Tynemouth Hockey Club has
recently celebrated its centenary year. The club began life playing under the name of North
Durham in 1902. At that time most of the players were clergymen who travelled to
away games in a horse drawn carriage. Later in the century the club changed its name to Northumbria
and played its home games at the Miners' Welfare ground in the village of Backworth.
The club made another move to North Shields where they became known as Tynemouth
Hockey Club and played on the ground used by Tynemouth Cricket Club. In 1989 an
astro pitch was laid at Wallsend Sports Centre so the club transferred itself to another
new location but retained the name of Tynemouth Hockey Club.
In November 1997 Tynemouth Hockey
Club moved from Wallsend Sports Centre to two new astro pitches at The
Parks, North Shields.