Canterbury Hockey Club

The Canterbury Hockey Club Logo
Leagues	English Hockey League & Euro Hockey League
Founded	1901
Home Ground	Polo Farm
City	Canterbury, England
Team Colours	Green and White(H) Red(A)

Canterbury Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Canterbury, England. The club was established in 1901 and the home ground is located just outside Canterbury at Polo Farm. There are two water-based pitches, a sand based pitch and clubhouse.^[1]

The men's 1st XI play in the England Hockey League ^[2] and the ladies 1st XI play in the Women's Hockey League.^[3] The large club fields ten men's sides, five ladies' sides, and various youth sides.

Teams

Mens

• 1st XI
• 2nd XI
• Pligrims
• 3s
• 4s
• Millers
• 5s
• Griffins
• Squires
• Friars

Ladies

• 1st XI
• 2s
• 2As
• 3s
• 3As

Juniors

The club has a large number of junior teams from U18s to U8s. These teams represent the club in various competitions across Kent and the rest of the country.

Major Honors

• 1999–00 Men's League Champions
• 2002–03 Women's Cup Winners
• 2004-05 Women's Super Cup Winners
• Five times Women's League Runner-Up & 1998 Men's League Runner-up

Internationals past and present

• Wei Adams - Scotland
• Craig Boyne - Australia
• Kwan Browne - Trinidad and Tobago
• Mel Clewlow - England and Great Britain (Double Olympian, Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008)
• Sean Kerly - England and Great Britain (Olympic Bronze medallist in 1984 and Olympic Gold medallist in 1988)
• Nikki Kidd - Scotland and Great Britain
• Nikki Lloyd - Scotland
• David Mathews - England and Great Britain
• Mickel Pierre - Trinidad and Tobago
• Susannah Townsend - England and Great Britain (Olympic Gold Medalist, Rio 2016)
• Jennifer Wilson - South Africa (Triple Olympian, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012)
• James Oates - England U21, Ex England U18(Captain)

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References