EGHC News

Following five seasons as Head Coach of East Grinstead Hockey Club Men's 1st Team, Karl Stagno has chosen to take a step back and spend more time with his young family as well as focus on his role as Director of Hockey at Whitgift.

Today, England Hockey announce that it will become a part of the new International Hockey Pro League, to begin in January 2019.  The new league, which is due to launch in January 2019, will see the nine best men's and nine best women's teams from around the world play each other home and away every year, across a total of 144 games. The fixtures will take place in national stadiums, week in, week out, from January to June.

We're delighted to share the news that Daniel Faulkner will join East Grinstead Hockey Club for the coming season...

 The EGHC AGM for 2017 will take place on Wednesday June 28th at 8pm in the Lingfield Room at East Grinstead Sports Club.

Its been a busy and successful few weeks for England and GB's David Condon and Chris Griffiths.  Both were named yesterday in the England Squad to compete in the Summer's World League competition.

Great Britain's women's hockey team won the Sporting Role Model Team award at the Women's Sports Trust #BeAGameChanger Awards.

Hockey as a whole has evolved after the successful Gold medal victory in Rio with participation expanding in both the men's and women's games across all ages.

Our Junior Summer Programme begins TONIGHT, Thursday May 11th.  The sessions will run from 6:30 pm to 8:00pm and are targeted at Year 7 and above, and at Year 5 & 6 who have County Nominations.  The coaching will be led by Scottish International, Ross Stott alongside Sophie Hollis.  Click to BOOK !

During the season there's a lot going on at EGHC.  In fact, with several of our Mens and Ladies 1st Teams competing in internationals outside the regular season and with a number of events and EGHC Academy Camps going on, there's a lot going on at EGHC outside the season as well.

Its been awhile coming but we are delighted that we finally have a new web site with which to share news, match reports, galleries and so on.  We have made the decision to launch the web site even though there are some pieces we are still working on, so you will notice some small "teething issues" over the coming weeks.  We'll be asking for feedback soon ! 

A repeat of the last two years' finals with Horsham fielding a much stronger 1st Team against EG Ladies' 2nd Team, playing as our 1st Team

​BT Sport ESPN - Sky Channel 426 - will be showing GB Men's victory in the Sultan Azlan Trophy this evening.  In fact it started showing just a few moments ago at 18:45, so tune in fast !!!

Great Britain's men lifted the Azlan Shah Cup after beating Australia in a seven-goal thriller in Malaysia.

No side from the British Isles had won the title since England in 1994, and GB saw off the nine-time champions in an incredible final.

Goals from Alan Forsyth and David Goodfield put GB into an early lead before Eddie Ockenden pegged one back, but Ollie Willars was on hand to extend the lead once again.

Joshua Pollard and Dylan Wotherspoon netted either side of Goodfield's second goal of the game to make for a tense finale but GB held firm to ensure a memorable victory.

EGHC Ladies 2nd XI will play in the FINAL of the Sussex 1st XI Cup TOMORROW (May 6th) at 3pm.  The match will take place at Lewes Hockey Club against Horsham.  Its certain to be a big game and we wish the side lots of luck as they prepare for their final match of what has already been a fantastic season.

Make sure to check back for a match report soon !