St Albans Hockey Club head coaches Hannah Macleod and Andy Halliday celebrated international success with Great Britain on Saturday.

Macleod played a starring role for Great Britain in the World League competition in Valencia as the women beat 2014 Champions Trophy winners Argentina.

It was Macleod who scored the opening goal in the 2-0 victory which took GB to the top of Pool A.

Managed by St Albans goalkeeping coach John Hurst, the GB women had already defeated hosts Spain and went on to beat Canada 4-2 on Sunday.

The side faced China yesterday with their sights set on a place in the quarter-finals as they target qualification for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Halliday was at London’s Olympic Park on Saturday in his capacity as Great Britain men’s manager and saw his GB team defeat 2014 World Cup winners Australia.

The opening goal in the 3-1 win was scored by Sam Ward, a regular coach at St Albans’ youth hockey camps.

Halliday’s GB side now head to the World League competition in Belgium in their own pursuit of Olympic qualification.