Sporting Digest: Hockey

Southgate lost their position at the top of the Premier leaders yesterday losing 2-0 at Cannock Both goals were scored by Bobby Crutchley. Canterbury overtook them as they completed a 4-1 win with Danny Laslett and David Mathews each scored twice.

EHL PREMIER: (Sat) East Grinstead 6 Teddington 4; Old Loughtonians 6 Guildford 3; Reading 2 Beeston 2; Brooklands 2 Southgate 3. (Sun) Bournville 4 East Grinstead 3; Brooklands 1 Hounslow 3; Cannock 2 Southgate 0; Canterbury 4 Reading 1; Old Loughtonians 1 Beeston 4; Teddington 9 Guildford 1. Standings: 1 Canterbury (P7, Pts19); 2 Southgate (7-18); 3 Cannock (7-17).

SOUTH PREMIER: Anchorians 0 Winchester 0; Chichester 3 Wimbledon 3; Fareham 2 Richmond 0; Gore Court 0 Beckenham 2; Herne Bay 2 City of Portsmouth 2; Maidenhead 2 High Wycombe 1; Old Whitgiftians 4 Old Cranleighans 4; Purley 4 Bournemouth 3; Woking 1 Blackheath 3; Wokingham 2 Tunbridge Wells 1. Standings: 1 Fareham (8-24); 2 Beckenham (7-18); 3 Wimbledon (8-16).

DTZ MIDLAND PREMIER: Coventry & North Warwick 3 Shrewsbury 1; Leek 2 Hampton-in-Arden 0; North Notts 2 Edgbaston 3; N Stafford 2 Harborne 5; Northampton Saints 0 Khalsa 3; Nottingham 2 Olton & West Warwick 1. Standings: 1 Edgbaston (8-22); 2 Harborne (8-18); 3 Khalsa (8-17).

PREMIER HOLIDAYS EAST PREMIER: Blueharts 1 Colchester 3; Cambridge City 3 Bishops Stortford 2; Cambridge Univ. 11 Bedford Town 1; Clacton 2 Crostyx 5; West Herts 1 Peterborough Town 6. Standings: 1 Cambridge Univ. (7-21); 2 Peterborough Town (8-19); 3 Colchester (8-18).

NORTH PREMIER: Ben Rhydding 3 Rotherham 1; Durham Univ 3 Bowdon 2; Formby 2 Norton 1; Harrogate 1 Sheffield Bankers 3; Neston 6 Warrington 0; Southport 5 Chester 0. Standings: 1 Formby (9-21); 2 Neston (7-19); 3 Sheffield Bankers (8-18).

WEST OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH WALES PREMIER: Gloucester City 3 Whitchurch 5; Swansea 2 Cheltenham 2; Taunton Vale 1 Bath Buccaneers 3; West Wilts 2 Robinsons 9; Weston-super-Mare 1 Yeovil and Sherborne 1.

WOMEN'S EHL PREMIER: Clifton Scottish Life 3 Olton Terraquest 1; Doncaster 3 Leicester 2; Hightown 2 Sutton Coldfield 1; Ipswich 2 Slough 1. Standings: 1 Ipswich (7-19); 2 Slough (6-13); 3 Clifton Scottish Life (7-10). First Division: Bradford 2 Canterbury 2; Chelmsford Highway 2 Aldridge 1; Loughborough Students 3 Wimbledon 2; Sunderland Ashbrooke 3 Trojans 3. Standings: 1 Canterbury (7-13); 2 Aldridge (7-13); 3 Chelmsford Highway (7-11). Second Division: Hampton-in-Arden 2 Ealing 4; Poynton 2 Bracknell 3; St Albans 1 Old Loughtonians 1; Woking 1 Sherwood 0. Standings: 1 Woking (7-21); 2 Ealing (7-18); 3 Bracknell (7-12).

WOMEN'S MIDLAND PREMIER: Bedford 3 Loughborough Students 2; Kettering 4 Crimson Ramblers 0; North Staffs 2 Luton 1; Olton & West Warwick 3 Belper 2. Standings: 1 Bedford (7-18); 2 Kettering (7-16); 3 North Staffs (7- 12).

WOMEN'S EAST PREMIER: Ashford 0 Harleston Magpies 4; Blueharts 1 Bury St Edmunds 1; Letchworth 3 Dereham 1; Sevenoaks 2 Ipswich 2. Standings: 1 Harleston Magpies (7-17); 2 Ipswich (7-14); 3 Letchworth (8-14).