Club news

Club Junior Hockey Camp – Fri 22 Aug 2025 @Ottery Sports Centre

Following on from our really successful hockey camps earlier in the season and last summer, the Club is very pleased to be able to offer a one day junior hockey camp on Fri 22nd August. This is a great opportunity to learn and play from our amazing resident coach – John Shaw – formerly of…

Club Awards Evening: Sat 12th April 2025

The End of Season Awards will be at the Bedford Hotel in Sidmouth, with arrival from 7pm on Sat 12th April. Tickets are £25pp which includes a two course meal. The event is set up on Pitchero, so please mark yourself as attending and a ticket will be allocated to you. We are limited to…

Ho Ho Hockey Camp – 23 Dec 2024

Sidmouth and Ottery Hockey Club is running its final camp of the year in the first week of the school holidays. In the festive spirit we have opened the camp to club non-members to give them an experience of the club in action.  Our brilliant coaches are John Shaw (ex-GB & England) and Jack Ellison…

Exciting times for our Junior Academy!

Our lead coach John Shaw (200+ capped ex-GB and England star player) with his team of Club volunteers is coaching our Junior Academy again this season. We have re-organised our sessions to provide 50% longer sessions for an extra half-term running through to the Whitsuntide half-term. We also offer regular junior school holiday camps available…

New Junior Face Masks

Huge thanks to the Keith Owen Fund for supporting the Club to provide new face masks for all our junior teams for the start of the 2024-2025 season. Link

Insurance

The Club provides insurance to players, members, umpires, coaches, helpers and volunteers while representing/acting on behalf of the club through our membership of England Hockey.  More detail and FAQ.    

Half-term Junior Hockey Camp – 01 Nov

The Club is running a camp for Years 4-9 boys and girls at Ottery Leisure Centre, 01 Nov 2024.  Details have been sent to all club parents via Pitchero.  Top club coaches.  Spaces are limited – so don’t delay.  Full details can be found here.

Junior Hockey season extended into May & June

We have decided to extend the season to meet demand from our expanding junior section.  This will provide the opportunity to receive amazing coaching and to gain more pitch-time.  Coach John Shaw, our former GB and England international, will be running the sessions supported by our team of club coaches.  Sessions are for U10/U12 Boys…

Feb/Mar Junior Academy Sessions – Turn Up and Play!

This term we meet on Sundays at Ottery Leisure Centre until 24 Mar 2024, inclusive.  If you’re interested just turn up and play. All you need is your gum shield and shin pads, sticks can be provided.  The first session is no-cost. See you there!

Junior Half-term Hockey Camp – Sun 18th Feb 2024

Following on from our really successful pre-Christmas hockey camp, we intend to run a follow-on indoor camp during the February half-term holiday on Sun 18th Feb at Ottery Sports Centre, 1200-1430PM. The camp is aimed at boys and girls – our Under 12s (Years 6 & 7) and U14s (Years 8 & 9). Coaches: John…

Christmas Hockey Camp – Mon 18th Dec 2023

CLOSED TO NEW APPLICANTS Great news!! The planned indoor hockey camp for junior boys and girls will go ahead at Ottery Leisure Centre on Mon 18th Dec – one camp split for the U12s and U14s. CLOSED TO NEW APPLICANTS

Christmas 2023 Hockey Camp – 18 Dec 2023

We are running two indoor hockey camps on 18 Dec 2023 (AM and PM) at Ottery Sports Centre.  The camps will be led by our new coach – John Shaw, ex-GB and England International, supported by qualified and very experienced coaches: AM – 1000-1230hrs: Boys and Girls in Years 6 & 7. 0945hrs drop-off |…

A Change to Attendance at Rustys

To all members (Adult and Junior): The purpose of this note is to advise of necessary changes we are having to make to the attendance of junior members at Rustys on Sunday AMs with effect from tomorrow (Sun 5th Nov 2023). Rustys is aimed at giving adults, who don’t want to play competitive 11 a-side…

Clubmark Renewal Success!

Congratulations to all club members involved in helping the the Club to achieve its Clubmark Award for another 3 seasons.  The good news was confirmed today by England Hockey’s Chief Exec, Nick Pink.  The award shows that Sidmouth & Ottery HC has everything in place to be recognised as being a great club.

Club Awards 2022-23 Season

CONGRATULATIONS to all this season’s winners, announced at the Club’s recent Awards Evening on Saturday 25th March at The Bedford Hotel, Sidmouth, The full list of winners, including individual teams’ “Player of the Season”, can be found HERE. This link downloads a Word document,

End of Season & Club Awards evening

Please join us for this year’s End of Season & Club awards evening. When: Sat 25th March 2023 – 7.00 for 7.30 pm. Where: The Bedford Hotel, Sidmouth. Tickets: £22, to include a two course buffet. Please RSVP by the 15th March (see the Events Notice in Pitchero to notify the club organisers)

Ladies’ 1sts through to Devon Cup Final!

CONGRATULATIONS to our Ladies’ 1st XI who have made it through to the final of the Devon Hockey Cup after a good performance in the semi-final, comfortably overcoming Ocean City 1sts 4-2 at Sidmouth on Sunday 12th March. They face University of Plymouth in the Final on Sat 22nd April – 4pm start at Plymouth…

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