Old Georgians Hockey Club

Old Georgians
Full nameOld Georgians Hockey Club
Short nameOGHC
LeagueMen's England Hockey League
Founded1995 (1995)
ColorsMaroon and sky blue
Personnel
CoachAshley Jackson (player coach),

Chris Bowen, Brett Garrard, Leigh Maasdorp (Director of Hockey), Natalie Turner (physiotherapist), Ralph Day (S&C coach),

Colin Huet (video analyst)
ChairmanNoel Doran
ManagerJonny Stephens (Men's 1s)
WebsiteClub website

Old Georgians Hockey Club (OGHC) is an English professional field hockey club based in Addlestone, Surrey. The club was founded in 1995 and the men's team are the current English champions.[1] The club currently has six men's teams (including 2 veterans team) and four ladies teams. The junior section is the OGHC Dragons.

History

In 2019, the men's first team won the Hockey League Conference East and subsequent promotion play off tournament to earn promotion to the 2019-20 Premier Division. This is the first time in the club's history that they played in the elite (tier one) division of the Men's England Hockey League.[2]

The men's first team secured their first ever Premier Division title (with two games to spare) when winning the 2021–22 Premier Division. The success continued a remarkable rise in English hockey because the team had only been promoted into the league at the start of 2019.[3] The teams then went on to secure a league and cup double after winning the 2022 England Hockey Men's Championship Cup.[4]

In 2023, Old Georgians successfully defended their Premier League title after beating Holcombe 5–1 in the play off final.[5] They then completed their second successive double after winning the 2023 Men's Cup.[6] In 2024, Old Georgians secured a third successive league championship defeating Surbiton 3-1 in the play off final, as well as winning the National Indoor title for the first time, defeating Wimbledon Hockey Club in the final.[7][8] They also finished in third place in the EHL tournament recording notable victories against Mannheimer HC,[9] Waterloo Ducks H.C.,[10] and Rot-Weiss Köln.[11]

Players

Men's First Team Squad 2024-25 season

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF SCO Andy Bull
3 DF ENG Henry Weir
4 DF ENG Liam Sanford
5 FW NIR David Ames
6 DF IRL Kyle Marshall
7 MF ENG Tom Doran
8 FW ENG Tom Carson
9 FW WAL James Carson
10 FW ENG Ashley Jackson
11 MF ENG Dan Shingles
12 FW ENG Elliott Messem
13 FW ENG Sam Ward
14 FW ENG Josh Pavis
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF ENG Phil Roper
16 MF ENG Ed Carson
17 FW ENG Chris Griffiths
18 MF ENG James Albery (captain)
19 MF ENG Chris Proctor
21 MF RSA Thabang Modise
22 DF RSA Matt Brown
23 MF ENG David Condon
24 MF NIR Ian Sloan
27 GK ENG George Pinner
77 FW SCO Alan Forsyth
— DF ENG James Cunningham

Major National Honours

National Champions

Tier 1 Cup winners

Notable players

Men's internationals

Extended content
Player Events Notes/Ref
England James Albery Oly (2024), CG (2022), WC (2023), EC (2023, 2025) [12]
Scotland Andy Bull CG (2022), EC (2021) [13]
Wales James Carson CG (2022)
England Tom Carson
Wales Andy Cornick
England Chris Griffiths Oly (2020), CG (2022)
England Ashley Jackson
England Kyle Marshall Oly (2024)
Scotland Lee Morton Oly (2024), CG (2022)
England George Pinner
England Phil Roper EC (2025) [12]
England Liam Sanford Oly (2020, 2024), WC (2023), EC (2025) [12]
England Dan Shingles
England James Tindall
England Samuel Ward Oly (2020, 2024), CG (2022), WC (2018, 2023), EC 2023, 2025) [12]
England Henry Weir

Key

  • Oly = Olympic Games
  • CG = Commonwealth Games
  • WC = World Cup
  • CT = Champions Trophy
  • EC = European Championships

References

  1. ^ "Old Georgians Hockey Club". Old Georgians.
  2. ^ "Fixtures, Results, Tables, Stats, Teams & Players - England Hockey". www.englandhockey.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Five-Star Old Georgians Secure First Ever Men's Premier Division Title". England Hockey. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Old Georgians Complete Domestic Double With Tier 1 Cup Final Victory". England Hockey. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  5. ^ "England Hockey League Premier Division Finals 2023". England Hockey. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Match Report". England Hockey. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  7. ^ staff, Hockey Paper (29 January 2024). "Super 6s indoors: East Grinstead and Old Georgians claim titles". The Hockey Paper. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Oold Georgians crowned champs as Surbiton and Wimbledon win EHL spots". EHL. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Old Georgians storm past Mannheim to KO8 - EHL". 6 October 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Old Georgians to join FINAL8 party - EHL". 8 October 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Old Georgians win emotional first EHL medal - EHL". 1 April 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d "England squads ready for European challenge". England Hockey. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Commonwealth Games 2022: Alan Forsyth leads Scots hockey squad". BBC Sport. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
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