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It’s probably the most crucial game of the season for the Men’s 1st XI on Saturday, as they host Prem A leaders, Harleston Magpies in the 1pm pushback.  After the crushing victory at Ramgarhia, winning 11-nil even in a game forced to be stopped ten minutes early, the Men’s 1st XI are in top form.  They have now gone ten games unbeaten, and that’s promotion winning form without a doubt, but City’s poor start means Read more…

GK Academy This Friday’s session (24th Jan 2014, 6.30-8.30pm) at One Leisure St.Ives Outdoor, PE27 6SJ   Guest Coach Helen Fagg will be leading a session on Diving.  Including working on:  1. Low off the posts both sides – introduce the smive  2. Covering wider than the posts  3. Decision making with the dive  4. Diving in the air – landing and recovery    Following weeks session (31st Jan 2014, 6.30-8.30pm) at One Leisure St.Ives Read more…

City of Peterborough Men’s 1st XI superb win last Saturday brought them within two points of Prem A title favourites West Herts.  This week, both the two front running teams have weekends off as they are playing in the National League indoor competitions.  This therefore this gives City the opportunity to overtake West Herts and go second, further putting pressure on the leaders Harleston who have to come to Fortress Bretton Gate next week. Focus Read more…

  The Men’s 1st XI had all but given up on their ambitions to challenge for the East Premier A title some time ago. Perseverance though has paid off, and a good run of results for City, and a few minor slips for the top two, have meant that a win on Saturday puts them right back in the hunt for promotion.     With visitors on Saturday at 1pm, West Herts, the long term Read more…

There’s a full set of fixtures again this weekend, the last before the Christmas break, with all teams playing against their opposition from the opening day of the season. The Men’s first team go to Blueharts, a team they beat convincingly last time, but who managed to remain at the top end of the table for much of the first half of the season.  They have since slipped towards the bottom of the table, but Read more…

Race Night Thank you to all those who supported the Race night through Sponsorship, purchasing horses and/or attending and enjoyong the evening, it was a great success. We have had a “tott up” and can report that the total profit for the evening is £1,800.  So thanks to those who supported the event, and hopefully those who couldn’t make it this Year will join in the fun next year as the plan is to hold another Read more…

The club are arranging with Neil at G&L Sports to offer City of Peterborough Hockey Club “badged” kit items for sale for all members. Many will have seen the Adidas training kit that has been worn by the top Men’s teams for the last two seasons, but won’t know this is available for all to buy.  As a premium product, this is quite expensive though, so we have also now arranged for some cheaper badged Read more…

The East League Fixture computer has thrown up a great set of fixtures for Bretton Gate this Saturday, with six of the top seven men’s teams with inter-club grudge matches. The Men’s 1st XI though are in theory the highlight of the day with their 1pm pushback, hosting Cambridge University, the team one place above them in the League.  A win for City means they finish the first half of the season in 3rd place. Read more…

City player Oscar Sadikot is off this weekend to the final assessment stage of the National Age Group for England Under 16s. Based on their performances at the Futures Cup competition (the top level of junior regional hockey in England Hockey’s single system), a group of up to 30 players have been invited to a weekend long assessment camp at Bisham Abbey. The 30 will be whittled down to a final National Age Group squad Read more…

Apart from the Ladies 1st XI game first up, a quirk of the club fixture planning sees all of the main teams either playing away or off site on Saturday.   So, for those around the club on Saturday afternoon, all the entertainment will come from the lower end of the club, so it’s a good opportunity for people to get out there and support the teams that don’t often get the prime slots.   Read more…