ONs Hockey Reunion 27th October

David Ellcock (1978-85) is organising an ONs Hockey Reunion for Saturday 27th October 2018.

The party will start at The Victoria Hotel, 85 Dovecote Lane, Beeston NG9 1JG from 12.30pm.  David writes:

"Join us for a pint and a bite to eat before heading up to Beeston Hockey Club to watch their newly promoted women’s first team take on the current English champions, Surbiton Hockey Club in the Investec Women’s National Hockey League. The game starts at 4pm."

You can register for the ONs Hockey Reunion by clicking 'Going' on the Facebook event here ...or simply come along on the day!

Beeston Hockey Club

A group of Old Nottinghamians, who lived in this suburb of Nottingham, founded Beeston Hockey Club in 1907.  ’The Bees’ are now one of the city's great sporting stories.  Incredibly, both the Men’s and Ladies' 1st XIs play in the Premier Divisions of their respective leagues.  The Men’s 1st XI have won the England Hockey Cup five times, and the England Hockey Championship four times.  The Club fields six men's sides, seven ladies' sides and numerous junior sides.

One key to the growth of Beeston HC has been its facilities.  A lottery grant from Sport England allowed the Club to build two full-sized pitches and a half-sized training area, to completely renovate the clubhouse and build a new car park.  This has helped 'The Bees' to become one of the leading hockey clubs in Europe.

The real strength of the Club lies in its staff.  For an organisation run almost entirely by volunteers, its success is phenomenal.  One of the key skills of its managers and coaches is their ability to integrate talented young players with experienced older players, so that schoolchildren, university students and professionals come together on the pitches at Highfields with the same aims: to enjoy hockey and to score goals!

Old Nottinghamians can be very proud of their long association with Beeston Hockey Club, which continues to this day.

ONs Hockey Reunion

The ONs look forward to welcoming former NHS hockey players, and ON hockey fans, to the Victoria Hotel from 12.30pm and/or to University Boulevard for the match at 4pm on Saturday 27th October.

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