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Grange took out the silver medal at the European Club Trophy in Cardiff over the Easter weekend. The result means valuable club
ranking points for Scotland who had lost their second qualifying spot for the top-tier Euro Hockey League club competition for the 09/10 season. In the final the Edinburgh club were
on the wrong end of the scoreline in a 6-3 goal-fest against the Russian side Dinamo Elektrostal. The Russians raced to a 4-0 half-time
lead. Grange made a game of the second half with goals from Craig Harper (PC, 39), Phil Sully (FG, 58) and Robert Barr (FG, 69) but the Russians also added two more strikes of their own.
Final Rankings
1. Dimano Elektrostal (RUS) 2. Grange (SCO) 3. Olimpia Kolos Sekvoia (UKR) 4. Stroitel Brest (BLR) 5. Cardiff & UWIC (WAL) 6. HC Roma (ITA) 7. Whitchurch HC (WAL) 8. Luzerner SC (SUI)
World Cup qualifiers
Korea have taken one of the three remaining women’s World Cup spots with a 3-1 win over hosts USA in the qualifying tournament in San Diego, California. Wales now face a qualifying competition
in Kazan, Russia as PUSH goes to press and Scotland and Ireland travel to Santiago, Chile for the third and final qualifier from April 24 to May 2. Carys Hopkins (Clifton) captains the
Welsh squad in Russia. Linda Clement of Grove captains Scotland. The Irish squad includes Megan Frazer (University of Maryland) who featured in our ‘Kids in America’ feature in the previous issue of PUSH. Both the Scots and the Irish face a big test in Chile with the fifth-ranked Australian women hot favourites to qualify for the World Cup in Rosario, Argentina beginning August 30.
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Simon Mason
voted in as president
EHB: Triple Olympian Simon Mason is the new president of the England Hockey Board. The former international goalkeeper was voted in by the members of England Hockey – including the clubs and regional associations. His three-year term began at the annual general meeting of the England Hockey Board on March 23. For a full interview with Simon, see page 22
Grange’s Colin MacIver (right) attacks against Dinamo Elektrostal
GRANGE GO CLOSE
Grange coach Colin Clarke said: “We
were on the back foot with the clinical finishing of a strong Russian side. But I was very pleased with the way we came back in the second half with around ten penalty corners which shows the pressure we put on the Russians.
KARACHI: Reeling from their last-place finish in the men’s World Cup, the Pakistan Hockey Federation has agreed on the appointment of a foreign coach for the national team. The appointment of a team psychologist has also been given the green light. In his report to the board World Cup coach Shahid Ali Khan said the national team had played important tournaments
Pakistan look overseas
“continuously” in the year leading up to the cup. He said the squad succumbed to fatigue and it was also unfortunate that they had not played any matches against European and world ranked teams in the lead up to the New Delhi tournament.
Finals date
HA CUP: Beeston men have reached their third consecutive HA Cup final, and they will again have home advantage at the Highfields hockey centre in Nottingham on May 15. The Bees will play first-time finalists, and fellow premier league club, Hampstead and Westminster. In the women’s cup, Reading will make their second final appearance in a row. This year their opponents will be the England Hockey League’s regular-season form team Leicester. The women’s final will be played at Highfields on the same day as the men’s. The national youth hockey festival will also be on that day at Highfields.
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