Ealing 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 ci ...

club based at Perivale Lane in

Greenford Greenford () is a suburb in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, England, lying west from Charing Cross. It has a population of 46,787 inhabitants, or 62,126 with the inclusion of Perivale. Greenford is served by Greenford Station (Lo ...

and at St.Augustine’s Prior School, W5,

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...

The original club was formed in 1884 and gained notable success in the 1980s when the women's team won three successive National Clubs Competitions during the

1986–87 England Hockey League season The 1986–87 English Hockey League season took place from September 1986 until May 1987. The season culminated in the National Inter League Championship for men which brought together the winners of their respective regions. The Men's championsh ...

1987–88 England Hockey League season The 1987–88 English Hockey League season took place from September 1987 until May 1988. The season culminated in the National Inter League Championship for men which brought together the winners of their respective regions. The championship was ...

and

1988–89 England Hockey League season The 1988–89 English Hockey League season took place from October 1988 until April 1989. A new league format was introduced to English hockey whereby two divisions of sixteen teams would compete in the first and second divisions with promotion a ...

. Former internationals include Sheila Harding-Cornwallis, Katie Dodd, Mandy Nicholson-Langridge and Joan Lewis. The club was re-formed by TotalHockey (a coaching agency of England Hockey) in 2012 and runs a ladies team who play in the Middlesex League. The club principally concentrated on the development of junior teams but is now growing an adult section. 2019 the club was handed to its members as a member owned not for profit community amateur sports club. The club had to be reformed because in 2000 it went out of existence after a merger with Hounslow to form the Hounslow and Ealing Hockey Club which itself then merged with the Barnes Hockey Club. In the 2018/19 Ealing Hockey Club fielded a second Ladies team. Having both Ladies Team gained promotion Total Hockey gifted the club to its members as a member-owned / member-run amateur sports club. The 2019/20 season the club will field 3 ladies' teams and 1 men's team with the Ladies 2s being promoted to Division 1. The Junior section is now fielding 370 juniors with many going on to represent the county and the adult section.

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Ealing Hockey Club
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