Welcome to Reading HC – the country’s premier Hockey Club - and to the 2010/11 season!
We boast 11 men’s teams and 8 ladies’ teams, with both elite squads at the very pinnacle of the domestic game and brimming with international talent. Our thriving Next Generation youth section attracts hundreds of youngsters to participate in our exciting sport, and ensures the future strength of Reading HC.
Whether you are an existing member or new to RHC you’ll find some useful information on the club and the new season HERE.
Euro Hockey League Draw
As a result of the long-awaited draw for the 2010/11 Euro Hockey League first round stage, Reading HC now know that they will face Bloemendaal (Dutch and former EHL champions) and SC Stroitel Brest (champions of Belarus) in pool A of the competition. These first round matches will be played at Terrassa Hockey Club in Spain (just outside Barcelona) between 29th-31st October, with the top 2 teams progressing to the KO16 round at Easter.
Both other English teams are also drawn to play at Terrassa – with East Grinstead facing Barcelona’s Polo club and Kelburne of Scotland, while Beeston will take on host club Atletic Terrassa and CA Montrouge of France (spookily the exact same two teams that Reading faced at this stage of the competition last year!)
The full draw and all Euro Hockey League news can be found at www.ehlhockey.tv
Beth to the Rescue
As England make it two wins out of two with a 1-0 victory over China in the FIH Women’s World Cup in Argentina, Reading HC’s own Beth Storry is the star of the show denying China with a string of world class saves – Watch Highlights from the BBC
Exciting Development Plans for Reading Hockey Club
Reading Hockey Club is planning bold changes for the future and we need your help to make it happen. Work is underway on the first step – the construction of a second Astro pitch at Sonning Lane – visit the FUTURE section for the full story and information on the project to date…
- Works Starts on New Pitch
To get people involved, we’ll be running two sessions in the Thames Suite at the club this Saturday 4th September to coincide with club trials day, where development director Charlie Lowe will be presenting our exciting plans. Come along, find out more, and see where you can help. The sessions will be at:
12:15pm – straight after Ladies’ Trials and before the Ladies 1st XI play
2:00pm – immediately before Men’s Trials begin
Reading’s International Pedigree
Once again Reading HC has great representation at National level with the recently announced squads for the Commonwealth Games in Dehli…
Congratulations to Alex Danson, Helen Richardson, Kate Walsh and Beth Storry on their selection for England at the Commonwealth Games. The Reading quartet are also part of the squad that has travelled to Argentina for the Women’s World Cup which starts this weekend – their first game against Spain is on August 29th, and you can watch all the games online at www.laola1.tv. For more information on both competitions, follow the links below…
Commonwealth Games Squad – Women
Richard Mantell is set to make a dramatic comeback to the International scene having been selected in the England squad for the Commonwealth Games – returning to Dehli where he suffered a horrific ankle injury against Pakistan in the World Cup just 6 months ago. Richard is joined in the squad by two other Reading players – his brother Simon and Iain Mackay – with both Nick Brothers and Jonty Clarke being named as travelling reserves for the Games.
Commonwealth Games Squad – Men
Garden(ing) Party!
What are you doing with your Bank Holiday Monday? Why not come and join us for a big Bank Holiday clear up??
We need to give the club some ‘freshening up’ for the new season, so we are inviting all members to spare a tiny piece of their time this Monday 30th August to come and help maintain our lovely RHC…
Where & When: 10:30am – 1:00pm at Sonning Lane
What to Bring: Any gardening tools you may have hidden away - we will be trimming hedges, cleaning up the flower beds etc (all outdoor stuff)
Whether you can spare 30 minutes or an hour or 2 we’d be very grateful for any time you have to spare - plus for everyone that comes to help there will be a yummy BBQ provided afterwards….
See you there…
Reading HC England Hockey ClubsFirst Accredited
If you didn’t hear we achieved our ClubsFirst accreditation. For a club of our size this is a huge achievement and many congratulations must go to Gemma-Louise Notman, Philippa Sanders and Terry Walden for all their work on the core group that enabled us to reach this goal.
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