Cannock Hockey Club
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Cannock Hockey Club are an English
field hockey
team. They were established in 1905, and are based in the village of Hatherton, near Cannock
, Staffordshire
. Both the men's and women's first teams play in the England Hockey League
Premier Division, the top division of hockey in England. The men's team have been one of the most successful teams in the country in recent years, having been crowned national champions seven times in ten years (as of 2008). They have also provided several international players to England
and other national teams.
Their home ground, Chase Park (formerly The Morris Ground), has hosted various national and international tournaments, including the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup
in 2000 and 2006. It has also hosted England matches, particularly while the National Hockey Stadium
was in use by Milton Keynes Dons
football
team. Chase Park will be a pre-games training venue for the 2012 London Olympics.
Cannock Cricket Club is also part of the club; their most famous player of recent years was Kevin Pietersen
, before he joined Nottinghamshire CCC
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
team. They were established in 1905, and are based in the village of Hatherton, near Cannock
Cannock
Cannock is the most populous of three towns in the district of Cannock Chase in the central southern part of the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England....
, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
. Both the men's and women's first teams play in the England Hockey League
English Hockey League (field hockey)
The English Hockey League is a national hockey league run by England Hockey. It is currently sponsored by Slazenger and known as the Slazenger England Hockey League or EHL...
Premier Division, the top division of hockey in England. The men's team have been one of the most successful teams in the country in recent years, having been crowned national champions seven times in ten years (as of 2008). They have also provided several international players to England
England national field hockey team
The England national field hockey team represents England in international field hockey. The team finished in fifth-place in the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany....
and other national teams.
Their home ground, Chase Park (formerly The Morris Ground), has hosted various national and international tournaments, including the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup
EuroHockey Club Champions Cup
The EuroHockey Club Champions Cup, previously known as the European Club Championship, is the leading woman's field hockey competition for clubs in Europe. It is held annually. Prior to the creation of the Euro Hockey League in 2007, the woman's competition also had a men's counterpart of the same...
in 2000 and 2006. It has also hosted England matches, particularly while the National Hockey Stadium
National Hockey Stadium
The National Hockey Stadium was a sports stadium in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, with a nominal capacity of around 4,000 seats . It was used by England Hockey as their national stadium from 1995 to 2003 and as a professional football stadium from 2003 to 2007...
was in use by Milton Keynes Dons
Milton Keynes Dons F.C.
.Milton Keynes Dons Football Club is an English professional football club founded in 2004 and based since 2007 at Stadium mk, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
team. Chase Park will be a pre-games training venue for the 2012 London Olympics.
Cannock Cricket Club is also part of the club; their most famous player of recent years was Kevin Pietersen
Kevin Pietersen
Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...
, before he joined Nottinghamshire CCC
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
.
International players
Recent international players who have played for Cannock include:- Scott Cordon (England)
- Charlotte CraddockCharlotte CraddockCharlotte Helena Mary Craddock , is an English field hockey player who was the youngest member of the British hockey squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She plays for the University of Bristol Ladies Hockey Club.Charlotte attended Wolverhampton Grammar School from 2002 to 2005, then...
(Great Britain, England) - James Fair (Great Britain, England)
- Martin Jones (Great Britain, England)
- Jimi LewisJimi LewisJames "Jimi" Lewis is an English field hockey goalkeeper, who was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
(Great Britain, England) - Barry MiddletonBarry MiddletonBarry John Middleton is an English field hockey player. He was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and fifth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the England Squad that won the 2009 Eurohockey Nations Cup and gained silver at the 2010...
(Great Britain, England) - Harry Jawanda (England)