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Jan 2010:
With only two weeks to go until the start of the second half of the outdoor season you would have thought that top clubs would be resting their hardworking players…but that’s not the case for the National Indoor Hockey Finalists! In only six days time we’ll know who the England Indoor Hockey League Champions are and you could be there to find out.
PASSION. SPEED. RESPECT. The National Indoor Hockey Championships will be held over the last weekend of January (30th - 31st) and they promise to put the heat back into this chilly month.
We now know who the Finalists are in this action packed, fast, thrilling game.
· The Men's Competition will see Surbiton, Reading, East Grinstead and Loughborough Students battling it out on the Sunday when they play both their semi-finals and their finals.
· The Women's Competition takes place over both days. Bowdon Hightown, Slough, Canterbury and Leicester compete for a place in the finals on Sunday when they play their semi-finals on Saturday evening.
For the first time in hockey history the Junior Championship has been split. This time 16 Junior teams will play for four trophies.
· In the Girls U16 age group, Trojan and Beeston will play for the U16 Junior Club trophy on Sunday with Millais and Wakefield Girls High School playing for the Schools trophy on Saturday.
· In the same age group for the Boys, Bromley & Beckenham take onHavant for the Junior Club trophy and the Royal Grammar School, Wycombe play Whitgift in the Schools competition.
· In the U18 Club competition, Beeston have two teams. Their girls team will play Belper for the U18 Junior Club trophy and their boys will play Old Loughtonians.
· The U18 Schools finalists see Ipswich play The Perse in the Boys competition and Kingston play Repton for the Girls trophy.
Whoever plays in the Finals you can guarantee they’ll put their all into the games. PASSION. SPEED. RESPECT. will never have had more relevance than they do over the last weekend of January at the Trent FM Arena, Nottingham. You can be there too to experience this electrifying event.
Specials: Free programme for England Hockey Members (please show your card); Indoor Hockey The Finals Ticket Deals are available NOW if you book in advance! Click here to find out more! www.englandhockey.co.uk/IndoorFinalsDeals (Booking fees apply)
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Aug 18th - Congratulations Due ..........
Congratulations to Jess Hickman on her gold medal performance with England at Inverclyde, Scotland in late July when England took the Home Internationals title beating Wales, Ireland and Scotland.
Wales were first up and England won 5-3. The Irish were dispatched 1-0 before a comprehensive 4-0 win over Scotland. Jess started on the bench in the first two matches but was on from the start against the Scots. The international season has certainly provided Jess with plenty of learning opportunities and we can be sure that her extra confidence will show in her club performances in the coming season.
Holly Payne's international season is not quite over yet. The
England U18 international has been picked for the England side at the UK
School Games in Wales for matches against Wales, Scotland and Ulster. The
event starts on 2nd September and England will defend a title won last year
by a side that included Lauren Turner and Lucy Dawkings from
Leicester. Good luck to Hollly.
Before that 5
of our girls will be in Amstelveen, Holland contesting the prestigious
European Championship with a top four place a must for World Championship
qualification. England's pool ought to see them reach the semis. They face
Russia, the tough Dutch side and then Azerbaijan in what could be the
decisive encounter. Leicester provides 5 of the England squad: Chloe Rogers,
Beckie Herbert, Kerry Williams, Katie Long and a recalled Hannah MacLeod.
Good luck to them all in the event which begins on 22nd August and
commiserations to Gemma Darrington who just missed out.
Finally, special congratulations to Lauren Turner and Abi Harper who
can both be very proud of their performances in finishing 4th in the Junior
World Cup in Boston, USA. Unbeaten until the semis they lost to a last minute
extra time goal to Argentina and then went down 2-1 to Korea, the defending
champions, in the bronze medal match, in a game in which they had more than
enough chances to win. Fourth is England's best ever finish so well done to
both of them.
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8/5/09 - England Hockey has moved it Headquarters Be advised that England Hockey has moved it Head Office to: Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, Marlow, Bucks SL7 1RR. Telephone number 01628 897500; Fax 01628 897544. All future correspondence should therefore be addressed to this address Sandra Sandra Richards Customer Service / Office Manager
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sandra.richards@englandhockey.org Visit us online at: www.englandhockey.co.uk – the main website for England Hockey www.englandhockey.co.uk/youth – England England Hockey’s website specifically for young people www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk – the website for Great Britain Hockey
19/11/08 - Leicestershire Trio named in England National Age Group Training Three talented Leicestershire hockey players were selected to attend the training squads for the National Age Group Squads. Goal keeper Caitlin Jefferies who attends Vale of Catmose School and Holly Payne who attends school in Coventry were both selected for the Under 18s Squad and Jessica Hickman of Leicester Grammar School for the Under 16 Squad. All three, who play for Leicester Hockey Club will attend training between the 21st and 23rd of November, Jessica at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre and Caitlin and Holly at HMS Temeraine in Portsmouth.
The prospective 2012 athletes were selected after their involvement in the Mercia Lynx squads at England Hockey’s Futures Cup at Cannock. The competition is a new format replacing the old regional tournaments and is part of Tier 2 Junior Regional Performance Centre (JRPC) activity of England Hockey’s Single System. England Hockey’s National Age Group coaches and managers were present at the Futures Cup to watch the players represent their JRPC clusters as the Pennine Pumas, Mercia Lynx, Saxon Tigers and Wessex Leopards. The Under 16 Mercia Lynx girl’s squad went on to win the cup with the Under 18 girls just losing out in the final. The final National Age Group Squads for 2009 will be selected from the November training camps. For further information on National Age Group Squads and JRPCs please go to www.englandhockey.co.uk/singlesystem
June 2008 - Midland Region Hockey Association - Feedback Please find attached some documents that may be of interest to you or your clubs following the above meetings last night at Coleshill. Please circulate as you think fit - a) Boys Schools & Youth Report The highlights are: 1) FEE’S – NO CHANGE. Men’s and Women’s £30 and Mixed £6.50 per club 2) Midlands Umpires fees to clubs for 08/09 Level of charges to Clubs: - £46 for League matches, per pair of umpires appointed (£21 for Women's Div 2 and Conference) - £35 for Cup matches, per pair of umpires appointed - £25 for Friendly matches, per pair appointed The MRHA has asked the MRHUA and the Midlands RDM Jo Duff to urgently look at the vastly differing Insurance arrangements supplied by various umpiring association. 3) Schools and youth – to date they are short of 14 team managers and 4 administrators, but the Midlands had a very successful year with the various teams 4) Proposal re Men’s league changes open structure / vets / Fixtures live. These three were discussed, withdrawn or to be considered for Action Group work. NOTHING was passed 5) WOMEN’s section – rotationally it is our counties turn to host the Women’s U21. I stated that we have not had a team for sometime. This may be a get out clause and Laurie Alcock will be in touch soon with clarifications when responses have been sought from other counties 6) Next meetings are : Weds 10th Sept & 12th Nov 2008 and Weds 14th Jan, 18th Mar & 10th June 2009 if required. 7) NEXT AGM - Wed 20th May 2009 at Coleshill
June 2008 - Club-School links You may know about the Sport England push for Club-School links. England Hockey in turn are encouraging Clubs First Accredited hockey clubs to build local initiatives as part of the Single System. Linked here is a case study focused on South Leicester Youth Hockey and the work done in Oadby & Wigston schools. This is our 3rd year running the programme. The club has increased membership now to over 130 and continues to attract new players from families who have had no previous connection with hockey. Perhaps this is an item worth publishing on the website? I would be happy to talk to any clubs thinking of doing the same.
Best regards, David Hogg
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12/5/08 - Post holders of the School & Youth Section The new officers for the newly formed Schools & Youth Section of the LRHA are: President-David Cawthorn, Administration-Jane Jelley, Finance-Wendy Allum, Girls rep-Deidre Sanders and Boys rep-Mike Condon. Thanks to Jane Jelly for the information.
June 26th 2007 - Leicestershire and Rutland Youth Games – Year 7/8 Girls and Boys (held at Loughborough University on Sunday 24th June 2007) Story – 16 young umpires (15 to 18 years) umpire at Youth Games: The Leicestershire and Rutland Hockey Association were again pleased to work with the County Sports Partnership in providing a quality opportunity for young people to participate in Sport. At the above event Hockey has a proud tradition of being the only sport which provides all the ‘officials’ as umpires for all the matches. This year 16 umpires presided over 50 matches. Margaret McLoughlin (umpire manager / coach) found the ‘magnificent 16’ - ably assisted by both Steve and Annette Sellars and helped them to produce some great performances. A fantastic mentor for the group was Annie Allum who, only a few short years ago, also started out at the same competition. Annie has recently been selected onto the National Young Umpire Promising List (NYUPL) development panel, giving her a realistic future as an International and possibly Olympic umpire!
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