Across the EHL | Week Twelve

Womens Division One North leaders Buckingham dropped points for the second successive week, this time all three in a 3-2 loss at Olton & West Warwicks. Beth Peers scored twice for Olton before Alice Conquest hit a 68^th minute winner which lifts her side off the foot of the table. Buckingham are now six points clear at the top. Second placed Gloucester City could only draw, 3-3 with Leeds, Emma Williams scoring two of their goals. Beeston go level on points with Gloucester after their 2-0 win at Repton, Sophie Robinson netted twice in a result that also sends Repton to the bottom of the table. Loughborough Students 2s won 2-1 at Sutton Coldfield and the cross-Pennine derby saw Ben Rhydding and Pendle Forest play out a 1-1 draw, the point helping both teams in their quest to avoid the drop. On an otherwise free weekend Ben Rhydding play Sutton on Saturday rearranged from the Super6s finals date to this weekend 
 
Millie Attwell and Olivia D’Castro scored in Division One South leaders’ Teddington’s 2-0 win against Sevenoaks. This keeps them three points clear of Exeter University who won 4-2 at bottom of the table Harleston Magpies. Exeter have a game in hand at home to Holcombe on Sunday 22 February, postponed from 31 January due to Super 6s. At the other end of the table an early Poppy Stace goal was enough to give Guildford a 1-0 win at Southgate and whilst remaining ninth puts them within two points of safety. Lucy Turner hit a 69^th winner, her second of the game, as Surbiton 2s came from being behind with five minutes to play to beat Holcombe 3-2. Reading 2s and Bristol Firebrands drew 2-2. 
 
A 4-1 win at Marlow keeps Cardiff & Met top of Conference West. They remain three points clear of Team Bath Buccaneers who beat Cheltenham 2-1. Trojans lost ground in the title chase drawing 1-1 at Oxford University and Lansdown go above them thanks to their 1-0 win over Clifton Robinsons 2s. Exeter put distance between themselves and bottom of the table Slough with a 3-1 win over the Buckinghamshire side. 
 
Two Alexandria Archer goals helped Alderley Edge to a 3-0 win at Kirkby Stephen, the three points taking them back to the top of the table. Previous leaders Bowdon 2s were held to a 0-0 draw at Durham University 2s and they now trail the new leaders on goal difference. Newcastle University slip to four points off the pace after a 3-1 home reverse at the hands of Fylde. Ninth placed Sheffield lost 2-1 to Whitley Bay & Tynemouth. Eve Bowen scored twice as Didsbury Northern won 3-0 at tenth placed Wakefield which extends the gap between themselves and the bottom two to four points.     
 
There are new leaders in Conference Midlands with Leicester City taking top spot thanks to a 5-1 defeat of Cannock. Birmingham University 2s, who led the table before the day’s play were held 1-1 at Stourport. Cambridge City, who were top going into the last games before the mid-season break, lost for the third successive game, 5-2 at Oxford Hawks, and drop below Hawks to fourth. Harleston Magpies 2s remain bottom after losing 4-1 to Cambridge University whilst Nottingham Trent University moved a point further away from the drop zone thanks to 0-0 draw St Albans. That makes it three successive clean sheets for their keeper, Charlotte Salmon. 
 
Hampstead & Westminster 2s stay four points clear in Conference East. They had a hard fought 2-1 win over ninth placed Barnes 2s. Old Loughtonians remain second after their 4-1 defeat of London Wayfarers whilst Spencer are a point further back. They won 7-0 at bottom of the table Wapping with braces from Hannah Griggs and Sophie Shakespeare. The teams just above the bottom two Guildford 2s and Canterbury played out a 2-2 draw with Abbie Bean’s 68^th minute goal earning a point for the Kent side. They both closed the gap on Wimbledon 2s who went down 3-2 at home to Old Georgians. Wimbledon’s Phoebe Barnett’s brace was matched by OG’s Steph Elliott which included the 66^th minute winner.     

Division One North Top Scorers  

Sophia Crawshay (Buckingham) 14 

Emma McCabe (Sutton Coldfield) 10 

Jess Roe (Gloucester City) 8 

Sally Walton (Gloucester City) 8 

Kirby Harris (Loughborough Students 2) 6 

Division One North Clean Sheets

Amelia Jones (Buckingham) 4 

Izzy Evans (Beeston) 3 

Amy Hughes (Loughborough Students 2) 3 

Laura Kendall (Pendle Forest) 3 
 

Division One South Top Scorers  

Liselot Mander (Surbiton 2) 10 

Lizzie Cook (Bristol Firebrands) 9 

Lorna Willmott (Exeter University) 9 

Miri Maroney (Teddington) 8 

Madeleine Moore (Sevenoaks) 7 

Maria Andrews (Bristol Firebrands) 5 

Millie Attwell (Teddington) 5 

Matilda Gibson (Surbiton) 5 

Lily St. Clair (Exeter University) 5 

Division One South Clean Sheets

Emily Overend (Teddington) 6 

Louisa Bray (Southgate) 2 

Abigail Cox (Holcombe) 2 

Rose Thomas (Guildford) 2 

Jemma Woods (Surbiton 2) 2 

Conference East Top Scorers  

Madeleine Newlyn (Old Loughtonians) 13 

Hannah Griggs (Spencer) 6 

Katie MacCallum (Old Loughtonians) 6 

Steph Elliott (Old Georgians) 6 

Jasmine Clark (Hampstead & Westminster 2) 5 

Jessica Dickinson (Guildford 2) 5 

Adele Sammons (Old Loughtonians) 5 

Ella Watt (Spencer) 5 

Conference East Clean Sheets

Rochelle Feather (Old Georgians) 4 

Jenny Lee (Spencer) 4 

Victoria Drews (Hampstead & Westminster 2) 3


Conference Midlands Top Scorers  

Eloise Ward (Oxford Hawks) 14 

Jodie Beddow (Cannock) 9 

Sophie Thompson (Stourport) 8 

Holly Dean (Cambridge City) 7 

Isla Fennell (Leicester City) 7 

Millie Ely (Cambridge University) 6 

Lottie Gill (Cambridge University) 6 

Isobel Johnson (Cambridge City) 6 

Rhianne Noor (Cambridge City) 6 

Conference Midlands Clean Sheets

Emily Gerke (St. Albans) 4 

Ruby Jamieson (Oxford Hawks) 4 

Charlotte Salmon (Nottingham Trent University) 3 

Evie Halsall (University of Birmingham 2) 2 

Georgie Marsden (Cambridge City) 2 

Conference North Top Scorers  

Amelie Long (Alderley Edge) 16 

Martha Bainbridge (Kirkby Stephen) 11 

Jessica Wharton (Fylde) 8 

Nicola Kellett (Fylde) 7 

Frankie Sinclair-Bruce (Durham University 2) 7 

Naomi Harkness (Whitley Bay & Tynemouth) 6 

Georgia Lawes (Newcastle University) 6 

Isabelle Moriarty (Durham University 2) 6 

 
Conference North Clean Sheets

Ella Buddle (Alderley Edge) 6 

Katherine Somerville (Bowdon 2) 6 

Katherine Fricke (Durham University 2) 5 

Amy Keirl (Whitley Bay & Tynemouth) 3 

Sophie Winder (Kirkby Stephen) 3 

Conference West Top Scorers  

Jamie Bulbring (Cardiff & Met) 12 

Amy Sheehan (Trojans) 9 

Emily Hersch (Oxford University) 7 

Lorel Wallis (Exeter) 7 

Milly Chatterley (Trojans) 6 

Tabitha Tinniswood (Team Bath Buccaneers) 6 

Izzy Usher (Team Bath Buccaneers) 6 

Conference West Clean Sheets

Amy Partridge (Cardiff & Met) 5 

Victoria Waring (Lansdown) 4 

Peggy Marshall (Team Bath Buccaneers) 3  

Exeter University stay top of Open/Mens Division One South after a 3-2 win at Richmond. Harry Markham gave Exeter a 2-0 lead within the first quarter, but Richmond levelled things up with goals from Scott Wall and Matthew Ming. Nathan Gladman secured the points for Exeter converting a 63rd minute corner. Guildford stay four points back after their 7-2 defeat of Canterbury. Canterbury in eighth stay a point above Havant who were beatn 2-1 at home by Old Loughtonians. Loughts move up to third above Sevenoaks after the Kent side were held 5-5 by bottom of the table Surbiton 2s for whom Luke Taylor netted four corners. 
 
Division One North leaders Repton had to come from behind to earn three points against Birmingham University. Birmingham were two up within six minutes with goals from Jack Stamp and Harvey Edwards but Repton fought back with goals from Dominic Bennett and Si Claris (2) including the 62nd minute winner to make it 3-2. Bowdon remain a point behind Repton but kept up the pressure with a 4-0 win at Durham University, Josh Bowen netting a hat-trick. Third placed Loughborough Students won 5-0 at eighth placed Timperley but the Cheshire side saw the teams below both lose. Deeside Ramblers went down 5-2 at Harborne, Olton & West Warwicks beaten 4-2 at home by Nottingham University. 
 
Conference North leaders Leeds were held to a 4-4 draw by Sheffield. Sheffield led 3-1 at half time only for Leeds to surge into a 4-3 lead, Chris Carter’s second with eight minutes left tied things up. Neston moved into second, six points off Leeds, after a 3-1 win in their Wirral derby with bottom of the table Oxton. Lindum dropped a place to third after being held 2-2 at Newcastle University who stay ninth but are only a point behind Ben Rhydding who lost 2-1 at home to Durham University 2s. Doncaster beat Didsbury Northern 3-1.    
 
Conference West leaders Clifton Robinsons needed an Isaac Hocking equaliser with five minutes to go to earn a point in a 1-1 draw at Cardiff & Met 2s. Their lead at the top was cut to four points as second placed Chichester beat Bristol University 5-0. Marlow are another two points further back after a 4-2 defeat of Exeter University 2s. Exeter slip to tenth as Isca go above them thanks to a point earned in a 2-2 draw with Ashmoor. However they are five points behind Fareham who won 3-2 at Team Bath Buccaneers thanks to a last minute winner from Chris Davey.   
 
The top two met in Conference East and Hampstead & Westminster 2s went above London Wayfarers after a 5-1 win. Matt Guise-Brown was the architect of their success with four corners to put Hampstead two points clear. Holcombe 2s who won 4-3 at Wimbledon 2s and Old Cranleighan who beat Spencer 3-2 are also in the title mix.    Bromley & Beckenham moved three points clear of the relegation places thanks to a 5-1 defeat of bottom of the table Brighton & Hove. David Agar hit a hat-trick for Chelmsford whose 4-3 win against Southgate 2s mean they move above them into sixth.   
 
Conference Midlands leaders Leek remain unbeaten but dropped points in a 2-2 draw with draw specialists St Albans. Saints have drawn 7 of ither 12 games to date. Oxford Hawks, who beat local rivals Banbury 3-1, move to within six points of Leek. Norwich City and City of Peterborough drew 3-3 as did Nottingham University 2s and Barford Tigers. Tigers slip into the bottom two as Birmingham University 2s, who were bottom going into Saturday, won 4-1 at Stourport to move up to eighth, whilst Stourport are now tenth.   
Division One North Top Scorers  

Simon Claris (Repton) 14 
Simon Egerton (Bowdon) 11 
Richie Dawson-Smith (Bowdon) 10 
Harvey Edwards (University of Birmingham) 9 
Josh Bowen (Bowdon) 8 
Luke Holland (University of Nottingham) 8 
Jake Litchfield (Harborne) 8 


Division One North Clean Sheets
Joel Clayton (Bowdon) 6 
Yuvraj Singh Bhuhi (Loughborough Students) 3 
Ambrose Davis (Repton) 2 


Division One South Top Scorers  
Vlacheslav Paziuk (Havant) 17 
William Tristem (Guildford) 11 
Cameron Baker (Guildford) 9 
Jake Bennett (Exeter University) 9 
Joe Naughalty (Sevenoaks) 9 
Kyle White (Teddington) 9 
Scott Wall (Richmond) 9 


Division One South Clean Sheets
Henry Saxby (Teddington) 3 
 
Conference East Top Scorers  
Matt Guise-Brown (Hampstead & Westminster 2) 20 
James Cutter (Old Cranleighan) 17 
David Agar (Chelmsford) 14 
Reuben Sendzul (Holcombe 2) 11 
Mubashar Ali (Holcombe 2) 8 
Benedict Roe (Old Cranleighans) 8 
Sebastian Shaw (Spencer) 8 


Conference East Clean Sheets: 
James Stock (Chelmsford) 2 
Savaas Hadjigeorgiou (Southgate 2) 2 


Conference Midlands Top Scorers  
Ben White (Leek) 12 
Joe Finding (City of Peterborough) 10 
Jack Hobbs (Oxford Hawks) 8 
Spencer Hill (St. Albans) 7 
Lewis Ingram (University of Birmingham 2) 7 
Abdul Rehman (Barford Tigers) 6 


Conference Midlands Clean Sheets (12)
Adam Knott (Leek) 5 
Alex Martin (St. Albans) 2 
Simon Dolan (Norwich City) 2 
Conference North Top Scorers  
Matt Gibson (Doncaster) 15 
George Godwin (Leeds) 13 
Sam Dixon (Lindum) 10 
Robert Goldthorp (Leeds) 10 
Will Musgrave (Ben Rhydding) 9 
Jack Fletcher (Leeds) 8 
James Gardiner (Neston) 8 
 
Conference North Clean Sheets (11): 
Olly Trotter (Leeds) 3 
Maxwell Davidson (Doncaster) 2 
 
Conference West Top Scorers  
Isaac Hocking (Clifton Robinsons) 12 
Jayden Zamler (Marlow) 11 
Willem Owens (Bristol University) 10 
Jadé Smith (Isca) 8 
Sam Barnett (Exeter University 2) 7 
Ben Stone (Clifton Robinsons) 7 
William Waltham (Exeter University 2) 7 


Conference West Clean Sheets
Chris Bristow (Chichester) 3 
Rhys Payne (Cardiff & Met 2) 2