Hockey: High noon for Hightown and Trojans

Hightown and Trojans, who both shipped goals in shock defeats last weekend, meet tomorrow at Formby with both teams likely to be missing key players.

Helen Grant, Lucy Newcombe and Caroline Gilbert, European Under-21 bronze medallists in the summer, will again be missing for Hightown, who lost 8-2 at Doncaster, but defender Debbie Mills, who required hospital treatment after a facial injury last week, is expected to be fit. Trojans, who went down 5-0 at home to Clifton, hope Ali Wakefield and Kath James will return.

Leaders Slough entertain Ipswich, trailing by three points in third place. Sally Eyre returns for Slough and the Olympian Anna Bennett is fit again.

Olton and Old Loughtonians, top of the First and Second Divisions respectively and the only two League sides on maximum points, both play their nearest rivals. Wimbledon visit Olton and Old Loughtonians travel to Loughborough to play Students.