Player Spotlight
Ben Candy
- Name:
- Ben Candy
- AKA:
- Candy, Spud, Spudhead
- Team:
- Men's First XI
- Position:
- Defence
- Squad Number:
- 13
- Born:
- 26th August 1981
- Age:
- 26
- Comes from:
- Folkestone, Kent
- Previous Clubs:
- Folkestone Optimists, C&G CHE Mens Hockey
- Hockey Honours:
- Kent U16/U18, South East U18, Gloucestershire U21, English Universities Squad
- Best Hockey Memory:
- Winning County U14 championships with Folkestone (have I ever told anyone about that?)
- Claim to fame:
- Being the poster boy of Cheltenham Hockey Club!!
- Known for saying:
- Something sarcastic
- Most enjoys:
- Any physical activity
- Absolutely hates:
- Inconsistent, rubbish, dont give up your day job hockey umpires
- Super hero power:
- Ability to make money grow on trees
- Worst hair cut:
- Tried to have a centre parting at school, or the Boratesque one I sport at training
- Famous person met:
- Ron Lobeck, David Bellamy. I served Andy Gomersall and some 80's pop star, whose name I can never remember, in the Frog once
- Worst subject at school:
- Anything remotely scientific
- Favorite teacher:
- Mr Kenneth Alban - Geography
- Secret talent:
- I can make a chicken out of a tea towel!
- Favourite thing to do in Cheltenham:
- Pull sickies from work
- Favourite night out in Cheltenham:
- Blush on a Thursday night
