About Our Club
A BRISTOL Based HOCKEY CLUB
Club History
The club we know today as South Gloucestershire Hockey Club started in July 1946 as the Bristol YMCA Hockey Club and came into being primarily through the efforts of Stephen Richardson, a volunteer worker at the Bristol Central YMCA.
In those early years, many people who had reason to visit and stay in Bristol would often make the YMCA their first port of call. The club, therefore, had a captive audience of potential talent to choose from.
The first matches were played on Horfield Common when goalkeepers wore cricket pads and sweaters.
Three months of snow caused chaos with the fixtures of the 1946/67 season.
Touring and Socials
Here at SGHC, we’re a social bunch; if you don’t believe us, just check us out on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
As well as the obligatory post-match beverage and chips, we meet for regular catch-ups about Bristol town. The Club Social Secretary arranges socials and will be announced by e-mail, on our Facebook and in the News section of the site – you won’t be able to miss us so there’s no excuse!
Photos of the club’s social events have been confined to Facebook pages for the safety of the viewing public—be sure to check them out.
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Record Breakers
Longest Single Hockey Match
In May 2011 the club earned a place in the history books, setting a new world record for the longest single hockey match – 31-hours – raising thousands of pounds for charity in the process.
Although the club lost their title in 2013 to Holcombe hockey club, in May 2015 South Glos roared back into the record books, playing non-stop for an unprecedented 50 hours, once again raising thousands for the Bristol-based Cots for Tots charity.
