Representing the Midlands
We aim to 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 aged 35 upwards.
If you are a player, coach, umpire, manager, or administrator, and are looking to become involved in any particular Masters age group, please get in touch with the relevant age group contact in the list below.
The new details for 2027 are starting to filter through, please keep checking back as the information below is updated over the coming months.
Results of the 2026 inter-Area Masters Tournaments in which our teams have participated can be found on the Midlands Masters Hockey home 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. Link to follow for information on the England Hockey Nominations Process.
Scroll down for further information for Midlands Masters age group contacts, trials information and tournament details.
MIDLANDS MASTERS AGE GROUPS
Player Eligibility
A player must have reached the qualifying age within the year of the competition, and is a member of a club in the Midlands. Or, if not a member of any club then resides in the Midlands. For full eligibility details please click here.
For further information and to confirm your attendance at Trials sessions, please get in touch with the relevant age group contact – click on 'Masters Contacts & Trials Dates' below for details.
Click on 'Masters Tournament Dates' below to open the tournament dates information.
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Trials Information 2027
The details for the 2027 Trials are starting to filter through, please keep checking back as the information below is updated over the coming months.
OPEN/MEN
Age Group Contact Trial Date
(arrive 30 mins early to register)Men Over 35s James Ewing Men Over 40s Mark Fisher Men Over 45s Rich Major Men Over 50s Alex Watkins Men Over 55s Andy Machin Men Over 60s Neil Billingham Men Over 65s Andy Howitt / Billy Jawanda Men Over 70s Jan Ahmed Men Over 75s Alain Bain WOMEN
Age Group Contact Trial Date
(arrive 30 mins early to register)Women Over 35s Laura Lilley Women Over 40s Ellie Paxton Women Over 45s Currently vacant Women Over 50s Lynn Combes Women Over 55s Women O55s Women Over 60s Rachael Eastland Women Over 65s Carol Rodgers Women Over 70s Jean Scott-Miller -
Tournament Dates 2027:
(Please note: dates subject to change at this stage in the season.)
OPEN/MEN
Age Group Date Venue Area Host Over 35s 8/9 May 2027 Nottingham Hockey Centre Midlands Over 40s 5/6 June 2027 Surbiton HC London Over 45s 15/16 May 2027 Ben Rhydding HC Yorkshire & NE Over 50s 5/6 June 2027 Oxford Hawks HC South Central Over 55s 15/16 May 2027 Reading HC South Central Over 60s 5/6 June 2027 Old Loughtonians HC East Over 65s 12/13 June 2027 Timperley HC North West Over 70s 4/5/6 June 2027 Southgate HC London Over 75s 15/16 June 2027 Marden HC South East WOMEN
Age Group Date Venue Area Host Over 35s 8/9 May 2027 Nottingham Hockey Centre Midlands Over 40s 15/16 May 2027 Guildford HC South East Over 45s 8/9 May 2027 Fleet & Ewshot HC South East Over 50s 15/16 May 2027 Old Bristolians/Firebrands HC West Over 55s 8/9 May 2027 Timperley HC North West Over 60s 29/30 May 2027 Leeds University – Weetwood Yorkshire & NE Over 65s 15/16 May 2027 Bedford HC East Over 70s 1/2 June 2027 London Wayfarers HC – King’s House Sch London
Click here to see the 2026 Midlands Masters Representative Squads.
This season the Midlands Men O75s (pictured below) finished third to collect a bronze medal In the EH Area tournament held at Timperley on 16th and 17th June 2026. Congratulations to the team!
Midlands Men O75s 2026
Squad – Back row: Peter Haines, Duncan Mitchell, Dave Richards, Tim Lorimer (Manager), Alan Bain, Tony Abrahams, Balbir Sarai, Brian Hopkins, Phil Hubert (capt), Alan Harling, Hugh Mason. Front Row: Mery Nutburn, Tony Dawson, Bob Preece, John Chong, Steve Heslop, Allan Shaw. Missing: German Singh.