Holcombe HC

Match results

03 6 Oct 15:45 Racing Club de France RCF 2 - 4 Holcombe HC HOL Recap
13 8 Oct 12:00 Holcombe HC HOL 0 - 1 Real Club de Polo RCP Recap

* Won by shoot-out

About Holcombe HC

Holcombe have announced their travelling squad of 18 for the KO16 round of the Euro Hockey League in Barcelona from 6th-8th October.

Barry Middleton’s side will return to Europe following their second-placed finish in the Premier Division in 2022/23, losing to Old Georgians in the final.

Middleton has included new signings Alex Pendle, Brad Read and Louis Duprez in his squad, with Duprez potentially coming up against one of his former clubs with Holcombe drawn against Racing Club de France.

They will face the French side at 3:45pm local time on Friday, 6th October before taking on either hosts Real Club de Polo de Barcelona or CA Montrouge in the next stage or a classification match at 4pm on Saturday, 7th October or 12pm on Sunday, 8th October.

The squad also includes a wealth of international experience with Great Britain and England players Ollie Payne, Sam Taylor, Phil Roper and Nick Bandurak included alongside Middleton, Great Britain’s most-capped player, Rhodri Furlong (Wales), Hayden Phillips and Read (both New Zealand), Rob Field (Scotland), Mo Mea (South Africa), Louis Duprez (France), Tom Russell and Pendle (both Great Britain Elite Development Programme).

“I’m really happy with the guys coming in – one from a playing side and what they can bring on the pitch but they also fit into our group really nicely as people, which is something we’re always looking at,” Middleton said when previewing the season.

“One of our big things has been retaining the group that we had last year, so we’re starting from where we finished last season and just adding a couple on, rather than bringing six new people in and trying to start again re-shaping the team and what we look like.”

The team

NEIGHBOUR Joseph

Shirt number: 1
Date of Birth: 06/04/1999
Nationality: England

PARKER Sean

Shirt number: 1
Date of Birth: 25/03/1967
Nationality: England

GUISE-BROWN Tim

Shirt number: 2
Date of Birth: 02/06/1994
Nationality: South Africa

AMES David

Shirt number: 3
Date of Birth:
Nationality:

DUPREZ Louis

Shirt number: 3
Date of Birth: 01/03/1996
Nationality: France

TAYLOR Samuel

Shirt number: 4
Date of Birth: 12/07/2001
Nationality: England

NOLAN Greg

Shirt number: 6
Date of Birth: 30/01/1993
Nationality: England

ROPER Phillip

Shirt number: 7
Date of Birth:
Nationality:

PHILLIPS Hayden

Shirt number: 8
Date of Birth: 06/02/1998
Nationality: New Zealand

FURLONG Rhodri

Shirt number: 9
Date of Birth: 18/10/1995
Nationality: Wales

OWEN Jake

Shirt number: 10
Date of Birth: 12/03/1999
Nationality: England

PARKER Louis

Shirt number: 11
Date of Birth: 26/04/1999
Nationality: England

PENDLE Alexander

Shirt number: 12
Date of Birth: 02/03/2001
Nationality: England

RUSSELL Tom

Shirt number: 13
Date of Birth: 10/04/2000
Nationality: England

READ Brad

Shirt number: 14
Date of Birth: 04/02/1995
Nationality: New Zealand

MOEN Alex

Shirt number: 15
Date of Birth: 01/12/1999
Nationality: England

FIELD Robert

Shirt number: 16
Date of Birth: 14/04/1994
Nationality: England

OWOLADE-COOMBES Femi

Shirt number: 17
Date of Birth: 12/05/2005
Nationality: England

MIDDLETON Barry

Shirt number: 18
Date of Birth:
Nationality:

MEA Mohamed

Shirt number: 19
Date of Birth: 23/04/1992
Nationality: South Africa

PAYNE Oliver

Shirt number: 20
Date of Birth: 06/04/1999
Nationality: England

BANDURAK Nicholas

Shirt number: 23
Date of Birth: 14/12/1992
Nationality: England

O’KEEFFE Thomas

Shirt number: 25
Date of Birth: 17/11/1993
Nationality: England

ROWNEY Eddie

Shirt number: 26
Date of Birth: 18/08/2006
Nationality: England

PERKINS Andrew

Shirt number: 30
Date of Birth: 19/02/1993
Nationality: England

WALKER Oliver

Shirt number: 32
Date of Birth: 27/03/2002
Nationality: England

BRUNT Robert

Shirt number: 33
Date of Birth: 16/08/1995
Nationality: England

BROOKSON Paddy

Shirt number: 34
Date of Birth: 02/09/1999
Nationality: England

CHEEMA Aaronvir

Shirt number: 35
Date of Birth: 10/02/1996
Nationality: England

CHEESE Ross

Shirt number: 36
Date of Birth: 14/10/2005
Nationality: England

WARDLE-YOUNG Sam

Shirt number: 37
Date of Birth: 14/02/2006
Nationality: England

PRIOR Luke

Shirt number: 38
Date of Birth: 08/12/2005
Nationality: England