2017 News
2017 4th Age Group World Championships - Hobart Tasmania
Zach Tait from Rochdale was the first to score for GB Mens U19s at the World Championships in Hobart!!!
Watch all the games here:
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC4dHs8nn8_yXcg6v0o9St4w…
Junior Nationals 1 July 2017 John Charles Aquatic Centre, Leeds
Zach Tait and Brandon Marshall played for the Batley Under 18s team and were successful in winning gold medals.
Isaac Rhodes-Dawson played for the Xarifa Under 16s team and was also successful in winning Gold.
Becci Northover and Ethan Redmond played for a scratch Under 16s team made up of players from 3 different clubs and came 4th in the Under 16s competition
Next year’s Junior Nationals Championships will be held on July 7th at Surrey Sports Village in Guildford. It would be good to see more players from Rochdale taking part in all age groups. Please put the date in your calendars and plan accordingly.
Batley Under 14 Junior Competition May 2017
Members Leo Cattermole, Jack Taylor, Imogen Marshall, Tom and Poppy Kershaw and Jacob and Sophie Redmond, were joined by Megan Callaghan and Lawrence Ndadaye from Xarifa Underwater hockey club on Saturday 6th May at Batley sports centre for a friendly tournament which introduced 4 members to their first competition.
Ladies National Championships, Leeds March 2017
Members Helen Hyde and Becci Northover from Rochdale club played for the Yorkshire Squad which entered 2 teams in the Ladies National Championship which took place in Leeds on 4 March 2017.
Helen and Becci played for the second team and finished 5th in the top division, an excellent achievement following promotion last year.
The Yorkshire Ladies first team were runners up after a very hard fought final.
There were 14 Ladies teams taking part in a very competitive tournament.
Newport Regional Tournament 25 February 2017
A massive well done to Ethan Redmond and Isaac Rhodes-Dawson from the Rochdale Underwater Hockey Club. They represented the North at the recent Under-16s Regional Tournament and came away with silver medals. The other Under-16 team from North Region won the gold medal.
There were also gold medals for the North Region Under-14s and Under-12s.
Radio Manchester 2 February 2017
2 separate interviews with BBC Manchester Radio about underwater hockey featuring Mick Hyde and Zach Tait at approx 7:40 and 8:50.
Rebecca Northover to play for Team GB in World Championships
After 5 years of training and lots of sacrifices, Rebecca has earned a place on the under 19's team to play in the 2017 Underwater Hockey World Championships in Tasmania in July. Well done Beccy! We will be watching your progress with interest.