Netherlands

LONDON September 17 - Here is our weekly update on how some of the Brits we know who are playing abroad are faring.

Former Beeston and England U21 striker Chris Seddon scored twice as his new club side Laren defeated Voordaan 6-1 in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. Also in Holland England U21 star Shona McCallin scored for MOP in the Dutch top flight, but it wasn't enough as they lost 3-1 to champions Den Bosch. 

Beijing Olympian Charlotte Craddock scored twice for the University of North Carolina as they defeated local rivals Wake Forest 2-1 on Sunday. Craddock also scored in Friday's 3-2 win over Old Dominion, a game in which Teddington's Katie Ardrey chalked up an assist.

MELBOURNE, August 27 - The match schedule for the men's hockey Champions Trophy to be played in Melbourne, Australia from December 1-9, 2012 has been anounced.

England have been drawn in pool A alongside Olympic champions Germany, New Zealand and India.

Golden moment: Germany - Olympic men's hockey champions - hockeyimages.co.ukLONDON, August 11 - A Jan Philipp Rabente double too Germany to their second successive men's Olympic Games hockey title with a 2-1 final win over Netherlands.

An individual effort from the Uhlenhorst Mulheim midfielder two minutes before half-time set Germany on their way. Then a final deflection on a pass into the circle from Tobias Hauke restored the winning margin two minutes ahead of the final whistle.

Groundhog day: The Olympic Games hockey medal matches are repeats of pool games of August 5 when GB and Australia drew (Pictured Ashley Jackson and Barry Middleton celebrate James Tindall's equaliser - hockeyimages.co.uk) and Netherlands beat Germany 3-1LONDON, August 11 - Olympic champions Germany will attempt to stop record-breaking Netherlands from claiming their third Olympic title, and first since Sydney 2000, on the final day of hockey at the Riverbank Arena.

Great Britain, meanwhile, will try to upset world No.1 Australia f and win their first men's hockey Olympic medal since Seoul 1988.

Tournament conversion rates at the start of play on Saturday are: 18% for field goal attempts, 28% for penalty corner attempts. 

Golden girls: Netherlands on the podium - hockeyimages.co.ukLONDON, August 10 - Netherlands became only the second team in history to retain their Olympic hockey title with a 2-0 victory against world champions Argentina in the women's gold medal match at the Riverbank Arena on Friday.

Chances were even in a scoreless first half before Netherlands got the opening goal of the match in the 45th minute. Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel followed up an Eva de Goede penalty corner flick to slap the ball into the goal for a 1-0 lead.

Captain Maartje Paumen made it 2-0 to Netherlands in the 54th minute with an unstoppable penalty corner flick, scoring a record 14th Olympic goal in her second consecutive Olympic final.

Back in action: Argentina's Luciana Aymar (right), celebrating her 35th birthday, plays in today's final, Great Britain's Georgie Twigg plays in the bronze medal game - hockeyimages.co.ukLONDON, August 10 - Britain are looking to win their first Olympic medal in women's hockey since Barcelona 1992 and New Zealand for their first ever.

Olympic champions Netherlands will try to deny world champions Argentina their first Olympic title on the final day of women's hockey at the Riverbank Arena.

Hat-trick hero: Roderick Weusthof celebrates a goal on the way to his hat-trick in Netherlands record-equalling 9-2 win - hockeyimages.co.ukLONDON, August 9 – Great Britain crashed to their equal worst Olympic Games hockey defeat losing 9-2 to the Netherlands.

The Dutch, however, will go into the gold medal game against Germany with serious injury problems. Klass Vermulen has a broken collarbone from a collision with Glenn Kirkham  and will not be fit. Corner ace Mink van der Weerden was hit on the foot by a Matt Daly hit and will have a scan tomorrow.

The Dutch were always ahead in the game after taking the lead through a Rodrick Weutshof PC in the ninth minute. Weusthof added a second six minutes later, officially an open play goal but coming from a mis-executed corner.

LONDON, August 9 - Julie Ashton-Lucy and Lisa Roach will umpire Friday's women's hockey final between Netherlands and Argentina.

See attached for full appointment list.