Real Club de Polo eased to victory in their Ranking Match as four first half goals set them up against Western Wildcats, earning Spain points for a 13th place finish overall. Marc Miralles opened the scoring with a drag-flick and Nicolas Alvarez touched in a great pass for 2-0. 

Guillermo Fortuño extended the lead to three in spectacular style, flashing a reverse-stick shot into the roof of the net after a mazy run.Iain McFadden pulled one back with a powerful push after a slightly disorganised corner stop led to some clever improvisation.

Alvarez got another with a beautiful behind-the-back touch to Iñaki Zaldua’s cross; Zaldua was credited with the next, his pull-back going in off a defensive foot. And that was how it remained through to the final whistle as Western battled hard but could not find a second goal to add to their total.

In the second Ranking Match, Banbridge rounded off the EHL Men KO16 weekend with a strong 4-1 win over HC Olten to ensure they landed a 13th place finish for Ireland for the second successive season.

The Irish side led from the second minute through Peter Brown’s penalty stroke and they looked good value for the win throughout.

Eddie Rowe doubled the led in the seventh minute with a neat touch after an upright backhand shot from his brother Charlie Rowe.

Johnny McKee made it 3-0 at half-time and then Louis Rowe finished off a great team move for the fourth. Olten got their first EHL goal in the closing minutes via Lukas Hengartner.

Three goals in a five-minute spell in the third quarter saw SV Kampong pull away from Braxgata and earn their ticket to the EHL FINALS next Easter.

They were calm and composed throughout the contest, their tight defensive formation allowing the Belgian side few openings and then they countered directly at speed.

The Utrecht club went in front from their first corner, Lars Balk slamming home the shot after two waves of attacks had been repelled.

Jens de Vuijst made it two in the 39th minute when he got a lovely touch to Rik Sprengers’ cross from the left after a lightning fast move.

Jip Janssen crashed in their second corner with a direct drag from the top and then Bram van Battum lifted the ball over Pirmin Blaak from close range for 4-0 in the blink of an eye.

That spell effectively killed off the contest and while Brax did win a stroke in Q4, that went incomplete, summing up their day. Duco Telgenkamp then added the fifth goal in the last five minutes to add an extra gloss to the scoreboard.

It means Kampong are the seventh side to join next Easter’s FINAL8 line-up with Brax settling for a ninth place ranking.

Old Georgians eased into the KO8 with a record EHL Men’s win for an English club as they proved too strong for HC Olten.

They were in control from the moment Alan Forsyth scored a penalty stroke in the tenth minute and they cruised through the gears after that against the Swiss side who were making their debut in this competition.

Henry Croft and Forsyth put further distance between the teams in Q2 before Phil Roper’s pair of close-range finishes in the 28th minute made it 5-0 at half-time.

A James Albery corner hit, a thunderous Croft strike and a second stroke from Forsyth put OGs level with the English record – held by East Grinstead for their 8-0 win against Montrouge in 2012.

And appropriately Ashley Jackson scored the record-breaking ninth goal; he scored three times for EG in that previous win.

Croft and Roper both completed their hat tricks in the closing minutes.

Elian Mazkour struck the 100th hat trick in the history of the EHL men’s competition as Bloemendaal blasted past the challenge of Banbridge.

It took just two minutes for Bloemendaal to get rolling, Zach Wallace driving at full speed into the D and then laying off to Mazkour to flick into the goal.

Floris Wortleboer’s delightful through the legs pass was the key initiative as Miltkau snatched the second goal from close range.

And then Wortleboer produced an outrageous piece of work, controlling an overhead and then playing a delicious backhand pass 60-metres up to Miltkau. He squared for Mazkour to finish off.

And the German striker made it 4-0 in the second half with a rocket of a shot from a narrow angle, an historic one as it completed the 100th hat trick in the history of the EHL men’s competition.

Sheldon Schouten added a penalty corner drag, Jan van’t Land walked in the sixth goal and then Miltkau got the final goal of the game. It was a significant one for the striker, bringing him to 37 goals in total in the EHL, back into equal-second with Tom Boon on the all-time scorers list.

Duco Telgenkamp’s double saw Kampong overcome a fierce Real Club de Polo in front of a packed house 4-2 to set up a KO8 showdown with Braxgata on Sunday.

It was an epic contest played in front of a big crowd and a lively atmosphere generated by the large home support.

And they were thrilled to see their side overcome a nervous opening to score from their first penalty corner in the tenth minute.

Telgenkamp equalised with a stunning shot on the spin in the second quarter and they were level on the stroke of half-time when Hidde Plantenga touched in Thies Bakker’s cross from a full-length move.

Polo made most of the play through the third quarter but Kampong were more effective and they had daylight between the teams when Telgenkamp finished off a corner.

They had a further effort disallowed for the ball never leaving the D from a corner injection and it gave Polo a lifeline. A Marc Miralles penalty stroke with eight minutes to go got them within one goal but Kampong won the day with 90 seconds to go when Terrance Pieters was fouled when closing in on an open goal.

Jip Janssen took the ensuing stroke to make it 4-2 and no time for the Barcelona side to make another comeback.

Braxgata’s star studded line-up showed no stage fright as they powered their way past the challenge of Western Wildcats in the KO16 as Loick Luypaert scored the 99th EHL hat trick in a 7-0 win.

Sebastien Dockier opened the scoring with a beautiful reverse-stick shot in the 13th minute as they turned over possession in a key position.

Ben Walker flicked in the next in Q2 and Thibeau Stockbroekx made it 3-0 with another classy backhand finish. Luypaert then took over with a stroke and two corners before Marc Reyné – back at his former club ground – got the seventh goal with a first time strike.

Brax will now play in the KO8 against either Real Club de Polo or SV Kampong.