Reading Hockey Club

Reading Hockey Club

Founded	1904
League	Men's England Hockey League Women's England Hockey League
Based in	Reading, England
Home ground	Sonning Lane
Colours	Sky Blue, Navy, Navy (H); Navy Blue, Sky, Sky (A)
President	Geoff Ash
Chairman	Tim Hunt
Members	950

Reading Hockey Club is a professional field hockey club based at Sonning Lane in the English town of Reading.^[1] It is one of the most successful clubs in the United Kingdom with National League and Cup honours. The men's team have been champions of England on six occasions (1996–97, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12) and the women's team have been champions of England on two occasions.^[2][3]

The Men's First Team play in the Men's England Hockey League and the Ladies 1st XI team play in the Women's England Hockey League.^[4]

RHC runs 11 men's teams, 6 ladies teams and has a flourishing junior section. The ages of players range from 5 to 70+ years old. RHC has over 400 senior and nearly 550 junior members and is based at a top class facility in Sonning Lane, where they have been since 1984. There are 2 pitches at the clubhouse, Sonning Lane Water and Sonning Lane Sand.^[4]

In 1997, Reading hosted the European Cup Winners Tournament, and more recently, Reading has hosted International matches, alongside charity matches for the Hockey For Heroes.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Chris Wyver 2 DF  AUS Josh Bretherton 3 DF  ENG Charlie Ellison 4 DF  ENG Ciaran O'Connell (captain) 5 DF  USA Adam Miller 6 DF  ENG Ollie Deasy 7 MF  ENG Max Heaver 9 FW  ENG Andrew Oxburgh 10 FW  ENG Peter Scott 12 FW  SCO Craig Falconer 13 MF  ENG Sam Armitage 14 FW  ENG Louis Gittens 15 MF  NIR Connor Roberts 16 MF  ENG Ethan Chapman 17 MF  WAL Fred Newbold 18 MF  ENG Fin Quaile 19 FW  ENG Jatinder Bachu 20 FW  WAL Sam Welsh 21 DF  ENG Ross Clunie 22 FW  AUS Oscar Allan

No. Pos. Nation Player 23  ENG Harrison Page 24 DF  ENG Harry Benjamin 25 DF  ENG Terry Kynaston 26 DF  IRL Stuart Loughrey 27 DF  ENG Adam Pescod 28 DF  ENG Jamie Rawlings 29 MF  SCO Sam Hill 30  ENG Mikey Gilson 31 FW  ENG Tom Ferris 32 MF  ENG Adam Price 33 MF  ENG Ed Carter-Keall 34 DF  ENG Nathan Hudson 35 MF  ENG Harrison Smith 36 GK  ENG Warris Samrai 37 FW  ENG Archie Sweeting 38  ENG James Lavers 39 MF  ENG Jolyon Summers 40  ENG Scott Verdin 41 DF  ENG Ekam Bachu 42  ENG Ed Lowe 99 GK  ENG Barry Jukes

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 England/ Great Britain

 Scotland/ Great Britain

• Lee Morton

 Wales/ Great Britain

• Daniel Kyriakides
• Fred Newbold

 England

• Will Carter Keall
• Hardeep Jawanda
• Chris Newman
• Peter Scott

 Ireland

• Chris Cargo
• John Jackson
• Stuart Loughrey

 Scotland

• Tommy Alexander
• Tim Atkins
• Duncan Riddell

 South Africa

• Austin Smith

 England/ Great Britain

 Scotland/ Great Britain

• Emily Maguire

 Wales/ Great Britain

• Sarah Jones

 Netherlands

• Chantal de Bruijn

National Champions

• 1996-97 Men's League Champions
• 2000–01 Men's League Champions
• 2001–02 Men's League Champions
• 2006–07 Men's League Champions
• 2007–08 Men's League Champions
• 2011–12 Men's League Champions
• 2010–11 Women's League Champions
• 2012–13 Women's League Champions

National Cup Winners

• 1995-96 Men's National Cup Winners
• 1998-99 Men's National Cup Winners
• 1999-00 Men's National Cup Winners
• 2002–03 Men's National Cup Winners
• 2003–04 Men's National Cup Winners
• 2005–06 Men's National Cup Winners
• 2008–09 Men's National Cup Winners
• 2014–15 Men's National Cup Winners
• 2015–16 Men's National Cup Winners
• 2017–18 Men's National Cup Winners

National Tournaments

• 2001-02 Men's Premiership Tournament Winners
• 2002-03 Men's Premiership Tournament Winners
• 2003-04 Men's Premiership Tournament Winners
• 2005-06 Men's Super Cup Winners

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