UMPIRE ABUSE/ DEROGATORY REMARKS IN DIRECTION OF UMPIRE Message to All Derbyshire Clubs Please note that England Hockey, MRHA and Derbyshire Hockey have had a zero tolerance policy for any abuse directed towards the umpire. Any resulting red card means a minimum of 30 days suspension. Please note that reasons Read more…
On Saturday 15th December the U16 boys attended the Midland Round of the Super 6s indoor tournament. This was the 3rd year of the competition for some of the boys and they were determined this time to make the National Finals for the Super 6s Junior competition. The boys had 3 pool Read more…
“It was nearly 2 decades in the planning, but we did it!” The new sports and community pavilion at Christchurch Meadows was officially opened by Robert Kirkland, of Bowmer and Kirkland Limited, and Mrs Jane Morris, on Saturday 13th October in beautiful sunshine! Jane was representing her late husband, John Read more…
To celebrate the completion of the new multi-sport pavilion, a hockey match was played between the Belper mens hockey President’s XI and the North of England XI, on Sunday 2 September. The President’s team comprised those members who have all given many years of service to help the club, in Read more…
In July 2018 the biennial Masters Hockey World Cup was held again, this time hosted by Spain in Terrassa, Barcelona. Teams in age groups of over 35s to over 75s were invited and more than 25 countries participated. Because of the enormous amount of fixtures this created, the competition for Read more…
A big thank you to Belper Players & Helpers: Thank you all for taking part in the tournament on Saturday and making it a successful day. Yet again we were blessed with fantastic weather! PHOTOS FROM THE GALLERY It was good to see some new faces, as well as some familiar Read more…
It is with great sadness that we have to inform you that Ron Haspel passed away on 26th July, after a short illness. He was an exceptional character, stalwart of the club and epitomised everything we all love about the game. He will be missed by many people. Rest in Read more…
Congratulations to Mike Christie who has been representing England Over 70s at the World Cup in Barcelona in July. The team won the tournament after finishing 2-2 against Australia in the Final. England came out winners after penalty shuffles. Belper was also represented in the England Over 75 hockey team playing in Read more…
Five Belper Under 14 girls were selected by Derbyshire to represent their county at the final tournament of the season-the Midlands championship. After playing all the counties from the Midlands region including Shropshire, Northants, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire through the season a final squad of 15 players was selected to represent Read more…
Fond memories of Wendy Mould. How many times have we heard that anguished cry from a frazzled captain ‘I can’t find an umpire!’ Today must have been an exception as umpires travelled from all over the country to pay their respects to Wendy Mould. Not only was she a Read more…