The University of Birmingham Hockey Club is a very popular, successful and well know club within the Athletic Union. The club has 4 ladies and 4 mens teams who compete at both university and club level.

Both the ladies and mens 1st teams play in the Slazenger English Hockey League at the weekend as well as playing in the BUSA premier league on Wednesday afternoons. They are extremely lucky to have two high class coaches that have been involved in hockey at the highest level for a number of years, with Malcolm Wood coaching the mens 1s and Phil Gooderham the ladies 1s.

The club is also very proud of our other 6 sides that all compete at a very high level.

The ladies 2nd team play in the midlands regional premier hockey league at the weekend, while the 3rd and 4th teams currently compete in the Warwickshire hockey leagues. All three ladies sides play in the BUSA midlands league, with the 2nd and 3rd teams both competing in the Midlands 1A division, which is the highest they can go, while the 4th team compete in the division below.

The mens 2nd, 3rd and 4th teams all compete in their respective DTZ Midlands Premier Leagues, facing other quality Midlands hockey sides such as Cannock and Beeston at the weekend. On Wednesday afternoons they all compete in BUSA with the 2nd and 3rd teams competing in the Midlands 1A division and the 4th team have just finished top in the league below meaning all 3 sides will compete in the top league next year.

All training sessions and matches for all our teams take place on the two international standard water-based pitches, which are located on the main campus near to the Aston Webb buildings.

While the Social Side plays a big part of the hockey club, it is what happens on the pitch that is so impressive. Our style of play is well known throughout the university hockey scene and it is because of this that we have been consistently in the top three university hockey teams for both men and women in the UK over the last decade.

The club organises a level 1 umpire course and a level 1 coaching course each year that is subsidised by the club. This allows every member the opportunity to earn extra qualifications and also practise them throughout the season.

We are a very social club and one of the few university hockey clubs that is fully integrated between women and men, which gives us an unrivalled club atmosphere in the university hockey scene.