Old Cranleighan Hockey Club
Founded1928 (1928)
Home groundPortsmouth Road, Thames Ditton, Surrey
LeagueMen's England Hockey League
Surrey Ladies Hockey League

Old Cranleighan Hockey Club also known as OC Hockey Club is a field hockey club that is based on Portsmouth Road, in Thames Ditton, Surrey.[1] The club was founded in 1928 for former pupils of Cranleigh School and was originally a men's only club based on the fact that the school was a boys only school. Girls started at the school during the 1970s and the club introduced ladies teams some years later.[2]

The club runs 15 teams including five men's teams with the first XI playing in the Men's England Hockey League Division One South.[3] There are five women's teams with the first XI playing in the Surrey League.[4]

In 2020 the men's first XI reached the second highest tier of English hockey by being promoted to the Men's Hockey League Division One South after winning the West Conference.[5] Unfortunately OC Hockey Club had only played six games when the 2020–21 Men's Hockey League season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Directions". OC Hockey Club. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "History". OC Hockey Club. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "2020 Men's Hockey League competition table". England Hockey. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Surrey Ladies Hockey League". Surrey Ladies Hockey League. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "England Hockey National League: Ups and Downs". The Hockey Paper. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "England Hockey: Men's and Women's leagues cancelled". BBC. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
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