Sheffield University Bankers Hockey Club

Sheffield University Bankers Hockey Club

League	English Hockey League English Hockey League 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...
Founded	2000
History	Formed in the year 2000 by a merger of the long running Sheffield Banker's Club and the ailing Saturday arm of the University of Sheffield University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield is a research university based in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is one of the original 'red brick' universities and is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities... 's hockey clubs.
Venue	Goodwin Astroturf pitches Goodwin Sports Centre Goodwin Sports Centre is a sporting facility and gym in the Crookesmoor area of the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its facilities include a 33 m swimming pool, bouldering wall, tennis court, cricket nets, gymnasium , sports hall and several synthetic pitches... , University of Sheffield University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield is a research university based in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is one of the original 'red brick' universities and is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities...
City	Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely... , South Yorkshire South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield... , 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...
Team Colours	Navy and White

Sheffield University Bankers Hockey Club is a 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...

club based in Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

, South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...

, 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...

, who play in the English Hockey League

English Hockey League

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...

and other leagues. It is associated with the University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield is a research university based in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is one of the original 'red brick' universities and is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities...

men's and women's hockey clubs, and many of its players are current students or alumni of the University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield

. It is often abbreviated as SUBHC.

History

Sheffield University Bankers Hockey Club came from a merger of the University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield

Men/Women's hockey clubs' Saturday teams and the well-established Sheffield Bankers Hockey Club in the year 2000, for reasons of mutual benefit.

The Sheffield Bankers club was formed in the 1920s and originally played at Abbeydale Park

Abbeydale Park

Abbeydale Park is a sports venue in Dore, South Yorkshire, England. It is unusual in having hosted home games for two different county cricket teams.-History:...

. Up until just after World War II only bank employees were allowed to play. When 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...

moved to astroturf

AstroTurf

AstroTurf is a brand of artificial turf. Although the term is a registered trademark, it is sometimes used as a generic description of any kind of artificial turf. The original AstroTurf product was a short pile synthetic turf while the current products incorporate modern features such as...

in the 1980s, the club moved out to the Concord Sports Centre, before moving to the University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield

facilities at Goodwin Sports Centre

Goodwin Sports Centre

Goodwin Sports Centre is a sporting facility and gym in the Crookesmoor area of the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its facilities include a 33 m swimming pool, bouldering wall, tennis court, cricket nets, gymnasium , sports hall and several synthetic pitches...

Teams

With over 100 players, the club currently supports 8 Men's XI and 2 Ladies' XIs playing at a wide range of ability levels.

The Men's 1st XI play in the North Hockey Association

North Hockey Association

The North Hockey Association is a hockey league based in the North of England. It feeds teams into the Slazenger England Hockey League and takes teams from sub-regional leagues, such as the Yorkshire Hockey Association.- League Structure :...

Men's Premier league, with the 2nd XI in North Hockey Association

North Hockey Association

Men's League 2 (East). The 1st XI's overseas player for the 2011-12 season is Hockey Australia

Hockey Australia

Hockey Australia is an organisation that formed from the merger of the Australian Hockey Association and Women's Hockey Australia in 2000. It is the national body responsible for the promotion, development and administration of field hockey in Australia...

Under-21 captain, Justin Knapp.

The Ladies 1st XI currently play in the Yorkshire Hockey Association

Yorkshire Hockey Association

The Yorkshire Hockey Association is a hockey league based in Yorkshire, England. It has numerous men's and women's divisions, as well as junior leagues, for a wide range of abilities. It is the home league for most hockey clubs in Yorkshire playing at an amateur level....

Division 3 league, while the recently reactivated 2nd XI plays in Division 7 (Yorkshire).

Club

The Sheffield University Banker's Hockey Club plays most of its games on the Goodwin Astroturf pitches

Goodwin Sports Centre

at the University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield

, but also plays games at local schools, including Tapton School

Tapton School

Tapton Secondary School, is a Comprehensive school located in Crosspool, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is a state school, sited next to another secondary, King Edward VII School, and near to Lydgate Junior School, Lydgate Infant School and Notre Dame High School. Tapton School has...

and King Edward VII School (Sheffield)

King Edward VII School (Sheffield)

King Edward VII School is a secondary school and language college located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. KES, named after the reigning monarch, was formed in 1905 when Wesley College was merged with Sheffield Royal Grammar School on the site of the former on Glossop Road...

. It does not have a purpose-built clubhouse like many similar sized sports clubs, so it uses a local public house

Public house

A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...

'The Cobden View', in Crookes

Crookes

Crookes ward—which includes the districts of Crookes, Steelbank, Crosspool, and Sandygate —is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the western part of the city and covers an area of 3.9 km2...

, for post match meetings and social purposes.

The Club is one of England Hockey's 4 National Performance Centres (NPCs), providing funding for improved training facilities and selection/support of potential England team players.

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