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U18 Boys Gold Plated?
The U18 Boys team have already booked their place in the third round of the EHB Plate Competition with a comprehensive 18-0 win at Buxton. The hosts defended well and you would have got long odds on the first scorer, Josh Hayes latched on to a loose ball at the top of the ‘D’ and fired it in. The floodgates then opened and they were 7-0 up at half-time when the management demanded more and the team obliged. Final tally was four each for Henry Ellis, Richard Lloyd-Mills and Alex Marshall with Fred Notman (2) and one each for Joe Bailey, Chris Fischer, Khaleel Seedat and Josh Hayes. The solid back three of Jamie Howard, Alex Brockhurst and Dan Owen did a great job of keeping Buxton at bay to the extent that our keepers, James Leverton-Smith and Neil Coupland, remained spectators throughout the game.
HOCKEY AT THE OLYMPICS
Did you know
Hockey is one of only seven sports taking place at the Olympic park.
16,000 seater stadium
630,000 tickets will make it the third most watched sport.
6 games a day for 14 days, all on TV.
Pitch will be blue with pink run-offs.
Test event 3rd to 6th May 2012
Legacy pitch remains with 3,000 seats after event
SHE HAS DONE IT AGAIN !
The England teams, athletes and their successes over the past year were warmly celebrated on Wednesday at the annual Hockey Writers’ Club Awards.
Helen Richardson, the 29-year-old Great Britain, England and Reading central midfield player was this afternoon named UK Players of the Year for 2010 following the annual poll conducted amongst British members of the Hockey Writers’ Club. The former Leicester player, who returned to England 18 months ago following a highly successful year with Dutch European Champions Den Bosch who was the 2009 winner of the award, has experienced another splendid year internationally being instrumental in England winning Bronze medals in the World Cup, Commonwealth Games and the elite Champions Trophy.
Helen received the traditional Rose Bowl and a cheque at today’s presentational Lunch at the Royal Thames Yacht Club, in Knightsbridge, London from Simon Mason, President of the England Hockey Board, himself a winner of the Men’s Award in 1994 and again in 2003, who was the principal guest at the lunch. Helen donated her cheque to the Youth Section of her first club – West Bridgford Monarchs HC.
Kit shop is open.
A range of kit is now avaialble on-line through our kit supplier Terra Sports, a local company. As most kit is made to order with our logo and sometines shirt numbers they employ a batch system where orders are grouped and then sent for production at set intervals. This means that there may be a wait between ordering and delivery. Details are on the web site. Basically - just order early! Click the image to visit the shop.....
Bob wins Rushcliffe Sports Award
We are delighted to announce that Bob Douglas was last night (8 July) announced as Volunteer of the Year at the Rushcilffe Borough Council Annual Sports Awards. They acknowledged Bob's help in setting up Club/School links last year introducing hockey to a number of Junior Schools within the Borough. The Club echoes the achievement, and thanks Bob for all his leadership and coaching of the Clubs Junior sections since establishment in 1986.
RUSH HOCKEY
Rush Hockey – the new game in town!
Rush Hockey is the new, flexible, small sided hockey game for adults. It can be played in mixed or single gender teams, indoors or outdoors and on pitches of varying surfaces and sizes. Teams are 4 or 5 a side with squads of up to 7 players. It is played with a standard hockey stick, but has unique goals and balls. The rules are very simple and the games are self umpired. Rushcliffe Leisure Centre have teamed up with England Hockey to be the first in Rushcliffe to offer Rush Hockey Starting Thursday 5th January 2012. kicking off at 5:30pm in a pitch up and play indoor league.
The draw for the tickets was made on Saturday 10th in the clubhouse. Payment is due by the end of January please.
Beer Festival news
THE NEXT BEER FESTIVAL IS NOW ON FEB 2,3,4 2012 due to the SIBA fest at the Canal the week after.(4.00-11.00 Thurs and Fri, and all day Sat)
The beers are:
Acorn Yorkshire Pride 3.7% pale,hoppy session beer
Adnams American IPA 4.8% citrus bitterness in taste and aroma
Fyne ales Avalanche 4.5% dry, straw colour with citrus finish
Fullers London Porter 5.4% rich dark and complex
Gales Seafarers 3.6% light,amber hoppy bitter
HopBack Heracles 2.8% an eg of Govt interference in abvs
Oakham Bishops Farewell 4.6% a club favourite
Phoenix Snowbound 4.3% very pale hoppy bitter
Roosters Humble Pie 3.7% pale, citrus aroma
Rudgate Ruby Mild 4.4% a GBBF champion
Saltaire Raspberry Blond 4% just what it says
Sambrooks Junction 4.5% a rare trip out of London for this one
Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger 5% a famous dark Kent ale
Skinners Betty Stoggs 4% light copper session ale
Stonehenge Pigswill 4% amber ale with hoppy aroma
Thornbridge Jaipur 5.9% nectar of the gods
Wadsworth 6X 4.3% brown malty/fruity ale
HOCKEY DAY 2011
A massive thank you to everyone who helped at the Hockeyday, which I think was a great success. There were over 30 club members and wives helping out and having all that help made it a real pleasure to be there. We didn't count how many youngsters turned up, but using my estimating powers, I would say 130 plus. Everyone seemed to be taking part in a really good spirit and there was a real buzz about the place. A number of parents came up to me as they were leaving and told me that their son/daughter was keen to start coming to coaching next Sunday, so with a bit of luck, we may well have recruited a lot more participants for our sport.
Bob Douglas
Future membership going well!
Congratulations to Will and Claire on the birth of baby Oliver, a strapping 8lb + ( I forget the exact ounces figure but I remembered the old adage about pulling your top lip over your head) clearly a future centre forward. And of course Katherine (Kit) Chandler was born on August 27th weighing 5lbs 9oz and we look forward to seeing Izzy back on the pitch asap and Kit challenging her for the midfield dynamo role.
****STOP PRESS - OLYMPIC TICKETS****
Club has been allocated 32 tickets for Olympics hockey on 3 August 2012 for evening session 7pm to 10.45pm. Won't know who we are watching until May time. All now allocated.
HAVE YOU DONE IT YET?
We are ready to go for the new season - things that you need to do are as follows:
1. Pay Subs - now payable through Paypal here.
2. Read Bobs' D Notice here and the Chairmans Report here.
3. Log in to the MEMBERS area and check details especially email address is correct.
4. In the MEMBERS area enter your subs payment details.
5. While you are there give us as much of your availabilty as possible.
Training for 2011 starts for men from Monday 1st August at 7.30pm, and Ladies from 4 August at 6.00pm, and Mens 1st from Thursday 4 August at 7.30pm. Full info out soon.
Junior coaching starts on Sept 11. Please look at the Juniors Page for more details.
We are always on the look out for new players of all standards and can offer good hockey, modern clubhouse, real ale, good social side and two new pitches, and all for an annual subscription of £70. Register via our website or email us on geoff@wbhockey.co.uk or use the phone numbers on contact page. If existing member, please remember to alter your Member Page if you have changed your email addresses or phone numbers over the summer break.
I have a number of the new lighter weight shirts for sale, both home and away, so please contact me if you need kit. geoff@wbhockey.co.uk
Team
Opposition
Date
Score
Report in brief
First
Burton
21/01/2012
4-2
Good teas
Mon1
Hinckley
21/01/2012
3-3
Second
Burton
21/01/2012
5-0
Scotty goal drought continues! Will didnt score either!!
Mon2
Beeston 5
21/01/2012
5-1
Brilliant team performance and a deserved MOM for Chloe!
Third
Boots
21/01/2012
8-0
Mon3
Newark
21/01/2012
3-0
Mixed game but another three goals, clean sheet, three points!
Fourth
Warwick 4's
21/01/2012
3-3
good game - dissapointed we didnt get the win.
Mon4
North Notts 3
21/01/2012
1-1
Jen G man of the match
Fifth
Loughborough Town 4ths
21/01/2012
5-4
A deserved win despite some basic errors!
Mon5
Sixth
Loughborough Town 5th
21/01/2012
2-2
Seventh
Beeston 6s
21/01/2012
2-4
Eighth
Derby Asterdale 4
21/01/2012
6 - 2
A superb second-half performance led by hat-trick from birthday boy Simon Gill
Ninth
Grantham
21/01/2012
2 - 2
They had to substitute on 1st team players to get a draw!
Please note that Fantasy Hockey will not be running this year
due to spiraling costs. Many thanks to Sibbo for his work in
previous seasons.
SOCIAL EVENTS - INK THEM IN
Jan 28 – Ceilidh
Feb 2 to 4 – Beer Festival 2
March 10 – Curry & Quiz 2
April 14 – End of Season
April 21 - Annual Dinner
NEW DOCUMENTS
Availabilities - please use your members record for this..> Bobs 2011 D Notice: here New Season Letter from the Chair: here
Subs Payment - BACS details on your members page or Credit Card / Paypal: here
NEW PLAYERS
Ladies Training: Wednesdays: Juniors 6.00 to 7.00pm 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th teams 7.00 to 9.00pm Thursdays: 1st team 6.00 to 7.30pm.
Men's Training Re-Starts 1st August 2011 Mon 7.30 - 9.20. at School. 1sts and 2nds on Thursdays from 4th August from 7.30pm
Junior Boys and Girls - Sundays from 9.30 - see Juniors Page for details. Cost is £1.50 per session and it is open to ages 6 -15. Start again after Christmas on Jan 7th. Plus..Wednesdays ends 30 March 2011 from 6.30 -7.30pm at the school open to 10 years plus girls.
