Southgate Hockey Club is located in north London within walking distance of Oakwood tube station on the Piccadilly line. The pitches (one sand, one water) and club house are located at Trent Park, a conservation area within the Metropolitan Green Belt. The club’s facilities include plentiful parking, excellent changing rooms, showers and a bar to relax in after training and matches.
The truth is rarely stranger than fiction. Digging into the club archives I came across an article in the Enfield News from May 1997 which recalls how in 1941 one of the more bizarre incidents of World War II took place not on the adriatic, not in france, not in the far east or in
This week we feature captain of the illustrious Tankards, Nigel Spencer Knott. Nigel has been playing hockey since 1954, is a cover star, England player and now captain of the legendary SHC Tankards. Nigel reveals all including his fitness regime for a return to hockey, looking after the family and even finds time for a
This week we are returning to Relatively Speaking with a great piece written by mother daughter combo Karen and Megan. Read below how Karen to SHC via the Walker Ground and Hampstead and Westminster, summer hockey and the ladies 5’s. Megan reveals how she’s been keeping sane in lockdown (Wednesday night SHC quizzes!) but also
