Jonathan Radford will be cycling this 1,000 mile trip in August in memory of his father Andy, who many will remember supporting Jonathan at games as he progressed through the men's teams over recent years from a junior to playing 4/5's last season. Sadly Jonathan lost his dad to Sarcoma cancer a year ago and is undertaking this huge challenge in his memory.

Jonathan is raising money for Sarcoma UK, and is asking players and members alike for support. Money can either be promised directly to Jonathan or his mum, or online through JustGiving, via Andy-Radford or Susan Radford pages.

Link is here: justgiving.com/fundraising/andyd-radford

Susan and Jonathan Radford thank you for your help

Well done to everyone who played in the two junior End of Season events on April 22nd and 29th. Both days saw some excellent hockey played in a really good spirit. Also thanks to everyone who supported the "Save the Children" cake sale, where we raised over £220. Finally, congratulations to one of our mums, Rachel Moorhouse, who completed a very hot London Marathon and raised more than £2,000 for the same charity.

Have a great summer and see you at the Family Hockey Nights, details tba and/or in September.

Bob Douglas

 Thanks to everyone who helped make the day a lovely Club experience. Great to see the Commandos V The Fairies, next year maybe the ladies could try that too?

On the 28th May 2018 Becca Dornan is doing a skydive for Make-A-Wish UK which is an incredible charity that grant wishes to children with life-threatening conditions. Please follow the link below to see what incredible work they do and any donation, no matter how big or small would be greatly appreciated! www.justgiving.com/fundraising/rebecca-dornan

 Well done to all 3 teams that played in the u10 County tournament on Sunday 25th February.  West Bridgford Girls A team played really well together with some great attacking hockey and finished third place overall, only narrowly missing out on a runners up medal.  West Bridgford Boys played some fantastic hockey with super effort from their squad of u10 and u9 players and finished 4th overall in the boys competition.  West Bridgford Girls B team finished a very respectable 6th, battling hard against some tough opposition and performed brilliantly considering that many of them were a year younger than the opposition and had never played in a hockey match before.

Many thanks to  Kate at Bee Clear Ltd - the new sponsors of the Ladies 2nd Team Kit. Congratulations to Robyn, Sophie and Laura and the other team members in getting their lovely new kit sponsored. Kate and Jason from Bee Clear were invited to a brief "thankyou" ceremony and to watch the victory over Boots Ladies. Cakes were also supplied for the Chairman, so the morning was a win win win for everyone (except Boots). Details of all our sponsors can be found on the FRIENDS page. Click here for slideshow.

Whilst it was a tough season on the pitch across the club, almost unnoticed, we did have one pennant winning mens side to celebrate in 2017.

f you ever had cause to casually scroll all the way to the bottom of the selection pages or trawl through the lowest league of the MRHA you'd have noticed the 10th XI quietly going about their business and, after a superb season, finishing runners-up in the Central League Division 2NE.

Led by Clive Notman the 10th XI not only produced a number of excellent and unlikely results but equally magnificent players, with no fewer than 30 players - over half of whom were U16s and U14s - playing for the side. A number of young guns stepped up as the season went on but they were more than suitably replaced with the "next crop", supported by an array of adults of varying shapes, sizes and experience.

The final tally of 16 wins from 22 games and 48 points was a 10th XI record and a testament to the fine contributions and most importantly team spirit displayed across an arduous season, not to mention the tremendous "herding cats" skills shown by Clive who juggled availability, personalities and the drive to develop junior players capable of sustaining higher teams for years to come.

Bowden breathed a sigh of relief at final whistle as they held on for a 2-1 win in the semi-final of EH O50s Shield, in a game they should have closed out in the first half. Bridgford struggled for quick ball control on the bouncy waterbase, and were quickly closed down by the oppo which did not give us time to get our passing game going , whilst Bowden moved smartly through the midfield to get the ball up to their left handed forwards. Only 1-0 at half time from a short follow up, and they scored a slightly fortuitously second with an accidental swinging stick follow through, before Ali Hunt pulled one back with about 10 to go. A yellow for Bowden in last couple of minutes, and then a short right at the end where they lost a defender as they broke early, but we did not make use of the many options. Great friendly game and good hospitality, including pudding!! Thanks to all who played this year.

Last night Helen Richardson Walsh was awarded the Nottinghamshire Sports Person of the Year. Bob and I were asked by Helen to collect it for her, which we did with great pride. Helen is a remarkable person and a great hockey player. She returned from serious injury in 2014 - 15 to win Gold in Rio, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. Here are a few numbers - in case you aren't convinced - Youngest GB player to play in the Olympics (2000 in Sydney aged 18). 293 International caps, 45 International goals, shortlisted in 2010 for International Player of the Year, representing GB in 4 Olympic games, British Olympic Association Athlete of the Year 2009. And some colours - 2010 World Cup Bronze, 2011 EuroHockey Championship Bronze, 2012 Champions Trophy Silver, 2012 Olympic Games Bronze, 2013 World League Bronze, 2013  EuroHockey Championship Silver, 2015 EuroHockey Championship Gold, 2015 World League Gold, 2016 Olympic Games Gold. In my mind one of the greatest British athletes of all time.

We welcome to the club 2 new junior members, prospective first team centre forward Olivia Rose Taylder, and trainee sweeper Martha Wren Sibley. Keep up the good work Sibbo and Dave, the Club is grateful for your initial efforts, and Liz and Faye for making it all happen.

"You will need some insulation tape on that"

Thank you to everyone who came to take part and to help out today.  The weather was nothing like as bad as forecast and everyone (I think) had a great time.  

Special thanks to Helen who patiently signed autographs and posed for photos all the time that she was with us.  No doubt Geoff will be putting up some of these photos on the website.  For me, I will be making special trips to Bridgford just so that I can travel on Helen's No 8 bus!

Bob Douglas

Pictures from Notts City Transport of the bus naming are here:

Pictures from the pitch and clubhouse with Helen are here:

Many thanks to Andy & Zak Pendlebury for the brilliant images.

 Fantastic stuff - what a performance by everyone - and well done Helen!

Well done to our ladies who competed in the England Hockey's Hockey Fest This summer. We came 2nd overall narrowly losing to Stourport on sudden death penalty shuffles in the final. However we did win the Rio themed fancy dress!