The Y1 Championship takes place for the first time at Surbiton Hockey Club this August bank holiday weekend, with tickets still available from £14 for adults and £10 for children. Both Holcombe’s men’s and women’s first teams are in action – including a number of our new signings.
Tom Carson, Y1 Hockey co-founder, says “our mission is to increase the exposure of club hockey in the UK”, with the tournament taking place shortly before the start of the Men’s and Vitality Women’s Premier Division 2022/23 seasons (weekend of 24th September).
A number of England’s Commonwealth Games squad will be in action over the weekend including Holcombe trio Phil Roper, Ollie Payne and tournament top-scorer Nick Bandurak.
The tournament places a heavy focus on both the hockey on the pitch and festival atmosphere off it.
Games will be slightly shorter at 10 minutes per quarter (women’s) and 12.5 minutes per quarter (men’s), with each team in the men’s and women’s tournament playing at least four matches over the weekend.
There is also a power play rule that teams can activate once per match whereby any goal scored in a given five-minute period counts as two, adding even more jeopardy with prize money on the line.
In the junior tournament, shootouts will replace penalty corners too.
There will be a £100 Y1 voucher for the top scorer, goalkeeper of the tournament and player of the tournament as well as £2,500 each for the winner of the men’s and women’s tournament.
For the junior finals, each member of the winning teams will be provided with a top-of-the-range stick from Y1 Hockey.
Saturday’s action starts at 11am with a 9am start on Sunday, followed by an afterparty until around 10pm with DJs.
On top of the afterparty for both players and spectators, there will be numerous food vendors and a mobile bar.
If you can’t attend, there will also be a huge range of coverage on social media and YouTube. Galvanised Hockey will be running streams on Y1’s YouTube channel with four camera angles on pitch one and one on pitch two for Sunday’s finals, while Y1’s socials will provide immersive content including warm-ups and team talks.
The streams will also include replays while some games will have commentary from our Phil Roper and England and Great Britain international Brendan Creed, who host the ‘Lets Stick Together’ podcast with Dutch player Joep De Mol.
The aim is to make the Y1 Championship a yearly event in the hockey calendar with a festival atmosphere and great hockey on display – what better way to spend your bank holiday weekend!
TICKETS: https://www.y1sport.com/collections/y1-championships-spectator-tickets
Holcombe schedule
Day 1 – Saturday, 27th August
Pitch 1
13:15 Surbiton (W) v Holcombe
16:30 Holcombe (W) v Buckingham
Pitch 2
11:00 Hampstead & Westminster (M) v Holcombe
17:30 Holcombe (M) v Exeter
Day 2 – Sunday, 28th August (dependent on Day 1 results)
Pitch 1
11:15 Men’s Semi-Final
13:45 Women’s Semi-Final
17:15 Men’s Final
18:30 Women’s Final
Pitch 2
10:00 Men’s 5th/6th Play-Off
11:15 Men’s Semi-Final
12:30 Women’s 3rd Group 1 v 3rd Group 2 Play-Off
13:45 Women’s Semi-Final
14:45 Men’s 3rd/4th Play-Off
16:00 Women’s 3rd Group 1 v 4th Group 2
17:15 Women’s 3rd/4th Play-Off
Photos: @hockeycentric
Full details of the tournament, including the schedule, can be found below from Y1 Hockey:
The Y1 Championship is a groundbreaking new tournament in the hockey calendar. Set up by the hockey community, Y1 will be reinvesting all profits into creating the best spectacle in UK hockey. Finals Weekend is primarily a tournament for top class senior club teams, along with junior finals.
The common goal is to improve media coverage of hockey and showcase the very best talent. For the teams that qualify for the Finals Weekend, there’ll be livestreams, highlights, social media ‘behind-the-scenes’ and exceptional live venue entertainment for spectators.
This is an exciting opportunity for some exceptional hockey in a short tournament format. The tournament will be hosted at Sudgen Road, Surbiton on 27-28th August (Bank Holiday Weekend). Festival atmosphere throughout the event, Saturday party and Sunday the Y1 Afterparty celebrating the weekend of hockey, with DJ’s, prizes and an opportunity for everyone to enjoy the Bank Holiday!
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Format:
- Two-Day Event
- Men’s Matches- 4 x 12.5 Mins ¼’s (150 or 200 mins of hockey)
- Women’s matches 4 x 10 Min ¼’s (160 or 200 mins of hockey)
- Event to go ahead on the Weekend of the 27/28th August at Sugden Road
- Five-Minute ‘Power Play’ Rule – when a team calls for their power play, all goals scored in that 5 minutes are worth two! Power plays must be called at the start of a ¼ before that ¼ starts
Prizes:
- Men’s Champions: £2,500 cash
- Women’s Champions: £2,500 cash
- Junior Champions: Free Stick for each player
- Top Goalscorers (Senior): £100 Y1 Voucher
- Goalkeeper of the tournament Senior: £100 Y1 Voucher
- Player of the tournament Senior: £100 Y1 Voucher
Men’s Group 1: Oxted, East Grinstead, Wimbledon
Men’s Group 2: Holcombe, Hampstead & Westminster, Exeter
Women’s Group 1: Surbiton, Holcombe, Buckingham
Women’s Group 2: East Grinstead, Wimbledon, ISCA, Beeston
Schedule
Day 1 – Saturday, 27th August
Pitch 1
11:00 Oxted (M) v East Grinstead
12:15 East Grinstead (W) v Wimbledon
13:15 Surbiton (W) v Holcombe
14:15 Oxted (M) v Wimbledon
15:30 Wimbledon (W) v ISCA
16:30 Holcombe (W) v Buckingham
17:30 East Grinstead (M) v Wimbledon
18:45 Buckingham (W) v Surbiton
Pitch 2
11:00 Hampstead & Westminster (M) v Holcombe)
12:15 ISCA (W) v Beeston
14:15 Hampstead & Westminster (M) v Exeter)
15:30 East Grinstead (W) v Beeston
17:30 Holcombe (M) v Exeter
Day 2 – Sunday, 28th August
Pitch 1
9:00 East Grinstead (W) v ISCA
10:00 U14 Boys’ Final
11:15 Men’s Semi-Final
12:30 U14 Girls’ Final
13:45 Women’s Semi-Final
14:45 U16 Girls’ Final
16:00 U16 Boys’ Final
17:15 Men’s Final
18:30 Women’s Final
Pitch 2
9:00 Wimbledon (W) v Beeston
10:00 Men’s 5th/6th Play-Off
11:15 Men’s Semi-Final
12:30 Women’s 3rd Group 1 v 3rd Group 2 Play-Off
13:45 Women’s Semi-Final
14:45 Men’s 3rd/4th Play-Off
16:00 Women’s 3rd Group 1 v 4th Group 2
17:15 Women’s 3rd/4th Play-Off