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28.03.08 Ireland v Great Britain Women

Great Britain's warm up for Beijing continues with a trip to Ireland where they will take on their Irish counterparts in three test matches at the University College Dublin.

01.03.08 Men's Olympic Qualifier, Santiago (Chile)

In order to secure a place at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Great Britain (men) will travel to Santiago in Chile between 1-9 March where they will need to win the six team tournament which also includes Austria, Bangladesh, Chile, Egypt and India.

08.02.08 Great Britain Men v Poland

Great Britain overcame Poland 3-1 in front of a sell-out crowd of 1,250 at Reading HC in their penultimate game before the Olympic Qualifiers in March.

06.02.08 Australia v Great Britain (senior women)

Great Britain women will continue their warm-up for August's Olympic Games with a month-long tour of Australia.

12.01.08 Tri-Nations Tournament (GB Men)

Great Britain won this tri-nations tournament involving Canada and South Africa.

11.01.08 Spain v GB Women

Great Britain women will begin their Olympic year in Spain as they warm up for August's trip to Beijing.

Great Britain Men v Poland

08.02.08
General & Squad

Friday 8 February 2008, 7pm, Reading HC

Great Britain overcame Poland 3-1 in front of a sell-out crowd of 1,250 at Reading HC in their penultimate game before their crucial Olympic qualifiers in Chile next month.

Jonty Clarke, who plays his club hockey at Reading, opened the scoring after eight minutes following some good work from Graham Moodie who eliminated three players and put a good ball across the face of goal leaving Clarke with a simple tap in.  The Poles pegged the home side back when Tomasz Marcinkowski netted after some good team work.

Ashley Jackson converted a 42nd minute penalty corner with a drag flick to regain the lead and Niall Stott, who had just come on as a substitute, increased the lead to two goals with his first touch delaying his shot to push the ball coolly under the ‘keeper.

Goalscorer Jonty Clarke commented after the match “We had a lot of possession and created a number of chances, but we weren’t quite sharp enough in front of goal which is something which will hopefully come good in a couple of weeks”.  When asked about the all important qualifiers, he said “It will be a nervous time for us, but we have trained well and we should beat the teams who are out there.  Ultimately, it will probably come down to a one off game and we will hopefully get the result we are looking for”.

Great Britain play Poland in their final match tomorrow at 3.30 before flying out to Chile for the tournament which begins on 1 March.