HBU having played well throughout the tournament and deserving of their place in the finals, this Semi was unfortunately not to be.
The highly motivated Germans played strong technical hockey with equal physicality to the English and prooved decisive victors having dominated possession for almost 75% of the match.
Despite this, HBU prooved why they are English [...]

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Both teams contested this match with spirit and determination to win.
Middlesbrough have improved significantly through this competition having sharpened against strong opponents.
Despite going down a goal early in the first half they caught up in the second half and then went down another but revovered to tie the match 2-2.
As a result is essential the [...]

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This afternoon Academico, having mastered the more physical English style of play, found another ‘gear’ to score 5 goals with 4 minutes remaining in the half.
With Bury drawn into playing a loose man to man in their half the Portugeuse with their experienced systems of attack tore Bury to peices , opening space with pass [...]

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With both teams keen to win this match was played at a furious pace.
Unfortunately this suited the Andoran’s as they play this way every week and at 10 to go in the first half they were up 3-0.
In response, HBU score with 8 to go to make it 3-1 from a fast break of the [...]

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Two tactically matched sides playing man to man in there halves contested this Grand Final of the NRHA Centenary Tournament.
The first half was basically a battle for positioning with each team fighting catch their defender out of position so that they could outnumber and score.
Finally, 1.50 left in the half, Iserlohn got a gap that [...]

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Starting teams
Bury: Shawn Pearce, Darrel Pearce, Jess I’Anson, Jim Wells, Ben Wells (GK)
HBU: Phil McVey, Neil Austin, Simon Hosking, Karl Smith, Garrett Priestly (GK)
The first match of the NRHA Centenary tournament got off to a great start in front of a crowd of over 500 people.
The first half saw an evenly contested first half with [...]

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Starting teams
Middlesbrough – Marc Rutland, John Jones, Mark Waddingham, Peter Lonsdale, Ian Smith (GK)
ERG Iserlohn – Carlos Nunez, Stefan Ciesla, Marc Dove, Julio Videla, Jorge Bustos (GK)
With the Germans playing a man to man and Middlesbrough a diamond defence this match prooved a determined conflict of styles.
At 12.26 left in the first half Jones [...]

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The matches between Andorra HC vs C Academico da Feira (4-4) and Ripollett Vs Turquel (4-3) was the 500 strong crowd first opportunity to watch the skills of these second division sides in close hard faught matches that show these Clubs are determine to win the tournament.
Equally matched, the latin teams played hard entertaining hockey [...]

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Using a very effective diamond defense, and the strong performance of goalkeeper Ian Smith, Middlesbrough played a brilliant first half against a fast Andoran side.
Until the last 5 minutes of the first half it looked like the crowd would be in for a close contest. 2-5 halftime.
In the second half the Middlesbrough side remained competitive [...]

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Opening with a zone to the antiplay line, Bury took on the man to man of Turquel in a match enjoyed by a crowd of well over 250 people.
The very mobile Portugeuse 2nd division side Turquel had trouble working the ball through the initially patient defense for of Bury and resorted to quick flicks inside [...]

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