Brigg Hockey Club starts its 2021/22 season league fixtures on Saturday (September 18) with male and female teams in action at the Recreation Ground, off Wrawby Road.
The match between Brigg Ladies' 3rds and Louth 2nds will start at 11am on the all-weather 'Blue Astro' pitch, and be followed by Brigg Ladies' 1sts v Leeds Adel 2nds at 12.30.
The Men's first teamers host Sheffield University Bankers at 2pm, while the 4ths entertain Louth 2nds at 3.30pm to complete a busy opening day of the new campaign.
It's heartening to see the all-weather pitch, provided by North Lincolnshire Council, being fully utilised.
When we started playing for Brigg Men's Hockey Club, as it then was, in the early 1980s the games were friendlies and all played on grass at the Rec. Then, as now, Brigg had four men's teams. Brigg Ladies shared the ground.
The number of local football and cricket teams using the Rec has declined considerably since the 1980s, but not hockey.
It was always interesting to receive the new season's hockey club fixture card in the post to study the games ahead between mid-September and late April, to be played on a range of surfaces affected by rain, frost and snow.
PICTURED: Brigg men's and ladies' teams in action at the Rec - local players wearing their familiar green shirts.
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