In-form Clifton Robinsons are the only team with a 100 per cent record in the Investec Women’s Hockey League Premier Division after a 4-1 win over newcomers Slough.
Victoria Plimmer, Claire Thomas and Jessica Bloom put Clifton 3-0 up before Amy Sheehan replied for Slough. But the visitors found the net again with Hannah Coulson sweeping home six minutes from the end.
After drawing with Surbiton in the opening weekend, Holcombe chalked up their first win with a convincing 5-2 defeat of Reading.
Eleanor Watton and Lucy Wood bagged a brace each with Leah Wilkinson also hitting the target. Emma Thomas and Marianne Downer scored for Reading.
Surbiton beat the University of Birmingham 3-2 with strikes from Jo Hunter, Emily Defroand and Sarah Page giving them the win. Erica Sanders found herself on the losing side despite scoring the first and last goals in a tense match.
Goals from Tara Melvin and Charlene Mason gave Bowdon Hightown a 2-0 win over Leicester and East Grinstead move up to third in the table with a drawing 1-1 with Canterbury.
Mel Clewlow’s 52nd minute conversion of a corner looked to have been enough for Canterbury bur Bridget Blackwood rescued a point for the visitors with time running out.
Investec Women’s Conference East
Cherry Seaborn and Rosie Macpherson both scored twice as Wimbledon ran out comfortable 8-2 winners over West Herts in the Women’s Conference East.
Harleston Magpies are two wins out of two at the start of new campaign, a brace from Maria Andrews helping them to a 5-0 victory over Northampton Saints.
Cathy Gilliat-Smith and Jess Denniff were both on target for Sevenoaks in a 2-0 win at Cambridge City, maintaining their unbeaten start to the season.
St Albans and Southgate drew 2-2 with all four goals coming inside the last 20 minutes, whilst Chelmsford versus Hampstead and Westminster finished goalless.
Investec Women’s Conference North
Two second half goals from Sophie Robinson helped Beeston to a 4-0 victory over Belper on Friday evening, a win which leaves them top of the Investec Conference North table.
Esme Burge had given the hosts the lead after 19 minutes, while Rebekah Walker also chipped in with a second half goal.
Brooklands Poynton are the only other team with a 100 per cent record after winning 1-0 at Sutton Coldfield, Annie Mills scoring their goal.
Elsewhere, Loughborough Students won 3-1 at home against Wakefield, while Timperley beat Ben Rhydding 2-1 and the University of Durham drew 1-1 with Liverpool Sefton.
Investec Women’s Conference West
Stourport are two from two in the Conference West after running out 5-2 winners at home to Gloucester City, Lora Symonds scoring twice.
Two Katie Brough goals in the first 15 minutes led Olton & West Warwicks to a 3-0 win away at Exe, maintaining their 100% start to the season.
Goals from Sally Gibson and Allison Evans helped Trojans defeat Oxford Hawks 3-0 to also give them maximum points from their opening two matches.
A hat-trick from Abbie Brant and a brace from Katrina Nicholson saw Buckingham to a 7-0 home victory over Isca University, whilst Swansea City won 1-0 at Bristol Firebrands.
* The attached photo shows Hannah Coulson celebrating with her Clifton Robinsons team-mates.
Investec Women’s Hockey League (Saturday, September 24 2016):
Investec Women’s Premier Division: Slough 1, Clifton Robinsons 4; Bowdon Hightown 2, Leicester 0; Surbiton 3, University of Birmingham 2; Canterbury 1, East Grinstead 1; Reading 2, Holcombe 5.
Investec Women’s Conference East: Cambridge City 0, Sevenoaks 2; St Albans 2, Southgate 2; Chelmsford 0, Hampstead and Westminster 0; Harleston Magpies 5, Northampton Saints 0; Wimbledon 8, West Herts 2.
Investec Women’s Conference North: University of Durham 1, Liverpool Sefton 1; Loughborough Students 3, Wakefield 1; Sutton Coldfield 0, Brooklands Poynton 1; Timperley 2, Ben Rhydding 1.
Investec Women’s Conference West: Buckingham 7, Isca 0; Exe 0, Olton and West Warwicks 3; Trojans 3, Oxford Hawks 0; Stourport 5, Gloucester City 2; Bristol Firebrands 0, Swansea City 1.
| Women’s Premier Division |
| Surbiton | (1) | 3 | – | 2 | (1) | University of Birmingham | ||||
| Jo Hunter 25 – F Emily Defroand 38 – F Sarah Page 53 – F |
Erica Sanders 10 60 – PC F | |||||||||
| Canterbury | (0) | 1 | – | 1 | (0) | East Grinstead | ||||
| Mel Clewlow 52 – PC | Bridget Blackwood 69 – F | |||||||||
| Slough | (0) | 1 | – | 4 | (2) | Clifton Robinsons | ||||
| Amy Sheehan 50 – F | Victoria Plimmer 14 – PC Claire Thomas 30 – F Jessica Bloom 42 – F Hannah Coulson 64 – PC |
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| Bowdon Hightown | (0) | 2 | – | 0 | (0) | Leicester | ||||
| Tara Melvin 61 – F Charlene Mason 69 – F |
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| Reading | (1) | 2 | – | 5 | (3) | Holcombe | ||||
| Emma Thomas 22 – PS Marianne Downer 63 – PC |
Eleanor Watton 5 33 – F PC Leah Wilkinson 18 – PS Lucy Wood 52 60 – PC F |
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| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Clifton Robinsons | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Holcombe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | East Grinstead | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Surbiton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | University of Birmingham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Bowdon Hightown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Leicester | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 8 | Canterbury | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 9 | Slough | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Reading | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 0 |
| Women’s Conference East |
| Cambridge City | (0) | 0 | – | 2 | (1) | Sevenoaks | ||||
| Cathy Gilliat-Smith 19 – PC Jess Denniff 42 – F |
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| St. Albans | (0) | 2 | – | 2 | (0) | Southgate | ||||
| Adele Sammons 58 66 – PC PC | Elisa Filarmonico 51 – F Alexandra Fenwick 67 – PC |
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| Chelmsford | (0) | 0 | – | 0 | (0) | Hampstead and Westminster | ||||
| Harleston Magpies | (2) | 5 | – | 0 | (0) | Northampton Saints | ||||
| Elizabeth Clymer 5 – F Maria Andrews 20 67 – F F Annie Nunn 47 – F Victoria Findlay 53 – F |
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| Wimbledon | (4) | 8 | – | 2 | (1) | West Herts | ||||
| Cherry Seaborn 1 55 – F PC Lauren Seaman 14 – PC Tamsyn Naylor 18 – PC Rosie Macpherson 30 64 – F PC Harriet Naismith 57 – F Nicola Lloyd 58 – PS |
Anna Coppel 23 – F Miranda Hall 47 – PC |
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| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Harleston Magpies | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | Wimbledon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Sevenoaks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | Southgate | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Chelmsford | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Hampstead and Westminster | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Cambridge City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| 8 | St. Albans | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 9 | Northampton Saints | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 10 | West Herts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 0 |
| Women’s Conference North |
| Loughborough Students | (2) | 3 | – | 1 | (1) | Wakefield | ||||
| Lauren Burrell 12 – PC Sharon Seaton 20 56 – PC PC |
Hannah Norman 2 – PC | |||||||||
| Timperley | (1) | 2 | – | 1 | (0) | Ben Rhydding | ||||
| Leonnie Molloy 18 – F Jessica Mortimer 43 – PC |
Laura Smith 70 – PS | |||||||||
| University of Durham | (1) | 1 | – | 1 | (0) | Liverpool Sefton | ||||
| Anna Baker 27 – PC | Laura Robinson 57 – F | |||||||||
| Sutton Coldfield | (0) | 0 | – | 1 | (1) | Brooklands Poynton | ||||
| Annie Mills 33 – F | ||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Beeston | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Brooklands Poynton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | University of Durham | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Timperley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Ben Rhydding | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Loughborough Students | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 7 | Liverpool Sefton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Sutton Coldfield | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 9 | Wakefield | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 0 |
| 10 | Belper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 |
| Women’s Conference West |
| Stourport | (1) | 5 | – | 2 | (1) | Gloucester City | ||||
| Claire Pearson 35 – F Lora Symonds 41 64 – F PC Sarah Parkinson-Mills 55 – F Katie Miller 60 – PC |
Charlotte McShane 10 – PC Sarah Jennings 44 – PC |
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| Exe | (0) | 0 | – | 3 | (2) | Olton & West Warwicks | ||||
| Katie Brough 4 15 – F F Sally Walton 46 – PS |
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| Trojans | (1) | 3 | – | 0 | (0) | Oxford Hawks | ||||
| Sally Gibson 31 – F Allison Evans 40 – F Emma Teague 58 – PC |
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| Bristol Firebrands | (0) | 0 | – | 1 | (1) | Swansea City | ||||
| Carys Tucker 17 – PC | ||||||||||
| Buckingham | (3) | 7 | – | 0 | (0) | Isca University | ||||
| Katrina Nicholson 13 44 – F F Abbie Brant 16 59 61 – F F F Alexandra Naughalty 24 – F Zoe Shipperley 38 – PC |
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| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Olton & West Warwicks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Stourport | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Trojans | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Buckingham | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 5 | Swansea City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Gloucester City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Bristol Firebrands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 8 | Oxford Hawks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 9 | Exe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 |
| 10 | Isca University | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 0 |
Report courtesy of England Hockey via Snowdon Sports
