MAD DOG SPORTS – Pop up shop, Sat 25th Nov, at the Club

Mad Dog Sports will be bringing their pop up shop to the Club on Saturday 25th Nov, ~11:00 – 15:00 They will bring a range of clothing samples and gifts and will be taking orders for delivery before Christmas. New items have been added to the Club online shop. For example, have you seen the Adidas Stadium coat for £75? As well as Club clothing, Mad Dog Sports can also supply equipment, shoes, shin pads, Read more…

CHRISTMAS SOCIAL – Sat 2nd Dec

The Belper Hockey Christmas Social Sat 2nd Dec, in the Clubhouse, from 6.30pm, Ladies, Men, Girls and Boys, Parents, all welcome. Time to get those Christmas jumpers out! There will be an Oli Phillips Quiz Challenge (~6:30pm) followed by a Curry for those who fancy it, but if you don’t want to eat with us just come along anyway for the quiz. There will be beer, banter and bafflement. The event is free but if you would like Read more…

FLOOD AID DONATIONS

Belper Hockey Club reels after Floods – an appeal for help. On October 21st following Storm Babet the river Derwent flooded, covering our Astro pitch and watering system with 1.5 metres of water, mud, and debris. Even our Clubhouse which is built above the alleged 100-year flood level had 400mm of brown silty water inside.  On the approach of Storm Babet our members were busy moving items above flood level even to the extent of unscrewing Read more…

BELPER’S BIGGEST BONFIRE – Sat 4th Nov

At Belper Meadows. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE VIA TICKETSOURCE NOW – CLICK HERE Tickets will not be available on the Gate. Capacity is limited. ***Early Bird Tickets will be on sale until midnight on 1st November when Standard Online tickets will be become available *** Quieter, child friendly Firework Display, followed by a second Spectacular Display Gates open 6pm, followed by the lighting of Belper’s Biggest Bonfire. First Firework Display at 7pm. VIP LOUNGE with: Elevated balcony Read more…

HOCKEY CLUB SOCIAL EVENING – Sat 30th Sept – QUIZ NIGHT!

The first HOCKEY CLUB SOCIAL EVENING of the season will be held on Saturday 30th September, 6.30pm for 7pm start, in the Clubhouse and will showcase the new NAILERS BAR. There will be two keg beers on tap…..and all the other usual offerings, plus entertainment and food….. Get your quiz team together…….and wear something silly on your head for extra point!!!! Many thanks to Suzy Williamson and friends for organising this for us.

BAR TRAINING – Wed 20th Sept

Alex Wilbraham will be holding a training session for anyone (18+) who wants to be able to serve alcohol in the Clubhouse. This will take place on Wed 20th Sept, at 5.45pm, in the clubhouse and via Zoom. It will take about 30mins. Anyone who needs/wants to update their training should also attend. Please let Wendy know if you would like to attend

Congratulations to….

England Hockey U16 Initial Assessment A huge congratulations to Ed Wilkins and Dominic Marval who have been taken forward for initial assessment into the England u16 Squad. We wish them the best of luck for their next residential assessment in September. Read the full story here. . Congratulations again to Dominic Marval, who played in the final UK Lions tour over in Belfast in August 2023. 6 matches against the Ulster U16 Squad. 2023 UK Read more…

Dates for your Diary

Ladies Trials Evening will be held on Wed 6th Sept 2023, more information to follow nearer the time! Wed 20th Sept, 5.45pm – BAR TRAINING in the clubhouse and via Zoom.  Starting Wed 20th Sept: Back to Hockey, 6pm SAT 30th SEPT – Volunteers needed to organise a CLUB SOCIAL to celebrate the opening of the NEW CLUB BAR – contact Judy if you can help. Sat 4th Nov – BELPER’S BIGGEST BONFIRE – our big club fundraising event – please step Read more…

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!

The U14 Boys won their Tier 1 Final v Wimbledon on Sunday 23rd April at Nottingham Hockey Centre, and are our latest NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! Read the match report HERE The Road to the U14 Boys T1 Cup final: Round 1 : Beeston 1 – 3 Belper Round 2 : BYE Round 3 : Belper 4 – 1 Deeside Ramblers Round 4 QF : Belper 6 – 3 City of York 3  Round 5 SF : Read more…

Report: Ladies 4th Team vs Burton 3 – November 18, 2023

Ladies 4’s were at Shobnall playing Burton 3’s We had Kitty and Erin from the 3’s, Hannah from the 5’s and Sally joining us this week. We lost the PB, however Belper dominated from the start. Sally got her first goal after 11 minutes. Hannah did a great run into the D, and scored from a cracking strike, however the goal was disallowed as deemed she had swung and intimated a player – poppycock- great Read more…

Report: Mens 8th Team vs Nottingham 3 dev – November 18, 2023

Another enjoyable game of development hockey was played at the ever friendly Goosedale venue. The first half was an even encounter with plenty of strong play from Belper. The second half saw a strong start with a well fought for goal shortly after resumption of play. There were several more good shots on the Nottingham goal, but all were met by impressive saves and Belper were denied the chance to go further ahead. With few Read more…

Report: Ladies 4th Team vs Barton 1 – November 11, 2023

It was a beautiful sunny day at The meadows for the ladies 4’s against Barton Barton had been undefeated in the league so far, so it was game on!Barton had the PB and game out strong from the start, catching Belper by surprise and scored within the first minute. Barton were obviously used to dominating and being physical, their player 55 was green carded for pushing and taking old duffer Suzy out. Belper started putting Read more…

Report: Ladies 4th Team vs Ashbourne Ladies 3 – October 29, 2023

Ladies 4th team played their rearranged match against Ashbourne Ladies 3 on Sunday 29th October. Ashbourne were generous in letting us use their pitch for our “home game”.With the weekend being a slip date and half term we were struggling to get a team together and working through the EH rules was challenging! We recruited Caoimhe and Isabel from the development squad, Hannah from the 5’s and were given permission to have Lou from the Read more…

Report: U14 Boys vs Repton – October 15, 2023

Belper U14 boys hosted Repton at Belper Meadows for thier first league match of the season.   The Belper boys showed great character by keeping cool heads following an unexpected starting 5 minutes with no keeper. Winning most of the mid field battle, a fine drive down the centre of the pitch saw a clinical finish put them ahead towards the middle of the half, before adding a second in similar fashion. Rookie keeper James, Read more…

Report: Ladies 4th Team vs Charnwood Forest 1 – October 14, 2023

Ladies 4’s It was a 15:15 PB for the Ladies 4’s against Charnwood Forest, away in Loughborough.Perhaps the later start saw Belper not switched on from the off, and we were a goal down within the first minute.Charnwood were well organised, quick and dominated the first half, with Belper struggling to make an impact. Izzy in goal was put to the test and made some brilliant saves – followed by an interesting squeak!However we were Read more…

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