April 2017: Ladies 1s win title decider and are promoted to South Divisional hockey
April 2017: Mens 1 promoted to Hants Div 1 and also make Hampshire Cup Final Day
March 2017: Ladies 2s & 4 are League Winners and promoted
Sept 2016: Ian Jennings MBE appointed as Men's first team coach
Aldershot and Farnham Hockey Club (AFHC) have appointed Ian Jennings MBE (Jenno) as Men’s first team coach for the 2016/17 season.
Jenno, who has lived locally for over 35 years, gained 38 caps for England during his international career and has also coached England Women’s Teams and England U21 and U18 Men.
His main focus will be elite development of the Men’s section to enable AFHC to push for promotions and help players achieve their full potential. He will fit in this new position around his current duties for Indian Gymkhana.
Jenno said “Aldershot and Farnham are a growing grassroots club with exciting goals. But they don’t just have a great vision; they have a willingness and capacity to achieve. My role will be to guide them in the strategies and skills necessary for them to reach and exceed these goals.” He added “They are also my local club and I often run across the guys in town. I’d like to think I’m putting something back in to the community. It will also be nice to only have to travel three minutes to home games!”
Aldershot and Farnham are a thriving club now putting out 30 teams and hosting almost 350 juniors at their weekly Sunday Hockey Academy. They are England Hockey ClubsFirst accredited and are based both at Heath End School, Farnham and the Army Hockey Centre, Aldershot.
AFHC Chairman, Nigel Oates commented “Hockey is an amazingly inclusive sport. We put out junior girls and boys sides from almost 60 local schools and colleges, senior men’s and ladies, mixed sides and vets. Our members range from 6 years old to 60. We aspire, but we have always been a grounded club. We support everyone in growing steadily to the best of their ability as far as we are able. We now feel we are ready and in a position to raise the bar even further and Jenno, as a local hero, has the skills, knowledge, experience and respect to help us do it. He also happened to score 276 National League goals, so we are especially looking forward to him putting that level of performance back into action, but this time in an Aldershot & Farnham shirt!”
Jenno, who has lived locally for over 35 years, gained 38 caps for England during his international career and has also coached England Women’s Teams and England U21 and U18 Men.
His main focus will be elite development of the Men’s section to enable AFHC to push for promotions and help players achieve their full potential. He will fit in this new position around his current duties for Indian Gymkhana.
Jenno said “Aldershot and Farnham are a growing grassroots club with exciting goals. But they don’t just have a great vision; they have a willingness and capacity to achieve. My role will be to guide them in the strategies and skills necessary for them to reach and exceed these goals.” He added “They are also my local club and I often run across the guys in town. I’d like to think I’m putting something back in to the community. It will also be nice to only have to travel three minutes to home games!”
Aldershot and Farnham are a thriving club now putting out 30 teams and hosting almost 350 juniors at their weekly Sunday Hockey Academy. They are England Hockey ClubsFirst accredited and are based both at Heath End School, Farnham and the Army Hockey Centre, Aldershot.
AFHC Chairman, Nigel Oates commented “Hockey is an amazingly inclusive sport. We put out junior girls and boys sides from almost 60 local schools and colleges, senior men’s and ladies, mixed sides and vets. Our members range from 6 years old to 60. We aspire, but we have always been a grounded club. We support everyone in growing steadily to the best of their ability as far as we are able. We now feel we are ready and in a position to raise the bar even further and Jenno, as a local hero, has the skills, knowledge, experience and respect to help us do it. He also happened to score 276 National League goals, so we are especially looking forward to him putting that level of performance back into action, but this time in an Aldershot & Farnham shirt!”
2016 Winners of the Hampshire Men's Open League Trophy
2016 Winners of the Hampshire Club Under-14's Ladies Cup
Recent activity: Goal-keeper coaching from Ally Black
The kids show-off their new kit generously donated by Mathew of R&G herbs
