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Holcombe Hockey Club
Holcombe Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Rochester, Kent, England. The home ground is located at Holcombe Park, where there is a water-based pitch, a sand-based pitch and a clubhouse. The club was formed in 1999/2000 from a merger of clubs in the area. The Men's 1st XI play in the Men's England Hockey League, and the Ladies 1st Team play in the Women's England Hockey League. The club is one of the largest in the UK, with ten men's sides, five ladies' sides, and various other sides. Squads Men's First Team Squad 2021–22 season Ladies First Team Squad 2021–22 season Notable players Men's internationals ; ; * David Ames (field hockey), David Ames * Iain Lewers ; * Stephane Vehrle-Smith ; * Gareth Carr * Denzil Dolley * Ryan Ravenscroft Women's internationals ; ; * Emily Maguire (field hockey), Emily Maguire * Sarah Robertson (field hockey), Sarah Robertson ; * Sarah Jones (field hockey), Sarah Jones * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men's England Hockey League
The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organized by England Hockey that features men's teams from England and Wales. Format Regular season There are 62 teams in the league, the top tier consists of a Premier Division of twelve teams. Below this is tier two, which consists of two ten-team Division One regional teams (North and South). The third tier consists of three regional conferences North, West, and East, all consisting of ten teams. The teams play each other home and away during an 18 week season from September to April. The league has a winter break between December and February. The winners of the Premier Division regular season automatically qualify to play in the Euro Hockey League. League Finals Weekend The top four Premier Division teams from the regular season qualify for the League Finals Weekend. The team that wins this tournament will be overall champions of the Men's England Hockey League and will qualify to play in the Euro Hockey League. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain Lewers
Iain Lewers (born 5 January 1984) is a field hockey player from Northern Ireland who represented Ireland, England and Great Britain at international level. He represented Great Britain at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He was also a member the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship and 2014 Commonwealth Games. He also represented England at the 2013 and 2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championships and at the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup. In both 2014 and 2015 Lewers was named the England/Great Britain Player of the Year by the Hockey Writers' Club. Early years and education Lewers was educated at Cairnshill Primary School, Wellington College Belfast, and Ulster University where he gained a Bachelor's degree in Sports Science and Management. Domestic teams Annadale As a youth Lewers played for Annadale. He was also a member of the Annadale team that won five Ulster Senior League titles between 2002–03 and 2006–07. Lewers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellie Watton
Ellie Watton (born 10 June 1989) is a retired English international field hockey player who played as a forward for England and Great Britain. She made her first international appearance against South Africa on 4 February 2013. She retired from international hockey after competing in the 2018 FIH World Cup in London and has now resumed her teaching career, taking up a position aRugby Schoolin August 2018. She continues to coach and inspire the next generation of young hockey players Since becoming a full-time athlete she played club hockey aSt Albans Holcombe & Beeston. Watton grew up in Ashover, Derbyshire and was educated at Highfields School, Matlock anRepton School Derbyshire. A qualified teacher, she taught and coached hockey aOakham Schooluntil July 2014, and became a full-time athlete, based at Bisham Abbey. She is supported by the National Lottery Fund and sponsored by Osaka Hockey. She has competed for the England and Great Britain women's hockey teams, including t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Unsworth
Laura Roper, (née Laura Unsworth) (born 8 March 1988) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or defender for East Grinstead and the England and Great Britain national teams. She is the first British field hockey player to win three Olympic medals. Unsworth attended Coppice Primary School, Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls and Loughborough University. Club career Unsworth plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for East Grinstead. She has also played for Holcombe, Loughborough Students and Sutton Coldfield. International career Unsworth made her international debut in 2008 and was part of the Great Britain teams that won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympics and bronze medals at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Unsworth has also competed for England at the European Championships winning three bronze, one silver and a Gold medal, won in London in 2015. She also competed for England at the Commonwealth Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Quek
Samantha Ann Quek, MBE (born 18 October 1988) is an English former field hockey player, and television personality. She played as a defender for both the England and Great Britain teams, wearing squad number 13, and won gold as part of the British team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Quek has presented various television sports shows, including American football on the BBC, rugby union on Channel 5, field hockey on BT Sport, and football for Channel 4 and LFC TV. She has appeared as a contestant on shows including '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' in 2016 and ''Celebrity Masterchef'' in 2020, where she reached the final three. In 2021, Quek became a team captain on the BBC One sports panel show, ''Question of Sport''. Early life Quek was born on 18 October 1988 at Mill Road Hospital, Liverpool, to an English mother, Marilyn Quek (née Higgins), and Singaporean Chinese father, Albert Quek. She has a twin brother. The family moved from Coniston Street in Liverpool to the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona McCallin
Shona McCallin, (born 18 May 1992), is an English former international field hockey player who played as a midfielder for England and Great Britain. She is co-founder of thetenpercentclub, a wellness supplement company. She was an Olympic gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics. McCallin started her career at Newark Otters and Beavers club, aged 6, coached by Christine Fergusson MBE. She then progressed through Nottinghamshire county ranks, regional and England U16, U18 and U21 squad which she captained at the Junior World Cup. She ventured to Tilburg, Netherlands to pursue further hockey opportunities. She spent almost 4 years in the country, gaining a university degree in International Business and also becoming fluent in Dutch. Upon return she was selected for the centralised Great Britain training programme at Bisham Abbey Bisham Abbey is a Grade I listed manor house at Bisham in the English county of Berkshire. The name is taken from the now lost monastery which o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maddie Hinch
Madeleine Clare Hinch, (born 8 October 1988), known as Maddie Hinch is an English field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Tilburg HC and England and Great Britain national teams. Club career In 2021-22 she played club hockey in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for Tilburg Hockey Club. Hinch has also played club hockey for Dutch club SCHC, Exmouth, Leicester and Holcombe. International career She began playing hockey after a schoolteacher spotted her catching and diving talents in a game of rounders. Initially she was not overly keen on playing in goal and suffered a number of rejections as a youngster, but persevered and won a Youth Olympic Games medal. She made her full international debut in 2008, but narrowly missed out on a place in the Great Britain squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics. She soon took over as number one choice and won the silver medal for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In 2015, she enjoyed a breakthrough year, saving a penalty to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steph Elliott
Steph Elliott (born 24 September 1990) is a former English international field hockey player who played as a defender for England and Great Britain. She made her senior international debut in February 2013. She plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton. Elliott previously played for and captained Holcombe. She also played for North Harbour in New Zealand on three occasions, with the most notable being in 2018, winning the K Cup. She studied at Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_chan .... References 1990 births Living people English female field hockey players Holcombe Hockey Club players Surbiton Hockey Club players Women's England Hockey League players Alumni of Collingwood College, Durham {{En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Ravenscroft
Ryan Ravenscroft (born 31 January 1981) is a South African former field hockey player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), .... References External links * 1981 births Living people Field hockey players from Johannesburg South African male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for South Africa Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{SouthAfrica-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Dolley
Denzil Dolley (born 22 July 1977 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape) is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished tenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He played for the University of Port Elizabeth and a provincial team called KwaZulu Natal Raiders. He has previously played for Holcombe Hockey Club - based in Rochester, Kent - in the UK National League, as well as coaching Sanderstead Hockey Club. He is now the 1st XI player/coach at Woking Hockey Club - based in Surrey. International senior tournaments * 2001 – Champions Challenge, Kuala Lumpur (2nd) * 2002 – World Cup, Kuala Lumpur (13th) * 2002 – Commonwealth Games, Manchester (4th) * 2003 – All-Africa Games, Abuja (2nd) * 2004 – Summer Olympics, Athens (10th) * 2006 – World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Carr
Gareth Carr (born 4 November 1981) is a retired South African field hockey player. He was a defender who often scored from penalty corners. Carr was a member of the South Africa squad that competed at the 2010 Hockey World Cup and the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He also competed in the Champions Challenge in 2005, 2009 and 2011, and the Hockey Africa Cup of Nations in 2005, 2009 and 2011. Carr retired from international hockey with 81 caps and 50 goals. Carr was born in Durban. He has played club hockey in the UK for Holcombe, East Grinstead East Grinstead is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, south of London, northeast of Brighton, and northeast of the county town of Chichester. Situated in the extreme northeast of the county, the civ ... and Old Georgians. References External links * 1981 births South African male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephane Vehrle-Smith
Stephane may refer to: * Stéphane, a French given name * Stephane (Ancient Greece) A stephane (''ancient Greek'' στέφανος, from ''στέφω'' (stéphō, “I encircle”), '' Lat.'' Stephanus = wreath, decorative wreath worn on the head; crown) was a metal arc, which was like a fancy headband, higher in the center than ..., a vestment in ancient Greece * Stephane (Paphlagonia), a town of ancient Paphlagonia, now in Turkey {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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