— EGHC Juniors

Junior Indoor

East Grinstead is famous for indoor hockey. Our juniors learn the indoor game from some of the most decorated players and experienced indoor coaches in the country, in our own on-site indoor hall fitted for video analysis.

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EG Men

14 titles

National indoor titles — the most successful men's indoor club in England.

EG Women

6 titles

Indoor Premier League titles since 2016, including 2025 and 2026, plus a EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Cup bronze.

U18 Girls

National champions

England Hockey U18 indoor champions, with titles in 2013 and 2024.

Facilities

Our own hall

An on-site indoor hall with fixed video analysis for training and matches.

The programme

Four indoor blocks

Our enhanced Junior Indoor Programme runs from September to May in four blocks, each building towards key competitions.

Block 1 · Sep – Oct

London Grand Slam

Builds to EGHC entries at the Indoor Hockey UK London Grand Slam at the K2, Crawley.

Block 2 · Nov – Dec

National competition

Builds towards England Hockey's national indoor competition.

Block 3 · January

Mid-season block

A focused January block to keep developing indoor skills through the winter.

Block 4 · Apr – May

Spring block

A spring block after the outdoor season, with indoor masterclasses in the summer.

By age group

How each age group plays indoors

U6 & U8

Sunday training moves indoors

Over the winter (likely November to February) Sunday-morning sessions move from the Astroturf into our indoor hall. Dates are circulated in advance.

Included in membership

U10 & U12

MiniStars

Indoor comes through MiniStars, a bolt-on for ambitious youngsters who want to accelerate their development.

Competes: Indoor Hockey UK (U12)

U14

Talent Development Academy

The natural continuation from MiniStars and EGHC's precursor to the Talent Academy. About the TDA.

Competes: Indoor Hockey UK

U16 & U18

Competition blocks

Players are invited to training blocks around specific competition periods, aligned with the four blocks above.

Competes: Indoor Hockey UK, England Hockey regional & national

Closer to the 1st XIs. Juniors also get the chance to support our 1st teams at Indoor Premier League and Super 6s finals days.

Performance

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Indoor programmes & masterclasses

U16 & U18

Indoor Programme

Indoor training blocks, indoor tournaments and summer masterclasses for older juniors.

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U10, U12 & U14

MiniStars & TDA

MiniStars and the Talent Development Academy, which include the indoor programme.

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All ages

Academy Camps & Masterclasses

Indoor masterclasses, camps, clinics and 1:1 coaching from EGHC Academy.

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Heritage

East Grinstead's indoor history

EG Men won the national indoor title for the first time in 1986. Led by 1988 Olympic champion Richard Leman, they reached the final of an unofficial European tournament in Amiens in 1987, and the early 1990s brought a great annual rivalry with St Albans at Crystal Palace.

EG are the only team to have stayed in the Premier Division since the National Indoor League began. After a second title in 1993 and a third in 2006, a run from 2009 took the men to 14 English titles, each followed by European club competition — with Germany Olympians Martin Häner and Mats Grambusch among those to wear our colours.

Our U18 girls first won the national title in 2013 and regained it at Nottingham University in January 2024. EG Women reached the Premier Division in 2014, their first national final in 2015, and have since won the title six times — in 2016, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026 — and taken bronze at the EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Cup.

In 2019 EG Men and Women won their national titles on the same day — a feat not achieved since Slough in the 1980s. Our juniors now train in the same hall, with the same standards.

Get your junior indoors

For more information about the Junior Indoor Programme, contact Theo Dowse or the club.

Email Theo Dowse Email info@eghockey.co.uk