Going bald for charity ...

A message from Adam Justice:

Basically I have always been a bit precious about my hair, I have always liked it very long and a bit girly and styled etc.

I have decided to shave off all of my hair to a grade 1 for charity!,
Bowel Cancer UK is the charity I have decided to donate to as my father had Bowel Cancer and thankfully he beat it however a close friends father didn't and neither did my grandma, however it is one of the most common cancer's to affect people in the UK as many as 1 in 18 people are affected by it!

I have setup a JUST GIVING page where people can donate and also if they pay tax they can give gift aid boosting there donation.
http://www.justgiving.com/Adam-Justice

I will be at the Hockey Curry on the 13th so will accept any donations in cash that you may want to give cash but JUSTGIVING is preferred.

We promise to show before and after pictures ...

Match report April 9 2011

The season ended with a match nobody wanted - Sanderstead beating the 2nd XI 4-3 - and two entertaining games for the 3rd XI - 3-1 winners over Old Reigatians - and the 4th XI, who went down 2-6 to Barnes Beerbarians

2nd XI 3-4 Sanderstead
A season to forget ended with a match nobody other than the league wanted, a forced replay of a game we had forfeited a fortnight earlier. The blame for the default was ours and we fully accepted that and the resulting fine, but replaying a match which had absolutely no affect on any league placings could be viewed as being petty. But at least the weather was nice. Little to say other than we made the scoreline respectable after trailing 4-1 with 20 minutes remaining. The umpires played their part with some interesting new rules – is it really always a defenders’ ball when any aerial is played into the 23? – but the two of them seemed to enjoy their day out, so that’s what really matters.

3rd XI 3-1 Old Reigatians II
The penultimate match for the 3rd XI was tighter than expected against an already relegated Old Reigatians side who appeared to have benefited from a few rather good recruits. Sadly, the absence of many well-liked regulars meant the match was more testy than is usual against ORs, but it was an end-to-end game which was enjoyed by all. ORs edged the first half but went in one down to a freak goal from Alex Lewis, a squeezed shot which ballooned wide of the goal but on landing spun slowly but viciously in a way Tiger Woods would have appreciated and trickled in behind a bemused keeper. After the break we upped the tempo, and although ORs equalised, we started to run their defence ragged and added two more well-taken goals - another from Lewis from an acute angle and a reverse stick sweep from Charlie Offord - to end the contest.

4th XI 2-6 Barnes Beerbarians
An almost carbon copy of the match six weeks earlier in that we lost by the same score – 6-2 - and drew one of half of the match. At Barnes it had been the first half, this time it was the second. Sadly, the game was over by the break as Barnes deservedly led 4-0, thanks to their running combined with our woeful marking. Oh, and James Armitage. Returning to the fold for an end-of-season romp, Armitage managed to turn two balls which were going nowhere past Nigel, the second a clinical poacher’s goal had it been at the other end. He made some amends in the second half, combining well with Tommy to give the midfield some structure, and strange to say we dominated first 15 minutes, even scoring, before the heat took its toll and the pace fell away. A pleasant end to the season.

OCHC Summer Leagues start in May

The Old Cranleighan Hockey Club will again be running summer leagues in 2011 with men’s, women’s and mixed leagues on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from May until August. Matches, which are 25-minutes each way, start at 7.30pm and 8.30pm.

We have slots for men’s and mixed sides, so if you are interested please contact Jackie Waite on jackie.waite11@googlemail.com.

Fixtures, results and tables will appear here shortly.

Click here for full details of the 2010 Summer Leagues.

Ladies win Surrey Division 2 title

London Wayfarers III 1-4 Ladies XI
Click here for match photos

The Ladies finished the season with a 4-1 win at London Wayfarers and in so doing wrapped up the Surrey Division 2 title. A win was needed to ensure that Surbiton, who we had beaten home and away, did not edge us out on goal difference, but after an edgy first half we found our touch and in the end we ended the season with some champagne hockey.

There was a full turnout, aside from the captain who had booked a cycling holiday in Spain, presumably in the expectation we would have polished things off by the end of March. Promotion had been secured a fortnight ago, but the title was just as important given some of the banter from Surbiton earlier in the season.

The first ten minutes were superb, with Wayfarers not able to get out of their own half, Philly causing repeated problems with her cutting runs and May’s pace on the right leaving the defence all at sea. Wayfarers’ keeper made some good saves, and the last line of defence held until a scrambled goal gave us the lead on ten minutes.

At that point we eased off and Wayfarers took their chance, and their pace left our backs slightly flat for a few minutes. We failed to clear a short corner and allowed Wayfarers to equalise, a deserved reward for five minutes of strong counterattacking.

We were back ahead six minutes later, a less crappy effort, but Goalie’s nerves were still being tested as we looked vulnerable on the counter. He must have been feeling it as for the only time this season he was almost silent. The first half ended with us desperately defending our 25 for the last five minutes and there was a suspicion had half-time not come when it did we would have conceded.

After the break we exploited Wayfarers’ midfield weaknesses better and started to take control, even though we needed a couple of interceptions by Rosie and Helen to prevent problems from the persistent counterattacks.

On 20 minutes a cross from the right was swept home by Philly from about six inches and the pressure visibly eased. Five minutes later came the fourth, and from then on we pushed the ball around with confidence and could have had two or three more. To their credit, Wayfarers kept battling to the end and never allowed us to relax too much.

The title was a deserved reward for a side whose training put the men to shame (even if its intensity left Rosie with a broken nose and Jax with black eyes) and who were a real pleasure to umpire and just be around all season. Back at TD beer gave way to champagne which gave way to snakebites …

Final league tables 2010-11

The final standings for the various sides from the 2010-11 season. A few results remain for the lower sides

1st XI


Ladies XI


2nd XI


3rd XI
Results still awaited

4th XI
Results still awaited

Vets XI
Results still awaited