A well rested and heavily spirited Robbies side ventured into the town of Cheltenham more commonly know for its outstanding horse racing venue rather than its elite standard of hockey. Fueled by a combination of Jelly Babies and Nick’s changing room bangers we entered the first quarter strong. Some liquid Read more…
Friday night saw the second Friday Night Lights game of the season, this time away to Bristol University. A raucous crowd of around 200 fans was evenly split between jaded Robbies fans after a tough week of work, and a lively bunch of students fresh out of doing nothing but Read more…
CRHC Men’s 1s made the relatively short trip down to Exeter last week ahead of a crunch match with bottom of the league Exeter 2s. Following a disappointing loss to Chichester the week before, another, slightly shorter, away trip offered the opportunity for the boys to get their season back Read more…
The M1s travelled to the middle of nowhere (Ashmoor) in confident mood following some strong training sessions and a lesson from the M2s in how to put the ball in the goal. With a couple of new faces in the squad and some far too old ones we went about Read more…
The scene was set for a big Friday night clash between Clifton Robinsons Mens 1’s and Cheltenham Hockey Club. Playing an unusual Friday night game meant that the atmosphere was at fever-pitch in the build up to the game. With Kinger SNR blasting some questionable tunes, the crowd continued to Read more…
The Clifton Robbies boys made the long trip to Plymouth nursing an ever increasing injury list. Despite the missing fun bus, and yet more team members falling under the spell of the rarely spotted triple sausage and egg McMuffin meal, the boys took an early lead through Jersey’s finest export Read more…
It was a big game for the boys this week with Robinsons looking to keep their unbeaten start to a brilliant season against Bristol Uni in a top of the table clash. Reaching game day and tensions were high, settled only by Nicko’s tunes in the changing rooms and a Read more…
Clifton Robinsons travelled to Fareham on Sunday, hoping to continue their successful start to the season. Fareham, originally known as Ferneham, was listed in the Domesday Book as having 90 households, and has since blossomed into a major market town, tucked between the more dominant conurbations of Portsmouth and Southampton. Read more…
Going into the 4th game of the season having won the previous three games, Clifton Robinsons Men’s 1s were confidently hoping for another strong result. Welcoming Exeter University 2s, the game started well for the home side. A strong attack from the forward line early in the game saw our Read more…
Fresh from two comeback wins at National League level, Clifton Robinsons Men’s 1st XI entertained Chichester at Clifton College in what was, to date, their best overall performance of the young season so far. It has been typical of the team to start matches slowly, and unfortunately, this game was Read more…