First International Hockey Match at Bisham Abbey
Bisham Abbey and the England Hockey staff hosted their first International match at Bisham Abbey this Summer. With nearly 1000 spectators attending the day was a great success in more ways than one!
England beat the European Champions the Netherlands in a competitive match for the first time in Coach Jason Lee’s five year tenure thanks to goals from James Tindall and Matt Daly and the superb goalkeeping of James Fair. When the hooter sounded at the end of the game the vocal support rose in unison to applaud a superb England victory over the European Champions.
Speaking afterwards, a happy Jason Lee said freshness was the key for his side: “Most of the guys did not take part in our practice match yesterday so they were fresh for today and I think that made the difference. This is the level we’ll be playing at the Europeans so it has been good practice.”
Two goal hero Matt Daly was delighted with his part in the performance but warned of looking into the result too much. “It’s certainly the first time in quite a while that we’ve beaten the Dutch and it’s especially nice to get two goals today,” he said. “We won’t be reading too much into beating the European Champions though because this was a one-off game but it’s a good start.”
A fantastic win for our Resident lads and we wish them all the best of luck as England’s next test comes hot on the heels of their Dutch demolition with a three match series against India at the University of Birmingham from 29 July to 2 August.
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