Last weekend saw our England ladies win bronze at the Waldercup in Vordemwald, Switzerland. The squad of nine coached by Carlos Amaral with assistant coach Darrel Pearce and Manager Dave Fothergil used this tournament in preparation for the ladies World Championships in Vina Del Mar, Chile at the end of September.
Next weekend the girls travel to Spain to compete in the Golden Cup tournament in Blanes. This tournament and one another in Noisy le Grand, France will give the girls a higher level of hockey and the chance to play against players who will also be in Chile.
SEE THE FOTOS OF THE WALDLERCUP.
The French National Cup was contested in La Roche Sur Yon last Saturday. After a 10 hour bus journey travelling with the defending Cup winners to the host town we saw a great match of skill and speed. Last years cup winners and this years League winners SCRA St Omer went ahead 2 – 0 in the early part of the match. La Vendéenne (from La Roche Sur yon) battled hard to score 3 goals to finish 3 – 2 at have time.
The second half saw La Vendéenne pressure St Omer into some hard defending but last years cup winners could not fight off the excellent play from the host team. The final score was
La Vendéenne 5 – 3 St Omer.
SEE THE PHOTOS
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This weekend will see the Senior National play off’s at Bushfield Sports Centre in Peterborough on Saturday 10th June 2006.
At the end of the day first and second are in the 2007 Premier League and third and forth will be in the 2007 National Division 1
09.30 Sheffield v Maidstone
10.20 Southsea v Letchworth
11.30 Sheffield v Southsea
12.40 Sheffield v Letchworth
13.50 Maidstone v Letchworth
15.00 Maidstone v Southsea
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