Sporting Digest: Hockey

PIZZAEXPRESS NATIONAL LEAGUE First Division: Cannock 3 Bromley 0; Canterbury 2 Teddington 3; East Grinstead 4 Bournville 2; Havant 1 Hounslow 0; Indian Gymkhana 0 Slough 3; Old Loughtonians 4 Reading 2; St Albans 0 Firebrands 1; Stourport 3 Trojans 0; Welton 1 Southgate 6. Leading positions: 1 Hounslow (P 11, Pts 25); 2 Havant (10-23); 3 East Grinstead (11- 21). Second Division: Cambridge City 2 Brooklands 2; Doncaster 0 Surbiton 3; Edgbaston 1 Beeston 2; Gloucester City 2 Harleston Magpies 0; Guildford 1 Barford Tigers 1; Harborne 0 Neston 2; Oxford Univ 5 Warrington 2; Richmond 1 Isca 2; Sheffield 1 Cheltenham 0. Leading positions: 1 Surbiton (P 11, Pts 31); 2 Guildford (11-26); 3 Barford Tigers (11-21).

HOCKEY ASSOCIATION TROPHY First round: Ashford (Middx) 6 Torbay 0; Ashby de la Zouch 0 Chester 2; Barnes 3 Robinsons 1; Beckenham 1 Broadland 0; Blackheath 3 Melton 2; Blossomfield 1 Oxton 2; Bowdon 5 Hertford 0; Chapeltown 0 GEC Coventry 1; Ipswich and East Suffolk 5 Lancaster Univ 1; Lansdown 1 RAF Strike Command 0; Leominster 0 Old Mid-Whitgiftians 5; Lewes 5 Royston 1; Morecambe 1 John Player 3 (aet); Norwich Union 2 Preston 0; Old Holcombeians 3 Handsworth Eagles 1; Oxted 6 Bath 3; Penzance 2 Salisbury 2 (aet; Penzance won 3- 2aps); Ramgharia (Leeds) 6 Appleby Frodingham 0; Rickmansworth 1 Marlow 2; Royal Signals 0 Basingstoke 2; Shrewsbury 3 Adel 0; Spalding 1 City of Oxford 5; Stockton 4 Kings Heath 2; Swindon 0 Sunbury 3; Vauxhall 0 Winnington Park 2; West Herts 2 Greenwich 5 (aet); Weymouth 1 Burton 2; York CS Trojans 1 Berkhamsted 0.

NASTRO AZZURRO SOUTH Premier: City of Portsmouth 3 Old Kingstonians 0; Dulwich 1 Oxford Hawks 3; Hendon 2 Anchorians 3; High Wycombe 2 Tulse Hill 0; Lyons 1 Staines 2; Maidenhead 1 Fareham 0; Mid Sussex 0 Chichester 1; Old Walcountians 1 Spencer 2; Wimbledon 1 Hampstead and Westminster 3; Winchester 0 Gore Court 1. Leading positions: 1 Anchorians (P 13, Pts 30); 2 Hampstead and Westminster (13- 29); 3 Gore Court (12-29).

NORWICH UNION EAST Premier: Blueharts 4 Colchester 2; Bury St Edmunds 1 Cambridge Univ. 0; Crostyx 11 Welwyn Garden City 0; Dereham 1 Redbridge and Ilford 0; Luton Town 3 Westcliff 0; Norwich City 0 Chelmsford 0; Pelicans 1 Old Southendians 2; Peterborough Town 0 Ipswich 0; Stevenage 3 Bedford 2. Leading positions: 1 Ipswich (P 11, Pts 29); 2 Peterborough Town (12-27); 3 Crostyx (10-23).

ERNST AND YOUNG MIDLAND Premier: Belper 1 Coventry and North Warwick 0; Finchfield 2 Leicester Westleigh 5; Hampton-in-Arden 1 Bloxwich 0; Khalsa 1 Worcester Norton 0; Lichfield 0 Olton and West Warwick 3. Leading positions: 1 Olton (P 12, Pts 29); 2 Belper (12-23); 3 Bloxwich (12-22).

SUNLIFE WEST OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH WALES First Division: Exeter Univ 2 Westbury and UB 3; Hereford 1 Brean 0; Taunton Vale 2 Plymouth 1; Weston-super-Mare 2 Swansea 2; Whitchurch 2 Bath Buccaneers 1. Leading positions: 1 Taunton Vale (P 12, Pts 29); 2 Swansea (22-28); 3 Whitchurch (12-22).

ERNST AND YOUNG NORTH First Division: Alderley Edge 0 Hightown-Northern 2; Ben Rhydding 1 Norton 1; Blackburn 3 Durham Univ 5; Formby 1 York 1; Southport 3 Timperley 0. Leading positions: 1 Formby (P 12, Pts30); 2 Norton (12-27); 3 Southport (12-26).

TORRIE STOCKBROKERS SCOTTISH NATIONAL First Division: Torbrek Wanderers 0 Grange 1.

WOMEN'S EUROPEAN INDOOR UNDER-21 NATIONS CUP (Llodio, Sp): Belarus 6 Czech Republic 3; France 2 Slovakia 3; Spain 5 Austria 1; England 5 Czech Republic 4; France 6 Belarus 1; Slovakia 3 Spain 6; Austria 2 England 5; Belarus 2 Slovakia 4; Austria 1 Czech Republic 4; Spain 8 France 2; England 5 France 0; Belarus 8 Austria 3; Czech Republic 4 Slovakia 1; Spain 4 England 4. Final positions: 1 Spain 11pts; 2 England 7; 3 Slovakia 7; 4 Belarus 6; 5 France 6; 6 Czech Republic 4; 7 Austria 1.

WOMEN'S EAST SUPER LEAGUE Premier: B and H Hempstead 2 Welwyn Garden City 3; Bexleyheath 1 Redbridge and Ilford 0; Cambridge City 0 Saracens 1; St Albans 2 Sevenoaks 0. Leading positions: 1 St Albans (P 9, Pts 25); 2 Saracens (9-21); 3 Redbridge and Ilford (9-14).