Cardiff & Met Hockey Club
Welsh field hockey club
Cardiff & Met Hockey Club, previously known as Cardiff & UWIC Hockey Club, is a professional field hockey club based at the Sport Wales National Centre in Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales. They play in the Men's England Hockey League.
It was established in November, 1896 and today forms the hockey section of Cardiff Athletic Club with its headquarters at Cardiff Arms Park. The teams play at the Sport Wales National Centre and Cardiff Metropolitan University. It is one of the oldest sporting organisations in the whole of Wales.
History
The club was established in November 1896 as the Roath Hockey Club.
The club was one of the first hockey clubs in Cardiff. The first game was played on 5 December 1898, however within a few months the club had changed its name to Cardiff Hockey Club. The Club moved from its original ground at Roath Park to Llandaff Fields and the Whitchurch Polo Fields.
In 1920 when a ladies hockey club was formed, called Cardiff United.
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