Women's and Ladies Teams - Cheltenham Hockey Club

Women's Teams

Hi, and welcome to the Women's section of Cheltenham Hockey Club!

We have three women's teams competing in various local leagues within the West Women's hockey set up and we cater for players of all standards and abilities. We have a team for you if you have been playing for ten years or just one! We play our home games at the easily accessible Balcarras School in Cheltenham, which has a great pitch, clubhouse and bar! The club also enters England Hockey's National Indoor Hockey League in which our ladies team came runners up in the final of the Plate competition against Cambridge City HC last season. This year we are also looking into the possibilities of entering a team into the Mixed Trophy, so if you love hockey; Cheltenham Hockey club has something for you.

Our ladies 1s compete in the West Premier Division 1 playing against teams such as Taunton Vale, Clifton Ladies 2s and local rivals Gloucester and Lansdown. Our ladies 2s were promoted to North Division in the 2008-2009 season and finished an impressive 2nd after one year in the new league. Our 3s compete in the Severn Division 2 and this year beat league winners Newent, finishing 3rd overall.

All teams are coached and supported by Graham "Peanut" Cartmell. This will be Graham's second season with us and we are all anticipating another positive and sucessful year for all three ladies teams, with promotion in every team's potential.

Full club training is on a Thursday night at Balcarras from 6.30pm to 8pm, with everyone meeting for a run at 6pm, and an invitational 1st XI squad also trains on a Tuesday night.

At Cheltenham Hockey Club there is a huge social network among the ladies and men's clubs. Both support each other on and off the pitch and participating in our social events is a great way to experience this intergration. We anticipate some exciting socials this season for everyone involved in the club, including the regular quiz and race night as well as the annual dinner dance, and hopefully a repeat of Demi's very successful curry night!.

To find out more, please call me on 07507 799 523 or email me at .

Louisa Dowsett, Ladies Club Captain