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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 won by Southgate. The Men's Hockey Association Cup was won by Southgate and the Women's Cup (National Club Championship finals) was won by Ealing. Men's National Inter League Championship finals (Held at Prescot, April 30 - May 1) Group A Group B Semi-finals & Final Southgate David Owen, Peter Boxell, Richard Dodds, Mark Donnelly, Soma Singh, Andrew Western, Paul Moulton, John Shaw, David Thomas, Steve Batchelor, Sean Kerly (capt) Stourport S Taylor, J Lee (capt), P Lee, M Reason, A Watson, D Shepherd, Mark Harradine, John McPhun, Imran Sherwani, Malcolm Evans, David Knott Men's Cup (Hockey Association Cup) Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final (Held at Canterbury on 14 March) Southgate David Owen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men's England Hockey League
The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised 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 L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Albans Hockey Club
St Albans Hockey Club is a field hockey club that is based at Oaklands College in Hatfield Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire. The club was founded in 1898. The club runs twelve men's teams with the first XI playing in the Men's England Hockey League Midlands Conference and eight women's teams with the first XI playing in the Women's England Hockey League Midlands Conference. Notable players Former players at the club include two of the team who won gold medals at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games: 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 ..., who played for England and Great Britain 2013-18; and Hannah Macleod, who has represented England and Great Britain since 2003. Other former players are John Hurst, who played in goal for England and Great Britain, indoors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowdon Hockey Club
Bowdon Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Bowdon, Greater Manchester, England. The hockey club was established in 1886 but the Bowdon Club which hosts the team was formed in 1856. The women's team have been champions of England on one occasion (2008–09). Teams The men's 1st XI play in the Men's England Hockey League The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised 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 ... 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. History In 1998, Carolyn Reid won the 1998 Hockey Writers' UK Player of the Year, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coundon, Coventry
Coundon is a predominantly residential suburb in north-west Coventry, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Along with the neighbouring Keresley, Coundon was originally a village in the Warwickshire countryside. By the 1930s it had been incorporated into the city of Coventry after mass housebuilding took place to accommodate the city's growing population. History Coundon was one of the few villages that are now part of Coventry to be mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086). Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, Holy Trinity Church had land in Coundon from at least the early 14th century. In 1410–11 Coundon was divided into Old, or Little Coundon, and New Coundon and it was part of the Knightlow Hundred until 1451. Coundon was described as a parish in 1801 and 1811 and as a hamlet until 1881. The cycle manufacturer George Singer (cycle manufacturer), George Singer of Singer & Co built Coundon Court on land that was formerly part of Coundon Farm in 1891. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martyn Grimley
Martyn Andrew Grimley (born 24 February 1963) is a British former field hockey player who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal. Biography Grimley was born in Halifax, England and played club hockey for Brooklands Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League and represented Cheshire at county level. He was selected for the England U16 and U21 squads and was shortlisted for the 1984 Summer Olympics but failed to make the final cut before gaining a position at Banbury School in Oxfordshire as a Physical Education teacher in September 1985, following his training at Crewe and Alsager College. The new job resulted in him moving from Sale to Banbury While at Brooklands he represented England at the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup, winning silver. He signed for Hounslow Hockey Club for the start of the 1987/88 season and would go on to win gold with the Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Later, he taught geography, Physical Educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Thompson (field Hockey)
Nicholas Thompson (born 21 September 1967) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He gained 196 caps and scored 58 goals. Biography Thompson, born in Hackney, only picked up a hockey stick in 1981 aged 14 but by 1983 was representing the England U16 team. Thompson played club hockey for Old Loughtonians Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League from 1986 and was involved in the Seoul 1988 Olympic training squad. He was selected for the 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup. After missing selection for the 1992 Olympics he was added to the squad for the 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup. Still at Old Loughtonians he was selected for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and participated in the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup. Thompson left Old Loughtonians to join Cannock Hockey Club, Cannock and experienced a legue title success during the 2003–04 England Hockey League season and in 2010 would become the England Hockey leagues all–time record sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hacker
David John Hacker (born 25 March 1964) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Biography Hacker was born in Hampshire but gained qualification for Wales by virtue of his mother's Welsh ancestry. He played his club hockey for Hounslow in the Men's England Hockey League and by 1987 he was representing Wales at international level. He helped Hounslow win the Hockey Association Cup during the 1988–89 England Hockey League season. He made his Great Britain debut during the June 1990 BMW Trophy tournament in Amsterdam and in June 1991 became Wales' all-time record scorer. Hacker took a role as a PE teacher at St Edmund's School Canterbury in September 1990 and then took on a similar role at Millfield. He transferred from Hounslow to Canterbury for the 1994/95 season. While at Canterbury, he captained and coached Wales in the men's tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and won the 1998 Hockey Writers' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Potter
Jonathan Nicholas Mark Potter (born 19 November 1963) is a former field hockey player who was a member of the gold-winning Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. After his playing career he became the managing director of House of Suntory and Maison Courvoisier at Suntory Global Spirits. Biography Potter was born in Paddington, Greater London, in an Anglo-Indian family and brought up in Slough, England. He attended Burnham Grammar School from 1976 to 1982, and represented England Schoolboys at field hockey. Potter graduated from Southampton University in 1986 with a BA (Hons) in geography, and attended Aston Business School (1986–87) to obtain his MBA. Potter represented Great Britain and England in field hockey. He competed in three Olympic Games, earning a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In total Potter won 126 caps for Great Britain and 108 caps for England, scoring 41 inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veryan Pappin
Veryan Guy Henry Pappin (born 19 May 1958) is an English born former field hockey player who represented Scotland and was a member of the gold medal-winning Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Biography Pappin was born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire but represented Scotland. He grew up on a farm in Moretonhampstead and was educated at Wolborough Hill School, Newton Abbot, Kelly College and the University of Exeter. His association with Scotland started when he played Highland league hockey while posted at RAF Lossiemouth. By trade he was a physical education officer in the Royal Air Force. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, he represented Great Britain in he hockey tournament and won a bronze medal, although he had to play understudy to Ian Taylor, arguably the world's leading goalkeeper at the time and consequently did not get any game time. He signed to play club hockey for Hounslow Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League from 1986 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Clift
Robert John Clift (born 1 August 1962) is a British former field hockey player. He was a member of the Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where they won a gold medal. Biography Clift was born in Newport, Wales, and was educated at Bablake School and the University of Nottingham. His preferred position was inside left and in November 1982 he received his first England call up while studying at Nottingham and playing for Nottingham Hockey Club. Clift signed for Hounslow Hockey Club for the 1984/85 season and while there won silver with the England squad at the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup in October. Clift moved to Southgate Hockey Club for the 1987/88 season and while at Southgate represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and winning a gold medal with the team. After the Olmpics he joined East Grinstead and represented England at the 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup and captained the Great Britain Great Britain is an island in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Duthie (field Hockey)
James Livingstone Duthie (born 27 October 1957) is a former field hockey player, who won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Biography Duthie was born in Glasgow but was educated at Bishop's Stortford College and lived in Bishop's Stortford while the captain of the England U21 team in 1978. He played club hockey for Southgate in the Men's England Hockey League and in July 1978 he was selected for the England squad. He also appeared for the King's Lynn based Pelicans during the indoor season. He played at the 1982 Men's Hockey World Cup and at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, he represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament and won a bronze medal with the team. Duthie missed out on selection for the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup because he broke his leg shortly before the event and missed the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welton Hockey Club
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