The sporting equivalent of Glastonbury
Music, camping, fields, mud, drink and drugs. Take away the music, and the drugs (depending on location), add some hockey and that sums up a Hockey Tour experience with West Hampstead Hockey Club.
It's not so much about the winning - it's more to do with meeting like minded people who like playing hockey with a hangover and the potential to swap shirts with 17 yr old Dutch girls (if you're a boy) and grope muscle laden Dutch guys whilst dancing to 'Sweet Caroline' (if you're a girl).
In addition we play a number of 'local' tournaments over the summer to satisfy our thirst and... actually, that's it really. Snakebite, jug of...
Latest tours & tournaments
April 2006 - British Airways
June 2006 - Delft (Holland), Sonning and Redbrige & Ilford
August 2006 - Blackheath
It is official, West Hampstead are Essex Mixed Open Champions