PwC Puffins 1, RWB 1 (a.e.t. Puffins won 3-1 on pens) PUFFINS put their home supporters through the proverbial ringer but emerged triumphant as they retained the women’s Upton in a tense penalty shoot-out on Saturday.

AN INSPIRED performance from the Gateshead goalkeeper saw Guernsey’s EH Trophy hopes crash at the final hurdle with an agonizing 2-1 defeat.

IN AMONG many of the young guard of Guernsey’s new-look men’s hockey team is a core of experience that has propelled them to tomorrow’s EH Trophy final.

FLYING forward Adam Kitching will return to the Guernsey team for their English Hockey Trophy final against Gateshead on Saturday.

MATT WATSON admits that selecting a side for Guernsey’s crunch EH Trophy final against Gateshead next month is going to be a tough task.

GUERNSEY’S quest for a first England Hockey Trophy final in three years will be aided by the introduction of a new Dutch forward into the Sarnian ranks.

A FIERCE Guernsey comeback was thwarted in agonising fashion as Jersey won the men’s inter-insular hockey tie with a last-gasp strike in a nine-goal thriller.

Yateley 1,Guernsey 2 (after extra-time) GUERNSEY left it very late before dramatically securing a place in the semi-finals of the England Hockey Women’s Vase after winning a thriller against Yateley.

THIS weekend’s Varsity women’s hockey match will feature a Guernsey player in the shape of Izzy Wray.

GUERNSEY are another step closer to regaining the EH Trophy.