Beeston Hockey Club is a

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

club based in Beeston, England. The club was founded in 1907, and plays its home games at the

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. Beeston is nicknamed ''the Bees''. The men's 1st XI plays in the

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and the ladies 1st XI in the

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. 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.

History

The men's 1st XI won its first major trophy in 2008, defeating Bowdon 4–3 in the Men's National Cup. 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. The men's 1st XI have also competed in the Euro Hockey League. Beeston HC twinned with HC Rotterdam on 1 February 2017. In 2020, Beeston secured an historic cup double by winning 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. The women's first team won the 2022

England Hockey Women's Championship Cup The England Hockey Women's Championship Cup is a field hockey cup competition organised by England Hockey that features women's teams from England. The competition was originally known as the Women's National Clubs Championship. The inaugural com ...

Players

Men's First Team Squad 2020–21 season

( captain)''

Ladies First Team Squad 2021–22 season

Men's Team Honours

* 2010–11 Men's League Champions * 2012–13 Men's League Champions * 2013–14 Men's League Champions * 2007–08 Men's Cup Winners * 2009–10 Men's Cup Winners * 2010–11 Men's Cup Winners * 2011–12 Men's Cup Winners * 2015–16 Men's Cup Winners * 2019–20 Men's Cup Winners

Women's Team Honours

* 2019–20 Women's Cup Winners * 2021–22 Women's Cup Winners

Notable players

Men's internationals

; ; * David Ames *

Mark Gleghorne Mark Gleghorne (born 19 May 1985) is a field hockey player from Northern Ireland who has represented Ireland, England and Great Britain at international level. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Gleghorne was a member of ...

; * Jamie Cachia * James McBlane * Gordon McIntyre ; * Ollie Cooper * David Griffiths * Zak Jones * Ben Rogers * Matt Simkin ; * Craig Boyne ; * Patrick Schmidt ; * Muhammad Nadeem

Women's internationals

; ; *

Nicki Cochrane Nicola "Nicki" or "Nicky" Cochrane (born 8 December 1993) in Glasgow, Scotland is a Scottish international field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Scotland and Great Britain. Cochrane attended Strathallan School and studied sport and ...

References

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External links

Beeston Hockey Club official web site
English field hockey clubs Sport in Nottinghamshire 1907 establishments in England Field hockey clubs established in 1907 Beeston, Nottinghamshire Sport in Nottingham