Our History
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Highfields Sports Club has been at the centre of hockey in the East Midlands for 20 years and has served the sport well since Jesse Boot bequeathed the site to the City and people of Nottingham 80 years ago. The quality of the new pitches and social facilities is extremely hard to match anywhere else in the country.
The vision to improve our Club began in 1996, to now appreciate the full splendor of our achievement is gratifying but must be viewed in the context of all the hard work of the many people who have contributed to our success.
Our partnership with the English Institute of Sport (EIS) has been essential and their generous support through the Sport England Lottery Fund has made the vision a reality. The assistance and backing from Nottingham City Council provided a solid foundation for the project and the basis of an excellent working relationship.
The past help and advice of our commercial partners at Tynemill Limited has been invaluable and we have now taken over the bar and catering operation in order to secure the future for Highfields.
Beeston Hockey Club, Players Hockey Club, Nottingham Highfields Hockey Club, Nottingham Lacrosse Club and Beeston Centurions FC joined forces 6 years ago at the inception of this project. The affiliation of Hockey, lacrosse and football under the single 'umbrella' of Highfields Sports Club may seem unremarkable to the outsider but we are setting an emerging precedent in English club sport. The development of multi-sport facilities is well established in Europe but is a rarity in the UK. We are now working towards becoming the home of Complete Football, in Nottingham.
Highfields Sports Club will continue to work co-operatively in order to provide facilities of the highest quality for all users of whatever sporting discipline. As part of the EIS Network we are very well placed to expand on this great new beginning. Highfields has recently become the East Midlands National Hockey Performance Centre.
Highfields Sports Club has become the major site for hosting England and Great Britain Hockey events.
More about Highfields
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Highfields Sports Club will offer and promote sport within the community and will provide facilities regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, degree of ability or disability.
Members will be encouraged to become involved in all aspects of sport and liaison with schools, local authorities, leagues, sports associations and clubs.
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Highfields Sports Club is the leading hockey facility in England, The club is unique as it owns 3 artifical surfaces all different in construction.
Pitch 1 is a nylon waterbase pitch built to F.I.H. international standard as is used purely for hockey.
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HIGHFIELDS SPORTS CLUB
University Boulevard, Nottingham. NG7 2PS.
Tel: 0845 269 0921
