East Grinstead Hockey Club is famous for its Indoor Hockey heritage. EG Men have won that National Indoor title on 14 occasions, making us the most successful Mens Indoor Club in England. EGHC women have won the National Indoor title 5 times (in the last 10 years). In fact, EG Women are the current English Champions having secured the club's most recent title in February 2025 at Derby Arena. The club is blessed with its own Indoor hall with fixed video analysis facilities to facilitate great training and development.

Building on this legacy, EGHC will operate an enhanced Junior Indoor Programme.  This programme will consist of four blocks:

• Block One:  September and October.  Block One will lead to EGHC competition entries at the Indoor Hockey UK "London GrandSlam" to be hosted at the K2 in Crawley

• Block Two:  November and December.  Block Two will lead to the England Hockey National Indoor competition

• Block Three:  January

• Block Four:  April and May

Each age group will be able to access Indoor Hockey as follows:

• U6 and U8:  These players will all move completely indoors during the Winter months.  This means that on Sundays, their morning training will move from our water-based astro to our indoor hall (on site).  The dates of this shift will be circulated in due course but this is likely to take place during November through to February.
• U10 and U12 will access indoor through the MiniStars Programme.  The MiniStars programme is a "bolt on" to regular membership and is for ambitious youngsters who want to accelerate the development of their game.
• U14s can access Indoor through the Talent Development Programme which is designed as the natural continuation from MiniStars and EGHC's precursor to the Talent Academy Proper
• U16s and U18s will be invited to participate in training blocks around specific competition periods, aligned with the "blocks" outlined above

Juniors will have the opportunity to learn from some of the most decorated players and experienced Indoor coaches in the country, taking a giant leap in the development of their game.

U16 and U18 Indoor Programme for Purchase: https://eghockey.org.uk/collections/indoor

MiniStars and Talent Development Programme (U14, U12 and U10), which incorporates Indoor for Purchase: https://eghockey.org.uk/collections/mini-tda

Our Indoor Hall is on site at EGHC and is fitted for video analysis.

EGHC is in the process of entering teams in the following competitions:

• U12:  Indoor Hockey UK tournaments
• U14:  Indoor Hockey UK tournaments
• U16:  Indoor Hockey UK tournaments, England Hockey Regional and National Competitions
• U18:  Indoor Hockey UK tournaments, England Hockey Regional and National Competitions

We will offer Indoor Hockey during Summer months in the form of Masterclasses, beginning in August 2025.  Juniors will also have an opportunity to support our 1st Teams in the Indoor Premier League and Super 6s Finals Day increasing the connection between Juniors and Performance Teams.

Please find our Indoor Junior Training Schedule here:  https://www.eghockey.co.uk/teams/training-schedule

For further information please don't hesitate to contact Theo.Dowse@eghockey.co.uk or info@eghockey.co.uk.

East Grinstead Hockey's Indoor History

East Grinstead Men won the national indoor title for the first time in 1986 leading to inclusion in an unofficial European tournament held at Amiens in 1987. Led by Richard Leman (Golden Olympian, 1988), EG won through a tight semi-final against the Swiss, only to lose to the hosts Amiens in the final.
The first half of the 1990s saw a great rivalry develop on an annual basis with St Albans at the atmospheric Crystal Palace for the national indoor finals. By the time EG won their second national indoor title in 1993, the Germans had joined the now official European Cup for clubs. Travelling to Cologne in 1994, the first game was against the hosts and an introduction to German club hockey - Volker Fried (Olympic Gold and two time Silver medallist) and his team ran out 7-4 winners. This was followed by another great game against the Poles who edged it 7-5 in the end.

During this period, there were also regular appearances at the Glenfiddich International tournament, including some great contests against the likes of MIM from Scotland and from Harvestehuder. The second half of the decade saw a complete retirement of the early 90’s team, but “EG” regrouped and managed to stay in the Premier Division – still the only team in the country to have remained in the Premier Division since the inception of the National Indoor League.

A decade later however, after steady development for a number of years, EG gained their next national title in 2006 and three years later saw the start of a run of titles that eventually saw EG accumulate the 14 the men have secured to date. European competition follows each English title, in the Eurohockey Indoor Club Champions Trophy and then the top tier, pitting our wits against the best indoor club teams. As part of this development, the club has had the pleasure of the likes of Olympic champions Martin Haner and Mats Grambusch from Germany in their colours (both Captains of Germany), as well as Filip Neusser of the Czech Republic keeping goal on occasion (rated the world's best Indoor 'keeper.

Our under 18 girls won the national title for the first time in 2013 and in 2014 secured a silver. They regained the gold medal at Nottingham University in January 2024 with another National Title. In 2014 EG Women competed in the Premier Division for the first time in the club’s history, coming a creditable fifth just one point from qualifying for the Top 4 play-offs at the first attempt. Just one year later, in January 2015, East Grinstead Women participated in their first National Indoor Final, losing to Bowdon. The following year EG Women went one better, securing the title. This was followed by another in 2019, and then in 2022, 2024 and 2025. The 2019 Title was special as it saw both EG Men and Women secure their respective titles on the same day; a feat not achieved since the 1980s by Slough.

As with the Men, each English Title is followed by European competition and in February 2026, EG Women will compete in the EuroHockey Indoor in Poland. Email us to enquire