About Us
Chester Hockey Club is a successful amateur sports club in the North West of England with a membership of around 250 local people of all ages and hockey abilities.
We're a family orientated, community based Club with six mens teams, two junior boys teams, four ladies teams and one junior girls team.
The ladies first team play in the North League Premier Division . The mens first team play in the Men’s North Premier.
New playing members of all ages and skill levels, social members or sponsors are always welcome.
President
Len Holland
Life Members
N.Blezard, Phil Bond, Vanda Bond, D.G.Castle, Brian Claringbold, Barbara Cowup, J.R.Evans, R.Evans, Jill Gratwick, Sue Hughes, Chris Hyden, Steve Hyden, Andy Ible, F.Janes, M.Jones, D.Lester, Alex Lewis, John Lewis, Gary McCartan, T.Parkin, I.Price, Debbie Roper, Keith Roper, Janet Sowden, A.Thistlewood, Alan Turner, Geoff Venables, Phil Warren, Dave Wells, Pat Wells
Club Colours & Kit
Tracksuits
Chester HC track suits are available at a cost of £30 jackets and £20 trousers. Ladies please place orders with your team captain or Kirstie Sneyd. Men please place orders with your team captain or Geoff Venables.
Ladies main strip
Royal blue shirt, navy skirt and blue socks with white tops.
Ladies second strip
White shirt, navy skirt, red socks.
Mens main strip
Royal blue shirt, navy shorts and blue socks with white tops.
Mens second strip
White shirt, navy shorts and red socks.
Club History - Contributed by Len Holland
Chester Hockey Club was founded in the 1948/49 season at County Hall, thanks to the efforts of a member of the Treasurer's Department who managed to get together just enough players to form a team, which was registered under the name of Cheshire County Officers Mens Hockey Club.
There was already a Ladies Team at County Hall which had been playing for a couple of years. Both teams had the use of two grass pitches at the original County Offficers Sports ground at Newton Lane, Hoole for many years. The original fixture list for the mens team included mainly local Service teams and some of the larger employers in the area who financed multi-purpose Sports clubs.
As the popularity of mens hockey grew, the Club was able to field further teams, and fixtures with all the leading Clubs in the area were added to the list. In 1975 the move to the new County Officers Club in Plas Newton Lane heralded a further increase in membership, and with additional playing facilities and a modern multi-purpose Sports Club, the Hockey Section grew over the years to 8 mens teams, 4 ladies teams and junior teams. The completion of the first astro-turf pitch enabled the Club to enter into Northern League Hockey, and the recent addition of a second astro-turf pitch provided the Club with playing (and social) facilities of a very high standard.