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Subscriber only WHEN Ipswich s longest running club serving women s hockey is still growing, club officials must be doing something right. They are at Thistles Ladies Hockey Club. Led by club president Pauline Alchin and her sister Bernadette, Thistles are preparing to field a host of female teams again this year. That includes an A-Grade side keen to build on last year s success making the grand final in their first season back. Alchin is delighted to have representative player Sam Morgan taking on the A-Grade coaching role, replacing teammate Jay Pavitt. Pavitt did a terrific job bringing the Thistles players together and building a side that pushed the more established Hancocks side all the way to extra time in the grand final.