Beeston and East Grinstead hit six apiece as men's national league starts
Loughborough Students 3 East Grinstead 6
Beeston 6 Surbiton 2
Brooklands MU 2 Canterbury 3
Cannock 2 Hampstead and Westminster 4
Reading 0 Bowdon 0
Last season's premiership finalists East Grinstead and Beeston both hit six in the opening weeekend of the men's England hockey league. The reigning champions opened their campaign with a trip to Loughborough where two PCs from Gareth Carr, a brace from Mark Pearn and one from Rick Gay saw the Sussex club home. Former Irish international Iain Lewers was a notable scorer for the students on his return from Dutch league hockey.
Beeston's goal-rush was led by two goals each from Martin Jones and David Aimes while Aussie Andrew Monte and former Brooklands MU player Aiden Khares also chipped in.
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