Slough fall short of Super 6s final

Slough Hockey Club’s ladies narrowly missed out on a top four spot – and a place in the Jaffa Super 6s national finals next month – after failing to take their chances in the final game of the regional competition in Telford at the weekend.

The Pink and Blacks looked on course for a top four finish after hammering Bowdon Hightown 6-1 on Saturday.

But Buckingham managed to hold on to fourth spot on Sunday after a 2-2 draw.

Slough desperately went in search of a win which would have seen them leapfrog their rivals to claim the last finals place but it wasn’t to be.

Slough had given themselves every chance of scrapping their way into the top four with a 2-2 draw with Leicester and their big wins over Bowdon and Holcome (3-1), but they came up just short in their final match.

East Grinstead led the way in first place with 19 points, Bowdon finished up just behind them but level on points, with Sutton Coldfield third on 16 points. Buckingham were fourth on 15 points with Slough a further point adrift in fifth.