Dudley off to Cheltenham

For some reason I managed to spot this (doh!), but looks like Dudley is off to Cheltenham...

So with Ible going in as a first choice at Cardiff, Ben is off to a side a little further south (both literally and metaphorically!). With Cheltenham struggling and wanting to stay away from the drop and relegation playoffs, this gives them further options in goal. Giles Rooke will potentially be winding down his career as Dudley's winds upwards. And with Cardiff looking to make a push in Europe with the EHL competition they qualify for, for Wales, Ible gives them some assurance between the posts. Ben is also known for his coaching ability, so will be interesting to see if he takes this with him to his new side. An interesting move regardless, begs questions over who made the catalyst move behind the curtain...

http://englandhockey.co.uk/fl/ehl/playermovement_m.asp?l=1

Cardiff sticking with Dudley

Not knowing much about the North conference, I will problably skip through the other conferences for profiling the national league goalkeepers in action. I will try and wrap up the ambitious rundown of all the goalies, in spite of the season already been well under way!

And in the West conference of the English national league, Cardiff starter Ben Dudley is providing the Welsh team a chance at performing to the same level they did last season, as they won the league and played in the playoff format, in which they lost out to Wimbledon and Sheffield in the end. Like many teams, his status is pretty much undisputed, although Cardiff gave their young deputy a run out in the Euro Hockey League as Cardiff made their debut in that format of the tournament.

Dudley also has a pedrigee outside of goalkeeping, helping coach with England juniors and their goalkeepers. Dudley is very vocal and commanding at times, although like a lot of national league goalkeepers, this isn't an ever present or consistent feature. And he also struggles with some basics, as a lot of goalkeepers at this level do, but is at least constant with his game all season out. One of Monarch's main user, he was using them before Monarch signed up George Pinner.