Olton & West Warwickshire Hockey Club

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Olton & West Warwickshire Hockey Club
Home groundWest Warwickshire Sports Club, Grange Road
League Men's England Hockey League
Women's England Hockey League

Olton & West Warwickshire Hockey Club (Olton & West Warwick for short) is a field hockey club based at the West Warwickshire Sports Club in Grange Road, Olton, Solihull, West Midlands. [1] The club runs a large number of teams featuring men's, women's, juniors and veteran sides. [2]

Olton & West Warwicks men's first X1 play in the Men's England Hockey League Division One North. [3] and the women's first X1 play in the England Hockey League Investec Conference West. [4]

The women's team have been runner-up in the English league title on two occasions (2002 and 2009). [5] [6]

Honours

The women's team has gained significant honours -

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References

  1. "West Warwickshire Sports Club". West Warwickshire Sports Club.
  2. "Team Details". Olton Hockey Club.
  3. "Men's Hockey League Divisions". England Hockey.
  4. "Women's Hockey League Divisions". England Hockey.
  5. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport. The Bath Press. ISBN   0-316-72645-1.
  6. "Roll of Honour". England Hockey. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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