In preparation for the separate schools and clubs competitions that will happen under the single system for hockey in 2009/10, England Hockey have decided that School Sports Partnerships (SSP) should be allowed to enter combined teams into the national schools hockey championships for boys and girls as very few state schools enter in their own right. In 2007/08 season the following state schools in Surrey and South West London entered the Surrey championships:

  • Heathside School, Weybridge U16 Boys Championships
  • Nonsuch HS, Cheam U14/U16/U18 Girls Championships
  • Tiffins Girls School, Kingston U14/U16/U18 Girls Championships
  • Wallington County GS U18 Boys Championships
  • Winston Churchill School, Woking U14/U16 Girls Championships

The date of 2008/09 Surrey championships are:

Wed 24th Sept 2008 - U16 School Girls Heats Sun 18th Jan 2009 - U18 School Boys Heats
Wed 1st Oct 2008 - U18 School Girls Heats Wed 21st Jan 2009 - U14 School Boys Heats
Wed 8th Oct 2008 - U14 School Girls Heats Wed 28th Jan 2009 - U16 School Boys Heats
Wed 5th Nov 2009 - U14/U16/U18 School Girls Finals Wed 4th Feb 2009 - U14/U16/U18 School Boys Finals

Surrey Hockey are currently completing a survey of junior hockey players at the 32 hockey clubs in stste schools in Surrey & South West London and any junior hockey player wishing to register interest in playing for their local SSP team should contact Richard Nixon, Surrey HA Junior Tournament Organiser on: richard_j_nixon@hotmail.com 07762 380633 / 01293 525820

The 18 SSP in Surrey and South West London are:

Surrey School Sports Partnerships South West London School Sports Partnerships
Bishop Wand C of E School SSP Croydon SSP 1 (Archbishop Lanfranc High School)
North West Surrey SSP (Winston Churchill Sports College) Croydon SSP 2 (Woodcote High School)
Mid Surrey SSP (Therfield School) Croydon SSP 3 (Selhurst High School for Boys)
East Surrey SSP (Royal Alexander & Albert School) Kingston SSP (Chessington Community Colleg)
Epsom & Ewell High School SSP Lambeth SSP (London Nautical School)
Waverley & Ash School SSP Merton SSP (Harris Academy Merton)
Richmond SSP (Whitton School Sports College)
Southwark SSP 1 (Harris Girls’ Academy East Dulwich)
Southwark SSP 2 (Bacons CTC)
Sutton SSP 1(Carshalton High School for Boys)
Sutton SSP 2(John Fisher Boys School)
Wandsworth SSP (Southfield Community College)