Bowdon Hockey Club

Bowdon Hockey Club (men)
Bowdon Hightown (women)
LeagueMen's England Hockey League
Women's England Hockey League
Founded1886 (1886)
Home groundThe Bowdon Club

Bowdon Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Bowdon, Greater Manchester, England. The hockey club was established in 1886 but the Bowdon Club which hosts the team was formed in 1856.[1] The women's team have been champions of England on one occasion (2008–09).[2]

Teams

The men's 1st XI play in the Men's England Hockey League and the ladies 1st XI (known as Bowdon Hightown Ladies 1st XI ) play in the Investec Women's Hockey League.[3][4] The club fields ten men's teams, seven ladies teams and various youth sides. The women's team is known as Bowdon Hightown due to the 2004 merger of the Hightown Hockey Club ladies section and Bowdon Hockey Club.

History

In 1998, Carolyn Reid won the 1998 Hockey Writers' UK Player of the Year, becoming the third Hightown player to have received the award after Linda Carr and Maggie Souyave.[5]

Ladies First Team Squad 2024–25 season

  • 1. Ella Jackson (GK)
  • 2. Rosie Threadgold
  • 4. Eve Pearson
  • 5. Tor Hughes
  • 6. Alexandra Lukin
  • 7. Lucy Tennant
  • 8. Ellie Halstead
  • 9. Aine Curran
  • 10. Alia Jaques
  • 11. Maddie Scullion
  • 12. Annabel Mills
  • 14. Jenni Park
  • 15. Hannah Macdonald
  • 16. Jeorgia Carr
  • 17. Sian French (captain)
  • 18. Freya Bellamy
  • 20. Catriona Booth
  • 21. Lucy Smith
  • 22. Xenna Hughes
  • 25. Rebecca Birch
  • 42. Helen Harper
  • 63. Ruth Wesson
  • 66. Tilly Irvine
  • Georgia Carroll
  • Anna Walker
  • Aster McCann
  • Beth Walsh (GK)

Major national honours

National Champions

National Cup Winners

Notable players

Men's internationals

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Chris Ashcroft CG (2002)
Alastair Brogdon CG (2010), WC (2010)
Brendan Creed
Michael Hoare
John Neill Oly (1964, 1968) [6]

Key

  • Oly = Olympic Games
  • CG = Commonwealth Games
  • WC = World Cup
  • CT = Champions Trophy
  • EC = European Championships

Women's internationals

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Tina Cullen
Sabbie Heesh
Holly Hunt
Kirsty MacKay
Sam Quek
Amy Tennant
Sally Walton

Key

  • Oly = Olympic Games
  • CG = Commonwealth Games
  • WC = World Cup
  • CT = Champions Trophy
  • EC = European Championships

References

  1. ^ "Bowdon Hockey Club". Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Roll of Honour". England Hockey. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  3. ^ "England Hockey League". England Hockey. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Women's Hockey League". England Hockey. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Hockey: Reid and Hacker honoured". The Independent. 26 January 1999. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Midland men in Olympic Hockey 18". Birmingham Daily Post. 1 August 1964. Retrieved 10 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.