What?
A friendly and fun charity hockey tournament for up to 8 mixed teams. Suitable for all ages, abilities and hamstring status.
When?
Saturday 23rd May 2026. 11am to 5pm.
Where?
Peffermill Playing Fields, University of Edinbrugh. Peffermill Road, Edinburgh, EH16 5LL.
What Three Words: ///engage.buns.status
Who?
Teams participating in the tournament are:
- Forging Strength Kinross (gym): JustGiving page.
- Drifters Hockey Club: JustGiving page.
- Edinburgh Academical Hockey Club: JustGiving page.
- University of Edinburgh hockey alumni: JustGiving page.
- Kinross Hockey Club: JustGiving page.
- Watsonian Hockey Club: JustGiving page.
If you would like to play for any of these teams, please get in touch.
Why?
To raise funds for Little Hearts Matter, the only UK charity dedicated to supporting those affected by a single ventricle heart – or half a working heart. In 2015 Sarah and Andrew Mitchell’s first child, Sophie, was diagnosed with this condition. Sophie survived seven surgical procedures, but at 5.55pm on Sunday 25th October she had a fatal cardiac arrest and lost her battle.
Here is a short radio interview on Original 106fm giving a brief overview of why Sarah and Andrew are doing this.
How: Fundraising?
Sarah and Andrew have a fundraising target of £60,000.
£25,000 of was raised in 2015 for The Royal Hospital for Children and Crossbasket House in Glasgow.
In 2025-2026, remembering Sophie ten years on, Sarah and Andrew have so-far raised £25,000 for Little Hearts Matter.
We would like to raise £10,000 from Summer Hockey for Sophie for Little Hearts Matters; and would like each team to try and raise £625 through a JustGiving page. Our intention is to find a sponsor for each team who will match all funding raised up to an agreed limit.
The hockey team that secures the most donations will win a special prize, to be revealed on 23rd May at the tournament.
Sophie Emily Mitchell. 14th September 2015 – 25th October 2015.
Below is a short thank-you video to everyone who supported our 42 day fitness challenge in September-October 2025. Including the Drifters and Kinross hockey players who participated in a (very wet) charity match on 19th October 2025.