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Left: Slough HC Manager Ian Mitchell with the European Club Championship trophy in 1980. |
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13.07.1931-19.07.2022
Ian Mitchell died on 20 July 2022 at the age of 91. He was born in Redcar, Yorkshire in 1931. His early sporting interests were in swimming and rugby but due to injury he switched to hockey when at Newcastle University, where he played in the university team. He qualified as a Civil Engineer and became a Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers. After a short spell of working for British Rail he joined the Central London Polytechnic (now University of Westminster) as a lecturer. He remained there for the rest of his working life. In retirement, apart from a continuing interest in Slough HC, he travelled the world extensively.
Ian joined Slough HC in the early 1950s and played in the First XI for some 20 years. He was captain from 1960 to 1967. He also captained, and later managed, Buckinghamshire. Both Ian and his wife Angela captained the county side at the same time. Both of their children Neil and Jenny played hockey for Slough, with Jenny playing at the top level of the sport. From his early days until 2016 Ian was an active committee member at Slough, serving two spells as Club Chairman.
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| Slough Hockey Club men’s fixture cards, 1970s & 1980s. |
He retired from playing top level hockey in 1975 to devote time to managing the Slough First XI, who were then becoming a power in English hockey at both outdoor and indoor level. The first great success was winning the London Hockey League in 1976. Slough then became National Champions in 1977. From 1975 for the best part of the next 20 years, Ian managed the team to winning every championship available to them, as detailed below.
National Club Champions 1977, 1979, 1980 & 1981
European Club Champions 1980
National Indoor Club Champions 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982 & 1983
London League Champions 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985 & 1987
National Inter League Champions 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982 & 1983
Glenfiddich International Indoor Cup 1982 – Zwolle European Indoor Cup 1981
English County Champions – Buckinghamshire 1980 & 1982
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| Left: Slough HC, winners of the National Club Championship in 1979. Manager Ian Mitchell standing arms folded, far right. Right: The Slough HC team with the European Club Championship trophy in 1980. Ian Mitchell furthest right. |
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Funeral Arrangements
Ian MItchell’s funeral will take place at 13:00 on 31 August at Slough Crematorium. If you wish to watch the service remotely details are below. If you knew Ian and would like to pay your respects, you are very welcome to attend both the funeral and the wake which will be held back at Slough Hockey Club.
Https://watch.obitus.com
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Password: 637608
A further obituary of Ian Mitchell is available on the Slough Hockey Club website: Obituary: Ian Mitchell, 1931-2022 (sloughhockeyclub.co.uk)
