Brooklands Hockey Club

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Brooklands MU (men)
Brooklands Poynton (women)
Founded2002; 20 years ago (2002) (men)
2009; 13 years ago (2009) (women)
LeagueMen's England Hockey League
Women's England Hockey League

Brooklands Hockey Club also known as Brooklands MU (men) and Brooklands Poynton (women) is a field hockey club that is based at the Brooklands Sports Club [1] at Georges Road in Sale, Cheshire.[2]

The club runs seven men's teams (six senior and one veterans) and four women's teams, four junior teams and three mini teams.[3] The men's first XI play in the Men's England Hockey League[4] and the women's first XI play in the Women's England Hockey League.[5]

Originally a cricket club on land owned by the Brooks family the hockey element arrived in 1889. Brooklands Hockey Club merged with the Manchester University hockey team in 2002 [6] and the ladies section of the club merged with the Poynton Ladies Club in 2009.[7]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Welcome to Brooklands Sports Club". Brooklands Sports Club.
  2. ^ "Brooklands HC Contact". brooklandshockey.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Brooklands HC - Teams". brooklandshockey.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Men's Hockey League". England Hockey.
  5. ^ "Women's Hockey League". England Hockey.
  6. ^ "Brooklands and University of Manchester Hockey Club". Manchester University. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  7. ^ "History". brooklandshockey.co.uk.
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