Brooklands Hockey Club

Brooklands MU (men)
Brooklands Poynton (women)
LeagueMen's England Hockey League
Women's England Hockey League
Founded2002; 24 years ago (2002) (men)
2009; 17 years ago (2009) (women)
Websitehttps://www.brooklandshockey.co.uk/

Brooklands Hockey Club also known as Brooklands MU (men) and Brooklands Poynton (women) is a field hockey club that is based at the Brooklands Sports Club [1] at Georges Road in Sale, Cheshire.[2]

The club runs seven men's teams (six senior and one veterans) and four women's teams, four junior teams and three mini teams.[3] The men's first XI play in the Men's England Hockey League[4] and the women's first XI play in the Women's England Hockey League.[5]

History

Originally a cricket club on land owned by the Brooks family the hockey element arrived in 1889. Brooklands Hockey Club merged with the Manchester University hockey team in 2002 [6] and the ladies section of the club merged with the Poynton Ladies Club in 2009.[7]

Players

Men's First Team Squad 2025–26 season

  • 1. Tom Marshall (goalkeeper)
  • 2. Jaxon Browne
  • 3. Daniel Vincent
  • 4. Ben Wallace
  • 5. Luis Cuttle
  • 6. James Sutcliffe
  • 8. Samkelo Mvimbi
  • 9. Andrew Rusbridge
  • 11. Carlon Mentoor
  • 13. Michael Parham
  • 16. Peter Flanagan (captain)
  • 17. Freddie Davies
  • 18. James Lavers
  • 19. Joshua Lang
  • 20. Inaki Fernandez
  • 23. Aidan Khares
  • x. Josh Baxendell

Major honours

Notable players

Men's internationals

References

  1. ^ "Welcome to Brooklands Sports Club". Brooklands Sports Club.
  2. ^ "Brooklands HC Contact". brooklandshockey.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Brooklands HC - Teams". brooklandshockey.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Men's Hockey League". England Hockey.
  5. ^ "Women's Hockey League". England Hockey.
  6. ^ "Brooklands and University of Manchester Hockey Club". Manchester University. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  7. ^ "History". brooklandshockey.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Russell Anderson retires from international hockey". Scottish Hockey. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Scotland crowned 1st FIH Hockey Men's Nations Cup". The Oman Observer. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  10. ^ "England suffer heavy defeat in first Champions Trophy final". The Guardian. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2025.