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Bowdon 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
Bowdon, Greater Manchester Bowdon is a suburb and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. History Within the boundaries of the historic county of Cheshire, both Bowdon and Dunham Massey are mentioned in the Domesday Book, cit ...
,
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. The hockey club was established in 1886 but the Bowdon Club which hosts the team was formed in 1856. The men's 1st XI play in the
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 t ...
and the ladies 1st XI (known as Bowdon Hightown Ladies 1st XI ) play in the Investec Women's Hockey League. The club fields ten men's teams, seven ladies teams and various youth sides. The women's team is known as Bowdon Hightown due to the 2004 merger of the Hightown Hockey Club ladies section and Bowdon Hockey Club.


Major national honours

National Champions * 2008–09 Women's League Champions National Cup Winners * 2005–06 Women's National Cup Winners * 2006–07 Women's National Cup Winners * 2008–09 Women's National Cup Winners * 2010–11 Women's National Cup Winners * 2012–13 Women's National Cup Winners * 2018–19 Men's Championship Cup Winners (formerly National Cup)


Notable players


Men's internationals


Women's internationals


References

{{reflist Field hockey clubs in England 1886 establishments in England Field hockey clubs established in 1856