On February 19th the Under 10 Boys took part in the Essex Alliance League round of fixtures hosted by the club at Chelmer Park. Saffron Walden had withdrawn giving the group a difficult set of fixtures against opponents who had come out on top in previous rounds. With regular coach Nigel Seager away due to injury the squad were organised … Read More
Minis (U10 & U12 G&Bs) Alliance Tournament @ CP 19/2
Mini tournament at Chelmer Park 19th Feb (U10 girls, U12 girls, U10 boys, U10 girls) Thanks to everyone that helped out today: Sam for co-ordinating the schedule many times over and running most of the day. Also thanks to Steve for so much back to back umpiring, to Emily and Gill for their umpiring and also Dan for running the tea … Read More
Ladies 7th XI v Wapping
Another league match at home and this time against Wapping 8s who brought a young and enthusiastic team down to Chelmsford. With a full squad and with a sizeable crowd watching on, the L7s were ready for the challenge ahead. Nell scored a wonderful solo goal beating a player and dispatching the ball into the corner of the goal. There … Read More
Ladies night & Men’s dinner
The men’s dinner is Friday 31st March, 7.30pm. Tickets are £25 – please book your place asap through your captain or call Spencer direct – 07833 446406. Junior fathers and members’ guests very welcome. Excellent entertainment lined up! Ladies’ night is confirmed as Friday 21st April 7.30pm. £15 tickets via captains, cash please or if paid directly into CHC bank account … Read More
Record Breakers!!!
Chelmsford Hockey Club are officially Guinness World Records Title Holders! Last summer, Chelmsford HC took on the ‘Longest Marathon Playing Field Hockey’ attempt and broke the record! After 56 hours, 18 minutes and 45 seconds of continuous hockey, 32 players stumbled off the pitch completely deprived of sleep but full of pride. This week, after receiving official ratification, Chelmsford HC … Read More
Men’s 5th XI v Witham
The 5th XI came away from their visit to Witham with a disappointing 2-1 defeat. In a closely fought contest against the team lying second in the league we came across a goalkeeper in excellent form. Not only did we hit the post and see a penalty stroke go past the post we found a keeper making a series of … Read More
World record party 18/3
On 18th March there will be a combined celebration of the World record title and St Patrick’s day – a truly Guinness event! Ireland vs Eng 6 nations rugby at 5pm followed by party with DJ at 9pm!
Ladies 1st XI v West Herts
Result: 2-1 Scorers: Kate Robinson, Collette Ager Chelmsford worked hard to complete the double over West Herts with this worthy win, but at times during the match hard to dig deep to exert domination over the game. The Chelmsford faithful never doubted the result but tension late on required control by Chelmsford to make sure of the points. Early parts … Read More
Men’s 3rd XI v Upminster
Weary, they arrived in the cold morning. Snow fell over them as they looked around, a team that was deserted by its captains, struggling for form after three losses. 11 men – iron-man hockey with no reserves, they would have to dig deep. A rousing team talk from the old veteran, Kingie, began to stir them. “Man-up time” he roared. … Read More
Frozen pitches?
It is possible that pitches will be frozen from time to time particularly for evening or early morning training/games over the next month. We will attempt to get messages up on social media and the website as soon as we can so check before you leave! On Saturdays pitches will be checked by 8am for a 10am game. Later games … Read More