Thank you for your support over the past year and to update you on the success of our Teams as we enter the start of the new hockey season. Your kind donation has been well invested in a combination of ways to include, our youth development scheme, sports coaching, and improvements to our facilities; our Cricket wicket has been improved, we have a new roof on our Squash courts, and improved changing room facilities. We had a very Read more…
Drake / Short make Masters World Cup Squads City of Peterborough HC’s Jonathan Short (Wales O40) and Adam Drake (England O40) have been selected for the inaugural FIH / IMHA Masters Hockey World Cup. Shayne Andrews just misses out on England O45 final squad selection after playing in the Home Nations in June. The Masters World Cup is being held in Canterbury, Kent from the 14th to the 24th August, with 13 nations and 45 teams Read more…
The under 12 team which consisted of 4 players under 11 gave a very good account of themselves finished 4th. They lost to a very good Leicester side 5-0 but recovered well to beat their next two opponents Beeston Bees (3-2) and Belper (2-0) with goals from Brendan Andres (3), Keegan Yeoman and Matt Jennings to qualify for the Semi-final where they came up against a strong Beeston Swarm side and lost 5-0. The 3rd/4th place play off Read more…
Earlier in the day the U14 team competed in a round robin event in which they won 5 and drew one of their games to be crowned champions. They Beat Beeston Bees with some scintillating passing hockey 5-0 with goals form Ben Lomas and two apiece from Oscar Sadicot and Brendan Andrews. Match 2 proved to be bigger challenge and after surviving 3 hits against the post and some great saves from keeper Cameron Goodey they Read more…
The Solstice was buzzing until the early hours of the morning as so many members and their partners, parents and siblings came together for a wonderful night of celebration – City of Peterborough HC clearly knows how to throw a party! MC’d by the inimitable Andy Cave, there were a whole host of winners from every one of the club’s 13 teams, with the ladies 4th XI also carrying off the new “Team of the Read more…
5 prominent local players were chosen to represent the East in this over 40s divisional tournament. Playing a total of 5 games, the East qualified for the semi-final stage where they beat the South and then won the title by beating the Midlands 2 – 1 in the final. Following this, 5 of the East side were selected to take part in the England trial from which a squad will be picked to compete at the forthcoming Read more…
Friday 11th May 2012 is the date in the diary for 200 CoP members, partners and parents as the Annual Dinner and Presentation Evening takes place. The event is being held at the Solstice, Peterborough in their upstairs room, starting at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm sit down. Dress code is anything from formal evening wear to smart casual – please no tatty or torn jeans, t-shirts with dodgy slogans etc. Tickets for those who do Read more…
Although City had no league matches to complete, the final match in Division 1 was critical in determining whether CoP 3rd XI would retain their 2nd place and therefore achieve promotion to Premier B of the East League. This match was between Felixstowe 1st XI and Broxbourne 1st XI and was staged on Saturday 7th at the Henley Road Astroturf pitch normally used by Ipswich HC, as Felixstowe’s normal home venue at a school was unavailable due to the Read more…
Gareth Andrew and Laura Smith will be tying the knot in Laura’s family home in North Wales this Easter weekend. A club wedding is always a lovely event and to have our 1st XI coach marrying our 1st XI captain is about as good as it gets. The whole club sends their best wishes both for a fabulous wedding day, and for much happiness in the months and years to come. We expect to see Read more…
It is with great sadness that we report on Saturday the Ramgarhia v Cambridge Uni game had to be abandoned because one of the Ramgarhia players had a heart attack during the warm up. Sadly, we can report the player did not recover and has passed away. City of Peterborough Hockey club players, members and supporters wish to pass on our sincere condolences to Ramgarhia Hockey Club for their great loss. We also pass on our thoughts Read more…