Ely City Hockey Club

It rained - again 🌧🙄 - but it didn't put off our Juniors for the last training sessions of the season and the parents and junior matches!

It's been a fantastic season and wonderful to see the juniors not only enjoy their hockey but grow in confidence and skill over the season. They have been a joy to coach!

A huge thank you to all the coaches and to all the parents who have helped with the running and organisation of the junior section this season - we genuinely couldn't have done it without you!

Have a great summer - hopefully with not too much rain! - and see you all back on pitch in September 🏑💚💛🏑

And there were some awesome costumes at Saturday night's party!!

A big thank you to Simon Webb who took some fantastic photos of this weekend's Ely Hockey Tournament!

Wow - what an absolutely amazing weekend we've had with this year's Ely Hockey Tournament!! Results and more photos will follow but a HUGE thank you must go to Rhi, Nat and Sophie for all their hard work in organising such a fantastic weekend! And a BIG, BIG thank you to all those who umpired - we're sorry we don't have photos of all of you but you know who you are and the tourni wouldn't have happened without you - thank you! Another BIG BIG thank you must also go to Vicky, Paula and Glen for manning the BBQ all weekend with the sun beating directly down on you and to all the EOSA bar staff.
It was definitely a weekend to remember!

We can't wait!!! 💚💛🏑🍻🥂🕺🏻💃

And a big congratulations to all our award winners!!

In no particular order the following awards were given at our End of Season Dinner and Awards Evening:

M1s Player's Player - James Burt
M1s Captain's Player - Rob Lowin
M1s Most Improved Player - Alex New

L1s Player's Player - Ellie John
L1s Captain's Player - Charlotte Nix
L1s Most Improved Player - Abi Day

M2s Player's Player - Charley Swan-Taylor
M2s Captain's Player - Alex French
M2s Most Improved Player - Ollie Beck

L2s Player's Player - Fran Lack
L2s Captain's Player - Kat Bamber
L2s Most Improved Player - Ellen Pierce

M3s Player's Player - Ollie Bennett
M3s Captain's Player - Sam Evans
M3s Most Improved Player - Joe Shackleton

L3s Player's Player - Paige McClean
L3s Captain's Player - Britt Ward
L3s Most Improved Player - Aisling Taylor

Young Female Player - Emily Underwood
Young Male Player - Alex New

Vice President's Awards - Graeme Allott & Julia Gilbert

Astbury Hopkinson Cup - Emily Radcliffe

Chairman's Award - Rhianne Jones & Natalie Jones

We're still waiting for all of the photos to come through but here are a few of our end of season dinner! It was a fantastic night and a HUGE thank you to everyone who was involved in organising it!

And it's not just our Juniors who have represented Cambridgeshire this last season!
In the inter-county Masters tournaments this year, Kat played for the O35s and Emily played for the O55s ladies teams whilst Fez and Tim played for the O45s mens team.
Well done all - a fantastic achievement!

Thank you to Blackheath Outcasts touring team for a brilliant Easter Sunday game! 🏑🐣 🍻

The Juniors invited their parents to come and play with them this week in the end of term matches and a fantastic time was had by all!
Sadly we didn't get a photo of the U12s and Teens with their parents but a huge thank you to all the parents for joining in - it was great to see you on the pitch!

"The Ladies 1s were at home to Pelicans 2 and started their game on fire". Results and league placings for Ely City Hockey Club who finished the season in style with four wins, one draw and one loss.

The Men's 2s had a great against Cambridge Uni 4s on Saturday, securing 2nd place in the East Mens 4 Division North West league , just one point behind the leaders, and securing promotion!
Nick Wells scored a hat trick from 2 shorts and a flick. Further goals were added by Cameron Ludlow and Charley Swan-Taylor in the second half.
Unfortunately they didn't get a team photo as the game started late and they needed to get off the pitch for a quick turnaround but this photo is of the evening's celebrations!
Well done lads!!

And some more fantastic photos from Owen Carford of the Mens 1s against Cambridge City 3s which Ely won 6-2!
The Mens 1s needed to win this game to avoid relegation and they did it in style with a hat trick from Matt Samouel, who also won Man of the Match, 2 goals from co-captain Reece Laffar and 1 from Daniel 'Bambi' Martell.

Some fantastic photos taken by Owen Carford of the Ladies 1s against Pelicans 2s yesterday which Ely won 7-3 finishing a solid 5th in the East Ladies Division 3 North West League!
Hat tricks were scored by Ellie John and Rhianne Jones and the 7th goal by Charlotte Nix. It was a fantastic game to round off the season. Player of the match went to Zara Gilbert for amazing assists and runs down the wing with sister Annabelle.

It was great to see two Ely City players, Alex and Keanne, in the Cambs County U17 Boys team this season!
In the County tournament held last month, the Cambs U17B came runners up to Herts. They won two, drew one and lost one:
Cambs 1 - 0 Essex
Cambs 1 - 1 Suffolk
Cambs 2 - 0 Beds
Cambs 0 - 1 Herts
It came down to the last game between Cambs and Herts as Cambs were on 7 points and Herts were on 9 points. The winner of that match won the tournament. It was an outstanding game that either team could have won.
Well done lads!

Well done everyone!! And thank you to everyone who donated 🥰

24-hour 800-mile bikeathon raises £3k for charities close to rugby team's heart A 24-hour 800-mile bikeathon organised by the Ely Tigers under 13s rugby team raised £3,000 for the charities Arthur Rank Hospice and Cancer…

Despite the drizzly conditions Ely Juniors had a fantastic time at todays Junior Hockey Festival at Newmarket Hockey Club!

Our U8s, U10s and U12s competed against teams from Newmarket,
CCHC : Cambridge City Hockey Club and Cambridge South Hockey Club. There was lots of great team work, individual brilliance, goals and most importantly fun!

Well done to everyone involved, and a big thank you to Newmarket Hockey Club for organising the event.

And an Ely City Hockey Club mum, player and wife 💚💛

From our U13’s head coach Chris Holmes.

“Next Saturday my rugby team are undertaking a 24hr bikeathon to raise money for two cancer charities. Last year one of players tragically lost him mum to the disease, something that no person should have to go through let alone a 13 year old. We are doing this in honour of his mum, but also to honour the bravery our player has shown over the last 7 months. If anyone would like to donate it would be greatly appreciated”.

https://www.justgiving.com/team/elytigersu13

Please support them if you can!

And some more great photos taken by Simon Webb of the Ladies 1s match against Nomads 1s this last weekend at Wilberforce Road

A little late but some fantastic photos taken by Simon Webb of our Ladies 2s playing Nomads at Wilberforce Road back in January!

https://www.elystandard.co.uk/sport/24097237.ely-club-week-ely-city-hockey-club/

"Ely City Hockey Club is a long established, friendly and welcoming club" This week's (February 5) Club of the Week is the Ely City Hocket Club.

Congratulations to our neighbouring club and fellow member of Ely Outdoor Sports Association EOSA ! A fantastic achievement and a great tennis club!

**Saturday 10th Feb**

Head down to our annual quiz night for the chance to win not only a winners or runners up prize, but also some awesome raffle prizes too! Doors open at 6pm, quiz to commence at 7pm. £2 per person and a max of 6 people per team 😊

We were completely undefeated at home yesterday with some great play from our M1s, M2s and L1s!!
Elsewhere our L2s narrowly lost, conceding a goal in the last minute, and our M3s drew! Go Ely! 💪🏑💚💛

3 games at home tomorrow, with the Ladies 1s kicking things off at 11:00am against Newmarket. Ladies 2s and Mens 3s travel, both hoping for big wins 🤩

Come down to watch some great hockey, and follow it up with the Six Nations in the clubhouse!

The L1s, M1s and M2s are all playing at home on Saturday - why not go and support them and then enjoy a pint or two in the Clubhouse!