Southgate Hockey Club
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Southgate Hockey Club is a field hockey
club in North London
. It is based at Southgate Hockey Centre
in Trent Park
, near Oakwood
. The club has 14 adult teams (2007), and a large junior section with teams playing at all age groups.
For most of its history, the club has been at the forefront of the sport in England
, providing many players for the national side, and, prior to the formation of organised leagues in 1968, featuring prominently in the unofficial leagues published in the press.
The club won the Hockey Association Cup (now the England Hockey Cup) in 1975, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988. In each of these years (prior to the introduction of the National League) the Cup winner was the national champion. The club won the inaugural National League in the season 1988/89, bringing the total of national titles to eight.
The club won the European Club Championship in 1976, 1977 and 1978, and won bronze in 1975 and 1983.
Southgate members who won bronze medals at the Los Angeles Olympic Games
in 1984 were Sean Kerly
, Richard Dodds
, Steve Batchelor, James Duthie
and David Westcott
.
Southgate members who won silver medals at the Hockey World Cup
in 1986 were Sean Kerly
, Richard Dodds
, Steve Batchelor, and John Shaw.
Southgate members who won gold medals at the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988 were Sean Kerly
, Richard Dodds
, Steve Batchelor and Robert Clift
.
In order to meet the challenge created by the introduction of artificial grass pitches, the club began hiring pitches away from the Walker Ground from around 1985. After a search for a new location, the club relocated to Southgate Hockey Centre during the 1997/98 season.
In 1999, the club won the English indoor hockey title.
In 2008, the boys under 18s team won the English indoor hockey title.
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...
club in North London
North London
North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...
. It is based at Southgate Hockey Centre
Southgate Hockey Centre
Southgate Hockey Centre is a sports ground in Trent Park in North London, near Oakwood.The Centre is home to Southgate Hockey Club and Trent Park Running Club....
in Trent Park
Trent Park
Trent Park is a country park, formerly the grounds of a mansion house which currently forms the Trent Park campus of Middlesex University in the north of London, United Kingdom...
, near Oakwood
Oakwood, London
Oakwood is an area on the northern edge of London, in the London Borough of Enfield and mostly in postal area London N14. Historically, it was the southernmost area of Enfield Chase...
. The club has 14 adult teams (2007), and a large junior section with teams playing at all age groups.
History
The club was formed in 1886. Matches were initially played in Broomfield Park; in 1890 the club relocated to the Walker Ground on Waterfall Road.For most of its history, the club has been at the forefront of the sport in England
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...
, providing many players for the national side, and, prior to the formation of organised leagues in 1968, featuring prominently in the unofficial leagues published in the press.
The club won the Hockey Association Cup (now the England Hockey Cup) in 1975, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988. In each of these years (prior to the introduction of the National League) the Cup winner was the national champion. The club won the inaugural National League in the season 1988/89, bringing the total of national titles to eight.
The club won the European Club Championship in 1976, 1977 and 1978, and won bronze in 1975 and 1983.
Southgate members who won bronze medals at the Los Angeles Olympic Games
Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics
All matches were played at Weingart Stadium, Los Angeles, United States. Final results for the Hockey competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics:-Men's Medalists:-Women's Medal Winners:-References:**...
in 1984 were Sean Kerly
Sean Kerly
Sean Robin Kerly MBE was educated at Chatham House Grammar School in Ramsgate and is a former English field hockey player, who was a member of the golden winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Four years earlier, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los...
, Richard Dodds
Richard Dodds
Richard David Allan Dodds OBE is a former field hockey player, who was captain of the gold medal-winning Great Britain team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
, Steve Batchelor, James Duthie
James Duthie
James Livingstone Duthie is a former field hockey player, who won the bronze medal with the British squad at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He played club hockey for Southgate.-References:*...
and David Westcott
David Westcott
David Guy Westcott is a former field hockey player, who won the bronze medal with the British squad at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Westcott also played cricket.-References:* *...
.
Southgate members who won silver medals at the Hockey World Cup
Hockey World Cup
The Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation . The tournament was started in 1971...
in 1986 were Sean Kerly
Sean Kerly
Sean Robin Kerly MBE was educated at Chatham House Grammar School in Ramsgate and is a former English field hockey player, who was a member of the golden winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Four years earlier, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los...
, Richard Dodds
Richard Dodds
Richard David Allan Dodds OBE is a former field hockey player, who was captain of the gold medal-winning Great Britain team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
, Steve Batchelor, and John Shaw.
Southgate members who won gold medals at the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988 were Sean Kerly
Sean Kerly
Sean Robin Kerly MBE was educated at Chatham House Grammar School in Ramsgate and is a former English field hockey player, who was a member of the golden winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Four years earlier, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los...
, Richard Dodds
Richard Dodds
Richard David Allan Dodds OBE is a former field hockey player, who was captain of the gold medal-winning Great Britain team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
, Steve Batchelor and Robert Clift
Robert Clift
Robert John Clift is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the golden winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
.
In order to meet the challenge created by the introduction of artificial grass pitches, the club began hiring pitches away from the Walker Ground from around 1985. After a search for a new location, the club relocated to Southgate Hockey Centre during the 1997/98 season.
In 1999, the club won the English indoor hockey title.
In 2008, the boys under 18s team won the English indoor hockey title.