BHC’s Bingo Night will be held on Saturday 11th February, 7.30pm at the centre.

Tickets available now from Paul behind the bar.

Prices are £7 for adults and £6 for concessions.

Reserve your ticket early to avoid disappointment!!

Bedford Hockey Club’s End of Season celebration will be held on Saturday 14th April 2012, 7.30pm, at the Park Inn hotel in Bedford.

Tickets will be available soon from your team captains and are £35.00 for adults and £30.00 for under 16’s.

This will again be a black tie event, with a 3 course dinner featuring our end of season awards, raffle and disco.

A photographer will be taking photos, with prints £10 on the night.

We have a choice of menu’s this year, so please select from the following when you are buying your ticket from your team captain:

Starters

Warm mixed three cheese tartlet with a roasted tomato and thyme fondue

OR

Home-made smoked haddock and salmon fishcakes with garden salad and tartar sauce

Mains

Stuffed chicken breast with roasted red pepper & mozzarella, glazed carrots, roasted baby shallots and courgette with thyme & garlic roasted baby new potatoes and a basil infused cream sauce

OR

Garlic and rosemary studded leg of lamb with roasted potatoes, carrots, baby corn and green beans finished with roast gravy

OR

Roasted vegetable lasagne with buttered new potatoes, mixed salad and garlic bread

Desserts

Home-made chocolate brownie served with vanilla ice cream

OR

Individual lemon tartlet served with raspberry coulis and crème fraiche

Rooms for the night are available from the Park Inn at a discounted rate:

£72.00- Double/twin room with breakfast included.

£62.00- Single room with breakfast included

Tickets are limited in numbers and must be bought by Saturday 24th March – so get yours early to avoid disappointment!

Bedford Hockey Club is delighted to announce the Riverside Grill as their headline ladies section sponsor for the next two seasons.

The deal which was announced recently, see’s the Riverside Grill’s unique bull logo prominently displayed on the front of Bedford home shirt’s and will also see all club tracksuits similarly branded.

It’s an exciting time for the owners of the Riverside Grill who were first to back the Castle Quay development. They are now looking forward to the completion of the entire area with the opening of new restaurants and bars on Castle Lane – The Lane Bar opened this month and BAJA Cocina Mexicana opens in January. Next year will see the opening of The Calzone Co. and a Milkshake & Cookie outlet. Likewise Bedford Hockey Club are enjoying a tremendous start to the season with all ladies sides in the top 3 in their respective leagues all looking to push for promotion and hoping to secure some silverware at the end of the season.

Read the full article here (pdf format)

Bedford driving school Txt Drive was this weekend unveiled as the new Bedford Hockey Club girls under 18’s main sponsor in a match which they unfortunately lost against a strong Havering in the England Hockey Under 18’s plate competition.

The junior sections ran their annual tournament on Sunday November 13th and were blessed with a mild, sunny day to add to the enjoyment. 29 teams were entered across 3 age categories in a mixed 7 aside, round-robin format.

In the morning the under 10s and 12s competed, and for many of the under 10s it was a first ever tournament.  Cambridge managed to get both of their teams through to the semi-finals along with Tring and Bedford 1sts. The final was between Cambridge 2nds and Bedford 1sts with the Cambridge 2 team running out 1-0 winners.

The under 12s saw the biggest entry of teams being split into two pools and the closest set of results with no one team dominating and eventually both goal difference and the number of short corners deciding the semi-final line up. Tring beat St. Ives, and Luton beat Hemel 1sts to make their way to the final, where Luton won 1-0 for the u12 win.

The afternoon was for the u14s with longer 15 minutes games. After the round-robin format which presented several inter-club rivalries including Bedford 1sts losing to the Bedford 2nds and Hemel 2nds beating their own 1sts, the semi finals saw Luton beat Bedford 1sts 4-0, and Hemel 2nds beating St. Neots. Luton closed out the final with a solid performance to win the u14 competition.

An enjoyable day that saw over 80 games of hockey played and over 100 goals scored. Thanks go to all those who helped make it run so smoothly especially Katherine, Matt, and Karen and not forgetting Paul in the clubhouse.

Bedford Hockey Club became England Hockey National Mixed plate champions for the first time in their history after defeating Wisbech Town 3-1 with Alyn Meredith scoring a double at Abbeydale Sports Club, Sheffield. Bedford disposed of Riverside comfortably 7-1 in the last four showdown on Saturday with a fantastic team performance paving the way for a second consecutive finals appearance in the annual competition. 

Alyn Meredith, Rob Moulam and Kate Costin

Click here for the full report by Kate Costin (pdf format)

Bedford Won the mixed plate trophy yesterday - highlights here from UKHockeyTV (via YouTube) fof their 3-1 win against Wisbeach, full report to follow.  Congratulations to all the players!