Culture and Community
Hockley is home to Hawkwell Athletic Football Club (HAFC), one of the largest volunteer based football clubs in Essex. HAFC is a FA Charter Standard Community Club and provides the opportunity to play football to over 450 players aged between 4years old and veterans (over 35).
Hockley is also the home of Southend United FC fanatic Scott Peters, who is infamous for his flamboyant support and well known in football circles around the country.
Hockley is also the home of well known Adam Bedingham from Adam & The Bedinghams, who are infamous for there triple platinum album that was released in Asia back in 1996.
There is also the newly formed Hockley Massive Project, which started in 2010 and is open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evenings for 12-17 year olds. The youth club entered one of their members, Joshua Copeland, into the Essex Boys and Girls Clubs Table-Tennis Finals, which took place at Ingatestone Boys' Own Club in February 2011. The competition was strong but he came away as the overall winner of the under-19 boys group, which means he progresses into the table tennis finals, held in Cheshire later in the year. This is a huge achievement for him to represent the youth club at such a high level and with GB table tennis players in attendance at this tournament, competition will be nothing less than fierce. There is also the well established Hockley Lawn Tennis club, located down Folly Lane.
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