Blackheath Hockey Club

Blackheath & Old Elthamians Hockey Club formerly Blackheath Hockey Club is a field hockey club based at the College Meadow Pavilion & Astro in Eltham London. The club also play fixtures at Blackheath High School Sports Grounds in Kidbrooke Grove and Eltham College's London Marathon Ground in Mottingham.[2]

Blackheath Hockey Club
Full nameBlackheath & Elthamians Hockey Club
Short nameBEHC
Founded1861 (1861)
GroundLondon Marathon Sports Ground
ChairmanMatt Wilde[1]
CoachWill Nurse
LeagueSouth Hockey League-Division 2
WebsiteClub website

The club is one of the oldest in the world after being formed in 1861 by the Old Boys of Blackheath Proprietary School.[3] The club advertises that they are the oldest in the world [4] but the claim is disputed by Teddington Hockey Club.[5]

Blackheath & Old Elthamians runs eight men's teams, four women's teams and a large junior section.[6] The men's first X1 play in the South Hockey League Premier Division 2 [7] and the women's first X1 play in the East Hockey League Division 2 South East.[8]

In 2012 Blackheath merged with Eltham College becoming Blackheath and Old Elthamians.[9]

Early History

During the early 1860s Hockey was more popular than Football, and there were moves to reduce the amount of football played and for the 1864/65 season the Hockey section split from the Football section which became Blackheath Rugby Club.

Major Honours

Men's International players past and present
  • Albert Angear (Wales)
  • Charles Angear (Wales & GB)
  • David Hallworth (Wales)
  • Rui Saldanha (England & GB)
  • Ian Towler (Wales)

References
  1. https://www.greenwichgetactive.com/activities/v/796/
  2. http://www.blackheath.co.uk/contact/%7Ctitle=Blackheath%5B%5D Hockey Club - Contact us|publisher=Blackheath Hockey Club
  3. https://londonist.com/london/blackheath-london-s-home-of-sport
  4. "Blackheath History". Blackheath Hockey Club.
  5. "Teddington Hockey Club". Teddington Hockey Club.
  6. "Blackheath Hockey Club - Teams". Blackheath Hockey Club.
  7. "South Hockey League Premier Division 2". South Hockey League.
  8. http://www.east-hockey.com/clubs/clubsearchresults.asp?club=Blackheath+OE&Submit=Go%7Ctitle=Division 2 South East|publisher=East Hockey League
  9. https://synonymsbot.com/elthamians
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