Frustration as London miss out on indoor hockey medal in Germany

Tuesday 25th January 2011, 2:59PM GMT.

England and GB hockey star Beckie Herbert. Picture: hockeyimages.co.uk © hockeyimages.co.uk/ England Hockey

ENGLAND Hockey’s indoor representative side finished fourth in the Leipzig Messestadt Cup in Germany on Sunday.

Islander Beckie Herbert was one of 12 named in the ‘London’ squad but the 24-year-old did not get her name on the scoresheet.

The team lost group games to Amsterdam 6-1, and Ukraine’s Sumchanka 7-1 but beat hosts Leipzig 4-1 and Canberra 2-0.

They were unable to see off Canberra a second time, however, missing out on a bronze medal following a 5-3 defeat.


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