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Home Ground
  
Polo Farm

Founded
  
1901

City
  
Canterbury, England

Ground
  
PoloFarm Sports Club

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Leagues
  
English Hockey League & Euro Hockey League

Team Colours
  
Green and White(H) Red(A)

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Canterbury Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Canterbury, England. The club was established in 1901 and the home ground is located just outside Canterbury at Polo Farm. There are two water-based pitches, a sand based pitch and clubhouse.

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The men's 1st XI play in the England Hockey League and the ladies 1st XI play in the Women's Hockey League. The large club fields ten men's sides, five ladies' sides, and various youth sides.

Mens

  • 1st XI
  • 2nd XI
  • Pligrims
  • 3s
  • 4s
  • Millers
  • 5s
  • Griffins
  • Squires
  • Friars

    • Ladies

  • 1st XI
  • 2s
  • 2As
  • 3s
  • 3As

    • Juniors

    The club has a large number of junior teams from U18s to U8s. These teams represent the club in various competitions across Kent and the rest of the country.

    Major Honors

  • 1999–00 Men's League Champions
  • 2002–03 Women's Cup Winners
  • 2004-05 Women's Super Cup Winners
  • Five times Women's League Runner-Up & 1998 Men's League Runner-up

    • Internationals past and present

  • Wei Adams - Scotland
  • Craig Boyne - Australia
  • Kwan Browne - Trinidad and Tobago
  • Mel Clewlow - England and Great Britain (Double Olympian, Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008)
  • Sean Kerly - England and Great Britain (Olympic Bronze medallist in 1984 and Olympic Gold medallist in 1988)
  • Nikki Kidd - Scotland and Great Britain
  • Nikki Lloyd - Scotland
  • David Mathews - England and Great Britain
  • Mickel Pierre - Trinidad and Tobago
  • Susannah Townsend - England and Great Britain (Olympic Gold Medalist, Rio 2016)
  • Jennifer Wilson - South Africa (Triple Olympian, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012)
  • James Oates - England U21, Ex England U18(Captain)

    • References

    Canterbury Hockey Club Wikipedia
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