Four Haslemere Hockey Club players represented their country at the Masters World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand.

Ben Proudlove played in goal for England’s men’s over-50s side, Mel Redman represented England’s women’s over-50s side, Su Mattingly played for South Africa’s women’s over-55s and Iain Lynch captained an Alliance over-60s side with players from the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, Spain and the Netherlands.

More than 2,700 hockey players descended on Auckland with 129 teams from 23 countries competing in age groups from over-45 to over-70.

Proudlove’s England side went 1-0 up against Australia in their opening group game but Australia scored two late goals to win 2-1.

England won their pool games against Wales and New Zealand to set up a quarter-final with Germany.

England were 4-2 up but Germany scored from a drag flicked penalty corner and then equalised with the last touch of the game.

The match was decided on penalty shuffles, with Germany coming out on top.

England then played two classification matches.

They lost to South Africa, but beat Malaysia 7-0 to finish seventh out of 16 teams.

Redman’s England over-50s side squandered a 2-0 lead in a pool game against Canada and drew 0-0 with Chile despite having 23 short corners.

The team went 1-0 down in their pool games against Ireland and Australia, before scoring late equalisers in both with Haslemere’s Redman deflecting in the crucial goal against Australia.

Drawing all four pool matches meant England did not qualify for the semi-finals.

England then beat South Africa 3-0 and Ireland 3-1.

Mattingly’s South Africa side beat New Zealand 1-0 in the quarter-finals before losing 5-0 against Ireland in the semi-finals.

South Africa lost 1-0 against the Netherlands in the bronze medal match.

Lynch’s Alliance team ended up in fourth place, losing 2-1 to Australia in the semi-final and 1-0 to England in the bronze medal match.