Common season champions Outdated Georgians rallied from 4-2 down to attain three within the final 12 minutes and report an exciting 5-4 win over Beeston which stored their Finals Weekend hopes on monitor.
The Bees, who additionally scored 4 objectives in defeat at St. George’s Faculty earlier this season, had carved out a two-goal benefit via Henry Croft’s second-half brace.
However first Chris Griffiths after which two objectives within the final three minutes from Ed Carson – Alan Forsyth had scored their opening objectives – fired OGs to a outstanding comeback and their fifteenth successive victory.
Griffiths stated: “This was a three-game shoot-out and credit score to Beeston who got here out with a transparent recreation plan, sturdy aerial and nook risk.
“Going into the ultimate quarter 4-2 down was not how we noticed the sport going, however in the end we knew we might have numerous possession and possibilities created.
“Victory was massively essential forward of Hampstead this weekend and going into EHL the next week.”
Within the different Pool A conflict, Hampstead & Westminster gained their first match at Holcombe since 2019.
The match was settled by Jolyon Morgan’s forty first minute strike which ended H&W’s three-game shedding streak.
In a high-scoring Pool B weekend, Surbiton rolled over Oxted 8-1, with Luke Taylor and Gareth Furlong, referred to as up this month to the GB males’s squad, each netting braces.
Taylor had additionally scored two, together with a penalty stroke, in opposition to Oxted of their 6-0 house win earlier this season.
After conceding seven in opposition to OGs final day trip, Wimbledon served up seven of their very own in a 7-3 win over Southgate to place one foot into Finals Weekend.
Sam Hooper scored from 4 penalty corners as in-form Wimbledon accrued their tenth win of their final 11 fixtures.
Within the relegation play-offs, East Grinstead had been convincing 6-2 winners over College of Nottingham to depart them in a scrap for survival with Cardiff & Met and Studying.
UoN had been no match for East Grinstead as in-form Max Lowrey set the tone with a gap penalty nook double.
Nottingham can be relegated in the event that they don’t beat Cardiff & Met at house this weekend.
In the meantime Studying have to win this weekend to keep away from the drop after a 2-2 draw in opposition to Cardiff & Met within the Welsh capital.
Cardiff landed a telling blow with two objectives in three minutes, from Scott Rawlings and Jack Pritchard late on, to disclaim Studying three essential factors.