CANTERBURY are bottom of the table without a point after suffering their sixth successive defeat in Slazenger National League Premier Division losing 6-2 at Loughborough Students on Saturday.

However they made progress in the EH Cup the following day winning their third round tie 2-1 at Cambridge City.

Rob Pryce's open-play goal put Canterbury in front, Loughborough equalising on the stroke of half-time. Canterbury then trailed 3-1 before Lee Barrett pulled one back, before the Students added three more before the end.

Skipper Matt Harper said: "The scoreline doesn't really reflect the way the game went, our errors were punished, and we were forced to try and chase the game which opened things up at the other end."

Chris Bassanao-Harper scored both goals in the win at Cambridge as Canterbury made it through to the fourth round of the competition on November 4.

Holcombe cruised through to the fourth round with a 10-0 drubbing of Jersey on Sunday.

They scored four goals in the first half at Holcombe Park and six in the second as they ran riot against the visitors.

Danny Laslett scored two, while David Hemsley and Adam Cook both scored their first goals for the club.

Ryan Ravenscroft, Eric Rose-Innes, Denzil Dolly, Ian Brine, Paul Rudd and Liam Foster were the other goalscorers.

The previous day, Holcs held on to top spot in National South Division with a 6-0 win over Bromley & Beckenham.

Dolly hit a hat-trick, and Brine, Ravenscroft and Rose-Innes all got one goal each as Holcombe won their fourth straight league game.

Holcombe team manager Mike Haines said: "They were two comfortable wins and a lot of people helped themselves to goals.

"The team is getting stronger every week and the players are starting to gel."

Meanwhile, Sevenoaks men won 4-1 at Ipswich in the National South Division.

All four goals for Sevenoaks came from Pete Turner and the side sit just a point off the top of the table.

Turner opened the scoring after 20 minutes, with a goal from a penalty corner, and completed his hat-trick with two more goals before the break.

Ipswich pulled a goal back but Turner was on hand again from a penalty corner to retain the three goal advantage.