Tour: Blackpool Hockey Festival | April 17th – 21st
What: Blackpool Hockey Festival
Where: Blackpool, Lancashire
When: 17th – 21st of April, 2014
What’s it all about: Blackpool Easter Hockey Festival is now in it’s 63rd year. The 2014 festival will take place over the weekend of the 17th – 21st April, at Stanley Park, Blackpool.
The festival is open to mens, ladies and mixed teams.
The weekend includes two/three games of 11-a-side hockey per day and one on Easter Monday, with each team playing nine matches in total. The majority of matches are played on astro-turf but some games are played on grass… which is always a challenge!
Each game is 25 minutes one way with a 5 minute interval between games and are always officiated by two qualified umpires, with games being centrally timed.
The playing facilities comprise 2 sand-dressed artificial pitches, 2 grass pitches at Blackpool Cricket Club and another artificial pitch nearby in Bispham.
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This tour looks absoutely brilliant, and the website is incredibly professional and easy to navigate, so even after a lemonade or two, you can still work out when and were you’re playing your next match. An ideal tour for a team who’s competitive, both on the astro and in the bar.
Blackpool Hockey Festival HQ getting ready for the big weekend!
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