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Loughborough Wins National Indoor Hockey Title
Posted on 29/01/08
P. Klein
Loughborough Students have reclaimed hockeys National Indoor title for the first time since the competition moved to Birminghams National Indoor Arena (NIA) three years ago.
The Loughborough mens side finally broke the curse of the NIA by defeating 2006 winners East Grinstead 5-4 in a thrilling final, earning a spot in next seasons EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions league.
The road to the final was tense and it took a massive effort from Loughboroughs men in the semi-finals to pull back a 4-1 deficit at half-time against Old Loughtonians. The Students rallied to end the game 6-5 courtesy of scores from David Appleton (F 13, PC 22), Tim Benford (F 26), John Jackson (F 27), Marc Edwards (F 29) and Richard Smith (PC 35).
In the final, an early run of goals from Jackson (F 5), Benford (F 6) and Edwards (F 8) saw Loughborough jump to a 3-0 lead after just eight minutes, but a determined East Grinstead side clawed back the deficit to raise the scoreline to 3-2 at half time.
They then levelled just after the interval, but Loughborough hit back through Appleton and earned a two goal cushion when Smith made no mistake from the spot. With eight minutes left on the clock, Scott Ashdown gave East Grinstead some hope as he scored their fourth and his second of the game but the team from Sussex could not get the equaliser and as the clock counted down, the Students celebrated with their fourth title in six years.
Loughborough Mens Hockey Coach David Ralph was pleased with his young teams performance.
Im delighted and really proud of what the lads have achieved, he said. The team has changed so much over the last couple of years that only two of the players in Birmingham had been involved the last time we won the Championships.
East Grinstead have become the strongest team in the tournament over the last few years and were definitely the team to beat. We havent beaten them for at least three games, but wed adapted our tactics from playing them in the league and that paid off.
The full squad of 12 was involved in both games and our win was thanks to the boys ability to keep the level of play up for the full 40 minutes. Going 3-0 up early on helped us believe we could beat them and we managed to hold them off to the final whistle.
People often talk about our three wins in a row a few years ago, but I asked the team to go out and make their own history and they did just that.
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