Teddington Hockey Club is a

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

club based at

Teddington School Teddington School is a co-educational state school for ages 11–18 (11-16 for the main school and 16-18 for the sixth form), located in Teddington in the borough of Richmond upon Thames in south-west London. It has had academy status since 20 ...

Teddington Teddington is an affluent suburb of London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Historically an Civil parish#ancient parishes, ancient parish in the county of Middlesex and situated close to the border with Surrey, the district became ...

in the

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames () in south-west Greater London, London, England, forms part of Outer London and is the only London boroughs, London borough on both sides of the River Thames. It was created in 1965 when three smaller ...

. The club is one of the oldest in the world after being formed in 1871; the club advertise that they are the oldest in the world but the claim is disputed by the Blackheath Hockey Club.

Teams

Teddington runs a large number of teams including eight men's team and seven women's teams. The men's first X1 play in the

Men's England Hockey League The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features men's teams from England and Wales. Format Regular season There are 62 teams in the league, the top tier consists of a Premier Division of ...

Division One South.

History

The men's team have been champions of England on one occasion (1994–95). In March 2006, a new £125,000 clubhouse in Broom Road was opened by former players

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and

Jon Potter Jonathan Nicholas Mark Potter (born 19 November 1963) is a former field hockey player who was a member of the gold-winning Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. After his playing career he became the managing director of Hou ...

National honours

The club has gained significant honours: * 1994-95 National League Champions * 1996-97 National League Runner-up * 1993-94 Cup winners * 1996-97 Cup winners

Notable players

Men's internationals

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

Other

* Danny Haydon - England *

Chua Boon Huat Chua Boon Huat (3 May 1980 – 1 August 2013) was a field hockey player from Bukit Cina, Malacca, Malaysia. Boon Huat was one of the longest serving hockey players in Malaysia. Career Club He was with Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club for 10 years a ...

- Malaysia * Jon Ebsworth - England * Tyrone Moore - Wales *Clyde Camburn - England * Russell Benzies - Scotland * Tony Colclough - Wales * Tim Walker - Scotland *Robbie Martin - Wales * Mark Woodbridge - England * Sunil Unka - New Zealand * George Cover - England * Rhys Docherty - Wales * Nicholas Samra - Scotland * Rory McCallum - Scotland * Kyle White - Scotland * Joe McConnell - Scotland * Jonny Kerr - San Marino * Charles Manning - Lesotho (1979-1985) * Chris Glenny - Wales

Women's internationals

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

References

{{Reflist Field hockey clubs in England Field hockey clubs established in 1871 1871 establishments in England