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Following the completion of rounds 1a which skills will I need to
and 1b the euro hockey League has be brilliant at to play well in
made the draw for Ko16 – so now the the tournament?
competition really hots up. the good Obviously core skills have to
news? england’s three representatives be good, but pace coupled
– reading, Cannock and east Grinstead with a V-drag will get you a
are still in the running. the bad news? long way!
there’s some tough matches ahead for
the english vanguard. here Cannock’s how are Cannock
richard Lane gives us an insider’s view planning on doing better
of the competition… than last year?
We have targeted
what’s it like on the weekend of the improving general fi tness
matches? and developing a few
The atmosphere is amazing, being in more styles of play. We
richar
d lane att
acks
and around all the other teams at one have already got one eye on
venue, it’s such a step up from the the tournament so preparation has great german clubs meet on
old style european tournaments. The started already. The Cannock coaches german soil in european competition.
pace of the games is a big leap from are putting a lot of work in with video The winner could face german
national league. You get the chance to analysis, and Jimmi Fair is a great opponents again in KO8, as Der Club an
play against some of the best players leader on and off the pitch which is der alster aim to battle past Club egara
in the world, and with the TV coverage keeping us focused. of Spain. This means that a maximum
and hype of the event every team puts of one side from germany can reach
everything into it, so it doesn’t matter do you have a target of how many goals the semi-fi nal stage of the euro Hockey
who you draw, you know they will be a you want to score by the end of the League.
tough team to beat. competition? H.C. Rotterdam of the Netherlands
It all depends on how far we get, but were semi-fi nalists last year, and have
what’s the team spirit like amongst the I would like to think I can score a few been drawn against WKS grunwald
Cannock men? more, both in the eHL and in the league. Poznan of Poland, who were beaten
The spirit among the team is brilliant heavily in round one by amsterdam
at the moment, especially leading up the draw IN FuLL H&BC. amsterdam themselves will
to the event. With a lot of youngsters in The knock-out phase features the face Belgium’s Waterloo Ducks, with
the team, most of the squad had never 16 teams remaining in this year’s the winner playing either Rotterdam or
played in any kind of european cup, competition, and takes place over easter grunwald.
everyone was obviously excited, which I between Friday 10 and Monday 13 april In round one, Belgium’s KHC Leuven
guess kept us focused. David Kettle and in germany. See
www.ehlhockey.tv for and Three Rock Rovers of Ireland could
Harry Jawanda are always on hand to more details. not be separated, sharing a 0-0 draw.
keep the changing room banter going! The pool winners from round one However, they will face each other in
were drawn against the pool runners round two and this time a draw will
who are the strong teams this year? up in what was a completely free draw, not be good enough. The winner of
Bloemendaal are obviously in with a meaning that there was a possibility that this match will play either RC Polo
chance with the likes of De Nooijer and teams could meet opponents from the Barcelona (eSP) or Reading (eNg)
Jamie Dwyer, but I would think Club same country or even play a club that in KO8. Polo Barcelona and Reading
egara and amsterdam have also got they had already faced in round one. both have fi ne european pedigrees,
some outstanding players and are in Dutch champions HC Bloemendaal, suggesting that this could be a thrilling
with a pretty good chance too. The good who feature two of the world’s fi nest contest.
thing about the tournament is that you players in Teun de Nooijer and Jamie
can never write any team off as some Dwyer, have been drawn against
of the results showed in last year’s Cannock HC. For Cannock, it is a chance
PASS TO YOURSELF
competition, so I would be hopeful that to avenge the 5-2 thrashing handed The eHL usually trials some
one of the english clubs could possibly out to them by the Dutch giants in the new rules. This year, on free hits
go the distance! fi rst round. east grinstead will play St (including sideline, centre-pass and
germain of France, who reached the long corners) all players of both
do you have to play a different type of quarter-fi nal stage last season, with the sides other than the player taking
hockey to the Prem? winner facing either HC Bloemendaal or the hit, must be fi ve metres away.
This year there has been a big change. Cannock in KO8. This is for safety. However you can
The pass to yourself rule on free hits Two sides from germany will meet take a hit to yourself – as long as the
makes it much quicker, so you have in round two, thanks to Dusseldorfer ‘pass’ travels one metre.
no time to switch off, which slightly HC being drawn against reigning any attacking hit within fi ve metres
changes the style of play. But also the eHL Champions and KO16 hosts UHC of the circle will be moved back to
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quarters makes the game last longer Hamburg. The match will be one of fi ve metres away from the D. P
but gives you a bit more chance to rest. the highlights of the weekend, as two
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