Bromley & Beckenham Hockey Club

Bromley & Beckenham Hockey Club
Full nameBromley & Beckenham Hockey Club
Founded2005
Home groundLangley Park Girls School Astro, Beckenham


Bromley & Beckenham Hockey Club is a field hockey club based at Foxgrove Road, Beckenham. It is a combination of two former London clubs Bromley and Beckenham. The club plays the majority of its fixtures at Langley Park School for Girls in Beckenham. In addition the hockey pitches at Langley Park School for Boys, Bromley School in Bickley, and Trinity School in Croydon are also used.[1]

The club runs nine men's senior teams, six women's teams and junior teams. The men's first X1 play in the Men's South Hockey League Premier Division 1.[2] The women's first X1 play in the East Hockey League Premier Division.[3]

Following a vote at an emergency general meeting it was decided that the Beckenham Hockey Club would merge with the Bromley Hockey Club for the start of the 2005–06 season.[4]

Major Honours

National Cup as Beckenham

National Cup as Bromley

Notable players

Men's internationals

Extended content
Player Events/Notes Ref
Basil Christensen Oly (1968) [5]
B G Griffiths
Alan Page Oly (1964)
Chris Rule WC (1982), CT (1981) [6]
Roger Sutton Oly (1964) [7]
Alan Page Oly (1964) [8]
Paul Svehlik Oly (1972), WC (1973, 1975)

Key

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

References

  1. ^ "Find Us". Bromley & Beckenham Hockey Club.
  2. ^ "South Hockey League Premier Division 1". South Hockey League.
  3. ^ "East Hockey League Premier Division". East Hockey League.
  4. ^ "Merger - Voting results". Beckenham Hockey Club. 6 July 2005. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  5. ^ "beckenham Go Places With 4-2-4". Evening News (London). 8 December 1960. Retrieved 10 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Hockey". Reading Evening Post. 18 November 1981. Retrieved 28 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Midland men in Olympic Hockey 18". Birmingham Daily Post. 1 August 1964. Retrieved 10 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Midland men in Olympic Hockey 18". Birmingham Daily Post. 1 August 1964. Retrieved 10 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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