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Beeston Hockey Club - Wikipedia

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Beeston Hockey Club

Founded	1907
League	Men's England Hockey League Women's England Hockey League Midlands League
Based in	Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England
Arena	Nottingham Hockey Centre
Colours	Black, gold (home) and white, black (away)

Beeston Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Beeston, England. The club was founded in 1907, and plays its home games at the Nottingham Hockey Centre in Nottingham. Beeston is nicknamed the Bees.^[1]

The men's 1st XI plays in the Men's England Hockey League and the ladies 1st XI in the Women's England Hockey League.^[2] The majority of the other teams compete in the Midlands League. The large club fields six men's sides, seven ladies sides and various junior sides. The men's team have been champions of England on three occasions (2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14)^[3]

History

The men's 1st XI won its first major trophy in 2008, defeating Bowdon 4–3 in the Men's National Cup.^[4] The men's team won its first National League Premier Division title in 2010/11, and went on to win it again in 2012/13 and 2013/14.^[5] The men's 1st XI have also competed in the Euro Hockey League.^[6] Beeston HC twinned with HC Rotterdam on 1 February 2017.

In 2020, Beeston secured an historic cup double by becoming the first club to win both the men's cup and women's cup competitions in the same season. On 5 September the women's team won their COVID-19 delayed final beating the defending champions Clifton Robinsons 3–2 in the final. At the same time the men won their delayed semi final on penalties and one week later on 12 September defeated Fareham 9–1 in the final.^[7]^[8] The women's first team won the 2022 England Hockey Women's Championship Cup.^[9]

The club recorded a second Championship cup double during the 2023-2024 season, with the men's team winning the 2024 men's cup and the women's team winning a third consecutive 2024 women's cup.^[10]^[11]

Players

Men's First Team Squad 2020–21 season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Simon Hujwan
2	GK	ENG	Ashley Watson
3	MF	ENG	Josh Pavis
4	DF	ENG	Ollie Willars
5	DF	IRL	Kyle Marshall
6	DF	ENG	Robbie Gleeson
7	FW	ENG	Gareth Griffiths
8	MF	ENG	Tom Crowson
9	FW	CAN	Vikram Sandhu
10	MF	ENG	Nick Park
11	FW	ENG	Henry Croft
12	MF	ENG	Alex Blumfield
13	MF	CAN	Sukhi Panesar
14	MF	ENG	Adam Dixon (captain)
15	FW	ESP	Lucase Alcade
16	DF	ENG	Stephen Lawrence
17	FW	ENG	Richard Lawrence
18	FW	IRL	Ollie Kidd
19	MF	ENG	Lucas Ward


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	IRL	Mark Barlow
21	FW	ENG	Chris Proctor
22	FW	ENG	Sam Apoola
23	DF	IRL	Matt Crookshanks
24	DF	ENG	James Hunt
25	MF	SCO	Joe Waterston
26		SCO	Jake Inglis
27	DF	ENG	Matt Mitcham
28	FW	ENG	Stuart Kentwell
29		ESP	Jose Gutierrez De Calderon
31		ENG	Cameron King
32		ENG	Will Prentice
33		IRL	Jack McGall
34	DF	ENG	Max Sowter
35	MF	ENG	Nat Partridge
36		ENG	Toby Power
37	DF	ENG	Morgan Males
38	DF	WAL	David Bond

Ladies First Team Squad

Head Coach: Mo Samak
Assistant Coach: Brett Holland
Team Manager: Tom Eves
Physio: Gregor Kelling

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Steph Tirrell
—	DF	IRL	Jane Kilpatrick
—	MF	ENG	Nic Moss
—	MF	ENG	Ella Cusack
—	MF	ENG	Cerys Miller
—	FW	ENG	Lauren Burrell (Captain)
—	DF	IRL	Hannah Grieve
—	MF	ENG	Charlotte Harmer
—	DF	ENG	Martha Wong
—	FW	ENG	Lucy Millington
—	GK	ENG	Emily Cartright
—	MF	IRL	Nadia Benallal
—	MF	ENG	Katie Mason
—	FW	ENG	Julia Spence
—	FW	SCO	Charlotte Watson