Grossflottbeker Tennis Hockey and Golf Club (GTHGC) is a

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field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

and

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club based in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

, Germany. The club was founded on 1 July 1901 as a tennis club. Ten years later, a hockey club was founded and in 1937 a golf club was added. The club currently has approximately 2,000 members. Grossflottbeker Hockey Club won several tournaments in the past and the Ladies Team were very successful in the 1960s and 1970s, winning four national titles. In 1978 the women even reached the final of the

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. The hockey club hosts the Jacques Paloume tournament every three years.

Honours

Women

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: 4 *1965–66, 1969–70, 1976–77, 1978–79 German national title indoor hockey: 2 *1966, 1972

References

External links

Official website
Field hockey clubs established in 1911 1901 establishments in Germany Field hockey clubs in Germany Sport in Hamburg Sports clubs and teams established in 1901 {{Germany-org-stub