Historic Georgians sealed a European place for subsequent season when Tom Carson scored 5 second-half objectives in a 6-5 thriller South gate.
The Weybridge facet secured prime spot forward of the Premier Division ultimate and inflicted a fifth successive defeat on Kwan Browne’s facet.
Southgate, led by Browne’s attacking prowess, led 5-4 because of Jack Middleton (62) and Teague Marcano (65), earlier than Carson scored twice within the ultimate two minutes at St George’s Faculty.
Henry Weir of the Outdated Georgians stated: “We needed to scrap and present actual character to get again into the sport after which win it on the loss of life.
“We’ve not needed to or proven that fairly often, however it is going to be vital within the coming month.”
On sealing Euroclub qualification, Weir added: “We’re over the moon to qualify for the EHL subsequent yr and it was a no 1 precedence for us.
“We now have been introduced with a sequence of very powerful matches at this stage and with the play-offs and EHL and it’s a interval of hockey at a extremely excessive degree for us.”
The European berth of OGs was subsequently realized Wimbledon defeat Surbiton residence for the primary time since 2016.
Their 4-2 success – which included 5 objectives in quarter-hour of the second half – was sealed with Connor Greentree’s objective within the sixty fifth minute.
Ian Sloan had began the objective together with his sixth penalty of the season within the fiftieth minute in opposition to Surbiton, who had been unbeaten in six video games in opposition to their London rivals.
Holcombe‘s 2-1 win Hampstead and Westminster ended a run of three consecutive defeats after they achieved first success at Holcombe Park in 2024.
First-half objectives from Alex Pendle, on his birthday, and Tom Russell gave Holcombe – taking part in their third sport in eight days – a two-goal cushion earlier than Joe Hillyer pulled one again earlier than half-time.
Within the Decrease Six, Beeston secured a spot within the Premier Division ultimate, whereas native rivals East Grinstead and Oxted will battle it out this weekend to find out which ticket stays accessible.
After shedding 5 video games in a row, BeestonTheir rally type noticed them win their fourth in 5 after a 3-2 win Oxidized.
The Bees got here from 2-1 down to attain twice within the ultimate two minutes by means of Jamie Rawlings and Ben Collinson.
East Grinstead will go into the winner-takes-all with Oxted after three wins within the final 4 following his defeat Studying 2-1 at Saint Hill. The in-form Max Lowrey scored what proved to be the winner within the thirty fourth minute.
Cardiff & Met And College of Nottingham performed a 2-2 draw. Scott Rawlings scored a late objective for the hosts to safe an important level to maneuver forward of Studying and UoN on the backside.