Mkt Harborough Mixed Hockey Club 2008/9 (D Team)

 

'D' Team Fixtures, Results & maybe Reports

      RESULTS       RESULTS
Week 1 13-Sep     NEW YEAR 03-Jan NEW YEAR  
Week 2 20-Sep LCH v MHD Lost 3-1 PLATE 10-Jan    
Week 3 27-Sep MHD v UNI Lost 1-9 Week 14 17-Jan UNI v MHD  
Week 4 04-Oct MHD v BRS ?? Week 15 24-Jan BRS v MHD  
Week 5 11-Oct GRH v MHD   Week 16 31-Jan MHD v GRH  
Week 6 18-Oct MHD v SKB   CUP/PLATE 07-Feb    
Week 7 25-Oct GIZ v MHD   Week 17 14-Feb SKB v MHD  
CUP 01-Nov     Week 18 21-Feb MHD v GIZ  
Week 8 08-Nov MHD v LCM   Week 19 28-Feb LCM v MHD  
Week 9 15-Nov MHC v MHD   PLATE 07-Mar    
Week 10 22-Nov MHD v SS   Week 20 14-Mar MHD v MHC  
Week 11 29-Nov HAR v MHD   Week 21 21-Mar SS v MHD  
CUP/PLATE 06-Dec     60th 28-Mar 60th CELEBRATION
Week 12 13-Dec     SEMI FINAL 04-Apr    
Week 13 20-Dec MHD v LCH   EASTER 11-Apr    
XMAS 27-Dec XMAS   C/Pl FINAL 18-Apr    
      Week 22 25-Apr MHD v HAR  

The 'D' Team

Ragamuffin Band?!


 

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Info For Visitors:

  Market Harborough Mixed Hockey Club dropped a team few years ago and now supports 3 regular Leicestershire League teams based at Welland Park Community College, Market Harborough. Some individuals now also play in Mens, Womens and University sides across the country and we encourage them to come back and share their skills when they free.
  The Club holds training nights at the college on Wednesdays, so if you want to learn more, come and talk to our trainers (ladies and keepers are always particularly welcome).     

     Juniors aged up to about 14 - Wednesdays 5.40pm - 6.40pm.
     Seniors up to senility  - Wednesdays at 6.40pm - 8.10pm

Jo at the presentation
dance in May 2000.

 If you can't wait and need information now, talk to our Club Secretary, Ian Holland on 01858-433392.

 Home matches for our A and B teams are on Saturdays at 1.00pm and for the C & D team at 2.30pm. Supporters are always welcome - refreshments are taken at the Coach & Horses, Lubbenham!

 

Recent History of Success:

  Mkt Harbro' had a successful year in 1999/2000 with the 'B' team winning the Mossdale trophy, the C team being promoted to the 3rd Division and the new 'D' team scoring points in their first year out. Our 'A' team was in the Plate Finals (a knockout for league winners and runners-up) on 6th May 2000. Here are a couple of pictures taken of the runners up (ourselves) and some of their supporters! To see them full size just give them a click. If you want to see some pictures of our Club enjoying the spoils of its victories at the Association Presentation evening on 6th May 2000, click Celebrations! Also in May 2000, we took part in the annual Worthing tournament. Click to see the pictures which Emma Tilley (now with Charnwood Ladies) provided and to which no comments are needed!!

 

  The only fly in the ointment was that the 'B' team failed to stay in the 2nd Division and though joining the 'C' team in the 3rd, has embarrassingly recovered to the 1st Division for the 2002/3 season. Unfortunately, many players moved on for the 2003/4 season and the old 'B' team had to be disbanded.

 

The C/D Team :
  In 2003/4 the old D team, now the new C team, had a runaway success and despite playing many non-regular players and being short of girls on at least 3 occasions, it  became 4th Div league champions and proud medal winners, well done. As it has turned out, goal keepers were still not a major issue to the club in 2004/5 and half way through the season, the C team found itself at the top of the 3rd division - frightening! However, many people were known to be going to university at the end of the year, so after a year of consolidation and success, it was felt that another promotion, to the 2nd division, was best avoided.

  So on to 2005/6 and staying  in the 3rd division turned out to be sad, but a wise decision. The loss of many players from the club, and especially important players in the C team, especially strikers, had a devastating effect, not helped by the cancellation rather than postponement of the first match of the season! The minus points and slow start (even if veteran Mick Morgan did score his first competitive career goal) the unlucky results and match draws instead of wins, all meant that by the end of the season, Mkt Harbro' C team was to  descend again into the 4th division.  


Rob Smith

 'A' team Captain with the big thumbs up 

  Sad to go down on goal difference after winning 7 games, it was so close, but wait! Extra teams in the  league meant that only one team went down AND we did not have 5 divisions after all, so the C team stayed in the 3rd division - now  it had something to prove in 2006/7.  Well all it proved was that with so many players moving up, we were too weak to stay in Div 3 and so 2007/8 brings a fresh challenge to both old and young in the new C team, to be captained by Andy and "managed" by old star and goallie Adam (below).       

 

The 'A' team on 13/4/06 -  shows many who came

through recent 'C' teams (click for larger picture)

 

Watch out Div 4 in 2007-8

I'm back - and could be on

the field too - he was, and we

 stayed in Div 4!

 

  Well in 2008, after a few year's lay-off and having a few players wanting a regular game, successful recruiting over another summer in Northampton's Summer League, the club re-started it's D Team. Under the management of Chairman Simon garlic and the guidance of 450yrs experienced "old Billy", Les Gatterell is to captain the side to a new pinnacle. Much will need to be done to keep the B team in Div 1 and get the C team up into the 3rd Div, so more news later!