Both England and Wales are playing in the 2023 Hockey World Cup taking place in India, starting next Friday (13th January). They are in the same Pool (D) and will play each other in their opening game; Spain and India are the other teams in Pool D. We are excited and proud to see that…
Please be sure check out our newly released SOHC 2022/23 KIT CATALOGUE. This is thanks to the efforts of our Club Kit Officer, Tim Walters, in collaboration with Helen at Honiton Sports. Items are available directly from the Club’s official kit supplier at Honiton Sports and can be ordered online (see the catalogue for full…
England Hockey Notice. On behalf of England Hockey and the hockey community, we are deeply saddened by the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and offer our sincerest condolences to the whole royal family and our patron HRH Countess of Wessex, the Queen’s daughter-in-law. With gratitude for your tireless efforts over decades of public service and…
RULES CHANGES 2022-23 SEASON. The minor changes are indicated in bold typeface. Rule 4.2 Field players: are permitted to wear a smooth preferably transparent or single coloured face mask or metal grill face mask, which follows the contours of the face, when defending a penalty corner or penalty stroke. Players should remove their penalty corner equipment…
Although the full League Fixtures for 2022/23 are not yet available via the GMS, I have extracted and sorted our own Club fixtures from a West Hockey document listing all fixtures for all West area divisions – and these SOHC fixtures can now be viewed via this Link (this downloads an excel spreadsheet onto your…
The Verde League Men’s and Women’s team placements for the new season (2022/23) now appear on the West Hockey website, For quick access go directly to: Men’s team placements 2022/23 Women’s team placements 2022/23 Note that the Men’s 4ths & Ladies 4ths are entered in the Verde lower leagues as “Development Teams”; please consult The…
Our 2022 Club AGM takes place on Mon 16th May @1930hrs via Zoom. All members will receive a personal invitation. See you there for our most important meeting of the year.
Many thanks to Bruno Lecompte who has kindly stepped forward to be our Club Development Officer. This leaves just one vacancy for a Club Fundraiser – a key position that helps us to keep the Club going and make hockey affordable for all. Volunteers would be most welcome.
CLUB AWARDS – SEASON 2021/22 Congratulations to everyone named below! Most Improved: Men: Joe Montgomery Special mention: Ed Allen Ladies: Rosie Miller Special mention: Katie Jackson, for goal keeping exploits Young Player (U18 playing senior hockey): Men: Will Harris Special mentions: Noah Thomas; Glen Turney; Matt Jeacock Ladies: Holly Dunning Special Mention: Abbie Wilson Clubman:…
The End of Season is finally upon us! So get your glad rags on and join us at: Sidmouth Golf Club on Saturday 2nd April from 7 pm (food, speeches and awards). Entry is £15pp which you can pay via BACs or via Pitchero. Numbers need to be confirmed no later than Monday 28th March,…
END OF SEASON ARRANGEMENTS (March/April 2022) are as follows. League Fixtures: Men 1 & Men 2 – last scheduled games on Sat 2nd Apr 2022. Men 3 & Men 4 – last scheduled games on Sat 19th Mar 2022. Ladies 1,2, 3 & 4 – last scheduled games on sat 19th Mar 2022. (Ladies 1…
Face Masks & Player Safety As a Clubmark accredited club we follow England Hockey’s policies, procedures and guidelines. This includes England Hockey’s Safety Guidance which “strongly recommends wearing shin, ankle and mouth protection whilst playing hockey” and the same for face masks at penalty corners (also known as short corners). The Club makes safety a…
Our regular hockey activities will resume after the Christmas & New Year break as follows: Men’s training: from Tuesday 4th January (1930-2130 at Ottery) Ladies’ training: from Wednesday 5th January (1930-2130 at Ottery) Saturday games: friendlies on 8th January (at Ottery & Sidmouth) and league fixtures from 15th January (at Ottery & Sidmouth) Sunday Junior…
By winning a close quarter-final tie against Devonport Services on 4th December, our Ladies’ have earned themselves a place in the semi-finals of the Devon Cup If they make it to the Final, that’ll be on 7th May 2022 (a neutral venue, either in Exeter or in Plymouth).
The format for Wednesday Ladies’ Training evenings at Ottery on 24th November & 1st December will be: 3rds & 4ths: 7:30 to 8:30 pm 1sts & 2nds: 8:30 to 9:30 pm
Join us for a festive quiz on Saturday 4th December at Sidmouth Cricket Club from 7 pm.All members, friends & family are welcome, so start swatting up and getting your teams together! There will be a raffle as well as prizes for the quiz winners and an additional prize for the ugliest Christmas jumper!We will…
We continue with our regular Tuesday/Wednesday training evenings (1930-2130). After the session at Sidmouth on 17th October, our Sunday Junior Academy& Rustys will start up again at Ottery on Sunday 7th November. Saturday 23rd Oct is a blank day as far as scheduled League Fixtures are concerned, except for any rearranged fixtures that might need…
We have a new style senior playing kit courtesy of Honiton Sports where you can find out all the details and how to order
Congratulations to our Girls U18 squad, including Coach Paul Newman, who came out on top in their EH U18 away game against Plymouth Marjon on Sunday 26th Sep. After going 2-0 down, they staged a great come-back to shade it 3-2 at the final whistle. Well done to all concerned – they will now look…
Senior teams’ training evenings are at Ottery Leisure Centre under lights on our excellent playing surface. Men’s sessions are on Tuesdays (1930-2130) – resuming on 4th Jan 2022 Ladies’ sessions are on Wednesdays (1930-2130) – resuming on 5th Jan 2022 New dates for the 2022-23 season will be announced in late-July 2022. All sessions are coached by…