This year, South Berkshire Hockey Club will consist of 4 ladies teams (playing Trysports Prem 1, Prem 2, Division 3 and Division 4) 6 men’s teams (playing in MBBO Division 1,4,7, and 8) a Supervets (Wessex Supervets Fixtures Alliance) and a ladies over 40’s team (playing in the southern masters league.)

So what happens now? Well, we’ve got a pretty packed preseason for you that involves fitness, stick and ball, meeting new friends and most importantly having fun.

Pre season fitness
This will be run by Kelly Leversuch-Roberts and starts for everyone (ladies, men and juniors 13+) starting on Thursday 21st July at Lilly Hill Park in Bracknell, directions can be found here. This will carry on throughout August every Thursday night. The session will start at 19:30 and finish at 20:30, meeting at the Running Horse car park, so get yourself down to make sure hockey ready for the start of the season!

Pre-season hockey training during August
For the ladies we will be running a weekly stick and ball session with coach Lucy Streak. This will be held every Tuesday night from Tuesday 2nd August at 19:30 to 21:30. The training will take place at the club’s Birch Hill pitch in Bracknell, directions can be found here.

As for the men, your weekly stick and ball will be every Wednesday from Wednesday 3rd August again at 20:00 to 22:00 with coach Steve Simpson. This will be held at at the club’s Birch Hill pitch in Bracknell, directions can be found here.

Both the preseason fitness and the training sessions will be held every week until 1st September when we move into the season proper. We’ll contact you again with what the in-season training looks like in the next few weeks so keep your eyes glued to your inbox.

Trials, AGM and our first ever social!
The big date to pencil into your diaries is Trials, the Annual AGM and the first Social ever for South Berkshire Hockey Club. So if you want to be part of history make sure you’re available on Saturday 3rd September.

If you haven’t seen them already we do have a new Facebook page
and Twitter feed, so go take a look. We’ve got loads of info on them plus a few dates for your diaries.

Any questions, please contact us at ladies@southberkshirehockeyclub.org.uk or mens@southberkshirehockeyclub.org.uk.

Many thanks, your playing section committee