Indian Gymkhana Hockey Club
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Full name | Indian Gymkhana Hockey Club |
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League | Men's England Hockey League |
Founded | 1916 |
Colors | Yellow and Green |
Home ground | The Indian Gymkhana Club Thornbury Avenue Osterley Isleworth, London TW7 4NQ |
Indian Gymkhana Hockey Club is a field hockey club that is based at the Indian Gymkhana Club in Isleworth, London, England.
History
[edit]The Indian Gymkhana Club was founded in 1916 as a cricket club, with the hockey club being formed later.[1]
In 1984, Kulbir Bhaura was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics[2] and famously won the gold medal four years later in the Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
In 1991, the club finished runner-up during the 1990–91 England Hockey League season behind Havant Hockey Club.[3][4]
In 2015 former international players Ian Jennings MBE and Simon Mason were appointed as Directors.[5]
In 2025, the Men's 1st XI reached England Hockey's Tier 1 Championship Cup final (formerly known as the HA Cup) on the 17 May at the end of the 2024–25 season. They lost to Harborne 2-1 in the final.[6]
Teams
[edit]The club runs various women's teams, with the Men's first team playing in the Men's England Hockey League.[7][8][9]
There are five men's teams and additional teams for women, juniors and a grandmasters team.[10]
Achievements
[edit]Notable players
[edit]Men's internationals
[edit]Extended content
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References
[edit]- ^ "About". Indian Gymkhana Club. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Kulbir's keeping his cool over L.A.". Greenford & Northolt Gazette. 20 July 1984. Retrieved 19 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c "'We're ready!': Indian Gymkhana eye return to Premier Division hockey". The Hockey Paper. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "What A Season". Middlesex Chronicle. 18 April 1991. Retrieved 19 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Ian Jennings and Simon Mason join Indian Gymkhana". My London. June 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "'We need to reinvigorate it': Harborne claim England Hockey cup glory after 122 years". The Hockey Paper. 19 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "Men's season preview". England Hockey. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "England: premier division is back". Hockey World News. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Men's England Hockey League Week 1 2024 results". England Hockey. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Latest Fixtures and results". Indian Gymkhana Hockey Club. Retrieved 19 October 2024.