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City of Peterborough Under 16 Boys travelled to Repton School, home of hosts Belper HC for the Midlands Regional Finals on Sunday 4th March. They had qualified with a perfect record as winners of their local group, having seen off Harleston, Rutland, Norwich and Pelicans scoring 30 goals on the way over the four matches.  The opposition in their four team Regional Finals Pool were Olton & West Warwicks, Oxford and Belper (playing on their home Read more…

The boys’ efforts pretty much went unrewarded, as they came up against tough opposition in the National Indoor Finals, held at the Aldersley Leisure Centre, Wolverhampton.  They were in a really difficult group, including last years under 16 outdoor champions Beeston, National School champions Ashmoor (South Dartmoor College) and class act Havant, who were coached by England Hockey Head of Performance, David Faulkner.  Both finalists eventually came from their group, with Havant beating Ashmoor in Read more…

City of Peterborough 1 – Havant 4 (Marcus Howard) Despite Havant having 4 England players in their squad City lads competed extremely well. It was however two early goals in each half gave Havant a 4 nil lead, before Marcus Howard scored a consolation short corner. Missed chances by City gave Havant a more flattering scoreline than they deserved.   City of Peterborough 6 – Isca 2 (Marcus Howard 5, Adam Wilson) Isca had beaten Read more…

Once again CoP will demonstrate the depth of its playing squads this weekend as 8 of its mens sides have East League fixtures, whilst 20 of their most talented juniors who would usually be playing in these sides (apart from the Veterans!) are away on indoor duty. The boys U18 and boys U16 indoor teams both qualified once more for the National Indoor Club Finals from their respective East Indoor Club championships back in December. Read more…

{{facebook_like}} The City of Peterborough Boys travelled to the University of Essex in Colchester on Sunday 18th December for the East Indoor Hockey Championships. Their opponents were:   Old Loughtonians  East Under 18 Champions for the last two years and previous National Club Champions at this age Harleston Magpies Last years Under 16 East Champions (all moving up) St Albans Hertfordshire Champions Sudbury Suffolk Champions Rutland  Lincolnshire entrants   City of Peterborough 5 – Rutland 1 Marcus Read more…

{{facebook_like}} CoP are experiencing perhaps their best season ever in terms of results and league positions so far.  Based on the recruitment of a few players at first team level and therefore a record number of players being regularly available, competition for places is high and all teams are able to field squads of 14 for most fixtures.  Time will tell if this can be translated in the remainder of the season into a number Read more…

{{facebook_like}} City of Peterborough Under 16 Boys travelled to the University of Essex in Colchester on Saturday 10th December for the East Indoor Hockey Championships. Their opponents were Harleston Magpies (last years Under 16 East Champions), Old Loughtonians from Essex (who have been regulars at National Indoor Finals in all age groups) and Rutland, who were somewhat an unknown entity with not much indoor playing experience. The under 16 team had been well prepared by Read more…

  On 18th of December the Mini Hockey session is for all including Mum’s and Dad’s! Fun and games for all and a Christmas Buffet in the Club House afterwords including Mince Pies and non alcoholic mulled wine. All are welcome. Come and have a game of Mum’s and Dad’s versus the rest!!

A home fixture pile-up is in store on Sunday 27th November at the Gate so it’s a good job that the men’s 1st XI are away at Harleston that day! The Boys U14 host one of their East league round robin with Harleston, Norwich City and Pelicans the visitors. The Boys U18 have drawn Saffron Walden U18 in round 3 of the EH Boys Cup – a tie which they will fancy gives them a Read more…

Scheduled to play on Sunday with no EH league game this weekend due to Futures Cup games, CoP were looking forward to meeting Lewes in the “round of 32”. Lewes were surprise conquerors of CoP’s EH East Conference rivals, Indian Gymkhana in the last round, whilst CoP thrashed the only team to beat them in East Prem A last season, Bedford. However, late on Friday, Lewes cried off the game, citing injuries and Futures Cup Read more…