Masters in the Midlands Area

Opportunities to Play

For hockey Masters, life begins at 35, (not 40), and the upper limit is constrained only by your ability and willingness to participate. In addition, to playing opportunities, we also offer the opportunity for anyone interested to get involved in organising Masters activity; or to join the Midlands Masters Committee.

For those interested in playing some mixed, social hockey we offer monthly “Gatherings” of like-minded Masters for all women aged at least 50 and all men aged at least 60, but if you’re only a couple of years away from qualifying, get in touch and we may be able to fit you in too. Whether we can extend that to younger Masters in future is something that we can look into depending on demand. Similarly, we are open to any demand for some Masters activity to take place on the weekend. If you want to add to the demand for something that is not currently being provided, please email masterschair@midlands.hockey.

Represent the Area

The Midlands in one of the 8 Areas within England Hockey and we will normally enter a representative team in all of the annual inter-Area tournaments that take place after the regular season has finished. Those tournaments are organised in 5-year age brackets, from 35 upwards.  If you are interested in being a Player, Captain, Coach, Umpire, Selector, Manager or Administrator, please get in touch with one of the Committee or the relevant Masters contact on the Representative Teams page. 

For elite players who wish to trial for the England Masters teams, the official pathway is to play for your Area and to then get nominated for trials based on your performance at the inter-Area tournament.

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Midlands Masters Committee

Our Masters Committee (see list below) comprises a number of people prepared to devote some of their spare time to promoting, organising and running Masters hockey events. We will always be happy to hear from anyone interested in helping out in any way, even if that does not involve taking up an official committee position. Elections to the Committee positions take place at each AGM, usually in July. 

Please email masterschair@midlands.hockey if you have any interest in this area, or specialist skills that you can offer.

Masters Committee Contacts

We aim to offer Masters hockey for everyone aged 35 and above; whether that is at the social level or a pathway to international honours. 

Join us and you will discover a whole new world of hockey where past rivals suddenly become valued colleagues and team-mates.