must do something about conceding some many corners. This is something we must still work on”.

Goals:

0:1 Christopher Cargo (13.)

1:1 Matt Daly (20.)

2:1 Barry Middleton (39.)

3:1 Ashley Jackson (PC, 55.)

3:2 John Jermyn (PC, 61.)

4:2 Barry Middleton (68.)

Penalty corners:

ENG 8 (1 goal) / IRE 2 (1 goal)

Yellow card:

- / IRE Paul Gleghorne (foul, 19.)

Umpires:

Metchette/ Heinz

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England with hard-fought 4:0 against Belgium

20th August, EM in Moenchengladbach, Women: England– Belgium 4:0 (2:0)

20.08.2011 - Olympic host England won its opening match at the GANT EuroHockey Championships against well prepared Belgians, but the score did not reflect the closeness of the game 4:0 (2:0).

Belgium began briskly, but after about ten minutes England took command. Alex Danson (14.) and Chloe Rogers (19.) scored before the break. Belgium came out of the cabin with a lot of confidence, but failed to perform dangerously near the circle. On the other hand England stayed cool and Crista Cullen (46.) and captain Kate Walsh (55.) scored with penalty corners. After that the Belgians weren`t able to come back and England had no problem winning the three points.

Goals:

1:0 Alex Danson (PC, 14.)

2:0 Chloe Rogers (19.)

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3:0 Crista Cullen (PC, 46.)

4:0 Kate Walsh (PC, 55.)

Penalty corners:

ENG 7 (1 Goal) / BEL 2 (-)

Yellow cards:

Anne Panter (Foul, 20.) / -

Umpires:

Oliveira / Heinz

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World Cup Qualifying Games

In the 9th 10th playoff it needed a penalty shoot out to seperate New Zealand and South Africa. SA took and early lead which lasted until the 42nd minute when NZ equalised. Goals were then exchanged until the final score was 4-4. The black sticks won the penalty shoot out 5-4 and thereby finish 9th.

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World Cup 2010 – Semi Finals

European Champions England were brushed aside by a confident Germany and will now have to content themselves with the fight for the bronze. The Germans were 2-0 up in the first 11 minutes and 3-1 up by half time. Although England pressed hard in the second half they could not strike back and the game was decided when Germany scorded a fourth in the 60th minute. As far as England fans are concerned this is very dissappointing after sucha good start to the competition and it will be very demoralising if they leave India only in fourth.

The second semi was much closer and Australia came out narrow 2-1 winners. The game was end to end and slicker finishing from Australia proved to be the difference. Netherlands only managed to score when they were awarded a penalty stroke late in the second half. they then went all out for the equaliser but could not find the net.

So the final will be between Germany and Australia and the bronze an all European game between Netherlands and England.

Earlier in the day Canada needed extra time to beat Pakistan in the game to decide who finishes 11th and last in the tournament. They game ended 3-2 to Canada.

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2010 World Cup - Day 10 + Semi-final Draw

In the first game of the day Germany comfortably overcame New Zealand 5-2 and went to the top of the group. The Netherlands then knew a draw would do and this perhaps made them a little tentative. In any case Korea won a close affair 2-1 and a couple of more goals for Korea would have put out the Dutch on goal difference.

As it is Germany will play England and Australia will play Netherlands in the semi finals of the competition on Thursday. Tomorrow is a rest day

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2010 World Cup - Day 9

England failed to take advantage of their previous 4 wins and let themselves down against a Spannish side that knew they were only probably playing for pride.

Australia beat Pakistan and so over haul England for the top place in the pool on goal difference. This leaves England with the probability of playing Netherlands and maybe missing out on the final.

The last game in this group does not influence the semi final outcome although Indian fans will be hoping for a home win to round off a poor tournament for the hosts.

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2010 World Cup - Day 8 Results

New Zealand's defeat and the draw between old rivals Netherlands and Germany means any 2 of 4 teams could qualify for the semi finals.
Germany and Netherlands look likely qualifiers but if South Korea lose to Netherlands and NZ beat Germany then the Black sticks will get the 2nd qualification spot, with the Dutch going through as group winners. A German win will get them through and for Korea to progress they must beat Netherlands by a clear margin and beat the Duitch goal difference to be sure. It will all be decided on Tuesday.

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