A THIRD Alderley Edge Hockey Club team will be heading to London next month for an appearance in a major final.

The club’s under 12s girls’ team will join the under 14s girls and over 40s men in respective England Hockey National Finals showdowns.

This follows winning the In2hockey North Regional Finals in Leeds on Sunday.

The under 12s girls started their campaign with a 1-0 win over York, which they followed with a 2-0 victory over Morpeth and a 5-0 win against Old Bacchanalians.

They then battled well to defeat Thirsk, who they would later face in the final, 2-0 to top their group.

The girls faced strong opposition in the semi finals in the shape of Rotherham.

Edge started slowly and initially found themselves 1-0 down before eventually worked out how to get the better of Rotherham’s strong midfield.

They bounced back to earn the win and booked themselves a place in the final.

The decider ended 1-1 at full time, which meant that the title went down to penalties.

To their credit, all the Edge girls held their nerve and eventually won the sudden-death shootout 7-6.

With the men’s first team also being promoted to the National League, the under 12s girls’ success at the weekend rounds off what has been a ground-breaking season for Alderley Edge Hockey Club.

They hope this success is hopefully a taste of things to come for a club which prides itself on providing hockey for all.