On the 26th May 2018, Hockey for Heroes will commence their first ever ladies operation starting at the National Hockey Centre in Glasgow and finishing on the 2nd of July at Canterbury Hockey Club, all in aid of Help for Heroes.

#OpEndure will involve the ladies team traveling across the UK taking part in 8 military challenges and playing 28 hockey games over the course of an 8 day period.

Throughout the tour the squad of 25 will start the day with a physical exercise set by a military instructor including log races, assault courses, interval runs and other physical challenges that will push the ladies to their physical and mental limits
Following the physical challenges the squad will play up to 4 games of hockey each day against teams from across the armed forces and local clubs..

Hockey 4 Hero's Website

What will they have be doing

When the team get to Reading on the 31st May, they will already not only have completed 19 games ! but also:

5 Mile Speed March with 36lbs
Clock Race 1.5 mile, 50 sit ups, 21 push ups
Assault Course
Weighted Clock Race
10 Mile Run in 2.5hrs
Stretcher Race

When they leave us, they will have to play another 8 games , a log race,and a Military PT Session before they finish at Canterbury on the 2nd June.

So we want to give them a big RHC welcome to the club.

What is happening at RHC?

They will be playing 3 games :
15.30 Reading Uni
17.00 Sonning HC
19.00 Reading HC Ladies Select

But we will also be having:

Meet some internationals with Medals
GB Men/Women Hockey Challenge
Group Zumba,
Adult Cross Bar Challenge & Junour Beat the keeper
Raffle and Auction (Auction Website )
Cake Stall, and other stalls.

The Hungry Hut will be open for snacks, BBQ , Curry and Beers all day.

Please come along and support a great cause and also some Reading players who are taking part - Aurora Mears and Zoe Yates, plus Katherine Pike (Pikey - Ex-Reading player) who have put a huge amount of effort into training for this huge physical challenge.

Volunteers for helping out on the day will be welcome !
Contact Liz Spencer if you have some spare time to help.