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.
Our Club’s Annual General Meeting is set for Monday 15th May. It will be via Zoom, starting at 7.30pm. Please be present if you want to have a say in how the Club is run.
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,
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)
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…
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