Brooklands Hockey Club

Brooklands Hockey Club also known as Brooklands MU (men) and Brooklands Poynton (women) is a field hockey club that is based at the Brooklands Sports Club [1] at Georges Road in Sale, Cheshire.[2]

The club runs seven men's teams (six senior and one veterans) and four women's teams, four junior teams and three mini teams.[3] The men's first X1 play in the England Hockey National League Premier Division (the highest division in England) [4] and the women's first X1 play in the England Hockey League Investec Conference North.[5]

Originally a cricket club on land owned by the Brooks family the hockey element arrived in 1889. Brooklands Hockey Club merged with the Manchester University hockey team in 2002 [6] and the ladies section of the club merged with the Poynton Ladies Club in 2009.[7]

Major Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Brooklands Sports Club". Brooklands Sports Club.
  2. ↑ "Brooklands HC Contact". brooklandshockey.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Brooklands HC - Teams". brooklandshockey.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Men's Hockey League". England Hockey.
  5. ↑ "Women's Hockey League". England Hockey.
  6. ↑ "Brooklands and University of Manchester Hockey Club". Manchester University.
  7. ↑ "History". brooklandshockey.co.uk.
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