Hockey: New coaches ready to prove their worth

Jason Lee and David Vinson will be looking to prove something on the club scene in the next few weeks following their appointment as coaches to take England into the Champions Challenge in South Africa in July and on to the European Cup in Barcelona in September.

Vinson will tomorrow be hoping to take Southgate away from the First Division relegation area when his side visits Chelmsford. Both sides won last weekend and Chelmsford welcome the return of their player-coach, Craig Fulton, after missing the last couple of games.

Player-coach Lee takes his Loughborough Students side to Guildford where he will pit his coaching skills against their player-coach Ian Jennings, assistant to the England women. Students, in fourth place, are eight points ahead of Guildford and comfortably placed for the end of season's play-offs.