The Holcombe Hockey Club is a field hockey club from Rochester in the English county of Kent . The original Old Holcombeians club , named after the venue designated by Holcombe, was founded by graduates of the local Chatham Grammar School in the 1960s. The club was created in its current form in 1999 through the merger of the Old Holcombeians with the Templars, Rochester and Gillingham clubs. The club complex is located in Holcombe Park a good three kilometers south of central Rochester and includes two artificial turf courts and a clubhouse. Holcombe HC plays in red jerseys and black shorts. The association's president has been businessman David South, founder and director of the Faithdean construction company, which also sponsors Holcombe, since the 1970s. The club is one of the largest hockey clubs in the UK with ten men's teams, five women's teams and numerous other youth and senior teams. The 1st men and 1st women play in the highest national league, the England Hockey League .
In 2014, Holcombe made headlines when England captain Barry Middleton moved to the then second division club. After seven seasons in the 2nd division, Holcombe rose to the EHL Premier League for the first time in 2015. The team was able to achieve first place in the league straight away in the 2015/2016 season, but failed in the subsequent play-off semifinals at the eventual champions Wimbledon HC . At the 2016 Summer Olympics , Holcombe provided seven players for the British national hockey team . As the first in the preliminary round in 2016, Holcombe qualified for the Euro Hockey League 2016/17 . There the team could not qualify for the round of 16 after an 8: 1 against the Polish representative AZS AWF Posen and a 1: 2 against SV Kampong from the Netherlands in the preliminary round. In the national cup, the team was eliminated in the round of 16 at league rivals Beeston HC after a seven-meter shootout.
Squad
David Ames 27 Gareth Andrew 35 Nicholas Bandurak 24 Alistair Bray 33 Aaronvir Cheema 20 Adam Cook 31 Tom Davies 26 Robert Field 22 Dan Fox 33 Ian Harvey 24 Adam Jordan 26 Richard Lane 32 Iain Lewers 32
Barry Middleton 32 Tom O'Keeffe 23 Sean Parker 49 Andy Perkins 23 George Pinner 29 Martin Robbins 30 Jonty Robinson 30 Josh Skillern 18 Luke Smithard 23 James Stedman 33 Harry Trusler 25 Samuel Ward 26
As of 2016
Ladies
season
league
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Points
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2006/07
EWL Division 1 South
2nd / 12th
55
Ascent
2007/08
EWL Premier Division
1./12
63
2008/09
EWL Premier Division
3rd / 12th
44
2009/10
EWL Premier Division
3rd / 12th
53
2010/11
EWL Premier Division
3rd / 12th
52
2011/12
EWL Premier Division
4th / 14th
51
2012/13
EWL Premier Division
1./12
64
Ascent
2013/14
EHL Conference East
1./10
48
Ascent
2014/15
EHL Premier League
5th / 10th
25th
2015/16
EHL Premier League
4th / 10th
30th
EHL = England Hockey League, EWL = East Women's League
Until 2013, the team played in leagues of the regional East Women's League , then followed by promotion to the second-rate EHL Conference East . There, in 2013/14, the direct march through with promotion to the EHL Premier League succeeded . In the House of Lords, Holcombe established itself in the first two seasons and reached places 5 and 4. In 2015/16, the team advanced to the semi-finals of the national cup, where they lost 3-1 to eventual winner Clifton.
Squad
Emily Beeney 17 Quanita Bobbs 23 Aspen Cumming 17 Steph Elliott 26 Natasha Gale 18 Fran Hayden 30 Erin Hunter 24 Sarah Jones 26 Grace Lawes 22 Aldana Lovagnini 29 Leigh Maasdorp 31 Emily Maguire 29 Shona McCallin 24
David Ames 27 
Gareth Andrew 35 
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Sarah Jones 26 
Aldana Lovagnini 29 
Emily Maguire 29 