All you need to know in order to get in the sport in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
ENGLAND
England Hockey is the body charged with running the game in England. There are five regional academies across the country.
England Hockey
National Hockey Stadium
Silbury Boulevard
Milton Keynes
MK9 1HA
Tel: 01908 544644
North - Cheshire, Cumbria, Durham, East Riding, Greater Manchester, Isle of Man, Northumberland, Lancashire, Merseyside, North and NE Lincolnshire, Teesside, Tyne & Weir, Yorkshire
Regional development manager: Naomi Jones
Regional development officer: Lewis Butcher
England Hockey - North
South House
Silcoates School
Silcoates Lane
Wrenthorpe
Wakefield
Wakefield
WF2 0PD
Tel: 01924 369909
Fax: 01924 368693
England Hockey - North
East - Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
Regional development manager: Charles Farrow
Administrator: Harriet Hangartner
England Hockey - East
Leisure Services
St Edmundsbury Borough Council
Angel Hill
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1XB
Tel: 01284 756930
Fax: 01284 756931
South - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Oxfordshire, London
Regional development manager: Simon Letchford
Regional development officer: Richard Beer
England Hockey - South
Bisham Abbey National Sport Centre
Nr Marlow
Buckinghamshire
SL7 1RT
Tel: 01628 890462
Fax: 01628 486938
West - Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Somerset, Wiltshire, Channel Islands
Regional development manager: Jane Cornelius
Administrator: Jenny Mitchell
England Hockey - West
University of Exeter
Reed Hill
Streatham Drive
Exeter
Devon
EX4 4QR
Tel: 01392 264031
Fax: 01392 251033
Midlands - Birmingham, Derbyshire, Worcestershire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire
Regional development manager: Sue Sutton
Regional development officer: JElaina Leithead
England Hockey - Midlands
Charles Gillett Centre
998 Bristol Road
Selly Oak
Birmingham
B29 6LE
Tel: 0121 4158330
Fax: 0121 4158331
NORTHERN IRELAND
The sport in Ireland is run by the Irish Hockey Association.
Executive Secretary
Joan Morgan
IHA Office, 6a Woodbine Park, Blackrock, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Tel: 353 (1) 2600028
Click on the link below to check out their website which is packed with information.
Also they have an excellent 'find a club section' which will help you locate your nearest team.
The sport in Northern Ireland is run by the Ulster branch of the Irish Hockey Association.
You can contact them at the address below.
Hockey Office, House of Sport, Upper Malone Road, Belfast BT9 5LA Tel: 028 9038 3826.
SCOTLAND
There are eight hockey development officers in Scotland.
Contact the Scottish Hockey Union for advice on who to get in touch with in your area.
National Youth Development Officer
Scottish Hockey, 589 Lanark Road, Edinburgh, EH14 5DA
Tel: 0131 453 9070
You can also check out their website which has lots of information on the game north of the border.
WALES
The Welsh Hockey Union has all the information you need if you live in Wales and want to take up hockey.
Welsh Hockey Union
80 Woodville Road, Cardiff, CF24 4ED
Tel: 029-2023-3257
Log on to the excellent Welsh Hockey website for all the information you need about getting started in the sport.
Remember to check out the handy club directory which has contact details for all the teams in Wales.
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