Heywood Hockey Club is a men’s field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 club based in Heywood, Greater Manchester

Heywood, Greater Manchester

Heywood is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the south bank of the River Roch and is east of Bury, west-southwest of Rochdale, and north of the city of Manchester. The town of Middleton lies to the south, whilst to the north is the...

, England. The club was formed in the 1990s from various members from other clubs in Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...

. The club merged with Cheatham Hill Club for a short while but then broke away from them only after a few seasons.

The Club has recently this year changed its name from Heywood Hockey Club to Rochdale hockey club

Rochdale hockey club

Rochdale Hockey Club Formally Heywood Hockey Club a Men’s Field Hockey Club Based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester . The club was formed in the early 1990s as Heywood Hockey Club from various members of other clubs in the Greater Manchester area...

External links

• Rochdale Hockey Club