Goals from Emily Atkinson, Sarah Page and Giselle Ansley had Surbiton three in front by the time Alyson Billington hit back with a consolation for Buckingham who remain bottom.
Clifton moved up to fourth after they registered a 3-2 win away at Bowdon Hightown thanks to two goals from Claire Thomas.
Els Mansell had levelled up for Clifton after Natalie Wray had scored to give Bowdon the lead early on, and Lisa Garbutt made it 2-2 before Thomas grabbed a late winner.
Investec Conference East
Mel Ball scored to maintain Slough’s eight-point lead at the top of the Investec Women’s Conference East with a 1-0 win away at Cambridge City.
Ball struck shortly after half time for the league leaders as Cambridge missed the chance to cut the gap at the top.
Hampstead and Westminster climbed into second after goals from Joyce Esser and Amy Askew gave them a 2-1 away at Harleston Magpies.
The home side had led at the break through Susan Wessels’ strike but a second half turnaround saw Hampstead and Westminster maintain the pressure at the top.
Elsewhere Ipswich are still without a win after they were beaten 3-1 at home by Chelmsford, whilst Sevenoaks won 1-0 at Wimbledon and St Albans beat Maidenhead 2-1.
Investec Conference North
Wakefield retained their six-point lead at the top of the Investec Conference North after a narrow 1-0 win over Ben Rhydding. Cat Horn scored the only goal of the game on 53 minutes.
University of Durham survived a late scare to take a 3-2 victory over Springfields. A double from Christabel McWhirter had helped Durham to a 3-0 lead but two late goals from Springfields made for a tense finish.
Liverpool Sefton were also 3-2 winners, taking only their second three points of their campaign. The scores were level until the 64th minute when Hannah Gavigan scored the winner.
Brooklands Poynton beat Whitely Bay and Tynemouth 2-0 and Beeston drew 1-1 with Belper.
Investec Conference West
Sarah Cavendish scored twice for Stourport to deal Sutton Coldfield just their second defeat of the season.
Jane Parkinson-Mills had put the league leaders ahead before Cavendish hit back to cut the gap between the two sides at the top to a point.
Swansea City in third also closed in on the leaders with a 3-1 win away at the University of Bristol with two goals from Katrin Budd and one from Sophie Clayton making the difference.
Isca were 5-2 winners against Oxford Hawks thanks to a four-goal haul from Megan Crowson, whilst Sally Gibson’s goal gave Trojans a 1-0 win away at Bristol Firebrands and Olton and West Warwicks were 1-0 winners against Gloucester City.
* The photo above shows University of Birmingham scorer Amelia Andrew.
Investec Women’s Hockey League (Saturday, November 21 2015):
Investec Women’s Premier Division: Buckingham 1, Surbiton 3; Bowdon Hightown 2, Clifton 3; Leicester 0, University of Birmingham 1.
Investec Women’s Conference East: Cambridge City 0, Slough 1; Maidenhead 1, St Albans 2; Wimbledon 0, Sevenoaks 1; Harleston Magpies 1, Hampstead and Westminster 2; Ipswich 1, Chelmsford 3.
Investec Women’s Conference North: Brooklands Poynton 2, Whitley Bay and Tynemouth 0; University of Durham 3, Springfields 2; Beeston 1, Belper 1; Liverpool Sefton 3, Loughborough Students 2; Ben Rhydding 0, Wakefield 1.
Investec Women’s Conference West: Olton and West Warwicks 1, Gloucester City 0; Isca 5, Oxford Hawks 2; University of Bristol 1, Swansea City 3; Sutton Coldfield 1, Stourport 2; Bristol Firebrands 0, Trojans 1.
| Women’s Premier Division |
| Buckingham | (0) | 1 | – | 3 | (1) | Surbiton | ||||
| Alyson Billington 63 – PC | Emily Atkinson 17 – PC Sarah Page 44 – F Giselle Ansley 54 – PC |
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| Bowdon Hightown | (1) | 2 | – | 3 | (2) | Clifton | ||||
| Natalie Wray 3 – F Lisa Garbutt 64 – F |
Els Mansell 8 – F Claire Thomas 34 67 – PC F |
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| Leicester | (0) | 0 | – | 1 | (1) | University of Birmingham | ||||
| Amelia Andrew 6 – PC | ||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | University of Birmingham | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| 2 | Surbiton | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 25 | 24 |
| 3 | Canterbury | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 20 |
| 4 | Clifton | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 23 | -3 | 16 |
| 5 | Holcombe | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 14 |
| 6 | East Grinstead | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | Reading | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 25 | -14 | 7 |
| 8 | Leicester | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -14 | 7 |
| 9 | Bowdon Hightown | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -18 | 7 |
| 10 | Buckingham | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -15 | 2 |
| Women’s Conference East |
| Cambridge City | (0) | 0 | – | 1 | (0) | Slough | ||||
| Melissa Ball 36 – F | ||||||||||
| Maidenhead | (1) | 1 | – | 2 | (1) | St. Albans | ||||
| Jane Smith 9 – F | Eleanor Watton 29 29 – PC PC | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | (0) | 0 | – | 1 | (1) | Sevenoaks | ||||
| Jet Van Zalen 6 – F | ||||||||||
| Ipswich | (1) | 1 | – | 3 | (1) | Chelmsford | ||||
| Sophie Sexton 15 – PC | Victoria Clark 19 – F Poppy Church 60 – PC Sophie Green 64 – F |
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| Harleston Magpies | (1) | 1 | – | 2 | (0) | Hampstead and Westminster | ||||
| Susan Wessels 35 – F | Joyce Esser 41 – PC Amy Askew 65 – PC |
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| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Slough | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 30 | 25 |
| 2 | Hampstead and Westminster | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | St. Albans | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Cambridge City | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Sevenoaks | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Wimbledon | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Harleston Magpies | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Chelmsford | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 26 | -12 | 12 |
| 9 | Maidenhead | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 35 | -20 | 4 |
| 10 | Ipswich | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | -19 | 2 |
| Women’s Conference North |
| University of Durham | (2) | 3 | – | 2 | (0) | Springfields | ||||
| Anna Baker 8 – PC Christabel Mcwhirter 11 52 – PC F |
Rachel Greenwood 54 – F Leanne Sharples 69 – F |
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| Brooklands Poynton | (2) | 2 | – | 0 | (0) | Whitley Bay and Tynemouth | ||||
| Ellen Lockhart 29 – PC Kelly Baxter 32 – F |
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| Liverpool Sefton | (2) | 3 | – | 2 | (1) | Loughborough Students | ||||
| Chelsea Daley 4 – F Jane Bazley-Harrison 13 – F Hannah Gavigan 64 – F |
Ellie Rayer 25 – PC Tilly Dyos-Szolkowska 53 – F |
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| Beeston | (1) | 1 | – | 1 | (0) | Belper | ||||
| Rosy Stephens 8 – F | Sally Goodman 66 – F | |||||||||
| Ben Rhydding | (0) | 0 | – | 1 | (0) | Wakefield | ||||
| Cat Horn 53 – F | ||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Wakefield | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | University of Durham | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 19 |
| 3 | Brooklands Poynton | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Beeston | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 15 |
| 5 | Ben Rhydding | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| 6 | Loughborough Students | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Belper | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 11 |
| 8 | Springfields | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -13 | 8 |
| 9 | Liverpool Sefton | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -15 | 8 |
| 10 | Whitley Bay and Tynemouth | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 6 |
| Women’s Conference West |
| Isca University | (1) | 5 | – | 2 | (1) | Oxford Hawks | ||||
| Megan Crowson 12 50 54 55 – F F PC F Eli Springett 41 – F |
Lucy Stewart 3 – PS Henri Gordon 38 – F |
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| Olton & West Warwicks | (1) | 1 | – | 0 | (0) | Gloucester City | ||||
| Harriet Payne 27 – PC | ||||||||||
| Sutton Coldfield | (1) | 1 | – | 2 | (1) | Stourport | ||||
| Jennifer Parkinson-Mills 14 – PS | Sarah Cavendish 17 49 – PS F | |||||||||
| Bristol Firebrands | (0) | 0 | – | 1 | (0) | Trojans | ||||
| Sally Gibson 66 – F | ||||||||||
| University of Bristol | (0) | 1 | – | 3 | (1) | Swansea City | ||||
| Rachel Bradshaw 65 – F | Katrin Budd 32 56 – PC F Sophie Clayton 49 – F |
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| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Sutton Coldfield | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 8 | 34 | 24 |
| 2 | Stourport | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 22 |
| 4 | Gloucester City | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Oxford Hawks | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 17 |
| 6 | Isca University | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Trojans | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 10 |
| 8 | Olton & West Warwicks | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 8 |
| 9 | Bristol Firebrands | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 30 | -14 | 7 |
| 10 | University of Bristol | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 39 | -31 | 3 |
Report courtesy of England Hockey via Snowdon Sports.
