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The Isle of Wight is amazing. Being
...and some good hockey is played
on one of the UK’s biggest tourist
destinations, as you can imagine we Smallbrook Stadium. It’s the home of – it depends on if we can stay injury
have lots of open country spaces and the speedway so is fully equipped with free. Our 2nd XI are in the Hampshire
bustling town centres. We are based changing rooms, gym, bar etc. It also has Open League’s top division and if we
on the outskirts of Ryde just a few a good selection of drinks and good food. get mid-table there we would have
minutes away from the ferries. Within done well. The 2nd XI got promoted
30 minutes we can leave the Island Most famous player last season, losing just twice all
and be on the mainland ready to head We’ve never really been graced by season and conceded less than a goal
to our opponents. The pitch is based famous players, however, probably a game, so this season looks to be a
in countryside next to an historic Terry Woodford would be up there, and real tester. Our colts have only recently
steam railway and is also opposite a he has been well known in the hockey been playing full time and won their
speedway track, home to the Isle of world. In 2007 he emigrated to New first game last season so if they can
Wight Islanders. Zealand but has been a member of the continue the upward trend then we
club for more than 50 years and was would have achieved our goal.
Membership still playing well into his 70s.
Up until this season we operated five how sociable?
teams in total – this was three senior Finest hour Very! The Isle of Wight has many
men’s sides, a colts and an occasional Winning the Hampshire Open Premier pubs and bars. Union Street in Ryde
vets team. Given we do not have the League was special in 2005 given the which has lots of drinking outlets and
catchment area of our mainland comeback the team produced but restaurants. There’s loads of places to
colleagues and rely on the Island’s few probably the club’s best hour came in stay and the nightlife is actually pretty
local schools, it’s somewhat impressive 1986 when the Isle of Wight took part good and cheap compared to mainland
we could field that many sides. in the Veterans World Cup in London, UK. You can get pints of lager for under
However, this season we have had to which was played at the same time £2.50 if you know where to look.
withhold our 3rd XI due to low numbers, as the normal World Cup. Bearing in
but hopefully we can resurrect this mind some of the opposition fielded a Festival?
team in 2009/2010. number of former Olympic medallists, We run a popular festival every April
we did very well to even score a few. – normally the second weekend. It’s
Clubhouse Sadly the opposition tended to score played in Newport on grass and
Like many clubs we don’t have a a fair few more but the prestige of this year we attracted more than 30
dedicated clubhouse – we tend to the event was amazing. Not many teams. It’s always a sell out and on the
use the facilities at our ground – other teams in our position get to Saturday we provide entertainment.
play against teams from Venezuela, We also have a great deal with a local
Germany, Spain etc. It has led to many holiday park who rent out holiday
FA
C
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a story on cross-Solent ferries from chalets for next to nothing. See
one of our players John Pearson who
www.iowhockey.co.uk for details but
d winning managed to score against Germany remember to book early!
Ac
ademy awar
dir
ect
or the lat
e Anthony
english
(but please don’t ask him!).
Minghella (The Contact
Patient 1996) was born
hopes for this season For general enquiries contact Simon
in Ryde, Isl
e of Wight in
1954.
he cut his t
eeth in
ws lik
e Our 1st XI have high hopes of Butler via email on simonbutler1979@
a
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tel
evision with sho s challenging for the title in the
btinternet.com. See www.iowhockey. P
Gr
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hill. The club’
Hampshire 1st XI League 2nd Division
co.uk for specific contacts.
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