St Albans Hockey Club celebrated a huge milestone in their history with a full weekend of games, fun, superstar visits and memories.
The Tangerines are 125 year old and kicked off the official celebrations with a four-course dinner and speeches at Woollams.
One day later it was the current heroes who took to the field to entertain the big crowds.
The ladies' first team were on first but despite a battling display, they were beaten 3-2 by Loughborough Student in the Conference Midlands division.
Their male equivalents lifted the spirits though by beating Lichfield 1-0, again in the same national division.
A spokeswoman for the club said: "A party afterwards in the clubhouse was a hit with the younger members and everyone had the chance to relax and reminisce about their time playing at St Albans.
"The club is full of families and friends who've known each other since they were at schools, all over St Albans and the surrounding towns.
"This is a hockey hub in Hertfordshire.
"There are lots of fathers and mothers and sons and daughters playing in the 20 teams the club has and there is lots of scope for anything from social hockey up to playing in the national league."
The final piece of the weekend came with a perpetual anniversary game, a match which started at 9am and continued through to 5pm - the longest game in the club's history.
The youth section kicked things off, starting with the U10s and then followed by the U12, U14, U16 and U18 squads, as players continually rotated to keep the contest going.
The youth of the club were also given a masterclass from Ellie Watton, a former Tangerine who played for Great Britain from 2013 to 2018, winning a gold medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
Another ex-team-mate at St Albans and a fellow gold medallist from Rio, Hannah MacLeod brought back the memories as she donned kit to play in the anniversary match when the adults took over in the afternoon.
Other notable players who took part were Andy Halliday, who managed GB for 15 years from 2006, and John Hurst who was the GB goalkeeper from 1977 to 1988.
There was also a good chunk of the St Albans indoor team, who dominated the national scene in the 1980s and 1990s, winning it eight times.
The game concluded with the club's disability hockey team, the Flyers, and the other senior squads.
The spokeswoman concluded: "The whole weekend was the idea of club president, Sir Mike Fordham.
"He was assisted by the hard-working volunteers from the club, known as the 'Tangerine Army'.
"Mike and his partner Jacqueline Major collected names and signatures in an anniversary book all weekend, which will be a great memento to be cherished for the next 125 years of the club."
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