New Zealand NHL Round 3 Results

Canterbury lead the Men’s points table after three rounds, with Auckland currently just edged out of the top four. Auckland and Wellington battled out a 5 – 5 draw, after the Wellingtonians clawed their way back from a 4 – 2 half time deficit. Wellington even hit the lead with a little over 10 minutes to play when Jason Hilton scored from the field, but Simon Child’s solo effort from a penalty corner variation drew the scores level two minutes later. Northland Men notched up their first win with a satisfying 2 – 0 victory over Southern. Sam Bartholomew converted a penalty stroke and a corner. Canterbury had an unexpectedly comfortable win over North Harbour, hammering in four goals in the second half for a 5-1 victory. Harbour missed the defensive qualities of defender Blair Hopping who was unavailable. Hayden Shaw scored twice to become the leading Men’s goalscorer with five goals. Midlands romped in 9 – 0 over Central, Junior Black Stick Hugo Inglis picked up a hat trick.

ITM Northland 2 v 0 The Southern Men HT 0-0 | 2009-09-20 12:00
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Kooga North Harbour 1 v 5 Canterbury Cavaliers HT 0-1 | 2009-09-20 14:00
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Land & Marine Aucklanders 5 v 5 BDO Spicers Wellington HT 4-2 | 2009-09-20 15:00
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Bayleys Midlands 9 v 0 Central Mavericks HT 5-0 | 2009-09-20 17:00
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Midlands Women continued their unbeaten run with a 3 – 1 win over luckless Northland who are yet to win a game, despite playing some good hockey. The young Northland side has fantastic strike power but are being given too few opportunities up front. Midlands now lead the Women’s points table and are looking the most consistently dangerous. Wellington Women continued their good weekend with a 4 – 0 win over Southland. North Harbour also continued their consistence performances downing a lacklustre Canterbury 3 – 0. Auckland recorded their first win of the competition with a spirited 1 – 0 win over Central. Krystal Forgesson was the goal scorer, from a penalty corner variation.

Bayleys Midlands 3 v 1 Mark Comie Holden Northland HT 2-1 | 2009-09-20 11:00
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Monteiths Wellington 4 v 0 Southern Storm HT 1-0 | 2009-09-20 13:00
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Kooga North Harbour 3 v 0 Pica Print Canterbury Cats HT 1-0 | 2009-09-20 16:00
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Land & Marine Aucklanders 1 v 0 Central Mysticks HT 0-0 | 2009-09-20 18:00
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Ireland Friendlies Planned

Ireland’s Senior Men’s team are in full flight of preparation for their upcoming World Cup Qualification (WCQ) which includes potentially eight test games in just a twelve day period, if all goes to plan. The intensity of the programme also affords Coach Paul Revington a prime opportunity to survey his athletes in a match situation as they compete to gain a foot hold in the Irish WCQ squad come November.

Commenting on this new phase he said “After a satisfactory Summer of international Hockey, our Team faces the immediate next challenge of World Cup Qualification,and therefore another important phase of preparation. The games against France, Argentina and Scotland offer our Squad an immediate opportunity to assess our playing standards and for all players to stamp their quality within team performances. It will be a challenging phase of games in a very short period oftime, testing the strength of our squad and also allowing for a very intensive period of games and training for the squad.”

First up Ireland play the French, ranked 17th in the world, in a double header on the 23rd and 24th September in Paris. Just four days later Ireland are scheduled to play the world number 10’s Argentina, however these fixtures are still awaiting 100% confirmation from the Puma’s as to whether they will be in a position to make the trip to Ireland. Regardless of the outcome Ireland will then take on Scotland in a triple header at Banbridge hockey club at the start of October.

Match Schedule

23rdSept

Ireland v France(Paris) 18.00

24thSept

Ireland v France(Paris) 14.30

28thSept

Ireland v Argentina(UCD,Dublin) 20.30

30thSept

Ireland v Argentina(UCD,Dublin) 20.30

1stOct

Ireland v Argentina(UCD,Dublin) 20.30

2ndOct

Ireland v Scotland(Banbridge, Down) 20.00

Oct 3rd

Ireland v Scotland(Banbridge, Down) 18.00

4thOct

Ireland v Scotland(Banbridge, Down) 14.00

New Zealand NHL Round 2 Results

In the Women's competition Central emerged as an early title contender with a well earned 3 - 1 win over defending champions North Harbour. Midlands also confirmed themselves as a class act with the biggest win of the day, a 10 - 0 drubbing of Southland to follow on from their Round One win over Auckland. Gemma Flynn scored a hat trick. Canterbury snuck home in the final minute of the match against Northland, converting a direct penalty corner strike with seconds to go, for a 2 - 1 win. Auckland found themselves 4 - 0 down to Wellington by half -time. The talented-filled Auckland side is yet to gel. For Wellington former the experience of Black Sticks Niniwa Roberts and Suzie Muirhead added to the performance. Current Black Sticks Anita Punt and keeper Beth Jurgeleit also played well during the 4 - 1 win.

Bayleys Midlands 10 v 0 Southern Storm HT 5-0 | 2009-09-19 12:00
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Mark Comie Holden Northland 1 v 2 Pica Print Canterbury Cats HT 0-1 | 2009-09-19 14:00
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Land & Marine Aucklanders 1 v 4 Monteiths Wellington HT 0-4 | 2009-09-19 15:00
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Kooga North Harbour 1 v 3 Central Mysticks HT 0-1 | 2009-09-19 17:00
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In the Men's competition, defending champions Midlands stumbled against Wellington going down 2 - 1. Black Sticks keeper Kyle Pontifex made several good saves late in the game to protect Wellington's lead. North Harbour chalked up another big win, with a 6 - 1 victory over Southern, taking their haul to 12 goals in two rounds. Dave Kosoof is their current leading goal scoring with three. Northland keeper Greg Paynter made some good saves to keep a clean goal in the first half against Auckland. Auckland couldn't break the deadlock until the 43rd minute when Steven O'Connor eased the tension with a well taken field goal. Auckland added a further two goals for a 3 - 0. Canterbury came back from a 1 - 0 half time deficit against Central to take out the match 3 - 1.

Kooga North Harbour 6 v 1 The Southern Men HT 4-1 | 2009-09-19 11:00
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Land & Marine Aucklanders 3 v 0 ITM Northland HT 0-0 | 2009-09-19 13:00
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Canterbury Cavaliers 3 v 1 Central Mavericks HT 1-1 | 2009-09-19 16:00
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Bayleys Midlands 1 v 2 BDO Spicers Wellington HT 1-2 | 2009-09-19 18:00
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Leman Re-elected as GB President

Following a recent selection process the Great Britain Hockey Board is pleased to announce the reappointment of Richard Leman as President for the next four years.

Richard was first appointed to the Great Britain Hockey Board in 2005 as England Hockey’s representative and took over the role of President in January 2008.

His career highlights include winning Olympic Bronze in Los Angeles in 1984 and Olympic Gold in Seoul in 1988. He won a total of 228 caps for England and Great Britain and was Player of the Year in 1984.

Richard is hockey’s representative on the British Olympic Association’s National Olympic Committee and also sits on their Board. He is heavily involved in hockey from grass roots to the elite level, in particular with the administration and development of East Grinstead Hockey Club. He is also currently the Chair of East Grinstead Sports Club.

Speaking about the role, Richard said: “I am honoured to be reappointed as President of Great Britain Hockey at such a key stage in the development of our sport. We are lucky to have such a great team of professional and volunteer supporters throughout Great Britain and with the funding supplied by UK Sport and the National Lottery everyone is pushing hard to give the athletes of both the men’s and women’s squads the best possible chance of success in 2012.”

PC Field Hockey Game - First kit is Mercian Mercianeries from WRA2010

NE14HOCKEY have taken on an exciting project this summer - the development of a PC Field Hockey game and this week the first images of the player model have been released.

The player has been designed wearing a Mercian Mercianeries shirt which will be worn by one of the 2 teams taking part in the NE14HOCKEY sixes and the stickforlife World Record Attempt for Cancer Research UK.

HOWZ-Trix have designed the above logo for the PC Field Hockey game which is based on the Half-life 2 logo with a picture of the Field Hockey goal from the PC Games virtual pitch

Don't forget to checkout the PC Field Hockey Games video tour of the virtual hockey pitch: click here to see the video

New Zealand NHL Round 1 Results

Defending champions Midlands got off to a good start in the Men's competition with a 6 - 4 win over Auckland. Malaysian import Raju Sandrakasi had a solid impact up front and Richard Petherick converted to drag flick penalty corners. Midlands went into half time 3 - 1 up and maintained the two goal buffer, by the completion of the match. North Harbour were as expected too strong for Northland, winning 6 - 1. Wellington were equally dominant over Central, winning 7 - 1. On Sunday Canterbury downed Southern 7 - 3, Hayden Shaw scoring a hat trick. Southern played creatively to score their three goals and were far from disgraced.

In the Women's competition defending champions North Harbour also had a solid start, beating Northland 4 - 2. The young Northland side could not contain the scoring power of the star studded side. Auckland, who on paper, many are picking to take out the League, had a disappointing start going down 2 - 0 to Midlands. Auckland have three Black Sticks strikers in their ranks, would have been disappointed not to get on the scoreboard. Players of the Day for Midlands were Cathryn Finlayson who created space well and got in behind the Auckland defence, while Gemma Flynn and Chloe Rogers dominated the midfield, controlling the game well. For Auckland Katie Glynn and Sam Harrison looked dangerous with the limited opportunities that they had. Central disposed of Wellington 5 - 0. Kayla Sharland and Michaela Curtis shone for Central, while former Black Stick Niniwa Roberts was Wellington's standout. Canterbury beat Southern 6 - 0 on Sunday.

Men's results

Bayleys Midlands 6 v 4 Land & Marine Aucklanders HT 3-1 | 2009-09-12 15:00
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Kooga North Harbour 6 v 1 ITM Northland HT 3-0 | 2009-09-12 15:00
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BDO Spicers Wellington 7 v 1 Central Mavericks HT 5-0 | 2009-09-12 15:00
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Canterbury Cavaliers 7 v 3 The Southern Men HT 4-1 | 2009-09-13 13:00
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Women's Results

Land & Marine Aucklanders 0 v 2 Bayleys Midlands HT 0-1 | 2009-09-12 13:00
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Kooga North Harbour 4 v 2 Mark Comie Holden Northland HT 2-0 | 2009-09-12 13:00
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Central Mysticks 5 v 2 Monteiths Wellington HT 2-1 | 2009-09-12 13:00
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Pica Print Canterbury Cats 6 v 0 Southern Storm HT 3-0 | 2009-09-13 11:00
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