Founded | 1896 |
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Colors | Black, green and red |
Home ground | CIYMS Sports Club, Belmont, Circular Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Personnel | |
Manager | Dixon Rose (Secretary; 2011–2012)[needs update] |
Affiliation | |
Conference | Ulster Branch of the IHA |
CIYMS Hockey Club is a hockey club based at C.I.Y.M.S. Sports Club, Circular Road, Belfast. Home fixtures are played on a sand-filled artificial surface. The club was founded in 1896 as Cliftonville and was one of the founding members of the Ulster Hockey Union. The 1st XI currently plays in the Ulster Senior League. The first reported match was played against North Down at Comber in November 1896 where an eight-goal to nil loss was recorded. In 2018, the club changed its name to CIYMS.