Beeston Hockey Club

Beeston Hockey Club
Founded	1907
League	Men's England Hockey League ; Women's England Hockey League ; Midlands League
Based in	Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England
Arena	Nottingham Hockey Centre
Colours	Black, gold (home) and white, black (away)

Last updated September 06, 2025

Beeston Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Beeston, England. The club was founded in 1907, and plays its home games at the Nottingham Hockey Centre in Nottingham. Beeston is nicknamed the Bees.^[1]

The men's 1st XI plays in the Men's England Hockey League and the ladies 1st XI in the Women's England Hockey League.^[2] The majority of the other teams compete in the Midlands League. The large club fields six men's sides, seven ladies sides and various junior sides. The men's team have been champions of England on three occasions (2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14)^[3]

History

The men's 1st XI won its first major trophy in 2008, defeating Bowdon 4–3 in the Men's National Cup.^[4] The men's team won its first National League Premier Division title in 2010/11, and went on to win it again in 2012/13 and 2013/14.^[5] The men's 1st XI have also competed in the Euro Hockey League.^[6] Beeston HC twinned with HC Rotterdam on 1 February 2017.

In 2020, Beeston secured an historic cup double by becoming the first club to win both the men's cup and women's cup competitions in the same season. On 5 September the women's team won their COVID-19 delayed final beating the defending champions Clifton Robinsons 3–2 in the final. At the same time the men won their delayed semi final on penalties and one week later on 12 September defeated Fareham 9–1 in the final.^[7]^[8] The women's first team won the 2022 England Hockey Women's Championship Cup.^[9]

The club recorded a second Championship cup double during the 2023-2024 season, with the men's team winning the 2024 men's cup and the women's team winning a third consecutive 2024 women's cup.^[10]^[11]

Players

Men's First Team Squad 2024–25 season

1. Simon Hujwan (GK)
3. Jamie Rawlings
4. Toby Stanley
5. Alasdair Richmond
6. Robbie Gleeson
7. Gareth Griffiths (captain)
8. Ben Collinson
10. George Fletcher
11. Henry Croft
13. Owen Sutton
14. Joseph Paul
15. William Prentice
17. Christopher Curry
18. Xavax Cordero
19. Oliver Manson
20. Oliver Dunn
24. Dylan Lim Hon
25. David Loy
27. Taheem Javaid
Jack Stamp

Men's Team Honours

Women's Team Honours

Notable players

Men's internationals

Extended content

Player	Events	Notes/Ref
James Albery	2015–2019
/ David Ames	Oly (2016)
Ben Arnold	CT (2012)
Craig Boyne
Jamie Cachia	2014–2022
Ollie Cooper	2005–2006
Adam Dixon	Oly (2016, 2020), CG (2010, 2014, 2018), WC (2014, 2018), WC (2010), CT (2009,10,11,12,14,16)
Simon Egerton	CT (2012)
James Gall	2014–2015
/ Mark Gleghorne	Oly (2016), CG (2018), WC (2018), CT (2016)
David Griffiths	2006
Gareth Griffiths	CG (2022), EC (2025)
Gareth Hall	CG (2014)	^[13]
Michael Hoare	CT (2012)
Martin Jones	2009–2017
Zak Jones	2006
James McBlane
Gordon McIntyre	CG (2014)
Harry Martin	Oly (2016), CG (2014), WC (2014)
Muhammad Nadeem	2005
George Pinner	CG (2014), WC (2014)
Alasdair Richmond	Ec (2025)	^[14]
Ben Rogers	2006
Patrick Schmidt	2011-2012
Matt Simkin	2006
Tom Sorsby	2015-2017
Samuel Ward	CG (2018)
Tim Whiteman	WC (2014)
Ollie Willars	CG (2014, 2018)
Alastair Wilson	Oly (2008, 2012), CG (2010), WC (2010)

Key

Oly = Olympic Games
CG = Commonwealth Games
WC = World Cup
CT = Champions Trophy
EC = European Championships

Women's internationals