Old Georgians Hockey Club

{{Short description|English field hockey team}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}

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| short name = OGHC

| founded = {{Start date and age|1995|df=y}}

| color =Maroon and sky blue

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| chairman =Noel Doran

| manager =Jonny Stephens (Men's 1s)

| coach =Ashley Jackson (player coach),

Chris Bowen,

Brett Garrard,

Leigh Maasdorp (Director of Hockey),

Natalie Turner (physiotherapist),

Ralph Day (S&C coach),

Colin Huet (video analyst)

| league = Men's England Hockey League

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| position = Champions 2023-24 (phases 1,2,3 and 4)

| website = [https://www.oghc.org/ Club website]

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Old Georgians Hockey Club (OGHC) is an English professional field hockey club based in Addlestone, Surrey. The club was founded in 1995 and the men's team are the current English champions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oghc.org/|title=Old Georgians Hockey Club|website=Old Georgians}} The club currently has six men's teams (including 2 veterans team) and four ladies teams. The junior section is the OGHC Dragons.

History

In 2019, the men's first team won the Hockey League Conference East and subsequent promotion play off tournament to earn promotion to the 2019-20 Premier Division. This is the first time in the club's history that they played in the elite (tier one) division of the Men's England Hockey League.{{Cite web|url=http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/page_noside.asp?section=2343§ionTitle=Fixtures,+Results,+Tables,+Stats,+Teams+&+Players|title=Fixtures, Results, Tables, Stats, Teams & Players - England Hockey|website=www.englandhockey.co.uk}}

The men's first team secured their first ever Premier Division title (with two games to spare) when winning the 2021–22 Premier Division. The success continued a remarkable rise in English hockey because the team had only been promoted into the league at the start of 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/media/news/five-star-old-georgians-secure-first-ever-men-s-premier-division-title|title=Five-Star Old Georgians Secure First Ever Men's Premier Division Title|website=England Hockey|access-date=12 April 2022}} The teams then went on to secure a league and cup double after winning the 2022 England Hockey Men's Championship Cup.{{cite web |url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/media/news/eh-men-s-championships-tier-1-and-4|title=Old Georgians Complete Domestic Double With Tier 1 Cup Final Victory|website=England Hockey|access-date=29 May 2022}}

In 2023, Old Georgians successfully defended their Premier League title after beating Holcombe 5–1 in the play off final.{{cite web |url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/media/news/england-hockey-league-premier-division-finals-2023 |title=England Hockey League Premier Division Finals 2023 |website=England Hockey |access-date=4 April 2023}} They then completed their second successive double after winning the 2023 Men's Cup.{{cite web |url=https://englandhockey.altiusrt.com/matches/4819/reports/matchreport |title=Match Report |website=England Hockey |access-date=6 August 2023}} In 2024, Old Georgians secured a third successive league championship defeating Surbiton 3-1 in the play off final, as well as winning the National Indoor title for the first time, defeating Wimbledon Hockey Club in the final.{{Cite web |last=staff |first=Hockey Paper |date=2024-01-29 |title=Super 6s indoors: East Grinstead and Old Georgians claim titles |url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2024/01/29/super-6s-indoors-east-grinstead-and-old-georgians-claim-titles |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=The Hockey Paper |language=en-GB}}{{cite web |url=https://ehlhockey.tv/2024/04/16/old-georgians-crowned-champs-as-surbiton-and-wimbledon-win-ehl-spots/ |title=Oold Georgians crowned champs as Surbiton and Wimbledon win EHL spots |website=EHL |access-date=16 April 2024}} They also finished in third place in the EHL tournament recording notable victories against Mannheimer HC,{{Cite web |date=2023-10-06 |title=Old Georgians storm past Mannheim to KO8 - EHL |url=https://ehlhockey.tv/2023/10/06/old-georgians-storm-past-mannheim-to-ko8/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |language=en-US}} Waterloo Ducks H.C.,{{Cite web |date=2023-10-08 |title=Old Georgians to join FINAL8 party - EHL |url=https://ehlhockey.tv/2023/10/08/old-georgians-to-join-final8-party/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |language=en-US}} and Rot-Weiss Köln.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-01 |title=Old Georgians win emotional first EHL medal - EHL |url=https://ehlhockey.tv/2024/04/01/old-georgians-win-emotional-first-ehl-medal/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |language=en-US}}

Players

=Men's First Team Squad 2024-25 season=

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{{fhs player|no=27|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=George Pinner}}

{{fhs player|no=2|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Andy Bull}}

{{fhs player|no=3|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Henry Weir}}

{{fhs player|no=4|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Liam Sanford}}

{{fhs player|no=5|nat=RSA|pos=MF|name=Thabang Modise}}

{{fhs player|no=6|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Kyle Marshall}}

{{fhs player|no=7|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Tom Doran}}

{{fhs player|no=8|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Tom Carson}}

{{fhs player|no=9|nat=WAL|pos=FW|name=James Carson}}

{{fhs player|no=10|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Ashley Jackson}}

{{fhs player|no=11|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Dan Shingles}}

{{fhs player|no=12|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Elliott Messem}}

{{fhs player|no=13|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Sam Ward}}

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{{fhs player|no=14|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Josh Pavis}}

{{fhs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Phil Roper}}

{{fhs player|no=16|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Ed Carson}}

{{fhs player|no=17|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name= Chris Griffiths}}

{{fhs player|no=18|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=James Albery}} (captain)

{{fhs player|no=19|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name= Chris Proctor}}

{{fhs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=David Condon}}

{{fhs player|no=21|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=James Cunningham}}

{{fhs player|no=22|nat=RSA|pos=DF|name=Matt Brown}}

{{fhs player|no=|nat=NIR|pos=FW|name=David Ames}}

{{fhs player|no=77|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Alan Forsyth}}

{{fhs player|no=|nat=NIR|pos=MF|name=Ian Sloan}}

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Major National Honours

Notable players

=Men's internationals=

style="vertical-align:top"*{{flagicon|ENG}} James Albery

*{{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Jackson
  • {{flagicon|SCO}} Lee Morton
  • {{flagicon|ENG}} George Pinner
  • {{flagicon|ENG}} Liam Sanford
  • *{{flagicon|ENG}} Dan Shingles
  • {{flagicon|ENG}} James Tindall
  • {{flagicon|ENG}} Samuel Ward
  • {{flagicon|ENG}} Henry Weir
  • References

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