England are well set for a clean sweep across all competitions at Home Internationals after another successful day in Edinburgh.
Wins for both women’s senior A and B teams, and the Junior B side, in addition to the senior men winning their Saturday double-header to take the men’s competition, leaves England atop all the respective divisions.
The senior women A put up an impressive 19-4 win against Czech Republic, with Olivia Hompe starring, scoring four goals including two behind-the-back efforts and Georgie Southorn bagging another four.
The Czechs got the opening goal of the game, but England didn’t let that phase them and soon went to work scoring six unanswered goals before the ¼ time.
Czech Republic again then starting Q2 quickly, scoring twice in a row to make things 6-3, but that was then followed by another five goal England run spanning the half-time break.
England were then in cruise control and won the second-half to an aggregate 9-1, as England began to stretch their legs, Hompe saving the best until the 4th quarter when she took a feed from Anderson and finished from a tight angle with the BTB effort.
Tomorrow will be rounded off by a huge ‘winner takes all’ contest between England and Scotland in the senior women’s A competition after the hosts completed a stunning comeback victory against Wales to join England with a 2-0 record.
The senior B side will also have a defining match-up versus Germany after their 18-0 shut-out win against Scotland.
Germany beat Wales B later in the day to also go 2-0 and the winners of Sunday’s match will take the B championship.
On the men’s side, England seniors opened with a highly competitive fixture against England U21s, racing into a 4-0 lead early on, but then made to fight hard as the game wore on.
At times the U21s closed the lead to just one goal as they hustled and harried; but ultimately age and experience told and the seniors emerged victorious 10-7.
Then later in the day, the seniors quickly regrouped to face Scotland and produce a highly accomplished team performance to win 16-1 and finish as Men’s Home International champions.
England were at it from the off, taking a 10-0 lead into the half-time, and then were in cruise control during the second-half managing the game well to see things out and claim an impressive win.
England Results
England Senior Women A 19-4 Czech Republic
England Senior Women B 18-0 Scotland B
England Senior Men 10-7 England Junior Men
England Senior Men 16-1 Scotland Senior Men
England Junior Women A 8-10 England Junior Women B