EHCO Trophy

U19 Boys play in the EHCO Trophy at SV Kampong

After winning the National Tier 1 Cup Final as U18 Boys last season, HWHC secured the English spot in the annual EHCO Trophy alongside The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Belgium and South Africa.

In a tough group they faced RC Polo (Spain) on Friday night. They put on a fantastic performance but struggled to convert their chances, finishing 1-2 to the Spaniards.

On Saturday afternoon they met Waterloo Ducks (Belgium). In a much tougher match, they got on the scoreboard early on but finished 1-5.

Their third match was the toughest yet against top of the group, Wespen (Germany). With a controversial disallowed goal for HWHC early on, the team lost a bit of momentum and Wespen capitalised with a few quick goals. Despite being 1-6 down at halftime, HWHC played a cracking second half and the game ended at 2-8 after a late surge from the Germans.

In the 7th/8th play off they played Rotterdam (The Netherlands) at 9am on Monday with some bleary eyes from the Sunday night BBQ and social. At 2-2 in Q4, it looked like the game would go to shuffles before Rotterdam won a penalty corner in the closing minutes and converted to win 3-2.

The team worked hard across four tough days and it was great to see the HWHC graduates return for the tournament.

Huge thanks to guest Coach - Richard Smith, Assistant Coach - Jason Riley, Team Manager - Dom Strawbridge, Analyst - Darren Hincks and Assistant Coach - Ewan Hincks.

Team: Will Murray (U18), Malachi Prior (U18), Maks Mumford (U18), Seb Michel (U19), Ben Mendelsohn (U19), Taiki Mumford (U17), Teddy Cannon (U18), Shareef Okoya (U19), Aidan Hincks (U19), Charlie Cadman (U19), Marco Riley (U19), Milo Sharland (U18), Troy Strawbridge (U19), Jake Dell (U19), Max Griffiths (U19), Luca Knorr (U19), Alex Taylor (U19).