Great Britain see off Japan to finish third in Sultan of Johor Cup

Great Britain 3-1 Japan
Sat 29 Oct
In the bronze medal game, Britain got off to a flyer with field goals from Fraser Heigh and James Vallely inside the first four minutes. Having lost to Japan in their earlier pool match, this time around Britain were always in the ascendancy and even when Ikumi Saeki scored with a corner on 48 minutes, Britain responded quickly thanks to Jamie Golden; the second Scot to score on the day after Heigh's opener. Golden took his tally to four for the tournament, and come the end of the game only Australia's Liam Hart had scored more from open play in the event. So after the disappointment of missing out on the final in the last minute of the previous game; Jon Bleby's side can be pleased to end the event with a victory.

Great Britain 5-5 India
Thu 28 Oct
After one minute of the game, the first goal was scored by Great Britain’s Max Anderson. India equalised 7 minutes in with a goal by Poovanna Chandura Boby. The second quarter was goalless despite Great Britain's penalty corner attempts. The third quarter started off evenly matched. In the 40th minute, Anderson scores his second goal of the game which was followed by a goal from Harrison Stone 2 minutes later. Giving Great Britain a 3-1 lead heading into the 4th quarter. The 4th quarter started off with two goals from India's Amandeep and Singh Hundal Araijeet. These were closely followed by two goals from Great Britain's Jamie Golden. Sharda Nand Tiwari made the score 5-5 after two goals in the last 4 minutes of the game.

Malaysia 2-4 Great Britain
Wed 26 Oct
It took Tom Moorhouse just 7 minutes to score for Great Britain in their fourth match of the Sultan of Johor Cup v Malaysia. Fred Newbold, Jamie Golden and Harrison Stone added to the Great Britain tally before the team received three yellow cards in 14 minutes giving Malaysia's Danish Aiman Muhammad and Irfan Suhaimi Shahmie the opportunity to score and make the final result Malaysia 2-4 Great Britain.

Great Britain 1-3 Australia
Tue 25 Oct
Australia's Cooper Burns opened the score sheet with an open play goal in the first 2 minutes. But, after just 11 minutes, play was suspended due to a thunderstorm. Once the thunderstorm had passed Great Britain and Australia took to the pitch and Great Britain's Ellis Robson equalised. Less than 10 minutes after Robson's goal, Australia were awarded a penalty stroke and Joshua Brooks slipped it past Great Britain's Yuvraj Bhuhi. Australia's Liam Hart sealed the win in the 48th minute with a final open play goal.

Great Britain 1-2 Japan
Sun 23 Oct
Goals from Hiro Saito and Tsubasa Tanaka proved decisive for Japan in Britain's second match of this tournament. Saito scored on 17 minutes to give Japan the lead, and Tanaka make it 2-0 ten minutes later with another field goal. Max Anderson gave Britain hope before half time, scoring after good play from Ben Fox and Wales' Fred Newbold down the left. It was Anderson's first goal of the event, having recently come into the Great Britain programme following great progress under the tutelage of Ulster Hockey.

Great Britain 4-1 South Africa
Sat 22 Oct
Jon Bleby's side got their tournament off to a very positive start against a resilient South Africa side. Alex Pendle's field goal opened the scoring with 12 minutes gone, only for Cameron le Forestier to equalise three minutes later. Scotland's Fraser Heigh made it 2-1 on 19 minutes, and it was 4-1 within the next ten minutes as Rory Penrose scored two penalty corners in quick succession. There were no goals in the second half as GB cemented the three points.

Sat 22 Oct
Great Britain 4-1 South Africa
Pendle (12 FG); Heigh (19 FG); Penrose (20 FG, 29 PC)
Watch again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A30zZ4_TPs

Sun 23 Oct
Great Britain 1-2 Japan
Anderson (29 FG)
Watch again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPnjf990To4

Tue 25 Oct
Great Britain 1-3 Australia
Robson (18 FG)
Watch again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVN1kKiwCB4

Wed 26 Oct
Great Britain 4-2 Malaysia
Moorhouse (2 FG); Newbold (17 FG); Golden (34 PC); Stone (43 FG)
Watch again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp5CI7MKG24

Fri 28 Oct
Great Britain 5-5 India
Anderson (1, 10 FGs); Stone (42 FG); Golden (54, 56 FGs)
Watch again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rUOJERQzMo

Sat 29 Oct
Great Britain 3-1 Japan (Bronze medal match)
Heigh (FG 2); Vallely (FG 5); Golden (50 FG)
Watch again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0LrPZlRpgw

Great Britain Hockey selected an exciting 18-strong squad to defend their Sultan of Johor Cup title, including athletes from all three Home Nations.

With none of Great Britain’s young athletes able to participate in last year’s Junior Men’s World Cup; this tournament represented an important next step in their progression. 

From the British squad that won the trophy in 2019, more than half have already played senior international hockey for the Home Nations; while goalkeeper Ollie Payne went on to be one of Team GB’s key players in the Tokyo Olympics.