Ormskirk Hockey Club

Ormskirk Hockey Club

Ormskirk Hockey Club is a hockey club from Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, which plays in the English hockey league system. The club's home is Edge Hill University.

History

Ormskirk Hockey Club was founded in the wake of St. Helens Hockey Club becoming defunct. It is based in the market town of Ormskirk in Lancashire, England. Ormskirk has two teams which compete in the Kukri North-West Hockey leagues. The club is sponsored by a local pub, The Windmill inn, having formerly been sponsored by IT firm Galtec Solutions.

Honours

Having only been created in 2005, Ormskirk started in the bottom level of the Kukri North-West Hockey league system, starting in league 10. However in their first two seasons, they have gained promotion in both years and now play in division 8.

Competitions

Season 2008/2009

Men’s 1st Team: Kukri North West Hockey League Division 8

Men’s 2nd Team: Kukri North West Hockey League Division 10

Controversy

The club recently had to terminate the membership of prolific striker Adam Anwar after he was found to be selling Class A Drugs to children in the local area and is now serving a 10 year sentence at Her Majesties pleasure. Fellow member Jon Doherty was also implicated in the case but was aquitted after giving evidence against Anwar. There is now a price on his head of £4.99 and a bag of skittles.

quad

The team consists of a large numbers of local students who attend Edge Hill University. Due to this the line-up changes regularly, but players amongst the current roster include:

Fs player|no=2|nat=Luxembourg|name=Nic Bouchard|pos=DF| (first-team captain)Fs player|no=11|nat=Eritrea|name=Dan Smith|pos=MF (reserve team captain)

External links

* [http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/fl/clubs/clubsteams.asp?c=10292/ Ormskirk Hockey Information Page]
* [http://www.northwesthockeyleague.co.uk/ North-west hockey official web site]


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