Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club

Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in London, England. It was established in 1894. The home ground is at Paddington Recreation Ground, Maida Vale.[1]

Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club
Full nameHampstead & Westminster Hockey Club
LeagueMen's England Hockey League
Women's England Hockey League
London Hockey League
South Hockey League
Founded1894
Home groundPaddington Recreation Ground
Maida Vale
London
Personnel
CaptainToby Roche
(Men's 1st Team)
Annebeth Wijtenburg
(Women's 1st Team)
CoachKwan Browne
(Men's 1st Team)
Kate Richardson-Walsh and Sarah Kelleher
(Women's 1st Team)
ManagerWill Packer
(Men's 1st Team)
Anna Johnson (Women's 1st Team)
Websitewww.hwhc.co.uk

The Men's First and Second Teams play in the Men's England Hockey League and the Women's First Team play in the Women's England Hockey League. The rest of the men's teams play in the Higgins Group London Hockey League. The women's teams play in the South Hockey League and the Middlesex Women's League. The club is considered to be one of the largest adult hockey clubs in the UK and fields 12 Men's teams and 7 Ladies' sides, as well as various other mixed, junior and veterans sides.

The men's team have been champions of England on one occasion (2018–19).[2]

Honours

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Major national honours

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Age group honours

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Players

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Men's First Team Squad 2021–22 season

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   WAL Toby Reynolds-Cotterill
2 DF   WAL Steve Kelly
3 DF   WAL Jonny Gooch
4 DF   USA Mohan Gandhi
5 MF   ENG James Oates
6 MF   ENG Marc Edwards
7 MF   ENG Toby Roche
8 MF   IRE Chris Cargo (captain)
9 FW   WAL Rupert Shipperley
11 MF   NED Paul Melkert
12 FW   ENG Sam French
13 DF   RSA Matt Guise-Brown
14 DF   WAL Hywel Jones
15 DF   ENG Aaron Hudson
16 MF   ENG Joe Sharp
17 DF   TRI Kwan Browne
18 FW   ENG Josh Kelly
19 FW   ENG Will Calnan
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   WAL Rhodri Furlong
21 GK   ENG Lekan Ogunlana
22 DF   WAL Dan Kyriakides
23 FW   ENG Matthew Ramshaw
24 DF   ENG James Sutcliffe
25 MF   USA Kei Käppeler
26 FW   TRI Teague Marcano
27 MF   ENG Pete Makin
28 FW   ENG George Sweeting
29 FW   POL Joe Hillyer
30 GK   WAL Dewi Roblin
31 MF   ENG Josh Keaveney
33 GK   ENG Vijay Pawar
34 FW   NZL Seb Buddle
35 MF   ENG Will Seebold
36 FW   ENG Joe Brownhill
37 DF   ENG Tom Seebold
44 DF   ENG Sami Englefield

Ladies First Team Squad 2021–22 season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Roxy Gianfrancesco
4 DF   ENG Annabel Driver
5 MF   ENG Issy Davison
6 MF   ENG Livy Paige
7 FW   ENG Hayley Turner (Captain)
9 FW   ENG Jasmine Clark
10 DF   ENG Kat Baker (Captain)
11 MF   SCO Sarah Robertson
14 MF   NZL Kate McCaw
16 MF   ENG Pippa Lewis
17 MF   ENG Lauren Turner
No. Pos. Nation Player
18   ENG Phoebe Willars
19 DF   WAL Emily Rowlands
20 FW   ENG Melanie Wilkinson
21 DF   ENG Grace Balsdon
22 MF   ENG Joie Leigh
23 DF   SCO Emily Douglas
24 FW   ENG Holly Hunt
25 MF   ENG Lucy Hyams
26 DF   ENG Fran Tew
27 GK   ENG Miriam Pritchard
29 MF   ENG Esme Burge

HWHC in recent seasons

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In 2013/14 the Ladies finished runners up in the Investec Women's Cup, losing to Investec Premier Division side, Surbiton Hockey Club.

The 2014/15 season saw the ladies gain promotion from South Clubs' Women's Hockey League Division 1 into the prestigious England Hockey National League under Steve Menzies. A club first and significant milestone for the Ladies.

September 2015, the Ladies 1st XI made their debut in the Investec Conference East Division.[4] Coached by, Mo Rahman, supported by Assistant Coach Richard Smith, Manager Jo Edmonson and Captain Annebeth Wijtenburg the girls finished 4th in their first season.

In 2016–17, the Men's 1st XI finished fourth in the England Hockey League, qualifying for the League Finals weekend for the first time in their history, ultimately finishing in 4th place overall.

In 2017–18, the Men's 1st XI finished fourth in the Men's England Hockey League once again, reaching the League Finals weekend and narrowly losing the final to Surbiton Hockey Club on penalties. The Ladies' 1st XI won the Women's England Hockey League East Conference and narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier Division.

In July 2018 it was announced that Kate Richardson-Walsh and Sarah Kelleher would take over from Mike Delaney as the Ladies' 1st XI coaches for the 2018–19 Women's England Hockey League season[5]

On Sunday 14 April 2019, the Men's 1st XI won the Men's England Hockey League for the first time in their 125-year history, beating Surbiton Hockey Club 3–1 in the National Final. On the same day, the Ladies' 1st XI were also promoted to the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for the first time in their history after wins against Loughborough Students and Stourport Hockey Club.

Notable players

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Men's internationals

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  England
  Ireland
  New Zealand
  Australia
  Brazil
  Canada
  Trinidad and Tobago
  Wales
  • Andrew Cornick
  • Rhodri Furlong
  • Jonny Gooch
  • Steve Kelly
  • Rupert Shipperley
  South Africa
  • Matthew Guise-Brown
  • Stephen Cant

Women's internationals

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References

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  1. ^ "HWHC official site". Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Roll of Honour". England Hockey. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Roll of Honour".
  4. ^ "Investec Conference East Division". englandhockey.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Richardson-Walsh to coach London side". BBC Sport.