Wapping Hockey Club
| Nickname(s) | Wapping HC |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Stuart Burnside |
| Captain |
Men's 1st XI: Dominic Graham Ladies' 1st XI: Lucy Todd |
| Home ground |
Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre London, England (Capacity 3,000) |
| League | & East Region Hockey Leagues |
| Official Website | www |
Wapping Hockey Club (/ˈwɒpɪŋ/) is a field hockey club in the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The home grounds are the national stadium for English Hockey, the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, where there are two international standard water-based pitches and the John Orwell Centre in Wapping. The men's 1st XI team play National League hockey in the East Conference, the second tier of the English hockey league system, and the ladies' 1st XI one division lower, in the East Region Premiership. The club fields a total of 23 sides including 11 men's and 8 ladies' sides.
Men's 1st XI: Dominic Graham
The club was founded in 1988 off the back of the Great Britain men's field hockey team's success at the Seoul Olympics of the same year. The club secured anchor tenancy at the London 2012 legacy facility following its opening as Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in June 2014. The facility hosted the 2015 EuroHockey Nations Championships. In 2014, the club secured over £300,000 of investment to designate its base at John Orwell Sports Centre in Wapping a hockey priority facility. By 2016, approximately £650,000 had been invested in the refurbishment, meaning among other things, both Wapping HC grounds have covered spectator seating.
The club is chaired by Stuart Burnside, who also serves as a non-executive trustee director of the London Youth Games. He has been credited for introducing a business focus and was named England Hockey's Club Volunteer of the Season for 2013/14. Other key members of staff are Norval Scott (Vice Chair, Head of Performance) and Sandra Akinbolu (Vice Chair, Head of Community Affairs). In December 2014, the club released "The Lost Ball", a Christmas film produced by Anthony Day (Head, Digital Media & Production), indicative of the club's increased emphasis on online content.
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