Blackheath Hockey Club

Football club

Blackheath Hockey ClubFull name| Blackheath & Elthamians Hockey Club

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Short name| BEHC
Founded| 1861; 164 years ago (1861)
Ground| College Meadow
Chairman| Matt Wilde[1]
Coach| Nikki Alexander-Lloyd
League| EH South East Men's Premier Division
Website| http://www.blackheath.co.uk/

Blackheath & Elthamians Hockey Club formerly Blackheath Hockey Club is a field hockey club based at the College Meadow Pavilion & Astro in Eltham London.[2]

It is officially the oldest hockey club in the world after being formed in 1861 by the Old Boys of Blackheath Proprietary School.[3]

Blackheath & Elthamians runs eight men's teams, five women's teams and a large junior section.[4] The Men's First Team play in the EH South East Men's Premier Division and the Women's First Team play in the EH South East Women's Division 1 East.

In 2012 the club relocated from its home at Rubens Street in Catford, London SE6 of over 50 years to College Meadow within the grounds of Eltham College. The Club was renamed Blackheath and Elthamians Hockey Club to reflect this partnership.

## Early history

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During the early 1860s Hockey was more popular than Football, and there were moves to reduce the amount of football played and for the 1864/65 season the Hockey section split from the Football section which became Blackheath Rugby Club.

## Major Honours

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* 1983–84 Men's National League Runner-Up
* 1984–85 Men's National League Runner-up

## Notable players

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### Men's internationals

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Extended content

| Player  | Events/Notes  | Ref

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Joe Ahmad | WC (1973) | [5]
Albert Angear |  |
Charles Angear |  |
Chris Glenny |  |
David Hallworth |  |
Rui Saldanha | Oly (1972), WC (1978) | [6]
William Smith | 1909–1913 | [7]
Ian Towler |  |

Key

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

## References

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1. ^ "Blackheath and Old Elthamians Hockey Club: Mens Training - Activities | Greenwich Get Active". Archived from the original on 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
2. ^ http://www.blackheath.co.uk/contact/|title=Blackheath[permanent dead link] Hockey Club - Contact us|publisher=Blackheath Hockey Club
3. ^ "Blackheath: London's True Home of Sport". 25 November 2016.
4. ^ "Blackheath Hockey Club - Teams". Blackheath Hockey Club.
5. ^ "Day shocks seed Haslam". Evening News (London). 5 January 1973. Retrieved 5 July 2025 - via British Newspaper Archive.
6. ^ "England select Taylor but Mallett waits". Birmingham Daily Post. 15 February 1978. Retrieved 22 June 2025 - via British Newspaper Archive.
7. ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2025.