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Who are we? (back to the top)
With nine mens teams, six ladies teams, a mixed side, a range of youth teams and various tours sides Woking offers hockey players of any ability the chance for a game. For more details, please check out the ladies, mens and colts pages.
The Ladies first team play in South Division 1, while the 1As play in the South Division 3. The Men's First team are in the Surrey/Hants premier league and play in the national cup, while the second team play in the Southern premier league.
As well as girls and boys colts sides for various age groups the men's club also operates a youth development side that plays in a regional men's league.
There are also veterans sides for older players in men's and women's clubs.
The club is situated in a public park but has its own clubhouse with bar, entertainment and changing rooms next to two sand dressed astro-turf pitches. Both the club house and the pitches are available for hire by the general public.
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Woking Hockey Club is based in GoldsworthPark, about one mile from Woking town centre in Surrey. A mere 15 minutes from Clapham Junction on the train and slap bang next to the M25 and M3 it is conventiently located for anyone living in the south east and in London.
Our address is:
Woking Hockey Club
Wishbone Way (off Kirkland Avenue)
Goldsworth Park, Woking
Surrey
GU21 3RT
You can get detailed directions here.
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When do we play? (back to the top)
League matches are played on a Saturday and cup games on a Sunday. Also on Sundays are mixed matches and tournaments, and colts coaching sessions. The club also hosts a range of senior and junior regional tournaments.
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If you are interested in joining the club, please come down to training and meet us to see what you think.
Download this membership form and complete it and bring it with you or return it to Julie Green (contact details are at the top of the form).
If you wish to pay your subs in monthly payments by Standing Order, please complete the attached form Standing Order Mandate and take it your bank. Alternatively, you can use our account details and set up a Standing Order through online banking.
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What else do we do? (back to the top)
Outside the hockey season there is a summer football and indoor and outdoor hockey leagues, as well as fitness sessions.
Off the pitch the Woking Hockey Club is equally vibrant. Last year saw the first Christmas panto, there are wine tasting nights hosted by local shops, discos, quiz nights and fancy dress parties as well as the black tie Annual Club Dinner. Club members also benefit from a cut price bar, post match catering, satellite television and discounts at local sports shops. If all that has not convinced you, then drop us a line and pop by the club sometime. There is always a warm welcome.
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Weekday Astro Pitch Hire
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Booking Time
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Full Pitch Fee
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Half Pitch Fee
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Notes
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Monday to Friday bookings starting between 9am and 6pm
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£45 per hour
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£25 per hour
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Monday to Friday bookings starting from 6pm-9.30pm
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£81 per hour (full price)
£72 per hour (discounted)
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£43 per hour (full price)
£38 per hour (discounted)
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Discount rate for block of 10 or more bookings paid in full up front
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Weekend Bookings
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Time
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1 Pitch
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2 Pitches
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5 hours
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£ 175
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£ 300
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6 hours
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£ 195
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£ 360
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7 hours
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£ 225
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£ 420
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8 hours
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£ 265
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£ 480
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Club House Hire
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Time of Day
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Time of Day
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Time of Day
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Hourly Rate TBC (or part thereof)
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Hourly Rate TBC (or part thereof)
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Hourly Rate TBC (or part thereof)
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Day Rate TBC (9am - 6pm)
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Day Rate TBC (9am - 6pm)
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Day Rate TBC (9am - 6pm)
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Evening Rate TBC (6pm - midnight)
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Evening Rate TBC (6pm - midnight)
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Evening Rate TBC (6pm - midnight)
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Notes: If early setup required extra £15 p/h (eg if setup required at 4.30pm cost would be £130)
£10 extra charge if open till 1am rather than midnight.
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How You Can Help!
WHC will receive donations from the retailers involved so shopping online using this site will provide a welcome boost to WHC funds but… the size of the boost depends on how many of us use the site. There’s also a way to raise funds whilst surfing!
For more information on where to shop to raise money for the club and how to register on the easyfundraising site, please click here.
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The Clubs original synthetic pitch is at the end of its useful life and the surface (known as the ‘carpet’) needs replacing. There are a number of options available in terms of a replacement carpet and these have been investigated. Water based is not an option on cost and environmental grounds, not just for WHC but generally, and other products are suitable for top flight hockey. The best is known as’ “sand dressed polyethylene”. The current carpet is known as, “sand filled” synthetic is considered to be a compromise multi-use type carpet.
The Club will need to take a final decision on what version to go for based on capital cost and revenue – it needs to protect the income produced from football.
Other improvements that could be carried out have been identified, some of which may be required to comply with current standards whilst others are ‘nice to have’ improvements. These include:
- New fencing – the current fencing is 2.1 metres high, current standards advise 3m with 5m high behind the goals;
- New goals
- Team shelters
- Protection of spectator area
- New floodlighting (on existing columns) would improve level of lighting and reduce light spillage.
The cost of all this ranges from about £180,000 to £280,000 depending on what the Club can afford. Additional security, e.g. CCTV will be considered but nothing has been worked up yet.
Funding is being investigated. The first opportunity to bid will come with the release of 2.7m from England Hockey under its Capital Investment programme. Full details of this are not being released until 5th October and bids have to be in by 27th November. Awards will be made by 31st March 2010. The scheme requires that a Club finds at least half the cost of their proposals from other sources.
The programme for the pitch renewal aspires to have the work carried out in June 2010, in time for next season. There is a great deal of work required to achieve this, with fund raising being the priority. Whilst all possible sources of funding is being investigated any ideas, donations, etc. are very welcome.
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Detailed Directions (back to the top)
Woking itself is pretty easy to find, being trapped between the M3, M25 and A3. The club, however, is situated in the Recreation Area of Goldsworth Park, one of the biggest housing estates in Europe, and almost definitely the biggest maze. For Sat nav users, our post code is GU21 3RT. For those who want directions from the nearest motorways and A roads, please see below:
You are aiming for Wishbone Way, GoldsworthPark. If lost, look for signs to the Lake and Recreation Area. If really lost, phone the clubhouse on (01483) 472509. Please leave your cars in the parking areas along, and at the end of, Wishbone Way, and walk across to the clubhouse. There is no vehicule access to the clubhouse.
- Leave the M3 at Junction 3 and take the A322 towards Guildford.
- Resist the temptation to go left at the first roundabout and continue along the A322 over a few other roundabouts into Bisley.
- Note the Fox pub on your left and turn left at the next set of traffic lights into Knaphill.
- Stay on this road through Knaphill, past the Royal Oak at the bottom of the hill, and turn right at the roundabout into Lockfield Drive.
- Take the first left into Kirkland Avenue, then the fourth left into Wishbone Way.
- There are parking bays along Wishbone Way, and car parks at the end. Please leave your car here and make your way across to the clubhouse on foot.
- Leave the M25 at Junction 11 and take the A320 towards Woking.
- Continue on the A320, until the six crossroads roundabout, just past the pub, where you should take the 5th exit signed to Chobham.
- Go right at the first mini-roundabout, then left at the next into Littlewick Road.
- Continue on Littlewick Road at the next roundabout, drive past the back of the club, then turn left at the final roundabout into Lockfield Drive.
- Take the first left into Kirkland Avenue, then the fourth left into Wishbone Way.
- There are parking bays along Wishbone Way, and car parks at the end. Please leave your car here and make your way across to the clubhouse on foot.
- Join the M25 clockwise at Junction 10 then follow the directions as above.
Or:
- Leave the A3 at the A245 junction and follow the A245 towards Woking.
- Continue on the A245 through Byfleet and West Byfleet until the six crossroads roundabout.
- Take the fourth exit signed to Chobham.
- Go right at the first mini-roundabout, then left at the next into Littlewick Road.
- Continue on Littlewick Road at the next roundabout, drive past the back of the club, then turn left at the final roundabout into Lockfield Drive.
- Take the first left into Kirkland Avenue, then the fourth left into Wishbone Way.
- There are parking bays along Wishbone Way, and car parks at the end. Please leave your car here and make your way across to the clubhouse on foot.
- Leave the A3 in Guildford at the junction with the A322 and follow the A322 towards Bagshot.
- Continue on the A322, passing under the railway bridge in Brookwood, and then turn right at the traffic lights onto the A324.
- Continue on the A324 at the first roundabout (3rd exit), past the Surrey pub, then left at the next roundabout around Winston Churchill School.
- Turn left at the next roundabout into Lockfield Drive.
- Take the second right into Kirkland Avenue, then the fourth left into Wishbone Way.
- There are parking bays along Wishbone Way, and car parks at the end. Please leave your car here and make your way across to the clubhouse on foot.
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