Great Britain’s first games of the home leg of the FIH Pro League are now in the books. Wins over Ireland and India made it a perfect weekend for the men’s side.
Rather than give you a run of the mill match report, which let’s face it, you won’t read and you can find elsewhere, I thought instead I’d jot down a few thoughts and a few things that caught my eye.
Could Surbiton return to their throne at the top of the domestic game? Could Hampstead and Westminster win their first title?
Who would take the third place, East Grinstead or Wimbledon? Finals day gave plenty of entertainment, and here’s how it panned out.
The crescendo of the domestic season. Old Georgians, going for their third title in a row. Surbiton standing in their way. And for the first time in a while, the third place playoff would decide which team would take England’s newly-acquired third European slot. It promised to be an exciting day, and here’s how it panned out.
Day one of finals weekend gave us semi-finals between Surbiton and Hampstead and Westminster, with Old Georgians facing Wimbledon in the other match. A place in the final on the line as well as European qualification also up for grabs.
Here’s how it went.
Day one of finals weekend pitted East Grinstead against Hampstead and Westminster and Surbiton against Wimbledon in the two semi-finals with a place in Sunday’s showpiece final on the line. Here’s what happened in two action-packed semi-finals.
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