Ashford (Middlesex) Hockey Club

The astro draw winners for November 2011 are: £100 Steve (Klaus) Nunn £50 Jane English £50 Heatehr Grocott Congratulations to all the winners and your cheques should be with you soon. It is only £12 per year for a ticket and a draw is made every month throughout the season, with the extra big money [...]

Sat 12th November, Men’s 1s away – Eastcote 2 Ashford 3 With a neat deflection from Matt Emmerton and a brace of penalty corner strikes from Phil Lewis, the ‘Ford completed a league and cup double over Middlesex rivals Eastcote on Saturday. After five successive wins, Eastcote were riding high at the top of the [...]

Sat 12th Nov, Ladies 1s 4-0 Eastcote Ashford ladies 1’s faced Eastcote 2’s on Saturday anxious to get there first win of the season. With a team of 14 and a return to a formation that proved effective last season hopes were high. Ashford dominated play from the whistle, passing effectively through the midfield and [...]

14/11/11 Ashford 2s vs Winchmore Hill and Enfield 2s Away 3-1 The Ladies 2s travelled through the depths of London to play Winchmore and Enfield 2s. For such a long journey and having the game played in the afternoon the energy was somewhat lacking in the Ashford side. With our usual 2s goalie Dyson unavailable [...]

Its party time at Ashford on Sat 26th November – some club members are reaching landmark birthdays, and november appears to be a generally happy birthday time! So we’re celebrating for them…and hopefully with them! £5 a ticket to include Disco, party games and food. 7pm ish til midnight. Bring your friends to increase the [...]

Saturday 5th Nov: Newbury & Thatcham 3s 0 – 0 Ashford 3s This Bonfire Night saw Ashford’s 3rd XI battle to a deserved goalless draw against Newbury & Thatcham. Given their poor results so far this season, Saturday’s match saw the team turn in a performance that was less about explosions of individual colour and [...]

Saturday 5th Nov: Men’s 1s 4 (Digger, Jas, Luke & Alex) – Wycombe 0 After a draw and a defeat, the ‘Ford got back to winning ways beating Wycombe II 4-0 at the Lane on Saturday with goals from Andy Barnes, Jas Nijhar, Luke Cottrell and Alex Betts. The win lifts them up from eighth [...]

Saturday 5th Nov: Ladies 2s 4 – PHC Chiswick 2 Our first November game of the season brought the Ladies 2s back at home ground with a freshly swept pitch. With the absence of Captain Hannah Stokes we had our strong goalie Dyson to organise and bring ‘the master plan’. With an attacking game in [...]

Sat 29th October, Oxford 2 – Men’s 1s 2 Although the ‘Ford were disappointed not to have taken all three points, they could have returned from Oxford with nothing to show for their dominance in the opening and closing quarters of the match. On their previous visit to the city the ‘Ford had the pleasure [...]

The Men’s 1st team play Bexleyheath & Belvedere 1st XI in the 3rd round of the England Hockey Board Trophy at Short Lane on Sunday 20th November. Push back is at 1 pm and spectators are very welcome and support from AHC members is requested. Come on U Red & Blacks.

Ashford Ladies 3s – Home to PHC Chiswick, WON 3-0 (Chloe Russell, Nicki Davis, Nikki Croxon) So the Ladies 3’s were at home against Chiswick and we were ready for a good game! We started off strong, attacking down the right side hard with Chloe Russell working extra hard to get the ball down the [...]

Ashford Ladies 2s – Away to Eastcote, lost 5-1 (Becky Hewes) This week’s game saw the Ladies 2s travel over to regular rivals Eastcote. With two blinding wins under our belts we were buzzing for win number three. Even if we were in white! The first half started off with Ashford having the main possession [...]

Ashford Men 2s – Away to Gerrards Cross, lost 3-0. Having been thrashed the previous week, due to possibly the worst Ashford performance in recent years, we were not overly confident in getting a positive result this week against a top four team in this league. But as we started on Beaconsfield High School beach, [...]

A down and up weekend for the ‘Ford as they lost in the league to Wallingford on Saturday but recovered well to beat fellow regional leaguers Eastcote in the EHB Trophy 24 hours later. Pride often comes before a fall and maybe the ‘Ford were a little too confident after winning their previous two league [...]