Grove hold defending champions to goalless draw

Title challengers Grove Menzieshill kept the pressure on defending champions Edinburgh University following Saturday’s goalless stalemate at Peffermill.

But while the students were holding on to their three-point advantage over the Dundee outfit, the prime beneficiaries were Clydesdale Western who hammered four past GHK to put themselves right in the frame to make a three-horse race to the tape.

Commonwealth Games absentees clearly impacted on the Wildcats versus Watsonians clash, with the visitors snatching all three points courtesy of Heather Tait and Mairi Shaw.

Dundee Wanderers made the adjustment back to outdoor hockey for the first time since November with victory over Grange in Edinburgh.

After falling behind twice the strike partnership of Amy Snelle and Emily Dark were on fire with three and two respectively to close the gap to the Cats to four points.

Two games in as many days proved a step too far for the Taysiders who were downed by a late goal in Sunday’s encounter with Watsonians.

Georgia Jones opened the guest’s account from a set-piece before Vikki Bunce’s rapid reaction to a Sam Sangster cross deflected in the equaliser.

A strong finish from the capital side saw Eve Pearson slot home the decider despite Wanderers forging a couple more chances at the other end.

Grove’s second string is pushing for third place in Championship 1 following their 2-1 win over Waverley Inveresk Trinity.

Perthshire consolidated a comfortable fouth place in Champ 2 with a 2-1 success over Kelburne II.

St Andrews University

IIIs beat their Dundee counterparts 9-0 in Midland division 1, Brechin Thistles conceded their game to Madras and Wanderers II beat Perthshire II 2-0 in an outstanding KO Cup match.

● Dollar Academy beat Edinburgh side Mary Erskine’s 4-0 to reach the Scottish Schools Cup final, to be played at Glasgow Green on Friday.

Vikki Bunce was on the mark for Wanderers against Watsonians.