Wapping Hockey Club ({{IPAc-en, ˈ, w, ɒ, p, ɪ, ŋ) is a

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club in the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The home grounds are the national stadium for English Hockey, the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre at the

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, where there are two international standard water-based pitches and the John Orwell Centre in Wapping. The club fields a total of 23 sides including 11 men's and 8 ladies' sides covering a wide range of abilities.

Olympic Legacy

The club was founded in 1988 off the back of the Great Britain men's field hockey team's success at the

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of the same year. The club secured anchor tenancy at the

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legacy facility following its opening as Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in June 2014. The facility hosted the 2015 EuroHockey Nations Championships. In 2014, the club secured over £300,000 of investment to designate its base at John Orwell Sports Centre in

Wapping Wapping () is a district in East London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Wapping's position, on the north bank of the River Thames, has given it a strong maritime character, which it retains through its riverside public houses and steps, ...

a hockey priority facility. By 2016, approximately £650,000 had been invested in the refurbishment, meaning among other things, both Wapping HC grounds have covered spectator seating.http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/News_events/News/January_2016/John_Orwell_Sport_Centre_scores_new_AstroTurf_goal.aspx "LBTH announcement" The refurbishment allowed the creation of an affiliated youth club, Wapping Kidds HC, in January 2016. In September 2019, the first youth players made their debut in the adult club.

External links

Wapping Hockey Club Official websiteWapping Hockey Club Facebook pageEngland Hockey websiteEast Region Hockey websiteLee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre website

References

English field hockey clubs Field hockey clubs established in 1988 1988 establishments in England Sports clubs in London Sport in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Field hockey in London