SHEFFIELD MISS TOP FIVE SLOT
Sheffield’s triumphs – winning against champions City of Manchester and Polytechnic - on the final weekend of men’s Division 1 matches at Coventry proved all in vain as they missed out on progress to the Super 5s.
A 9-6 victory today (1 December) over Polytechnic briefly enabled Sheffield to leapfrog into third place. But that was as good as it got. Later on, Cheltenham won against Sutton & Cheam; then, in the final game of phase one, Welsh Wanderers easily defeated Penguin.
It meant that Wanderers finished third behind Manchester and Polytechnic, with Penguin, Cheltenham and Sheffield below them, all on 12 points. Sheffield slipped to sixth place, having lost to Cheltenham and Penguin early in the season.
Sheffield go to Championship 1 in the second phase of the season along with Sutton & Cheam and Watford from Division 1 and the top five teams in Division 2 – Worthing, Sedgefield, Portobello, Invicta and Caledonia.
WALLER STARS IN VITAL INVICTA WIN
Jack Waller, one of Great Britain’s stars at the 2012 Olympics, scored nine as Invicta outgunned Exeter 18-16 in a men’s Division 2 thriller at Gloucester (24 November).
Exeter led on four occasions at various stages of the match, but, after the sides were all square at 16-16 in the final period, goals by Dan Hanlon and Will Liddle cinched the win that Invicta needed to ensure a place in Championship 1.
Worthing, who completed an unbeaten Division 2 campaign with an 18-5 victory over Bristol, Sedgefield, Portobello, Invicta and Caledonia start the second half of the season in Championship 1. Bristol, Exeter and Lancaster will be in Championship 2 along with Southampton (who beat Croydon 12-10 to maintain a splendid 100 per cent record in Division 3), Hucknall, Manchester Hawks, Cheltenham Spartans and Bridgefield.
Sheffield’s triumphs – winning against champions City of Manchester and Polytechnic - on the final weekend of men’s Division 1 matches at Coventry proved all in vain as they missed out on progress to the Super 5s.
A 9-6 victory today (1 December) over Polytechnic briefly enabled Sheffield to leapfrog into third place. But that was as good as it got. Later on, Cheltenham won against Sutton & Cheam; then, in the final game of phase one, Welsh Wanderers easily defeated Penguin.
It meant that Wanderers finished third behind Manchester and Polytechnic, with Penguin, Cheltenham and Sheffield below them, all on 12 points. Sheffield slipped to sixth place, having lost to Cheltenham and Penguin early in the season.
Sheffield go to Championship 1 in the second phase of the season along with Sutton & Cheam and Watford from Division 1 and the top five teams in Division 2 – Worthing, Sedgefield, Portobello, Invicta and Caledonia.
WALLER STARS IN VITAL INVICTA WIN
Jack Waller, one of Great Britain’s stars at the 2012 Olympics, scored nine as Invicta outgunned Exeter 18-16 in a men’s Division 2 thriller at Gloucester (24 November).
Exeter led on four occasions at various stages of the match, but, after the sides were all square at 16-16 in the final period, goals by Dan Hanlon and Will Liddle cinched the win that Invicta needed to ensure a place in Championship 1.
Worthing, who completed an unbeaten Division 2 campaign with an 18-5 victory over Bristol, Sedgefield, Portobello, Invicta and Caledonia start the second half of the season in Championship 1. Bristol, Exeter and Lancaster will be in Championship 2 along with Southampton (who beat Croydon 12-10 to maintain a splendid 100 per cent record in Division 3), Hucknall, Manchester Hawks, Cheltenham Spartans and Bridgefield.
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