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Ipswich Hockey
Club is a Men's and Women's club based in Ipswich , Suffolk
in the UK. The Club is one of the most successful
in the East of England, if not in the UK, winning
over 13 National Titles,
2 EH Cups, 2 European Silver medals and 1 European Bronze.
The club runs 6 Men's Senior sides and
5 Women's sides, as well as
Mixed, Veterans and Junior teams.
We are able to provide hockey for both
Men and Women at ALL levels and for ALL Ages.
Our
Women's 1's play in the
Slazenger English National Premier League
and are one of the most successful
teams in the Country, only finishing outside the top four, five times in the last
15 years. Indoors the team have reached the
semi final of the National Finals for four
consecutive years (2005-2008) an event
held at Birmingham NIA and televised on Sky Sports. The Men 1's also play in the
Slazenger English
National Conference East and have ambitions to reach the
Premier League by 2010.
The
club has been home to many England
and GB International players,
Leisa King and Olympians Sandie Lister, Vicky
Dixon and Jo Thompson to name a few. Current stars
are GB & England International Jo
Ellis, U16 International
Chloe Hunnable, and U16
Internationals Jonny Gall, Mickey Franklin
and Josh Godfrey.
Jo
Ellis with her 2006 Commonwealth medal
The
club are particularly proud of the thriving and successful Junior section and are always on the
look out for potential stars. Our Girls U18 Team were
double
National Plate Champions (04-05) and were the first team to
win successive titles. Junior sessions, open to all ages 6-18 run
weekly on our two astro-turf pitch's.
We are also part of Ipswich Sports Club ,a members only
club that has over 1,500 members. This link offers us access to
top class tennis and squash facilities, as well as access
to the newly refurbished Gym, Sauna, Steam Room and clubhouse at Henley Road.
Hockey membership includes UNLIMITED
tennis, squash
and gym use.
This web site is crammed full of
news, results, fixtures, match
reports, pictures and social events and is updated regularly. Please contact the webmaster
if you have any comments or wish to
contribute to the site.
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