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GB off to a mixed start in New Zealand

Simon and Richard Mantell are both in the Great Britain squad for the Champions Trophy in Auckland, where the national side are facing tough matches in their group, against Pakistan, Spain and Australia.

It was a Simon Mantell special which earned them a narrow 2-1 win in their first round match against Pakistan, but, despite another goal from the OM winger against Australia, GB eventually went down 4-1 to the World Champions in their second match.

Keep track of the tournament by clicking here 

Richard nearing his half-century

Richard Mantell scored his 49th international goal in England's Bronze medal-winning match against Belgium in the recent European Hockey Championships in Germany.

For full tournament results click here

Watch International OMs in action

Click here to see Nick Brothers show the cameras the protection he has to wear as England and GB goalkeeper

Click here to meet Richard Mantell

Richard, Simon and Nick were all in the national squad for last weekend's London Cup, rgw results of which can be found here -

OMs help Great Britain to Bronze in Malaysia

Richard and Simon Mantell and Nick Brothers were in the Great Britain Squad for the 10 day Sultan Azlan Shah Cup which took place in Ipoh in May, and in which 7 of the world's top international sides  competed.

The team had mixed results in their group matches, beating Malaysia 3-1, Pakistan 3-2 and New Zealand 3-1 but losing to India 1-3, World Champions Australia 1-2, and South Korea 1-3.

As a result they played New Zealand for the Bronze medal, running out winners by 4 goals to 2, with all three OMs playing significant roles.

Read all the reports on the GB Hockey website:-

http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/results.asp?itemid=258&itemTitle=Sultan+Azlan+Shah+Tournament&section=000100010014&sectionTitle=Fixtures+%26+Results&start_date=2011/05/01%2000:00:00&result=1#KOR

Nick makes his intentions clear

To read Nick Brothers' thoughts on his chances of being selected for the 2012 Olympics, click here

Millfield supports England

Richard and Simon Mantell (1992-99 and 1994-2002; Edgarley & Day respectively) and Nick Brothers (1996-2001; Edgarley & Shapwick) were selected for the 12 man England Squad to play in the indoor hockey world cup in Poland in February, making an impressive statistic of an England team with 25% OMs!  England finished in sixth place.

See the full match reports and results at www.englandhockey.co.uk/indoorworldcup

Margaret's goal come true

Maggs Rees (Acacia; 1997-99)  had her dream of playing in the Commonwealth Games fulfilled, having been selected as goalkeeper for Wales in the games held in Delhi in October. She has been one of the country's goalkeepers for over a decade, having played in the Junior World Cup in Argentina and in Russia in the World Cup qualifiers.

 List of Senior Internationals    

The following OMs have represented their countries since the first, Cemlyn Foulkes, in 1969.

 (Dates in brackets indicate Olympic representation)

 Dates with an asterisk include years at Edgarley