Elements of the badge explained

Red Rose of The Hockey Association.

Blue Shield of the Essex County Association.

White stag and the shield/oak trees are taken from the Borough of Waltham Forest coat of arms, with the stag wearing the red and gold colours of West Essex HC around the neck.

Heron, wearing blue and white around the neck, the emblem and colours of Wanstead HC, and also part of the coat of arms of the Borough of Wanstead and Woodford.  

Over the years, the badge became digitalised with the grass pitch changing to astroturf and wooden hockey sticks changing to composite.

In the mid-2000s the Essex County shield turned from blue to red.