EGHC News

As mentioned a few weeks ago, Rosario Villagra will soon be joining EG from Argentina.  She joins EG after a season with Beeston in the Conference which led to a promotion; now Ro returns to England to play for EG with an interesting match against her former team within the first couple of weeks of the season; read on... 

 EG Ladies approach the start of the new season confirming two new additions to the squad in Cathy Gilliat Smith and Jess Denniff, both joining from Sevenoaks.  Read on for more

Sophie Bray has re-signed for East Grinstead Hockey Club.  The "Golden Girl" who won European and Olympic Gold along side Laura Unsworth is returning from two years with Kampong in Netherlands, to EG where she played an instrumental role alongside former star 'keeper Kirsty Mackay in EG's progression to the Premier League...

Today saw the beginning of the season for East Grinstead's Junior Plays - Under 12s down to Under 6s.  Read on for more... 

Our Adult Registration process is opening today.  This email provides instructions, suggestions and links to get you going.  We'd encourage existing members to complete forms quickly to ensure everything is in-hand for a smooth start to the season.

References for Junior (U12) and Colts & Fillies (U18) can be found in our News section...

​EGHC is raising its game as regards coaching in order to enable our youngsters to raise their game !  We have developed our coaching programme substantially for the coming season, seeing even closer collaboration between the EGHC Performance Setup (Ladies & Mens 1st Teams) and our Junior Setup.

Our Junior Membership Registration process continues with Colts and Fillies registration opening today.  This email provides instructions, suggestions and links to get you going.  We'd encourage existing members to complete forms quickly to ensure everything is in-hand for a smooth start to the season.

Adult Memberships registration will open shortly...

EGHC will host the 2018 Club Day on Saturday September 1st starting at 10:30am.  Aimed at those "graduating" from the Junior section, all the way up to our Veterans and also representing a fantastic opportunity for those thinking about joining, this will be a fun day of hockey and social activities to prepare for the new season... 

After a hot and busy summer we are quickly approaching the start of the new hockey season and with that comes our Junior Membership Registration process. This email provides instructions, suggestions and links to get you going. We have a growing waiting list so, as an existing member we'd encourage you to complete forms quicklyto ensure everything is in-hand for a smooth start to the season.

We will move on to Colts, Fillies and Adult registration in due course...

 A late drag-flick from Giselle Ansley guided England to a 1-0 win over Ireland to secure a their place in the knockout stages of the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup.

The EGHC AGM for 2018 will take place on Thursday July 26th at 7.30pm in the Lingfield Room at East Grinstead Sports Club. 

Richard Leman, one of EGHC's longest serving players and volunteers has been awarded Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's 2018 Birthday Honours List.  Richard received the honour for "Services to Hockey". 

It's been a great season for our U14 boys squad, winning their Mercian League, and capped off with victory in the Sussex Cup; click through for thoughts on their achievements from coach Mike Lewis...

EGHC are delighted to welcome Ben Mackey to the 1st Team group ahead of the 2018 / 2019 Season.  Ben joins EG having represented Cheltenham outdoor and Bath Buccaneers indoor last season.  Read on... 

Chloe Brown has agreed to join EGHC for the 2018/2019 Season having spent the past 8 seasons at Ards Ladies HC in Ireland !  We caught up with Chloe to find out more about her.  Read on !

 Sophie Bray will return to EGHC for our Official Academy during Summer Half Term !  Sophie is part of a great Half Term Programme with a variety of different opportunities for all abilities...  Read on...

Picking up on our series of articles introducing our Vice Presidents, this time we introduce Paul Adams.  Read on... 

EG Boys Dylan Holland and Seb Walton took part in England U16 National Age Group activities over the Easter Weekend.  Click through to learn more ! 

EGHC's Ladies 1st Team suffered defeat at the Semi-Final stage for the second year in succession yesterday.  Click through for match highlights  and for further comments... 

 Samad Suleman is to return to EGHC after graduating this summer from Durham University.  EGHC are looking forward to welcoming Samad back to the squad...