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Hockey: Island ladies prepare for national semi-final

Manx squad will travel to face Repton this weekend (15 April)

The Isle of Man Ladies hockey squad will be hunting a spot in a national cup final when they travel again to face UK opposition this weekend.

The Manx side are set to visit Repton in the semi-finals of the England Hockey Women's Tier 2 KO Championships in Derbyshire tomorrow (15 April).

The winner will face either Loughborough Town or Old Georgians in the competition's final - those two sides will also face-off on the same day.

For the Isle of Man, after a walkover win in their first round of the tournament against Garstang, they went on to defeat Lymm 4-1 on 5 February before overcoming Newcastle 3-1 in the quarter-finals last month (12 March).

Manx Radio hockey correspondent, Ben Cunningham, explains how exciting an opportunity this is for Manx hockey as a whole:

Tomorrow's match between Repton and Isle of Man will get underway at 2pm.

The Isle of Man squad is listed below:

 

Sam Hassall (Bacchas)
Hannah Leece (Castletown)
Dulcie Teare (Castletown)
Victoria Garner (Ramsey)
Ellie Burton (Ramsey)
Ellen Robinson (Valkyrs)
Imogen Manning (Valkyrs)
Ellan Cleator (Valkyrs)
Sami Jordan (GK) (Vikings)
Sarah Blackman (Vikings)
Chelsea Bawden (Vikings)
Kim Carney (C) (Vikings)
Zoe Crowe (Vikings)
Mia Greenwood (Vikings)
Louise Slater (Vikings)
Jen Turner (Vikings)

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