Interested in playing?
We welcome new players of all ages and
skill levels. If you are interested please contact one of the committee
members, details can be found in the contacts
section of this website.
Alternatively, you could come to one of our training sessions and introduce
yourself. We look forward to seeing you.
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Home games will be played at Bradford Girls Grammar School, whilst training will be held at Ben Rhydding. Please click here for directions.
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We would also like to thank all those who give up their time to umpire for the club.
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Annual Subscriptions for the 2007/8 season (including training):
Full senior membership £75
Student £37.50
Unemployed £37.50
Match fees:
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A little bit about ourselves.
The club was formed in 1952 by
the old scholars of Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley and thereafter
the team was called Otliensians. (Only old scholars were invited to join
the team in the early years). Initially friendly games were played on
grass pitches at the school on Farnley Lane, Otley. In later years the
team played on grass pitches on fields by the river in Otley Park. When
all-weather pitches became more popular we played for a few seasons at
Holt Park before moving to Ben Rhydding Astro Turf about 12 years ago.
The teams colours have always been navy, royal blue and white although
in the early years the shirts were white, skirts navy and socks striped
as they are now.
The Isle of Man Tour started in 1982 and was instigated by the players
from the Bedale Hockey Club. Whilst playing them one Saturday they mentionedthey
had toured the Isle of Man and what a good time they had and it just stemmed
from there. The first tour was quite memorable in that the first night
we hardly drank anything, went to bed early, and complained about the
noise coming from the bar downstairs. Stating quite seriously that we
needed our sleep as we were playing hockey early next morning. This frame
of mind lasted until the next night when we really got into the swing
of things and realised that touring meant drinking plenty, getting hardly
any sleep and still playing hockey early next morning.
We have close links with Old
Oltiensians Rugby Club based at Chaffers Field, Otley, who we join
for many social events. Otliensians hockey club has two ladies teams,
and although we play hockey competitively, above all Otliensians is about
having fun doing it, on and off the pitch.
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© 2005 Otliensians Hockey Club