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Welcome to the new Oxford University Hockey Club website.
I am happy to announce our new sponsorship deal for the 2007/2008 season with ABN AMRO
(click here for press release). OUHC are very pleased to be working
with ABN AMRO this year, and we thank them for their contribution. I would also like to thank Ashurst and PricewaterhouseCoopers for their continued support.
Please see the Sponsors page for more information.
As we look back at the end of the season, I must mention the death of a member of our men’s 3rd team, Oliver Tucker, in November. Oli, a fresher at
Exeter College, had already made his mark on OUHC and he will be missed. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
Congratulations to the men’s Blues (Blues) who successfully gained promotion from Midlands division 2B of the BUSA hockey leagues and also finished
5th in the South Premiership, their highest league position for some years. Congratulations also go to the men’s 2nd team (Occasionals), who
finsihed 1st in Division 2 of the London Hockey League and now return convincingly to Division 1 of the London hockey leagues.
The men’s 3rd team (Infrequents) had a slow start to the season, and despite things beginning to improve prior to the Christmas break
the team have unfortunately been unable to avoid relegation from the 3rd Division of the London Hockey leagues.
The ladies’ Blues (Blues) have had another successful season, and finished 3rd in the BUSA South Premiership while coming 5th
in the South Clubs Women's hockey league division 2. The ladies’ 2nd team (Monkeys), matched their male counterparts to
finish top in the Division 2 of the Trysports Three Counties
League and 5th in the BUSA Midlands 2A league. Finally the ladies’ 3rd team (Ho's) have had some tough fixtures, but have had
a strong second half of the season to finish 4th in the Busa Midlands Conference 3A league.
Varsity matches have also been played towards the season and despite the mens blues being defeated 3-1 at the Southgate Hockey Centre the ladies' blues
were able to walk away with a 2-1 victory to make it 4 straight wins in the varsity match for them. The 2nd and 3rd team varisty matches played this
year at the Iffley Road sports centre produced some enthralling games with both mens teams drawing their games in two tight battles and the ladies' 2nd
coasting to a 5-1 victory to revenge defeat last year. The ladies' 3rd team put up a spirited performance but narrowly lost with the last hit of the game.
As the end of the season comes to a close we now look forward to competing in our 2nd year of Oxford summer league hockey matches and begin to make
plans for next years club. I would like to thank all those that have helped support the club this year both at the pitchside and through our sponsorship.
Your support is much appreciated by the whole club and we look forward to your continued support in years to come.
Harry Slater
President OUHC 07/08
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