Sporting Digest: Hockey
PIZZAEXPRESS NATIONAL LEAGUE First Division: Old Loughtonians 1 Hounslow 3. Leading positions: 1 Hounslow (P 10, Pts 25); 2 Havant (9-20); 3 Reading 10-19. Second Division: Harleston Magpies 2 Neston 1. Leading positions: 1 Surbiton (P 10, Pts 28); 2 Guildford (10- 25); 3 Barford Tigers (10-20).
HOCKEY ASSOCIATION CUP Fourth round: Old Loughtonians 3 City of Portsmouth 1 (Old Loughtonians away to Bournville in fifth round); Stourport 1 Havant 4 (Havant away to Bromley). Fifth round: Beeston 2 Warrington 1; Harrogate 2 Trojans 1; Reading 2 Cannock 1 (aet); St Albans 1 Southgate 2; Surbiton 1 Teddington 2.
NORWICH UNION EAST PREMIER: Bedford 3 Crostyx 2; Bishop's Stortford 6 Pelicans 0; Chelmsford 6 Luton Town 0; Ipswich 3 Blueharts 0; Old Southendians 2 Stevenage 0; Redbridge/Ilford 2 Peterborough Town 3; Welwyn GC 2 Bury St Edmunds 2; Westcliff 0 Dereham 3; Cambridge Univ 0 Norwich 0.
NASTRO AZZURRO SOUTH Premier: Anchorians 7 Old Walcountains 1; Dulwich 0 Mid Sussex 1; Fareham 1 Winchester 2; Gore Court 1 City of Portsmouth 1; Hampstead and Westminster 2 High Wycombe 1; Oxford Hawks 2 Maidenhead 1; Spencer 2 Lyons 1; Staines 0 Wimbledon 0; Tulse Hill 0 Chichester 1; Old Kingstonians 5 Hendon 1.
ERNST AND YOUNG MIDLAND Premier: Bloxwich 2 Khalsa 3; Coventry and North Warwick 2 Lichfield 0; Leicester Westleigh 1 Belper 0; Olton and West Warwick 1 Hampton-in-Arden 0; Worcester Norton 1 Finchfield 1.
ERNST AND YOUNG NORTH First Division: Ben Rhydding 1 York 1; Blackburn 2 Alderley Edge 0; Durham Univ 0 Hightown-Northern 1; Norton 3 Timperley 1; Southport 1 Formby 6.
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL INDOOR TOURNAMENT (Cocks Moors Woods) Pool A: Avoca (Irl) 9 Harborne 7; Vikings (Den) 5 US Eagles 6; Firebrands 2 Harborne 3; Vikings 4 Harborne 7; Avoca 4 US Eagles 7; Firebrands 4 Avoca 3; US Eagles 3 Firebrands 1; Avoca 3 Vikings 8; US Eagles 7 Harborne 4; Firebrands 1 Vikings 7. Pool B: Royal White Star (Bel) 4 East Grinstead 7; Welton 5 Doncaster 7; Antipodeans (Aus) 4 Star 5; Welton 2 East Grinstead 5; Star 2 Doncaster 7; Antipodeans 7 Welton 4; East Grinstead 10 Doncaster 7; Doncaster 2 Antipodeans 7; Welton 5 Star 7; Antipodeans 4 East Grinstead 7. 5/6th place: Harborne 4 Doncaster 5. 3/4th: Vikings 8 Antipodeans 4. Final: US Eagles 7 East Grinstead 6.
WOMEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE First Division: Postponed: Sunderland Bedans v Harleston Magpies. Second Division: Sherwood 0 Canterbury 1. Leading positions: 1 Canterbury (P 8, Pts 16); 2 Sherwood (8-15); 3 Gt Harwood (8-14).
WOMEN'S EAST SUPER LEAGUE Premier Division: Redbridge/Ilford 1 St Albans 1; Saracens 4 B and H Hempstead 1; Sevenoaks 2 Cambridge City 0; Welwyn GC 0 Bexleyheath 1.
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