News
Catch up on the latest news and events at Worthing Hockey Club.
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New Commercial Sponsors 2021/22 Announced
As the 2021/22 season builds up speed, we are proud to announce our fantastic commercial sponsors for the new season. Thank you so much for your support, it is really appreciated by all of us. Our network of sponsors and partners are vital to making WHC the vibrant growing club that we know and love […]
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Second Time Lucky for WHC Ladies 1st XI
Today (Saturday 23rd October) our Ladies 1st XI had an early start away to Lewes Ladies 3rd XI for their rearranged match from earlier in the month. The match got off to a quick start with Lewes scoring early and Worthing following with an open-play equaliser from Katie Neil-Smith. The evenly matched teams played well […]
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Mens 1st XI continue strong home league form
Worthing Mens 1st XI continued their strong home form in the new South East Division 1 West league on Saturday with an 8-2 win over Crawley. Following up on their home win over Hailsham earlier in the month, Ellis grabbed a hat-trick, Marc and Miles 2 each with Luc also on the scoresheet as the […]
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Lucky number 8 for the Ladies 2nd XI
Our Ladies second XI had a wonderful game on Saturday 9th October away to Brighton. Captain Debbie tell us how they got on “We travelled to Brighton for the 3rd game of the season. We went with a full team and subs and we were all feeling very positive and happy as the sun was […]
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A motivating start to the new season for our Ladies 1st XI
Saturday 25th September saw the start of the 2021/2022 hockey season get underway. The Ladies 1st XI travelled away to Burgess Hill Ladies 3’s in one of the final matches of the day. After the game we caught up with Ladies 1’s Captain, Nikki Burley to ask how she felt the game went. “I feel […]
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Fun-filled WHC Club Day
The Worthing Hockey Club teams got off to an encouraging start to the new season after a fun- filled WHC club day on Saturday 11th September. All WHC men’s and ladies team came together on the warm September Saturday to celebrate 125 years of the club and the start of the new hockey season. The […]
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Worthing’s first Veteran Masters tournament a great success
As part of its 125 year anniversary celebrations, Worthing Hockey Club hosted its first Veteran Masters Tournament at The Angmering School over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Featuring home nations masters internationals from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, the matches were of a high level competitive standard, whilst bringing all of the social element […]
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WHC Junior Club Day 2021
In July we hosted our first Junior Club Day to celebrate and recognise all of our younger club members. 60 players attended across the sessions with our fantastic Comets U12’s in the morning, followed by a Llamas v Wolves Mixed under 16 game in the afternoon. The day was capped off with, a now probably […]
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Worthing Hockey Club – A Rich History of Success through the Years
Worthing Hockey Club has enjoyed periods of considerable success as a premier Sussex and South of England club, with many Worthing members awarded County, Regional and International colours. Records show that in 1910, 6 Worthing players played in the County XI including J.K. Mathews who was also capped for England along with C.W.S Marcon, with […]
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Worthing Hockey Club – The next 50 years : 1971 – 2021
In the late sixties, league and cup hockey became well rooted in the sport’s seasonal calendar. By its 75th Anniversary in 1971, Worthing Hockey Club had firmly established 6 regular Saturday teams and 2 Sunday teams, first winning the Sussex Knockout Cup in 1972, a feat repeated 5 times in the next decade. All home […]
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Worthing Hockey Club – The first 75 years : 1896 – 1971
Early club records show that Worthing Hockey Club was first formed in 1896 and mention the first competitive match was on 21st November 1897 against Storrington Hockey Club followed by a home win the next week against Brighton. The first full season ended on April 2nd 1898 with a match against Mr Wisen’s XI – with […]
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Worthing Hockey Club is celebrating 125 years
Founded in 1896, Worthing Hockey Club is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year in the 2021/22 season. WHC was one of the seven founder members of the Sussex Hockey Association in 1899. The original home was in West Tarring, before putting down roots at the Manor Sports Ground in Broadwater from 1927 until 2019, when […]