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


PARKER Sean

GUISE-BROWN Tim

AMES David

DUPREZ Louis

TAYLOR Samuel

NOLAN Greg

ROPER Phillip

PHILLIPS Hayden

FURLONG Rhodri

OWEN Jake

PARKER Louis

PENDLE Alexander

RUSSELL Tom

READ Brad

MOEN Alex

FIELD Robert

OWOLADE-COOMBES Femi

MIDDLETON Barry

MEA Mohamed

PAYNE Oliver

BANDURAK Nicholas

O’KEEFFE Thomas

ROWNEY Eddie

PERKINS Andrew

WALKER Oliver

BRUNT Robert

BROOKSON Paddy

CHEEMA Aaronvir

CHEESE Ross

WARDLE-YOUNG Sam
