The Vann Club is the club for CUHC alumni.
The club is named in honour of Lt. Col. The Rev Bernard William Vann who received a Cambridge hockey Blue in 1910. Lt. Col. The Rev Bernard William Vann was the only ordained clergyman of the Church of England to win the Victoria Cross in the Great War as a combatant.
The purpose of the Vann Club is to form a large community of alumni who help to keep CUHC on a stable financial footing so generations of future students can experience and enjoy CUHC as much as we have. Vann Club members will benefit from special offers, priority and group bookings for alumni events and hopefully even some exclusive stash! More work will be done in the coming years to engage with CUHC alumni and we expect the Vann Club to be at the heart of this.
The Vann Club is open to all former university hockey players at Cambridge: Women’s and Men’s Blues, Wanderers and Nomads, Squanderers and Beds, and, of course, the Blunderers and Rovers. We recommend current players join when they leave Cambridge. To become a member, we ask each alumnus to set up an annual direct debit with CUHC via the university’s online portal:
This allows CUHC to receive Gift Aid on UK donations, at no cost to the donor. This support makes a significant difference to the running of CUHC, and is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions regarding the Vann Club, or would like to discuss a more substantial level of support, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
The Vann Club is CUHC’s alumni network, and thanks to alumni generosity, current members of the club with limited financial resources can access bursaries of up to £160. These can be used to pay for anything CUHC-related (subs, match fees, kit etc.), and we’d really encourage any members to apply if you think it might help. The deadline for applying this year is 31st March 2024.
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