The Trinity Club - Hockey

I am pleased to share that we succeeded in playing an entire season uninterrupted by COVID. The pessimists amongst us were predicting more interruptions and possibly even another lockdown – but thankfully that did not happen. However, COVID lingers and did have an impact with the odd player or two having to isolate after testing positive. Thus, instead of the four teams we hoped to field, we found it was better to stay with three and ensure that each side had a full squad.

On the pitch our teams performed well. The 1st XI finished 6th in their league. A good performance as we had a new skipper and several new players.

I am delighted by the results of our 2nd XI who were promoted. A great achievement under the leadership of former pupil Al Clark and the 3rd XI just missed out on promotion led by Stuart Fairchild.

In summary, from a playing perspective - a good season for the club!

Success on the field was matched with success off the field. Our links with the school continue to strengthen. Not only do we have many former students playing but also several current members of staff and students playing Tom Brindley, Finn Baker, James Skinner, Toby Edwards, Nathanial Leggett and Zach Downey.

The Colts meet on Sunday mornings at Trinity, and we have many younger pupils from the school who enjoy these sessions which are organised by former students Stuart Fairchild and Kevin Pacey.

Looking forward, we have a full programme of summer matches and would welcome any students or members of staff who fancy a ‘run out’ in the summer sunshine. We are running both a Men’s XI and a Mixed XI. These are friendly games, and our intention is to field mixed ability teams.

Additionally, we have commenced our outreach programme to introduce and coach hockey in local schools where it has not been played before. We are pleased to have been selected as the ‘hockey partner’ for two schools, Harris Academy Purley and St Peters’ Primary School. It has been particularly rewarding to our coaching team to introduce hockey to both these schools and see the engagement of the pupils.

We also hope to start a competitive ladies team for the regular season and would welcome hearing from any current or former students who would be interested in helping with this initiative.

If you are interested in supporting or joining any of our activities, please email Sanjay Bowry:

Email: Sanjay.bowry@btinternet.com

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