Sporting Digest: Hockey

Men's Champions Trophy (Lahore, Pak): 3rd/4th place: Netherlands 9 Australia 8 (aps).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Play-offs (Olton and West Warwick) Pool A: Hampstead and Westminster 1 Crostyx 0; Harborne 3 Olton and West Warwick 1; Hampstead and Westminster 2 Harborne 1; Crostyx 1 Olton and West Warwick 2. Final positions: 1 Hampstead and Westminster 9pts; 2 Crostyx 3; 3 Olton and West Warwick 3; 4 Harborne 3s. Pool B: Whitchurch 6 Anchorians 1; Doncaster 3 Formby 3; Anchorians 2 Formby 3; Whitchurch 0 Doncaster 2. Final positions: 1 Doncaster 7pts; 2 Whitchurch 6; 3 Formby 3; 4 Anchorians 0.

WOMEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE Premier: Chelmsford 1 Balsam Leicester 2; Clifton 0 FP Sutton Coldfield 1; Hightown 0 Ipswich 2; Slough 2 Ealing 0. Leading positions: 1 Balsam Leicester (P 13, Pts -29); 2 Ipswich (13-27); 3 Slough (13-25). First Division: Blueharts 1 Pickwick 0; Bracknell 4 Wimbledon 1; Bradford Swithenbank 1 Trojans 1; Exmouth 1 Doncaster 0. Leading positions: 1 Bracknell (P 13, Pts 24); 2 Trojans (13-23); 3 Wimbledon (13-20). Second Division: Canterbury 1 Sherwood 1; Colwall 0 Harleston Magpies 1; Great Harwood 1 Woking 1; Sunderland Bedans 0 Olton 1. Leading positions: 1 Canterbury (P 13, Pts 26); 2 Sunderland Bedans (13-23); 3 Sherwood (13-20).

WOMEN'S NORTH First Division: Carlisle 2 Liverpool 1; Chester 2 Ormskirk Ford 0; Newcastle 0 Poynton 2; York 0 Springfields 1. Leading positions: 1 Poynton (P 12, Pts 30; Champions); 2 Chester (12-19); 3 Liverpool (12-19).

WOMEN'S MIDLANDS Premier: Belper 0 Crimson Ramblers 3; Hampton 0 Aldridge 0; Loughborough 1 Tamworth 2; Loughborough Students 4 Kettering 2. Leading positions: 1 Loughborough Students (P 10, Pts 28); 2 Hampton (10-25); 3 Aldridge (10-24).

WOMEN'S WEST Premier: Clifton 3 Swindon 0; East Gloucester 0 Bournemouth 1; Exeter A 2 Weston 1; Exeter 2 Wimborne Wayfarers 2; Gloucester 0 Cheltenham 1; Redland 4 Yate 2; St Austell 3 Leominster 1. Leading positions: 1 Redland (P 12, Pts 31); 2 Cheltenham (12-29); 3 St Austell (12-26).

GRYPHON THREE COUNTIES First Division: Aldermaston 3 Windsor 1; Buckingham 1 Sonning 1; Farnham Common 0 Oxford Hawks 4; Henley 1 Milton Keynes 3; Maidenhead 4 West Witney 0; Ranelagh 1 Newbury 0; Wokingham 0 Bracknell 1. Leading positions: 1 Oxford Hawks (P 12, Pts 31); 2 Newbury (12-27); 3 Farnham Common (12-24).