We’re pleased to be able to bring you the day-by-day account of the highly successful Junior Hockey tour to Barcelona that took place during October half-term.

Day 1: A busy first day with an early start but we have arrived! A walk to the beach and afternoon at the pool, before heading to @atleticterrassa for fixtures under the lights 🏑

Day 2 included a morning full of Hockey with training at @rcpolobarcelona followed by a walk down Las Ramblas for lunch

Day 3: A beautiful morning down at the beach for some fitness work, followed by our annual sand sculpture contest ☀️🐚 After a thrilling game of beach football we headed to the marina for lunch and some shopping ⛵️

Day 4 started with a trip to @clubegara for 4 matches. Some great hockey on display with lots of goals. We then took the short trip across to @futboljuniorfc to watch their top of the table clash with @rcpolobarcelona A high standard of hockey for our girls to aspire to 🏑🤩

Day 5 was action packed with lots of hockey 🏑 We first headed to Pau Negre, the home of 1992 Olympic hockey, for another coaching clinic with @rcpolobarcelona 🤩 We then headed to Barceloneta beach for lunch, before returning to @rcpolobarcelona for our fixtures in the evening 🌴

Day 6: Our last day in Barca started with the return of the highly contested Tour tournament at @rcpolobarcelona 🏟️ We then visted La Sagrada Familia for sightseeing before returning to Pau Negre for our evening fixtures against @fcbhockey_femeni 🏑 Thank you to @thehockeydepartment and all of our students for an amazing week on tour 💜 #hockey #barcelona @thehockeydepartment @sandervanderweide76