Kendal Ladies Hockey Club and Kendal Mens Hockey Club have always enjoyed a close relationship. Pre-season friendly matches between the two clubs have been unmissable and keenly fought events for many years! In more recent seasons the two club have been working ever more closely together to promote the sport of hockey in general and to provide increasing opportunities for youth development. In the spirit of amalgamation, Kendal’s two hockey clubs decided to join forces and chance their arm in the 2016/17 England Hockey Knockout Competition Mixed Trophy as the Kendal Mint Cakes. Playing from their first match as if they had been one club for years, the Mint Cakes quickly dispatched several teams and proceeded to enjoy a cup run. Before eventually bowing out of the competition the Mint Cakes found themselves in the final 16 of a national competition as the last remaining Northern team! An encouraging result for their first joint venture. At long last the two sides of the Kendal hockey coin are proud to have joined forces to officially become one club. It is with great pride and optimism that the three senior ladies teams, two senior mens teams and several junior teams of Kendal Hockey Club look to their future.