Hockey: Olton lead way after nine-goal weekend

It was a highly successful back-to-back weekend for Olton and West Warwick, who yesterday followed up their 6-1 victory at Sutton Coldfield on Saturday with a 3-1 win at home against Canterbury to lead the Premier Division of the Women's National League. For Slough and Hightown it was a most disappointing weekend.

The teams turned up at Bisham Abbey on Saturday only to learn that a contractor working at the site the previous day had cut the electricity supply which meant water could not be pumped on to the recently refurbished water-based pitch and play was not possible. Yesterday Hightown's home game against Chelmsford fell foul of the weather as did Slough's match away at Ipswich.

Fyffes Leicester, like Olton, notched up nine goals over the weekend. They overcame a two-goal deficit at home to Clifton to win 3-2 and yesterday ran in six against Trojans who on Saturday had registered their first point of the season in a 2-2 draw away at Chelmsford.

England's world cup players were among the goals over the weekend with Leisa King scoring twice in Ipswich's 2-2 draw at Canterbury and the recalled Denise Marston-Smith scoring for Clifton at Leicester on Saturday and again in Clifton's 3-0 win yesterday against Sutton Coldfield.

Birmingham University, in their first season in the National League, beat Deeside Ramblers 2-0 to lead Division Two by three points from Poynton and are the only League side on maximum points. Poynton recorded a 7-1 victory over Leyland Motors.