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Badgers game at 11.15 cancelled as the pitch is frozen

Hi all,  due to the freezing conditions tonight and in the morning we have taken the decision to cancel the following sessions:- U14 Boys and Girls tonight at 6.30 U12 Boys and Girls tomorrow at 9 U10 Boys and Girls tomorrow at 9 U8 Boys and Girls tomorrow at 9 Hockey Heroes tomorrow at 9 Back to Hockey tomorrow at 9 At this moment Badgers and adult games are still on. Keep an eye on Read more…

What: Night time trail run! When: Thursday 13/1/22, 8pm start Where: Upton country park, meet at 7.45pm Cromwell Cottage (kislingbury) Distance: 5km This is a casual night time trail run around a safe section of the Upton Country Park. At around 5km it gives you a chance to learn how to run at night using head torches over fairly flat and predictable trails. Some parts will be very muddy so be prepared for technical sections. Read more…

Big News; Northampton Hockey Camps is rebranding to Evolution Hockey Camps! So what’s in a name? Northampton Hockey Club have developed a successful range of hockey camps in recent years to include Performance, Talent and Junior categories. These have been immensely popular and have provided young local players with the opportunity to be trained by some excellent coaches from around the region. The camps are now Evolving into something bigger, and have started to attract Read more…

Happy new year! Time to try out your new hockey sticks and sporty togs! Training for seniors and juniors starts back this week, with friendly games back on Saturday 8th January…2022! And remember… all senior players need to register on GMS to be eligible for league selection. Visit to register; https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/media/news/game-management-system-gms-update-25-november

Fingers crossed we won’t need them, but should there be another lockdown we have come up with three plans to keep us all playing hockey. These have been imaginatively entitled Plan A, Plan B and Plan C. Plan A is do nothing, keep playing, no lockdown. Simples. Plan B rolls into action in case of a lockdown allowing us to play local hockey, similar to what happened last season. We are in the process of Read more…

Not many Santa hats in view today, but the Ladies 2s came up with an early Christmas present as they beat Coventry & North Warwick 1-0. Excellent build-up play and transferring of the ball led to a good win, with Ruby Curtis-Free scoring the winning goal. Not to be outdone, Mens 5s won 4-1 away to top of the table Market Harborough, in a very wet but amazing game. Ladies 1s were disappointed to lose Read more…

Sunday Morning Hockey Ladies 1s had no game yesterday, so it was up to the 2s to take up the mantle of Northampton’s premier ladies hockey team and they did so in style with a comfortable 6-0 victory over Daventry with some excellent high line transfer play. Ladies 4s also smashed it, as they beat Grammarians 4-3. Having lost to them 7-1 last time, this was a massive improvement. Every goal was from an early Read more…

Jelly Babies Poor old Jack Zoers-Benstead’s had a hard week. First he got sent off in the cold against Ashby, then he twinged his neck in training and now he’s answering my pointless questions after a hard day’s coaching. I asked him about his role in helping out with the ladies threes this year. “The ladies threes operate with a leadership team rather than having an individual captain running the whole show. This arose from Read more…

England Hockey Game Management System As you may be aware, England Hockey Adult Leagues are now being administered using the new Game Management System (GMS). All players participating in England Hockey Leagues now have to be registered (so you can appear on match sheets) so you must set up an individual account. This is a quick process and you only need to do it once.  Your profile will capture your playing and umpiring history, your details and consents. This will stay with you if you move clubs.  Read more…