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The season is building up towards a crescendo with, atthe time of writing, both men’s and ladies first teamoccupying play-off positions. Both sides will hope toretain and preferably improve upon those placings andthen in those play-offs at Reading secure Europeanqualification. The excitement is already building for thisseason’s European campaign as on the evening of 17thApril Surbiton will step out for their next EHL match asone of the elite sixteen clubs in Europe to face host clubOranje Zwart in Eindhoven. The team can expect to playin front of raucous home following, but hopefully it will bethe small band of supporters who travel to Holland fromSurrey who will be making all the noise when then finalhorn blows. Victory will send out a warning that Surbitonare a team capable of going all the way. However, beingthe premier club tournament for European club sides,there would be little respite as a last eight place wouldsee a reacquaintance with Polo of Barcelona whotriumphed in the group match last October, or near rivalsReading, who, like Surbiton, will be seeking to break theDutch/German dominance of the tournament. The teamhas been strengthened as Tim Pinnock and Fergusfollowing lengthy injury lay-offs.

This is your magazine so it will be great to hear fromanyone who would like to contribute, whether it be tocommenton some aspect of hockey that affects Surbiton, to ask aplayer a question, or to suggest a subject for an article.Please email me at: tim.reder@tiscali.co.ukFinally, a big thank you to all the contributors andparticularly so to Colin Pike and Sean Cotter, each ofwhose help has been invaluable.Tim Reder, editorViews expressed in this magazine are not necessarilythose of Surbiton Hockey ClubAll content is copyright of the authors. Photographs byTim Reder (www.timrederphotography.com) unlessotherwise stated.

Front cover: Holly Webb

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Tim Pinnock during his comeback at Wimbledon

Congratulations to Georgie Twigg, Giselle Ansley andHolly Webb who added to their already healthy medalhauls with bronze for England at the World League inTucuman in Argentina after beating host nation 4-2 in ashoot-out following a 1-1 draw. All three, alongsideBeckie Herbert and Sarah Haycroft, earned GB caps onthe recent elite squad training camp in San Diego, whilstHaycroft and Ansley were in action for England in theEuro Hockey Indoor championships in Prague, whilst inthe men’s tournament David Kettle represented Wales inSveti Ivan Zelina (Croatia) and Alan Forsyth and ChrisGrassick turned out for Scotland in Berne. Returningoutdoors Jonny and James Gall played for the Englandunder 21s in the Hero Hockey Junior World Cup in NewDelhi in December.It’s easy to highlight the players at the top level but thisclub is as much about providing enjoyable hockey for allage groups and abilities. The 21 adult teams are allplaying regularly in leagues and the thriving juniorselection is affording hundreds of youngsters theopportunity to experience both top quality coaching andmatch play in a friendly environment. For women wishingto take or get back in to playing there is BackTo Hockey,further details of which can be found on page 27.For those of you wishing to watch top class hockeyfeaturing internationals and Olympians we’ve got somegreat matches coming up and admission is free.We look forward very much to seeing you at SugdenRoad.

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It’s a tough draw playing a Dutch club at theirhome ground in the first round. Could you giveyour thoughts on the draw and playing in front ofa partisan crowd.Yes, it will be tough but of course there are plenty ofclichés to draw optimism from. For a start, everyoneyou play in the EHL is tough and there are definitelyno easy teams at this point of the competition.Second of all, the pressure is really on Oranje Zwartas the home team and host and, wait for it, we don’thave anything to lose. I’ll resist the temptation tofollow that with the appalling “just go out and havefun” comment that swimmers seem to typically use,but genuinely, I’d rather have them in the first matchthan the final.What will constitute success for Surbiton?The cliché train could of course continue here but thereality is that unless something has changed abouthockey in the past few days that I don’t know about, itwill be winning games that will be the simple indicatorof success. Losing 5-4 to OZ might be a good story inthe bar in a few years but it won’t be engraved on anytrophies.How does the team have adapt to against inforeign opposition?Fundamentally in two areas, which was where ourgame against Polo Club in Barcelona was so useful.First of all there is the jump in standard and with thatcomes a much finer margin for error where – herecomes cliché watch again – the good teams willpunish you for errors that you might get away with inthe league. Second of all, games involving teamsfrom different countries are often very different todomestic matches. If you can imagine it in terms of adebate; a Premier League fixture is pretty much twopeople arguing in the same language, whereas in theEHL it’s more like us putting our case in English whenwe have the ball and then when they have it, it turnsinto their language. Practically that means that theopposition will have different, and often differentlevels, of strengths and weakness which alsoexplains why these games can often be moredeliberate and measured as the teams weigh eachother up. Nonetheless, the tactics are still the samei.e. try and do what you want to do as much aspossible and prevent them from doing the same toyou. What we learned against Polo is that we didn’treally stop them speaking Spanish. We needed to bea bit smarter in pressuring them and winning the balland then be better at retaining it so as to then set upand attack as we want.Can an English club break the Dutch/Germandomination of the tournament?Can an English team win 4 games in succession towin the tournament? Of course, it’s possible. If you

were a bookmaker though, you’d look at history andyou would be happy to offer pretty generous odds onit happening. Nonetheless, it’s still entirely feasibleand with our strikers, PC attack and defence weknow we’ve got the tools to cause an upset or two(or three!). The Belgian clubs are of coursethreatening the traditional heavyweights already. Thefirst challenge will of course be getting past one ofthe biggest heavyweights in OZ and whilst I’m notusually one for the more basic level of Aussiesporting optimism, I am mindful that a good friend ofmine in Melbourne (ironically a former captain of OZ)would remind me pretty quickly that as good and aswell paid as they might be, they’ll still put trousers onone leg at a time.

You never know……

Eindhoven here we comeHead coach Todd Williams gives histhoughts on the EHL as Surbiton aim toconquer Europe.

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Club Captain Rob DunnSeveral of our supporters including key members of Surbiton’s Barmy Army are looking forward to visitingEindhoven over Easter. Travelling under #SHCoz14 they will be supporting our Men’s 1st XI in the knock-outstages of the Euro Hockey League (EHL). This competition, which is the pinnacle of club hockey, in effectHockey’s Champions League, is what all players and fans aspire to. In fact, the prospect of European Hockey isone of the main reasons players join clubs such as Surbiton. This is the first time in Europe for most of the Surbitonplayers, and, having all really enjoyed the trip to Barcelona in October, where they successfully made it through the1st round, they have their sights set on progressing through further in this elite competition.Surbiton’s first match is on Thursday April 17th 19:00 (CET) against the host club Oranje Zwart. There is nodenying it is a tough draw. Oranje Zwart are the number 2 ranked team from The Netherlands and have a seriouslyimpressive squad. They currently sit at the top of the Dutch Hockey League, ensuring that they will rightly beconsidered amongst the tournament favourites. The Surbiton players are all up for the challenge, but they wouldreally appreciate your support. Reading and Beeston are the other English Clubs in action. KO8 is on Friday April18th, the semi-finals are on Sunday April 20th, and the Finals on Easter Monday April 21th.Surbiton supporters travelling under #SHCBarca13 made their presence felt at the EHL 1st round in Barcelona inOctober. Club members and supporters took to twitter and Facebook to send messages of support, and a hugenumber of club members signed the banner which was in evidence at the ground and on TV. In addition, hundredswatched the games online and the hilarious SHC EHL TV videos on YouTube. If you are interested in joining theparty contact Nina Dunn christina_dunn@hotmail.com For those not able to be there in person, games shouldbe streamed live on http://www.ehlhockey.tv/live/

EDITED EXTRACT FROM THE RECENT OLD MEMBERS’ NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED BYGEOFFREY DUNN

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The following is my personal take, as an observer, on current events at our Club. As such it is unofficial and maynot represent the views of the management team!It has been a very busy summer and autumn for developments at Surbiton and I asked our Hon. Treasurer, KeithWallis, for the latest financial position. The following is his reply:-“In the course of last summer your Club invested more than £575,000 in pitch, pavilion and ground improvements.The old sand based pitch (affectionately and sometimes less affectionately known to members as the “Beach")was replaced with a "state of the art" EDEL Triple "T" sand dressed pitch, the underground water storage tank wasreplaced with a larger one (the old tank was leaking) and a watering system was installed for the new pitch to beused as and when required. As part of the pitch works considerable landscaping work was carried out includingthe construction of a new spectator mound for Pitch 1 and increased car parking behind Pitch 1 and at the back ofthe pavilion. Further work will be carried out this summer to further improve the main car park.The new pitch and landscaping work was carried out by Bernard's Sports Surfaces, a contractor the Club hasworked with for over 12 years. Bernhard's were ably assisted by Club members, Fred Moore, Paul Stockden andTony Portelly in the planning and management of the project.At the same time as the new pitch was being laid and the landscaping work carried out, the old changing room,shower and toilet block was demolished and a modern and extended new block was built. The building wasdesigned by architect and Club member, Myles Taylor and the construction was carried out by Luke Garrard ofPLG Construction. The Garrard family have connections with the Club going back almost 25 years.One of the perennial problems the Club has had is the inadequacy of the electrical supply – just a single phasedomestic supply put in when the present pavilion was originally built in the 1980’s. Thanks to the work of Clubmember Mike Beaney and his team of electrical contractors the power coming into the Club has been upgraded toa three phase supply which hopefully will put an end to the occasional “black-outs” that occurred at the Club whenthe old supply became overloaded. Interestingly Mike (“Sparky”) Beaney was actively involved in the building ofthe original pavilion and we were grateful to have his experience of all things “electric” almost 35 years on!However, none of this investment would have been possible without the support from our Members for our manyfund raising initiatives and events - the Old Members section have been remarkably generous! Major support hasalso come in the form of grants from Sport England, the National Hockey Foundation, SITA Trust and ViridorEnvironmental Credits Company. All of these grantstotalling almost £400,000 were secured through theefforts of Club member Mike Anthony. We still have toagree final accounts with our pitch and buildingcontractors and settle the final amounts due. Once thisexercise is completed over the next couple of monthsthe Club will be in a position to establish a SinkingFund so that when our pitches need replacing again inaround 10 years time funds will be available to carryout the work.” Colts playing on the new pitch

Surbiton stars headingfor Glasgow

A number of Surbiton players will be representingtheir countries at The Glasgow National HockeyCentre in Glasgow this coming July as the focusturns to the Commonwealth Games.England players and those who appear for Great Britainare used to the limelight, contesting for honours in majortournaments. However, for those in the other homenations it’s a rare opportunity to play in front of bigcrowds and to experience the special atmospheregenerated by such events. For Scotland players inparticular it will be a unique and thrilling period in theircareers as they play in front of a supportive andenthusiastic home following.Surbiton players should feature largely. In the men’stournament Alan Forsyth, Chris Grassick, Nick Parkesand Fergus Dunn, the latter if fully recovered from longterm injury, are all regulars in the Scotland squad, whilstDavid Kettle represents Wales and Rob Moore couldappear for England.Emma Batten could well be in the Wales ladies team,though is currently out of action with injury. Competitionfor places in the England squad is going to be fierce andall five of the Surbiton players in the centralised squad,Giselle Ansley, Hollie Webb, Georgie Twigg, SarahHaycroft and Beckie Herbert will be doing their utmost tomake the cut when the squad is announced.Those chosen for the England ladies squad will befancied earn medals, being the ranked number 3 in theworld and, with Australia fourth and New Zealand fifth,are the highest placed country in the Commonwealthrankings. The England men’s team are ranked fourth inthe World and will face its biggest threat from Australia,who are ranked as the world’s best, and have won theGames on every occasion since hockey was firstincluded in 1988.For Scotland playing on home soil could be just the tonicfor progressing against higher ranked teams. ChrisGrassick is certainly hoping so. ‘I don’t think anybody

knows what it’s going to be like. It could really help us orit could hinder us a little bit. We’ll just have to wait andsee. I think it will really help us so long as we take it inthe right way and we don’t go in to our shell and we stepit up a bit, which should be the right reaction.’ Chrisfurther explained why Scotland should feel confidentgoing in to the Games. ‘We’ve tended to do well inrecent years against teams that we’ve not be expectedto do well against. At least half of our squad play outsideof Scotland, in England, Holland and Belgium, so thereis a goodmixture’.Scotland, ranked24 in the world,will also have thebenefit ofexcellentpreparation onthe site of theGames when theatmosphere willbe building tofever pitch. ‘Ithink nearer thetime it will reallypick up. We’vegot a fewtournaments toplay before theCommonwealthGames, actuallyat the GlasgowArena, which will be awesome, against some goodteams, so it will be a good test. We will train there allsummer. So we should be used to it.’ In an almost non-stop schedule Chris and his fellow Surbiton Scots will,dependent on success at club level in the league, play inthe play-offs at Reading, attend a training camp in

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Chris Grassick

Holland with Scotland, staying on for the EHL inEindhoven, then with possibly only a couple of days off,head off to Glasgow for a demanding five nationstournament featuring England, Pakistan, Argentina andBelgium.Alan Forsyth whose goals have been vital to Surbiton inthis his first season at the club is equally excited. ‘It’spretty special having a home Commonwealth Games.I’m really looking forward to it. They’re finishing off thevillage and all of the complexes for the sports that will be

competing in it. It’s getting there with all the social medianow.’ He continued, ‘Hopefully myself and my brother willmake the team, so we’ll have friends and family comingdown to watch, which will be good. We trained on thefacilities last summer going towards the Europeans.They’re probably the best pitches in Scotland. It will begreat as in Scotland we don’t get many home games, soit will be good to have the crowd behind us.’Dave Kettle the Welsh goalkeeper is likely to be one ofthe busiest players at the Games as his country, ranked30th in the world, are grouped with some of thetournaments strongest hockey nations. ‘It’s our onlyopportunity to go to a major sports event. It will be greatto play against some of the best teams in the world andour first two games are India and Australia. So it will bematching ourselves against those guys and seeing

where we areat.’ It won’t getmuch easier asmatchesagainstScotland andSouth Africafollow. Despitethe strength ofthe oppositionDave shows nofear. ‘I’mexcited notnervous aboutit, so I’m justreally lookingforward to it.’He continued,‘Scotland are inour group, so

the third game ends up being huge. There will be aboisterous, partisan crowd. We play each other quite alot – usually in build up to tournaments. We played themin the Europeans just gone and drew one all. They’reusually tight, competitive, hard played games, so I think,with the extra caveat of it being the CommonwealthGames and in Scotland, it should be very exciting. We’vegot nothing to lose. We’ve done well to get there’. IfWales progress it would signify a major upset. ‘We canpull off a few surprises. I wouldn’t say we’ve got any starplayers, but we’re consistent all over the pitch.’ From apersonal point of view it will, whatever, be anotherchapter in Dave’s international career. ‘I’m close to 50caps now, which is, as a Welsh player and a goalkeeperquite difficult to do. I hope to keep playing for the next 5or 6 years and get near to that 100 mark.’For one or two players preparation for the Games will bea race against time. Emma Batten, who was firstselected for the Welsh team nine years ago as an 18year old and won her 50 cap during the EuropeanChampionships last summer, is confident of being inGlasgow. ‘I got injured in July, so I have missed theentire season so far. It’s been very frustrating, but rehabis going well and I’m on track to be back for theCommonwealth Games.’ Wales will be equally keen forEmma to be available as she was pivotal in theprincipality gaining promotion to the EuropeanChampionship B division, top scoring with five goals. ‘Asa Welsh athlete not many of us compete for GB so theCommonwealth Games is our opportunity. It’s a bigmoment, and being in Glasgow is huge for us. It’s closeto being a home Games. A lot of family will be comingup.’ Playing in front of a packed and vociferous crowdwon’t be absolutely new for Emma who played in play-

offs for Walesin Delhi. ‘It wasincredible. Ithink for ourgame againstScotland therewere about9000 fans andthey just wentcrazy. Therewas one pointwhere youcouldn’t hearyourteammatestalk. It wasquite anexperience.’Emma, has anoutside chanceof beingavailable for

Surbiton should the play-offs be reached, but theCommonwealth Games are more realistic. Wales,ranked 29th in the world, will have a series of pre-tournament matches, mostly in Cardiff, before playingSpain in Madrid prior to flying to Glasgow. There they willbe the underdogs playing England, Australia and thehosts, ranked 16th, but certainly less so for having Emmaavailable.

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Alan Forsyth

Dave Kettle

Emma Batten

With four Investec Women’s Hockey League PremierDivision matches to play, Surbiton Ladies were third,and well placed to qualify for the end of seasonChampionship play-offs. A six game winning streakwas ended by Leicester, who won 2-0 at SugdenRoad to knock Surbiton off the top of the table.Following their 4-0 home win over Bowdon, Surbitonoverwhelmed Beeston on their own pitch, winning 6-2.After eight minutes, Surbiton led 3-0 through SandraFrankland, Giselle Ansley and Sarah Page. SarahHaycroft added a fourth before half time, with Ansley andVicky Bryant adding further goals in the second half.A week later, Surbiton and Clifton were on course for afourth successive draw between the teams with sevenminutes remaining. However, late goals from JennaWoolven, and Page ensured that Surbiton returned fromBristol with a 2-0 win and all three points.Surbiton ended 2013 with a 3-2 home win over SuttonColdfield. Woolven scored twice, and Haycroft once, butSutton kept up the pressure until the final whistle.At the start of 2014, Surbiton faced an importantweekend with an away doubleheader at Olton & WestWarwicks, and Reading. Woolven and Page proved thatthey had carried their goalscoring form into the new year,as both players scored braces in the 4-0 win at strugglingOlton. The fixture at Reading had been brought forwardby a fortnight due to Reading’s commitment to Europeanindoor hockey; and with both sides minus their GreatBritain internationals, Surbiton had the greater strength indepth, Page scoring the only goal of the game midwaythrough the second half. The goal elevated Surbiton tothe top of the table on goal difference over Canterbury,having played one match more. Surbiton are due to visitthe University of Birmingham and Bowdon Hightown; andare at home in a key match against Canterbury on 8March, and finish the season at home to Beeston. The

play-offs are at Reading over the weekend of 12/13April.Surbiton’s quest to reach their third Investec Women’sCup final in four seasons remains on track after a 4-2win at Beeston in the quarter-final. Frankland kept up herrecord of scoring in every round of the cup with twogoals, Vanessa Roberts and Woolven also on target.Surbiton will travel to Buckingham, of the IWHLConference West, on 23 March, hoping that they will bereturning to Nottingham on 26 April to play eitherHampstead & Westminster of the University ofBirmingham in the final.Surbiton’s youth policy has paid dividends as both AnnieTutty and Thea Cosham were registered to play in thenational league, along with Eleanor Jolly, who returnedto Surbiton after playing for Liverpool Sefton. Surbtionwill miss the “Sisters of No Mercy”, Amy and VickyBryant, who have both left the club.During the mid-season break, Surbiton just missed outon promotion from the Maxinutrition Hockey 5s DivisionOne, finishing third at Nottingham Trent University forthe second successive season. Surbiton lost their firstmatch 6-5 against Bristol Firebrands, bouncing back tobeat Brooklands Poynton 6-3, Wakefield 8-3, beforelosing 6-4 to Buckingham on the first weekend.Surbiton’s hopes of promotion were virtually ended afterClifton forced a 4-4 draw with a last minute equaliser.Surbiton beat Chelmsford 8-1, and Sevenoaks 7-2,finishing the tournament with a 6-2 defeat by theUniversity of Birmingham, who made an immediatereturn to the Premier Division with Clifton. RebeccaHerbert was Surbiton’s top scorer with eleven goals, andyoungster, Catherine O’Connor, who has also beenregistered to play in the IWHL, made an impressiveindoor debut in goal.

Colin Pike reports on what is turning out toColin Pike reports on what is turning out tobe a great season for the ladies first teambe a great season for the ladies first team

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Surbiton’s achievement of finishing runners-up in thepremier division last season was all the more creditablein that it was accomplished without Olympian Matt Daly,who missed the entire campaign through injury.Following a full pre-season Matt hit the ground runningthis time, scoring twice in a 5-1 opening day victory overlocal rivals Hampstead and Westminster to remindeveryone what the team had been missing. Ever presentthis season in the premier division, the goals havecontinued to flow regularly. He is equal second topscorer at the top level with 13 goals and was also ontarget in the Euro Hockey League, scoring againstAustrian side SV Arminen in Barcelona. Eleven of thosegoals have arrived from penalty corners. On theresumption of the season after the winter break henotched a hat-trick at Wimbledon and a brace at home toleaders and current champions Beeston. ‘Having a yearoff I didn’t do a huge amount of training beforehand oncorners. I just think that now I have got myself back in toa bit of a rhythm and a routine. Once you score yourconfidence goes up and you almost expect to score.’ Hisfitness is improving all the time too. ‘My knee’s still a bitsore and I’m probably not quite as fit as I’d like to be, butI’m a long way further down the road than I was a yearago.’Matt is obviously delighted not just to be back in actionbut to be part of a developing team that is again makingan impact in the league. ‘There are a lot of new playersin the team this year and the more we play together thebetter we are going to get’.Born in Saudia Arabia and then living in Canada Mattwas a fairly late comer to hockey, as fate played a handin finding a major talent in the sport, who has earned 55

Great Britain caps and 95 for England. ‘Having livedabroad until I was 12 I started playing hockey at the ageof 13 at a state school in Maidenhead. I was fortunateenough to have Mike Williamson as my P.E teacher whoat the time was a Welsh international. I had no realinterest in playing hockey until he suggested that Ishould give it a go. A year or so later I started playing forMaidenhead HC where I played for five years, four ofwhich were in the men’s 1st.’ Fortunately his next stopwas Surbiton and it didn’t take long for him to make animpact and find success. ‘I joined Surbiton in thesummer of 2001 where in the first year I played for the2nds and benched for the 1st. In my first season weplayed in the European cup in Belgium where wefinished fourth. The year after we played in Spain at theEgara club and finished third.’His career was developing on the international stagewith caps at all the junior age groups before making hisfull debut in 2005 in an away test match against SouthAfrica, during which he scored his first international goal.More caps followed including at a CommonwealthGames, a World Cup and three EuropeanChampionships, one of which yielded a gold medal. Hewas also notably in the GB team that came 5th at theBeijing Olympics in 2008.Then misfortune struck as since the summer of 2009Matt has been plagued with various long term injuries.In the summer of 2010 he ruptured his anterior cruciateligament in his right knee during a training session withEngland. ‘This put me out of the game for 6 monthsmeaning I missed the commonwealth games in India. Imanaged to stay fit until Christmas 2011 (Matt managedto fit I another European Championship that summer)when I found out that I had a 4cm by 1cm trough runningthrough the cartilage of my other knee that requiredsurgery. The problem was that surgery would put meout of the Olympics, so at the time was not a realisticoption. It meant that I didn’t train in the build up to theOlympics for several months in the hope that I could befit solely for the Games. After various injections and along period of rehab I made my return to playing in May2012 after a lay-off of 5 months. Having then made theOlympic squad I played through the games with a lot ofdiscomfort.’Talent isn’t everything and Matt’s determination to playin the London Olympics should prove an inspiration forany player and his selection testament to his value to theteam, given the severity and number of injuries. Thescorer of 13 goals for GB and 44 for England gives aninsight into the process leading up to the Olympics. AsMatt explained, ‘The build up for me was very different tothe other members of the squad with the nature of myinjury. It was very much touch and go if I would even bein contention for selection let alone go. Selection wasdone in stages with some people knowing much earlierthan others that they would be going. I was one of thelast group of players to know due to the nature of my layoff and if I would be fit enough. People were asking mein April what my chances of going were and at the time Ithought they were slim as at this stage I wasn’t even

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able to run let alone play. Crunch time for me wasselection for the Sultan Azlan Sha tournament. I knewthat I had to play in this tournament, as it was the lastchance I had to prove myself. I got through thetournament without a hiccup. I found out about a weekafter getting back from this tournament that I would begoing to London.’ The effort proved worthwhile. ‘Theatmosphere at London was amazing and the support ofthe crowd definitely helped us pull out some result whenour backs were against the wall. Two games in particularspring to mind. The pool game against Australia wherewe came from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 and the matchagainst the Spanish when we rode out luck in the lastfew minutes to progress through to the semi-final.’ And itwasn’t just the hockey that as memorable. ‘Village lifecannot really be compared to anything else to be honest.

It is such a surreal atmosphere where one minute youcould be talking to Jessica Ennis and the next sat acrossthe table from Usain Bolt. Its amazing to be in thisenvironment and makes a welcome change from thesame faces you see at each hockey tournament you goto.’

As a ‘veteran’ of two Olympics Matt reflected, ‘In termsof off pitch stuff and atmosphere London was far betterthan Beijing. I have real mixed emotions about London.Yes we achieved our rankings but on the other side I feelthat we could have also done better. As it’s also the lasttime that squad of players will be together. It feels thatwe missed out on a chance to win a medal. Comparethis to Beijing where we were delighted with our 5thplaced finish as we over achieved.’‘I don’t think any of us fully understood how much theBritish public got behind us during the games. This allbecame apparent at the Olympic parade. It wasunbelievable to see so many people turn out tocongratulate team GB on their success.’Despite appearing at Beijing and London 2012, it is notan Olympics, but the European Championships in

Amstelveen in Holland that is his greatest memory, ashe reached his highest international achievementalongside Surbiton team mates Rob Moore and JamesTindall. ‘Winning gold in 2009 was the highlight so farof my international career. We were on a bit of a highfrom our result at the Olympics in Beijing and reapedthe rewards at the Europeans. We knew that therewould be one really crucial match in the pool and thatwas against the Belgians who have been our bogy sidefor a few years. Having won all our games up thatpoint we thumped them and went on to secure a semi-final place against Holland which we won in goldengoal. It was a great feeling to make the final but evenbetter to beat the Dutch on home soil. To then go onand beat the Germans in the final was amazing!’It’s likely that the 2012 Olympics will turn out to be hisinternational swansong, but given his form who knows,‘I’ve not completely closed the door on that yet, but it’sfairly unlikely. I’m now looking more towards mycareer at Kingston Grammar School. I’ve been there

nine years now coaching and teaching.’For now Matt’s hockey focus will be on helping Surbitonto success. ‘The aim is to get in to the play-offs and toget back in to Europe next year. I think if we look afterour game we will finish in the play-offs at the end of theseason.’

Matt scores with a deft flick against Sheffield Hallam

Club President Mark Rye has recently undertakenthe task of scanning historic club photographs.The photo featured here is the First XI 1922-23

As well as a keen interest in club history Mark isthe author of OverUnder Sideways Down.A book covering storiesfrom inside the Britishmusic scene, whereThe Beatles, TheStones, The Who, PinkFloyd, David Bowie,Marc Bolan, EltonJohn, Queen andothers have fascinatingparts of their storiestold for the very firsttime.For further details visit:www.rockhistory.co.uk

Back row: C.E.Hamley, C.G.Bouette, R.G.Holmes,W.A.Bouette, V.G.Bouette, A.E.MainhoodFront row: R.E.Hall, J.L.Tregenza, F.A.Hickson,W.H.Gwyn, A.E.Beldam

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Since my review (in Issue 2 of the Magazine) of theiropening eight fixtures, the Men’s 1st XI have gone thefirst five of their then remaining ten 2013/14 NOW:Pensions MHL Premier Division games unbeaten and,most importantly, are still holding on to the fourth andlast qualifying spot for the end-of-season ChampionshipPlay-Offs plus Euro Hockey League 2014/15qualification. The five games resulted in 2-2 and 4-4away draws and a 3-2 home win over top-five rivals EastGrinstead, Wimbledon and Beeston respectively, plus2-0 away and 8-1 home wins over mid-table Hampstead& Westminster and relegation-threatened SheffieldHallam. That brought Surbiton’s overall record up to:played 13; won 7; drawn 4; lost 2; goals for 42; goalsagainst 23. It also really did make their defence themeanest in the league (which it was not after the first tengames as wrongly stated in my previous review - when itwas in fact the second meanest!). But lurking just twopoints behind in fifth place are the now second-meanestdefence of Surrey rivals Wimbledon and it’s going to bea tough call emulating last season’s ten-game unbeatenfinishing run with two other top five rivals Reading andEast Grinstead still to play, as well as mid-tableCanterbury plus relegation-threatened LoughboroughStudents and Cannock (March 16, away). The Play-Offstake place at Reading Hockey Club with first playingfourth and second against third in the semi-finals onSaturday April 5 and then the two losers in the third-place final and the two winners in the final on Sunday.Since the league winners are guaranteed 2014/15 EuroHockey League qualifying, the third-place final will onlybe for European qualification if that top team fail to wintheir semi. But, whatever happens, Surbiton havealready guaranteed to extend their season by reaching

the last 16 of this Easter’s Euro Hockey League wherethey will play MHC Oranje-Zwart of the Netherlands inEindhoven on Thursday April 17 – and, if they win, thequarters on April 18, and, if they win again, the semis onApril 20 and the finals on April 21. Surbiton’s post-Christmas prospects have already been greatly boostedby the return of two long-term-injured squad members.Tim Pinnock last played for the M1 outdoors onDecember 2, 2012, away to Loughborough Students andthe indoor squad against Doncaster on December 16 inthe National Premier Indoor League at the FootballAssociation’s St George’s Park complex in Burton uponTrent and spent the whole of 2013 getting back to fullfitness following arthroscopy on his right ankle. Alsoback is Fergus Dunn after an operation on May 2 thatyear for an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction ofhis right knee after being injured against BrooklandsManchester University on March 24 followed by a longand patient recovery programme that kept him awayfrom playing for both club and country (Scotland) untilbeing subbed on at Wimbledon. Neither were ready toplay for the M1 indoor squad, however, which covereditself in glory by winning all eight of its fixtures in thenew-look Maxinutrition Hockey 5s Division Onechampionship over the weekends of January 4/5 and11/12 at the University of the West of England’sFrenchay campus near Bristol to make an immediatereturn to next season’s Premier Division as champions.They were greatly aided by the maximum two guestindoor registrations permitted, Lewis Prosser (firstweekend only) and Rufus McNaught-Barrington, whoboth play their outdoor hockey for La Gantoise inBelgium. Rufus ended up as tournament top scorer with34 goals.

Seán Cotter gives the low down on the men’sfirst team as they continue their fine form

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Beckie HerbertSurbiton England & GB

It’s no surprise that Surbiton ladies first team are ridinghigh in the Investec Women's Hockey Premier League.Manager Brett Garrard showed the club’s intent lastsummer when adding England internationals GiselleAnsley, Holly Webb and Beckie Herbert to an alreadystrong squad. All three from the GB elite squad, basedfull time at Bisham Abbey, settled in to the side quicklyand have made a positive impact.Beckie came to us having played last season in Hollandfor Pinoke, (the same side who Chloe Strong had playedfor) being very happy to return to England to both wearthe Surbiton colours and further her internationalambitions. ‘I was only able to play single seasons inHolland if I wanted to maintain my status as anEngland/GB player, so it was important to be able tocommit to the centralised programme. I had thoughtquite a bit about what I wanted out of my club hockeywhen I returned to England and Surbiton seemed like agood option. There is a good family atmosphere andstrong social side at the club and, especially after beingat two big clubs in Holland, I know how important theyare. When I added in the ambitions of Brett and the firstteam, plus a much shorter car journey than to Leicester,it was a pretty easy decision to make.’Herbert brings a wealth of experience to Sugden Roadhaving amassed 72 England and 32 Great Britain caps,scoring 8 and 4 goals for the sides respectively, and wasin the England side that gained a bronze medal in theInvestec Cup in South Africa last year, as club captainSarah Haycroft made her international debut, as didAnsley and Webb. Her most recent GB caps came lastmonth during a warm weather training camp in SanDiego in a 2-2 draw against the USA and a 0-1 defeat toNew Zealand. In addition to her outdoor achievementsBeckie has scored 10 goals in her 9 indoor caps.

Beckie started playing hockey aged 11, whenshe went to secondary school, havingpreviously spent a lot of time on the sidelinesas a kid, as both of her parents playedhockey. Inevitably she would end up playingtoo and joined Quackers LHC, a club in hernative Jersey.It didn’t take too long for her to ‘find her feet’,quickly progressing into the junior Jersey andcounty teams. ‘Our annual WesternCounties tournament as the Channel Islandsteam was always a bit of a lottery, with halfthe squad from Jersey and half the squadfrom Guernsey, usually introducing ourselvesto each other the day before we playedtogether as a team. I somehow managed toget scouted by the West regional coaches,aged 12, and was later selected for theEngland Under 16 squad in 2001.’There is a good, but much smaller club setup in Jersey, so Beckie had to look for otherways to progress her game as she started toimprove. ‘Fortunately, there is a supportive

hockey community who really helped me to develop asmuch as possible alongside my trips to England forregional and national junior team trials and training. Iwas able to play in a men’s team at times once I was abit older, whilst the Jersey Women’s 1st XI played in thesecond division of the men’s league, so I also spent myFriday nights playing against men’s teams (including myDad’s vets team!). Both of my parents were brilliant insupporting me as a youngster and my Mum in particularplayed a big role in coaching juniors on the island formany years.’Upon leaving school Beckie went to LoughboroughUniversity and made the decision to join Leicester LHC.‘Playing Premier League hockey was a big step up, butsome very experienced teammates and coach ChrisMayer were brilliant in helping me to settle in and start totake on the new challenge.’Her career at Leicester went from strength to strengthbringing both personal and team success as themidlanders won the Investec Women’s Hockey Leaguechampions on four occasions, including the play-offs inthe 2011-12 season.‘There was always a lot of pressure at Leicester as wehad a strong squad with several players from the seniornational team. I learnt a lot from players like JennieBimson and Helen Richardson, and Chris constantlychallenged us to become better. We were never givenan easy ride as young players at Leicester but, althoughthis made it tough at times, I’m absolutely convinced itmade us improve much more quickly and get mentallystrong. We were successful in terms of the League, Cupand Playoffs and managed to keep a strong core ofplayers for a number of seasons, which definitely helpedus to maintain our level of performance. There was alsoa brilliant team spirit and social side to it all – we were

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pretty competitive on the pitch but definitely enjoyedwinning off it too!’Leicester also went very close to European glory, twicebeing a runner-up in the EuroHockey Club ChampionsCup, on each occasion losing the final to Hockeyclub's-Hertogenbosch of Holland. ‘My biggestdisappointment with Leicester was not managing to wina gold medal in Europe. We did well to get silvers in2007 and 2011, but definitely didn’t ever really doourselves justice in the finals. I wish we had given DenBosch better games as I’m convinced we had a goodenough team to break their long dominance of Europeanhockey.’Perhaps with the motto ‘If you can’t beat them, join them’in mind Beckie went on to play club in Holland. ‘I’ve

played two seasons in the Dutch Hoofdklasse, one atKampong (2008-9) and one at Pinoke (2012-13). Theprofessionalism and depth in the Dutch league is greaterthan in England, but as much as anything I’m glad just tohave had the opportunity to live abroad and experiencea different culture. I’d definitely recommend playingabroad to anyone who is serious about hockey, it’s greatfun and changes your outlook on the game.’Beckie had captained the national team at under 16 andunder 21 levels but confesses to being surprised at herinitial call up for the full squad. ‘It was definitely a shockto get my first England cap when I was 17. It seems

crazy it was over 10 years ago. Although it wasessentially a development team, it’s something I’m proudto have done and, even though we lost, it will always bea special moment for me.’That was the start of an international career that hasbrought some great highlights, with hopefully many moreto come, and also its fair share of disappointments. ‘Thebest experiences I have had since breaking into thesenior team were definitely winning a CommonwealthGames bronze medal in Melbourne (2006) andqualifying for the Beijing Olympics via the Europeans inManchester in 2007. The Commonwealth medal was abig achievement for the squad we had at the time andwas made more exciting by it going to the wire withpenalty strokes. The Olympic qualification was a huge

relief after the team hadn’t managed to get toAthens in2004, and I just wish I’d been able toplay in the Olympics itself having been a partof getting GB there.’Beckie also narrowlymissed out on selection for London 2012 asher Olympic disappointments continued.However, she will be fighting all the way to tryto secure a place for the squad in Rio in twoyears time. ‘Rio 2016 is still a target for me,although as I have missed out on the last fewselections for England, it’s a pretty tough askas things stand. I completely believe I’ve gotwhat it takes but all I can do is keep traininghard and doing my best. I’ve always given100% to my hockey so whatever happens andwhether I achieve my ultimate goals, I won’tregret anything I’ve done in trying to get there.’Whatever the outcome of that quest Beckiepoints out that she has gained so muchplaying all over the world and against the bestplayers. ‘Hockey has given me amazingopportunities – I’ve played in every continentand been lucky enough to play with andagainst some of the best players around.Every now and then against Argentina. I’vebeen so amazed by what Luciana Aymar cando I can’t believe I’m standing on the samefield. Winning a game or celebrating a goalwith your best mates is such a good feelingand one I don’t think someone who doesn’tplay sport can really understand.’Beckie is often to be found not just playing butalso coaching. ‘I enjoy coaching and loveturning up to Surbiton training on a Thursdaynight to see hundreds of kids running around ahockey pitch. Although when I am coaching Ialways try to get kids to practice their basics

more than anything else (because that’s what I would domore of if I had my first five years of playing again), themost important thing is enjoying it. To me that alsomeans learning fun skills, being creative and being ableto do something unexpected on the ball.’All in all the move to Surbiton is proving a good one forBeckie, as can be discerned from her fine form. ‘Theteam is good fun and I’ve been made to feel at homepretty quickly. Hopefully we can continue to pushtowards our goals for the season in the remaining gamesand finish on a high.’

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We are currently sitting in a very good position in theleague at this point in the season. Having finished thesecond half of the season very well, with fourconsecutive wins in the lead up to Christmas we wereable to make third place in the table with a fairly largegap between us and Leicester in fourth. This was furtherenhanced with us gaining 6 points in our first two gamesafter returning from the break. We have put ourselves ina very good position to secure a place in the top four andtherefore playoffs for Europe, but of course we are notthere yet and so will keep on working hard and striving tobe better with each performance.

It is a huge credit to everyone involved in the first teamsquad that the team is sitting in this position at this pointin the season. We have such great strength in depth as asquad and challenge the top teams in the leagueregardless of whether or not the internationals arepresent. Giselle, Hollie, Twiggy, Herbie and myself haveall been out in San Diego, California, for GB training andmatches vs USA and New Zealand. This therefore meantthat we missed 4 matches for Surbiton at the start of thishalf of the season. It was great to avoid the terribleweather and flooding in England and escape to thesunny sights of California, however we had a lot of workto do as a GB squad out there. It was the first time wehad played matches and trained as a whole GB squadand therefore 2 weeks away together was invaluable.Although the results of the matches didn't quite go ourway (won 1, drew 1, lost 5!) we learnt so much as asquad and will benefit hugely from the experience.Unfortunately there were 2 injuries during the trip, whichhappened to both be Surbiton players! Myself andTwiggy were sat on the sidelines in the last week with atorn ankle ligament and broken thumb respectively. ThePhysio team have been brilliant and hopefully we willonly be out for a few weeks, and look forward to gettingback and helping Surbiton achieve our aspirations offinishing in the top four and securing a place in Europe!

Come Down and Try HockeyHockey is a fast, skilful sport that is exciting and rewarding to play.

Surbiton Hockey Club offers the highest quality of coaching and fieldsteams to suit players of all ages and abilities. There is simply nowherebetter to learn and play the game.

If interested please visit our website: www.surbitonhc.comWomen and girls should contact Eleanor Marshall, Chair of the Ladies’Section: eleanor.marshall2@btinternet.comand men and boys Mike Gilroy-Scott, Chair of the Men’s Section:

Captain’s Diary

Sarah Haycroft

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Captain’s diary

Ben Tibble

It was a fantastic achievement last year to qualify forthe EHL. Barcelona in October was a great experiencefor us as players and for the club to finally play againstthe best teams in Europe. We have qualified for the‘last sixteen’ and we now look forward to playingagainst Oranje Zwart, the host side, in Eindhoven inApril. It will be tough but we played Polo of Barcelonaon their home ground and we put in a goodperformance. We’re now playing much better than wewere then, and we’re still improving. The pressure willbe on both sides in Eindhoven as it’s a big game withbig rewards and live coverage on television.In the NOW: Pensions Men’s Hockey League reachingthe play-offs is our first aim. Having just beaten top ofthe league side Beeston to retain fourth place, and withfive more games in the league, we will hopefully qualifyfor the play-offs again. Confidence is good after therecent game but all we are thinking about is our nextgame – and they are all big games at this stage of theseason. All teams are either challenging for the playoffs or striving to avoid relegation. We want to keepwinning and if we do then we will be close to the topspot, which guarantees European qualification.Defensively we were as good as we have been allseason which, together with high intensity of play, werecritical factors in the latest win. The previous week wedrew at Wimbledon from an unlikely position of twogoals down with only ten minutes remaining. Wedisplayed excellent composure and commitment underpressure.It was really good to play a couple of games forEngland ‘A’ against the under 21s featuring Jonny and

James Gall. ‘Roycey’ and I playing for the ‘A’ sidegave us a chance to be seen. We both want toprogress further in the England set up and hopefullythere will be more opportunities for us.I must mention how good it is have Tim Pinnock backin the side. He’s been through a lot with injuries overthe last year and a half, so it’s great to have him backfor his calming influence. He’s also an ‘old head’ thatgives us an additional threat at corners. Fergus Dunnis back as well, and Matt Daly is returning to his bestform after his year lay off. It’s just the right time tohave our full squad available and playing well soincreasing the competitive attitude in the squad.Away from Surbiton and on a personal front, I havejust started work in a full-time role this year as aprofessional sports coach at RGS Guildford, and amenjoying it greatly. I take all age groups for hockey anddo a bit of cricket and rugby as well. I have never everplayed rugby in my life, so the coaching is a ‘work inprogress’. I played representative cricket when I wasyounger and have played in the Surrey Championship,and obviously hockey is second nature to me. There’sa good vibe with the kids and the other staff and Ireally like being part of it. Look out for some RGS boyscoming to Surbiton.I’d like to express my gratitude, and that of the otherplayers, to all those involved in upgrading the secondpitch and the clubhouse. We now have facilities thatare the envy of most other premier clubs and a clubspirit and atmosphere second to none. The Ladiesand colts are also making great strides and we shouldall feel rightly proud of what the club is achieving.

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Match Day

Photos: Tim Reder www.timrederphotography.com

Rob Moore on the attack against Sheffield Hallam

James Tindall during the victoryover Beeston

Ben Tibble celebrates a goal withMichael Watts at Wimbledon

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Back to Hockey has returned to Sugden Road on Wednesday mornings from 10.30 to 11.30am.

The sessions will be led by Ali Hitch, personal fitness trainer and hockey coach.

All standards welcome from beginners to improvers. The cost will be £3 per session - please pay Ali at the start ofeach session.

Ladies, if you haven’t played hockey before, or you played twenty years ago and want to give it another go, or if yourchildren play and you want to learn what they learn, then why not come down to Surbiton Hockey Club?

You will be playing on the club’s water-based, state-of-the-art hockey pitch where you can learn the basic skills of hockey,understand the rules as you play and socialise with other members.

You will coached by experienced members from Surbiton Hockey Club who will teach you the techniques and tactics usedin the modern game in a friendly and relaxed environment. There are opportunities to continue to play, whatever yourfitness or ability, whether for fun or as part of a competitive team.

If you are free on a Wednesday morning and want to meet new people, have a run around and learn the sport while havingfun then we hope to see you there.

For further details contact Ali Hitch at: hitchy.ali@gmail.com

Back to Hockey is a great way for women to exercise as partof a team with a focus on fun, fitness and friendship

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Colts making the step upWhen the Investec Women’s Hockey Leagueresumed for the second half of the season, SurbitonHockey Club’s youth policy was very much inevidence; eleven of Surbiton Ladies’ thirtyregistered players being eighteen years of age orunder.The average age of the squad is just over 22. AnnieTutty and Thea Cosham, who recently made her firstteam debut against Leicester, were the latest youngstersto be added to the squad before the 3 Februaryregistration deadline.So far this season youngsters Charlotte Calnan, SophieFisher-Norton, Sophie Newton and Eloise Stenner haveall featured in the IWHL Premier and the InvestecWomen’s Cup, whilst goalkeeper, Catherine O’Connorwas outstanding in the Maxinutrition Hockey 5s DivisionOne indoor tournament. Other colts registered with thefirst team squad, Emily Caldwell, Orla Cooke, NaomiKelly and Holly Munro, will no doubt get theiropportunities in due course.Although Surbiton face having to lose their youngsters atsome point in the future when they go to university tofurther their education, the development will not bewasted as players frequently return to Sugden Road.Surbiton’s captain, Sarah Haycroft, returned from theUniversity of Birmingham last season; Harriet Tibblereturned this season after studying in the United Statesat Maryland, and Eleanor Jolly, who has also recentlybeen registered, played in the national league forLiverpool Sefton last season. Away from Sugden Road,Katie Shanahan, Ellie and Maddie Tait are currently atLoughborough Students, Lilie Lamacraft is with Beeston,and Natasha Nichols is at the University of Durham.Surbiton Ladies’ Head Coach, and Director of Hockey,Brett Garrard pointed out that the youth policy is nowstarting to pay dividends: “After five years of investmentin youth at Surbiton Hockey Club and continuing theprogression of our adult teams through the leagues, theclub is now beginning to see the result of thatinvestment, with the club now in the position to field a fullteam of eleven players aged eighteen or under in thewomen’s national league”.

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He continued, “We now have a pathway for all ourplayers, especially our performance colts players whonow have the opportunity to play at the top level andtrain in a performance culture with international players.It has always been the aim to form a squad with talentedyoungsters, current and ex internationals andexperienced club players who all buy into the ethos ofSurbiton Hockey Club.”The youngsters have also been able to get experience ofplaying with experienced players such as Chloe Strongand Abi Walker, whilst Surbiton’s current internationalplayers are also keen to give encouragement and advicewhen they can.Colts take a year or two longer to progress to the men’sfirst team but Jonny and James Gall have playedregularly in the NOW:Pensions MHL Premier Divisionand for England at under 21 level, whilst Will Calnan(brother of Charlotte) and James Hamlyn both played in

the EHB Cup winning team last season. They will bestriving to join a number of ex colts who have gone on toestablish themselves in the current side. Of those BenTibble was appointed captain last season, and TomMerchant and James Royce also appear regularly. PaulReeves, Dave Bartram and Alexander Penney are otherex colts adding strength to the first team squad.

Colin Pike/Tim Reder

Will Calnan James Hamlyn

Another historic club photograph recently scanned byClub President Mark Rye.

First Team 1963-64Won 17 Drawn 4 Lost 5 Goals for: 86 against:32Back row: D.M.Veit, B.O.Lloyd, N.Durden-Smith,R.H.Payn, D.H.Jones, P.H.ColvilleFront row: J.Roberts, R.J.S.Hawes, P.D.Croft (captain),M.A.Eagar, K.G.D.Croft

Researching on the internet N. Durden-Smith appearsto be the former BBC cricket commentator who ismarried to television presenter Judith Chalmers.

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Photos: Tim Reder www.timrederphotography.com

Match Day

Vanessa Roberts in control versusLeicester

Hannah Coulson turns defence in to attack

Sarah Page squeezes betweentwo Loughborough Studentsplayers

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Colts Corner

Spot the differenceThere are 8 changes to spot from the original photo (left) of Abi Walker making a great save

Ball Controllersdoing afantastic job

COLOUR INCOLTSCOACH WILLFULKERWho? Where? When?

M1s v Sheffield Hallam

M1s v Cannock

L1s v Sutton Coldfield L1s v Leicester M1s v Beeston

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a) Who played in Holland for Kampong and Pinoke?

b) Where will the Euro Hockey League be played?

c) When will the ladies’ first team play Beeston?

All answers can be found in the magazine articles.Answers at bottom of this page.

Who? Where? When? a) Beckie Herbert b) Eindhoven c) Saturday 22nd March, 2.00pm

Directions to Sugden RoadSugden Rd, Thames Ditton KT7 0AE

By Car:From A3 southboundLeave the A3 just after Hook exit (signposted ‘Esher’). At the first roundabout turn right at the ‘T’ junction, then turnright into Sugden Road. The ground entrance is on the right in 1/4 mile, opposite Scott Farm Close.From A3 northboundLeave the A3 at Esher/Leatherhead exit and follow the signs to Esher/Sandown Park. From the one-way system inEsher, follow signs towards Kingston and drive past Sandown Park (1 mile from Esher). At the Scilly Islesroundabout bear right joining the dual carriageway towards the A3 & London. At the first set of lights, turn left intoManor Road North. After 1/2 mile this becomes Sugden Road. The ground entrance is on the right opposite ScottFarm Close

By Public Transport:The K3 bus route runs between Roehampton Vale Asda and Trinity School, Esher. Alight at the Rectory Lane stopin Sugden Road. From Surbiton and Kingston take the bus in the Esher direction and from Esher in theRoehampton Vale direction. Buses are every 15 minutes on Saturdays and every 20 minutes on Sundays.

Walk from Surbiton Station:Turn left out of the station in to Victoria Road and continue in to Victoria Avenue. Enter Victoria Recreation Groundand follow the perimeter path. Turn left out of the gate and turn right under the railway arch in to Fleece Road.Continue beyond the shops to the mini roundabout past which you will be in Sugden Road. The ground is 200m onthe left. Walk takes 20-25 minutes.

Forthcoming Fixturesat Sugden Road 2013-14

Forthcoming Fixturesat Sugden Road 2013-14

MARCH

Saturday 8th 2.00pm

Sunday 9th 2.00pm

Saturday 22nd 2.00pm

Sunday 23rd 2.00pm

Ladies v Canterbury

Men v Canterbury

Ladies v Beeston

Men v East Grinstead

Note that fixtures are subject to change - please consult the club website forupdates of these and additional cup matches

Attending a match? Don’t forget to buy your match day programme for theteam line-ups and all the latest information