Barford Tigers
More Than Just A Hockey Club
Giving Handsworth’s Youth Access To World Class Minds
Our goal is to show that healthy living and healthy minds go hand in hand. We do this by hosting regular online events with talks and Q&A’s with inspiring figures from the world of sport, media, business and much more.
● Mental Health
● Starting a Business
● Career Development
● Getting into University
● Saving Lives
● Nutrition
● Fitness
● And More
Our Club
Barford Tigers is more than a Hockey club
Our goal is to be a sporting and community model of excellence both on and off the pitch.
Fostering the right environment
Some of the key areas where he help to foster this environment include:
Health and Well Being
Providing advice and support on health and nutrition as well as helping to instil a healthy lifestyle habits in our members from an early age
Winning Mentality
Pushing our members to be the best that they can be. We want to give our members the opportunity to play at the highest level and we have a plan in place to help accomplish this
Engagement
Running regular parents evenings for the local community with guest speakers providing advice with anything from careers advice and getting into University to preventing knife crime
Youth Development
Helping our youth members to develop important lifestyle skills including teamwork, public speaking and resilience
Mentoring
From those who have not only played hockey at the highest level, but alsogone on to have successful careers in medicine, dentistry, finance and business
Diversity
Without doubt we are one of the most diverse hockey clubs in the country with girls, boys, men and women from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities. We pride ourselves on our friendly and inclusive atmosphere
Enjoyment
BUT most importantly playing hockey with Barford Tigers is all about experiencing a fun way of becoming the best version of yourself.
Upcoming Events
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Past Events
BIRMINGHAM U18s HOCKEY CAMP HOSTED BY BARFORD TIGERS
Join Barford Tigers Hockey Club alongside Great Britain Hockey Internationals Emily Defroand and Rhys Smith for 2 days of hockey development and fun! This is a rare opportunity to be coached by current international players. Tickets available HERE A weekend working on...
Q&A with Sarah Dawkins of Sky Sports News – Wednesday, 17th March 2021 at 7 pm
Sarah Dawkins is a renowned producer at Sky Sports News. Join us as Do join the Q&A discussion on Wednesday, 17th March 2021 at 7 pm as she will be giving us an insight into her career path, and telling us what it’s like to work at one of the world’s largest sports Channels. This will be informative and inspiring and you’ve got plenty of time to register.
Q&A With Olympian Ashia Hansen MBE – Wednesday 2nd December 2020 7pm-8pm
We are very lucky to have Olympic Triple Jumper and former world record holder Ashia Hansen do a Q&A for our Parents and Youth Group
Lockdown Fitness Sessions On Zoom – Tuesdays 7.30pm
Join us every Tuesday night during November lockdown for a 40-minute fitness session to keep you fit and healthy. Fitness coach Jon Aldridge will be hosting the sessions which will be fun, engaging and YES some hard work! 7.30pm Tuesday Evenings Click on the zoom link...
Suzanne Vanden-Bossche Talks Nutrition & Exercise During Lockdown – Wednesday 18th Nov 7pm
Suzanne Vanden-Bossche - BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Nutrition will be hosting a presentation and Q&A on nutrition during lockdown. How to ensure that you don't let lockdown beat you! Wednesday 18th November -2020 7pm -Confirm with captains or get tickets...
Tigers get support for LINK Project
Barford Tigers HC is pleased to announce that it recently secured £10,000 of funding from Awards for All in support of our LINK project. What is the LINK Project? The LINK project aims to enhance the Club's Young People and Parents Group and link it and the wider club...
Jon Aldridge Talks Fitness
In this, the first edition of Tigers Talks, Jon Aldridge from Optimal Sports Performance speaks on hockey fitness covering aerobic exercise, mobility and strength. Jon is no stranger to Tigers having appeared as a guest speaker at the Tigers Parent Appreciation...
Natasha Charlwood from BCU speaks on Nutrition
Back when Covid-19 had forced us all take measures to ensure the safety of all, Natasha Charlwood from BCU kindly offered to do a webinar and Q&A with Tigers members and Parents about nutrition, health and wellbeing during lockdown and beyond. Sadly we were unable...