Woking
Hockey Club
Over the course of the season we have lots of schools training or playing
their hockey on our pitches. Our biggest challenge is to increase
hockey in the state schools where hockey is not always played
or they don’t have any teachers who are able to coach. We
offer our pitches to any school wanting space to train and
host a Secondary schools training tournament each
year as well as the local Quicksticks Primary Schools
tournament.”
Challenges
“The biggest challenge for us as a club
is that there is always so much more that
we could do! We would love to assist with
coaching within the state schools, provide
more hockey playing options such as
a midweek league but as always this
comes down to funding, pitch and coach
availability.
Hockey is becoming more and more
professional in its nature, there is a need
for quality coaching which comes at a
cost, facilities need to be top notch but to
keep the membership costs down we need
more and more volunteers – this comes at
a time when jobs are more demanding and
therefore generally people have less time.
However, that said, it is an exciting time
for hockey. The profile is much higher and the
successes of the England and Great Britain sides
are helping the perception of a sport which can
compete with football, rugby and netball as a sport of
choice.”
Ambitions
“Over the coming years we will be working on quality - our facilities, our
coaching programme, holiday courses, leadership and club policies. There
is always something to be done to keep us current. With regards to playing,
we are continuing to push towards National League status at the same time
keeping hockey available for everyone – not much to do th