![]() ![]() We look forward to working with Nottingham Hockey Centre, Nottingham High School and England Hockey to help maximise the opportunities of this world class venue to increase participation and improve the visibility of the sport through hosting major events.” The centre has excellent transport links – a 5 minute walk from the University Boulevard and University of Nottingham Tram stops, as well as the Tennis and Hockey Centres bus stop, and has just completed the construction of a pedestrian footpath from the front entrance to the site. The centre has 200 hard-standing car parking spaces, and 400 additional spaces in the two overflow car park areas.ĭan Tilley, Director of Sport, University of Nottingham, commented, “‘As partners of Nottingham Hockey Centre we are delighted to see this significant investment from Nottingham High School, that will make the venue a leading international hockey venue. The new development will also be available to the general public and has the full support of Nottingham City Council, England Hockey and other key sporting bodies. Located at Nottingham Hockey Centre which is home to Nottingham Players Hockey Club and the University of Nottingham Hockey Club, as well as Beeston Hockey Club which was founded by former Nottingham High School students in 1907, the new facility will expand the school’s already impressive hockey provision and help to establish an ambitious outreach programme for hockey in the community, with a particular focus on local schools. The project completion ran to time following some favourable weather conditions, the impressive build saw 4500 tons of topsoil removed then recycled, 1 kilometre of ball stop fencing and over 75,000 man hours on site. I’m in no doubt that Nottingham High School’s investment will be one of the most critical parts of this incredibly important undertaking.” Nottingham Hockey Centre Chairman, David Griffiths commented, “During the course of the pandemic, nothing has given me greater pleasure than to finally be part of the formal handover of the newly enhanced Nottingham Hockey Centre as the largest hockey centre in the world, outside of the Netherlands there is plenty of work to do for our sport, not least the beginning of our ambitious community outreach programme. This facility will also be used by the local community and means that our pitches play an important part in the city’s sporting offering.” The Sunday Times have recently named us as East Midlands Independent School of the Decade and our sport plays a key part in this success. Since our very successful move to co-education in 2015 we have focused on hockey as one of our major sports for boys and girls. Kevin Fear, Headmaster of Nottingham High School said: “We are thrilled to have completed this impressive development of our sporting facilities. You may also communicate with the committee that prepares the print edition of The Nottingham Connection – committee collects donations for publication and mailing costs, and makes grants to Nottingham teachers for equipment and transportation not covered by the school budget.Aerial image taken in October 2020 during the late stages of construction of the two new pitches.ĭecember sees the completion of £2 million worth of investment by Nottingham High School, creating a purpose-built sports facility for hockey at Nottingham Hockey Centre.Īlready regarded as one of the UK’s premier hockey centres, the development added two new blue Tiger Turf hockey pitches, taking the total to six. Checks and money orders should be made out to “Nottingham High School” with “Nottingham Connection” in the memo line. If you are able to help by sending a donation, we would be very grateful. We will soon be soliciting grant requests from teachers for next year. Teachers at Nottingham High School are very grateful for the grants we are able to make each year, thanks to generous donations from readers of the Nottingham Connection. If you have news or memories that you would like to share about yourself or fellow alums of Nottingham High School for our “From The Mailbag” column, or for a special feature, please send it to us at you like to read the newsletter online rather than receive a printed copy? Let us know by email. The website also includes copies of the 2003-present newsletters in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. To access reunion announcements, news items, and obituaries about graduates of a specific class year, click on “Graduation Year” above. ![]() This website includes the contents of of the Spring 2023 edition. Nottingham was established in 1921, so students have been graduating from the school for more than 80 years. The Nottingham Connection is a printed newsletter that is mailed to alumni of Nottingham High School, which is located in Syracuse, New York. ![]()
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