Wednesday, 18 March 2009

National Men's Hockey

England's premier hockey league is moving into its final 5 games of the season. East Grinstead are currently in poll position to clinch the National Slazenger league, leading Cannock and Beeston by just one point. Defending champions Reading lie 4th, separated from 1st place by just 3 points, with Surbiton just one point behind them in 5th.
So with just six points separating five teams, this season's run-in promises to be a thrilling close to the season.

The league table can be viewed on the England Hockey website here.

BUCS university hockey is also close to it close for the season. In the Northern conference, Loughborough university are in 1st place with 21 points, closely followed by Birmingham with 18 points and Durham with 17.
The Southern conference isn't quite decided yet, with Exeter leading the division with 27 points. London Metropolitan are in second, trailing by 5 points on 22, meaning that Exeter need just one more point to be crowned champions - their head-to-head versus London Metropolitan is 0-3 and 5-1, meaning that Exeter will win the league in the event of level points.

The league tables can be viewed on the BUCS website here.