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The Outcasts are the official touring side of Blackheath Hockey Club.

This club within a club was founded in the 1930s.  It has travelled extensively in both hemispheres, representing not only Blackheath but English hockey itself.

The club's emblem is the yellow flag of quarantine, which is borne on the club tie and is also incorporated in the club crest above. Here it is carried by the basilisk, or  cockatrice, a mythical, highly vicious and malodorous creature which could kill a man just by him looking at it.

Outcasts 5th XI International Tours

Here is a summary of more recent Outcasts tours.  In 1990 a number of Blackheath players who had all represented the club's 5th XI, a notoriously "social" team, made the inaugural 5th XI International Tour, to Wales.  This began a tradition which has continued almost uninterrupted to the present day.

1990Llandrindod Wells, Wales

1991Llandrindod Wells, Wales

1992Llandrindod Wells, Wales (cancelled)

1994Cork, Ireland

1995Norwich, England

1996Cornwall, England

1997Worthing, England

1998Douglas, Isle of Mann

1999Weymouth, England

2000Prague, Czech Republic

2001Newport, Isle of Wight

2002Eindhoven, Netherlands (cancelled)

2003Weston-super-mare, England

2004Jersey, Channel Islands

2005Scarborough, England

2006Dublin, Ireland

2007Belper, England

2008Bury St Edmunds, England

2009Cardiff, Wales

Nineteen Unfeasible Years

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