EGHC News

Huge congratulations to Eva our Official Photography Partner, who has won England Hockey's top photography award... 

 U16 Girls Bray, set their eyes on top of the table this weekend. To see if they can end the season in style...

Huge success at the Regional Finals. 

One to one coaching is available on Friday Feb 16th, with an Easter Camps schedule already live and available for booking.  Click through for more information; we're already taking bookings ! 

EG's U18 girls secured the National Super 6s on Sunday January 14th with a combination of style, grit and teamwork.  Click through for more... 

Three members of EG Womens' squad are in action today in Germany where they play Belgium at 13:00 UK time in the EuroHockey U18 Semifinal.  Click through to see how you can watch the action !

If you were at Gatwick airport at 9:05am on Friday 24^th of March, you would have seen a boys and a girls team of young hockey players (supported by parents and coaches) flying off to the Island of Jersey for a weekend long hockey tournament. Ahead of them, matches against teams from Jersey Hockey, Guernsey Hockey, St Michael's School and Gibraltar. 

We are pleased to reveal East Grinstead Hockey Club's plans for the England Hockey Talent Academy.  Click through to read more...

This week see's the England Hockey Performance Centre Challenge Cup up in Nottingham. The PCCC tournament is the culmination of a season long effort by high-potential young hockey players at the top of the player pathway. They now come together and play with their Performance Centre teammates against the other PC's in the country.

We at East Grinstead Hockey Club are super proud that a number of young players participating in this tournament also pull on the historic blue & white EGHC logo to play their club hockey. We wish them the best of skill and timing at the PCCC tournament this week. Our EG Faithful supporters group need to start planning the chants for these amazing players, who have a strong hockey career ahead of them:

• James V
• Kent S
• George S
• Jack W
• Arthur T
• Ruby B

Smash it guys and have fun!

The PCCC will mark the end of the current single system and East Grinstead Hockey Club, who already are one of the few clubs in the country to play at Elite level in the Ladies & Men's Premier Division, are going to play a massive part of the future Talent System, having been awarded one of the first licenses to run our area's England Hockey Talent Academy.

We are very excited about the future for our club and all its aspiring performance level hockey player. 

You can keep track of all the action at the PCCC here: England Hockey: Altiusrt

East Grinstead Hockey Club is delighted to share the news that our Junior Section has been selected as one of the first 37 clubs in the country, to go embark on the process of becoming an accredited England Hockey Talent Centre.  

Due to a big growth in numbers, our girls age group squads have space for goal keepers who are keen to develop their skills in a fun and thriving Junior Club.  

EGHC Juniors love playing matches, it's competitive, fun, team spirited and the main point in putting in all the training. Read more to see our plans for each age group

After the overwhelming success of the launch of our partnership with Jackson 7 Coaching, we are bringing more camps to you, this time during May Half Term. The camps will run on both Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd June 2021. Alongside the Tuesday camp we will also be running a Goalkeeper specific camp with EG #1 and Scottish International Goalkeeper Sam Lloyd.

You can purchase a single day or both days. Goalkeepers are welcome to attend both days. The days will run from 9.30am-3:30pm. Limited availability so please be quick to avoid disappointment.

We are joining the Meridian Sports Show and Run for Heroes 5K May initiative to support the QVH Charity. With all the work our NHS Staff have been putting in over the past year in particular, what a fitting time to get behind the QVH and support our local hospital.

Participate in a 5k during May and donate £5 to our local hospital charity QVH Charity!

How to take part?

1. Anytime between 1st - 31st May, participate in a 5k (run, roll, walk, cycle, hop, socially distanced of course!)

2. Donate £5 to our charity here Run for Heroes (justgiving.com)

3. Nominate 5 of your friends to take part too, remembering to tag us [twitter @qvhcharity Instagram: @qvhcharity] so we can share!

4. Once you've donated £5 you'll unlock a goodie bag packed full of rewards and treats from some epic brands!

EGHC is hosting a "Club Open Weekend" on Saturday 5th September and Sunday 6th September.  Combining Adult and Junior Open Days and a "Covid 7s" tournament, it promises to be great fun.  Click through to read more... 

​On the 19th January, the club was represented at the England Hockey Super 6's Club Finals by our U18 Girls, U18 Boys, and U16 Girls. Find out here how they got on...

On Sunday September 16th, the Juniors were treated to an extra special coaching session with members of the Ladies and Men's 1st Teams, including a number of our international players.  Read on !

Sophie Bray has re-signed for East Grinstead Hockey Club.  The "Golden Girl" who won European and Olympic Gold along side Laura Unsworth is returning from two years with Kampong in Netherlands, to EG where she played an instrumental role alongside former star 'keeper Kirsty Mackay in EG's progression to the Premier League...

Today saw the beginning of the season for East Grinstead's Junior Plays - Under 12s down to Under 6s.  Read on for more...