Canterbury Hockey Club

Canterbury Hockey Club

Founded	1901
League	Men's England Hockey League Women's England Hockey League
Based in	Canterbury, Kent, England
Home ground	Polo Farm
Colours	Green and White (H), Red (A)
Coaches	Craig Boyne, Mel Clewlow
Captain	Tom Bean, Lucy Barnes

Canterbury Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Canterbury, England. The club was established in 1901 and the home ground is located just outside Canterbury at Polo Farm. There are two water-based pitches, a topped sand based pitch, purpose built Indoor Hockey Centre and a clubhouse. ^[1]

The men's 1st XI play in the Men's England Hockey League ^[2] and the ladies 1st XI play in the Women's England Hockey League. ^[3] The large club fields ten men's sides, five ladies' sides, and various youth sides.

The men's team have been champions of England on one occasion (1999–2000) and the women's team have been runner-up five times. ^{[4] [5]}

Teams

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Men's

• 1st XI
• 2nd XI
• Pilgrims
• 3s
• 4s
• Millers
• 5s
• Griffins
• Squires
• Friars

Ladies

• 1st XI
• 2s
• 2As
• 3s
• 3As

Juniors

The club has a large number of junior teams from U18s to U8s. These teams represent the club in various competitions across Kent and the rest of the country. ^[8]

Major honours

• 1999–00 Men's League Champions
• 2002–03 Women's Cup Winners
• 2004-05 Women's Super Cup Winners
• 2006-07 Men's Premier Indoor Champions
• Five times Women's League Runner-Up & 1998 Men's League Runner-up
• 2016-17 Men's Cup Runner-up

Notable players

Men's internationals

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Player Events/Notes /Ref Wei Adams Craig Boyne David Hacker Oly (2000) Kwan Browne Sean Kerly Oly (1992) David Mathews CG (2002), WC (2002) Mickel Pierre Josh Pollard Key Oly = Olympic Games CG = Commonwealth Games WC = World Cup CT = Champions Trophy EC = European Championships

Women's internationals

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Player Events/Notes Ref Grace Balsdon Mel Clewlow Nikki Kidd Lizzie Neal Susannah Townsend Jennifer Wilson Key Oly = Olympic Games CG = Commonwealth Games WC = World Cup CT = Champions Trophy EC = European Championships

References

1. "Canterbury Hockey Club official website" . Retrieved 14 November 2014.
2. "EHL Men's Premier Division league table". Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
3. "WHL Women's Premier Division league table". Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport. The Bath Press. ISBN   0-316-72645-1.
5. "Roll of Honour". England Hockey. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
6. "TEAMS". Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
7. "Canterbury Ladies Hockey | 5 adult hockey teams". Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
8. "Canterbury place expectation on junior hockey players". bbc.co.uk. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2014.