| Originally considered far too dangerous for female participation, field hockey quickly became popular with women whose previous introduction to sport included the "socially acceptable" outdoor activities of croquette and lawn tennis. With more women becoming active in the sport, the game of field hockey earned the title as the only team sport considered proper for women. By 1887, the first women’s hockey club appeared in East Mosley, England, and was quickly followed by the creation of the All England Women’s Hockey Association in 1889. The sport spread across the Atlantic in 1901 when English physical education instructor Constance Applebee introduced the sport to the U.S.
The Ladies’ Hockey Section is heavily involved in the SHF Premier League. With ex-national players playing for the team and an ex-Olympian, Jude Felix Sebastian, as the head coach, the team is one of the elite teams in Singapore.
Convenor: Ms Foo Siew Chin
For more information about joining the ladies' hockey
section, please contact James Leef at 6430-7526 or email
at james.sports@src.org.sg
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