Hockey: New date for abandoned tie

THE Hockey Association Cup third-round match between Bournville and Blueharts which was abandoned on Sunday because of problems with local vandals, will now be replayed at Hitchin on 12 December, the Bournville club having conceded home advantage, writes Bill Colwill.

Stephen Barlow, the HA's competitions organiser, said yesterday: 'As far as I know it is the first time that we have experienced this sort of trouble, but sadly we have to play where the pitches are.'

Stuart Ives, the Gore Court player injured in a disturbance outside a Sheffield night-club in the early hours of Sunday morning, was yesterday still in a critical but stable condition. The Kent club will make a statement this morning. South Yorkshire Police have detained three men for questioning.

Gore Court's sad weekend, which ended with the club conceding their tie against York, started on Saturday at High Wycombe, where a 60th-minute goal from Wycombe's Ian Styan robbed them of their unbeaten record in the Nastro Azzurro South Premier League.