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To see full fixtures, results and tables from across the country, CLICK HERE. Some statistics in the below previews were compiled using the help of Colin Pike/Hockey World News' media


guide. Surbiton remain overwhelming favourites to capture their eighth successive Vitality Women's Premier Division title. With two match weekends left in the Top 6 split league, Brett


Garrard's side need just one point to seal the Championship.  Hampstead & Westminster sit six points behind, while they would need Surbiton to lose their remaining matches while


overhauling a gap in goal difference of 17. Surbiton head to East Grinstead on Saturday searching for a positive result, with both teams at full strength following England's postponed


Pro League fixture in India. Surbiton travel on the back of two victories against East Grinstead this season, a 6-0 thumping last month and a 2-1 away win. Surbiton have won four of their


six previous matches at Saint Hill. Hampstead & Westminster, who ended Surbiton's unbeaten season last weekend, take on in-form Beeston. With the title race not officially over, the


Londoners are also still in a battle to secure a European berth. Lucy Hyams, Hampstead & Westminster's top scorer, said: "We always thought it would be close but probably not


quite like this. It’s very exciting that it’s coming down to the final weekends and it’s like a mini version of the top four play-offs. "We need to focus on one game at a time. Beeston


have had some great results recently so we know it’s going to be tough.  "Last weekend was so fun, it was one of the best games we’ve played this season and coming away with three


points made it even better. We need to take that momentum into Saturday." H&W have a one-point advantage over East Grinstead, while Wimbledon sit in fourth a point further back


heading into the penultimate weekend. Wimbledon play host to Clifton Robinsons having recorded a brace of 2-1 wins at Bristol this season. This weekend's match will be the first between


the two sides at Wimbledon since 1993 when Clifton prevailed 2-1. The Robbies won their first match in 11 last weekend when halting East Grinstead's grip on the second European spot.


SAT 2 APR 2pm Hampstead & Westminster v Beeston 2pm Wimbledon v Clifton Robinsons 4pm East Grinstead v Surbiton Pride is at stake in the Phase 2 Bottom 5, with Swansea's relegation


confirmed and the tenth-placed side assured of safety following the decision to expand the Premier Division to 12 clubs next season. Swansea, with one victory this season, head to Holcombe,


who beat the Welsh side 4-1 in November in the pair's last encounter. University of Birmingham and Buckingham, the top two sides respectively in the Bottom 5 league, also push back.


Birmingham are vying for a hat-trick of wins over Buckingham this season. SAT 2 APR 12pm University of Birmingham v Buckingham 2pm Holcombe v Swansea University of Nottingham's


title-decider victory last weekend over Bowdon means that UoN will become the seventh club to have both men's and women's sides in the top flight next season. The relegation places


have also been confirmed, with Belper and Olton & West Warwickshire both down. They are tied on three points, meaning that whoever finishes ninth of those two will have a worse record


than their Division One North counterparts. And of course the bottom side will also go down. Nottingham travel to Brooklands Poynton without their top scorer Maddie Axford who is on England


duty at the Junior Women’s World Cup. Bowdon, meanwhile, face third-placed Durham University who have won their last six fixtures. Leicester City will aim to leapfrog Stourport and finish


fourth. Late season form has seen Leicester muster three wins in a row. SAT 2 APR 2pm Ben Rhydding v Leicester City 2pm Bowdon v Durham University 2pm Brooklands Poynton v University of


Nottingham 2pm Olton & West Warwickshire v Belper 2pm Stourport v Gloucester City The bottom three sides face three of the top five clubs in Division 1 South as the relegation battle


goes down to the wire on the final weekend. Trojans are currently bottom, one point behind Harleston Magpies and Cambridge City. Trojans are unbeaten in two matches and belief will be


surging through the Hampshire outfit that they can survive the drop against third-placed Sevenoaks. Cambridge City, with one win in their last 15 matches, take on Slough, who will be aiming


to finish second in the league ahead of Sevenoaks.  Harleston Magpies are also at home, against fifth-placed Canterbury. The Kent side handed out a 6-0 defeat to the Magpies when the two


sides met in November. Champions Reading are at home to Wimbledon 2, with the visitors aiming to spoil a promotion party at Sonning Lane. SAT 2 APR 2pm Cambridge City v Slough 2pm Harleston


Magpies v Canterbury 2pm Isca & University of Exeter v Surbiton 2pm Reading v Wimbledon 2 2pm Trojans v Sevenoaks With Canterbury 2 already relegated, Bromley & Beckenham will need


to win to have any hope of finishing as the best-placed ninth team across the four Conference leagues. Heading into the final weekend, Bromley & Beckenham are currently three points


behind Pendle Forest, of Conference North. They face Horsham at home on Saturday, the Sussex side having lost three of their last four. Horsham beat Bromley & Beckenham 2-1 when they


last met in November. Horsham are the only side who scuppered Barnes' bid for an unbeaten season. The champions will aim to finish the season as the Conference's meanest defence


when they travel to Ipswich. Sat 2 Apr 2pm Bromley & Beckenham v Horsham 2pm Canterbury v Hampstead & Westminster 2 2pm Ipswich v Barnes 2pm London Wayfarers v Chelmsford 2pm


Southgate v East London Matters have been settled in the Conference Midlands following Sutton Coldfield's runaway promotion and Broxbourne and Khalsa Leamington both being relegated.


Focus will now turn to Sutton Coldfield and their bid to end the season without being beaten. The Conference Midlands champions host third-placed St Albans on Saturday. In the reverse


fixture in November, Sutton Coldfield ran out 6-0 winners. At the bottom, Broxbourne and Khalsa Leamington face University of Birmingham 2 and Loughborough Students 2 respectively as they


aim not to finish bottom. Both are currently level on points and goal difference. SAT 2 APR 2pm Cannock v Beeston 2 2pm Loughborough Students 2 v Khalsa Leamington 2pm Oxford University v


Bedford 2pm Sutton Coldfield v St Albans 2pm University of Birmingham 2 v Broxbourne Alderley Edge, Pendle Forest and Neston head into a nail-biting final weekend of the season all battling


for survival. After three wins in late February and a crucial basement battle win over Pendle Forest in early March, Neston remain bottom after three successive defeats. Neston face


fifth-placed Durham University 2, who can finish third in the league if results go their way. Meanwhile, the fate of Pendle Forest and Alderley Edge will be decided on the road. Forest are


currently the best ninth-placed side across the Conference leagues. Timperley could still finish second bottom but if they do, they would have the best record across all four Conferences so


it is already impossible for them to be relegated. Sat 2 Apr 2pm Didsbury Northern v Pendle Forest 2pm Doncaster v Alderley Edge 2pm Durham University 2 v Neston 2pm Leeds v Wakefield 2pm


Timperley v Fylde Promotion and relegation have yet to be fully settled ahead of a thrilling Super Saturday in the Conference West. And two clubs involved at either end of the league clash


when leaders Witney take on relegation-threatened Clifton Robinsons 2. A win will secure the league title for the Oxford side. Witney, unbeaten since losing the season curtain-raiser in


September, hold a one-point lead over Team Bath Buccaneers after two draws in their last three matches. _Update: Fri 1 Apr: _The result of the Clifton Robinsons 2nd XI v Basingstoke match on


27 February has been reversed and awarded as a 5-0 win to Basingstoke. The original result was a 3-1 win for Clifton. Clifton have also been deducted one point. This decision is taken in


line with League regulations relating to where fair selection of a team is determined to have been breached. Clifton appealed against this ruling but this was dismissed by the Appeal Panel


and the ruling stands.  University of Bristol were already down and the above decision means that Clifton Robinson 2s will also finish in the bottom two. SAT 2 APR 2pm Basingstoke v Oxford


Hawks 2pm Cheltenham v Exe 2pm Team Bath Buccaneers v Bristol Firebrands 2pm University of Bristol v Penarth 2pm Witney v Clifton Robinsons 2


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