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On Saturday (April 21st) Reading Hockey Club held its annual end of season Awards Dinner at Sonning Lane with a record attendance of over 130 enjoying a great club evening – a full 3 course dinner, speeches, dancing until late and of course a few drinks along the way! Guest of honour Simon Mason, ex [...]

Reading, with a team drawn mainly from the Rustlers/Redsox pool, took the England Hockey Over 40 Cup title with a 5-1 win over Bristol based Robinsons at Cannock today (Sunday 22nd April). The game was much closer however than the score suggests, and for the opening 20 minutes Robinsons pressured Reading, but were held at [...]

As we come towards the end of another great season at Reading Hockey Club, what better way to celebrate and relive the highs than attending the Annual Awards Dinner this Saturday (21st April) – and with England Hockey President and Reading favorite Simon Mason as guest speaker what more could you want. If you haven’t [...]

Reading men became England Hockey National Champions on Sunday beating East Grinstead 5-4 in a thrilling final, whilst the ladies came incredibly close to making it a superb and historic double when they just missed out on the Investec Championship in a penalty shoot out with Leicester. In a repeat of last year’s final Reading [...]

Here are a few photos of our Men winning the England Hockey Championship beating East Grinstead 5-4, and our Ladies in action as they just missed out in a penalty shoot out against Leicester in the Investec Championship Final – all photos courtesy of our friend Ian Wood – thanks!

Reading men set up the perfect double header on finals day of the Investec Weekend at Sonning Lane by beating rivals Beeston 5-1 at Bisham Abbey yesterday (Saturday). They now take their place in the England Hockey Championship Final this afternoon (Sunday) against East Grinstead at 4:30pm – looking to avenge their recent league and [...]

The National Premier League Championships come to a conclusion on Sunday (15th April) as part of the Investec Weekend of hockey at Sonning Lane. The Investec Ladies’ final is at 2:15pm followed by the Men’s final at 4:30pm. Tickets and more information on the weekend, which includes a host of other ladies playoffs and cup [...]

Both Reading Men and Ladies were in European action over the Easter weekend, and did the club proud – as did the travelling Blue Army support many of which shuttled between the two venues to cheer on both teams. The Ladies made their first forray into Europe at the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup at Royal [...]

As reported recently, Reading Hockey Club has been selected to host the Investec Weekend at Sonning Lane on 14th/15th April, featuring a range of ladies playoff games and cup finals and culminating in the two Premier League Championship finals – our ladies have already booked their place against Leicester, and the men still have a [...]

With a 4-0 win over Oxted on Saturday, Reading Rustlers grabbed the Higgins Group London League Vets Division 1 title with 3 games to spare, pipping a strong Barnes side boasting some well known Reading names from the past in Wyatt, Hoskin and Cooper. To emphasise their continuing dominance at the over 40 age in [...]