Double promotion success means Colchester Hockey Club’s men’s and ladies’ first teams will be playing at the highest level of the regional East League next year.

Having seen the men’s team already secure a move to the premier division, the ladies’ team head into their final game of the season tomorrow knowing their own promotion to the top flight is now safely in the bag.

With a promotion for the men’s seconds as well, it has been a good season for the club’s teams and president Alan Hills feels this has been the most successful in more than a decade.

See this week's Essex County Standard for the full story.