NORTHAMPTON HOCKEY CLUB
July 2010
NORTHAMPTON HOCKEY CLUB Summer Nearly Over….Are you Ready? LATEST CLUB NEWS, SUMMER LEAGUE, CLUB OPEN DAY AND MUCH, MUCH MORE
2010/11 Fixtures Released All pre-season friendlies and league fixtures for the mens, ladies and mixed section have been announced. You can view all these fixtures on our website: www.saintshockey.org.uk
LATEST NEWS FROM AROUND THE CLUB Cassidy stars for British Colleges: After travelling up to Stirling on the Friday, 2 matches were played on the Saturday (1 in the morning & the other in the afternoon). The normal squad of 22 players had been reduced to 16 due to availabilty (probably partly due to the distance needing to be travelled!), with 3 of those 16 players being goalkeepers, so only 13 outfield players! (If only Dermot had brought his kit with him!!!) Liam played mainly left or right wing & after a poor team performance in the 1st game, which they lost 4-2 (I think most of the lads thought they were still playing summer league rather than against top opposition!), they suffered a couple of minor injuries against the well driledl & hard playing Scottish team.
Liam Cassidy with the British Colleges squad
SUMMER LEAGUE UPDATE
In the afternoon game and despite the weary legs the British Colleges surprisingly rallied to show their fighting spirit & reverse the mornings’ score line to win 4-2! Liam setting up the 3rd goal with a nice bit of skill on the sideline, tapping the ball into the pitch, getting it to pop over his opponents stick & then cross for an easy tap in!
With only a couple of weeks of the league left, the table is shaping up nicely. NHC side Oddbods, led by Ben Scott are comfortably leading the way! Smarties are the next club side to feature as they prop up 2nd place. The Lions results have suffered in the last few weeks so they’re slightly up against it to get into the top 4 for the knockout stages, whilst Tigers and Pimp My Side continue to show their topsy turvey form
So all in all a good performance to end with & make the journey well worthwhile! Written by Dermot Cassidy
NHC do their bit for Charity:
See www.saintshockey.org.uk for scorers, match reports and league tables
Northampton HC tour and summer league team 'Pimp My Side' entered a charity netball tournament at Moulton College on 11th July.
Rachel Langley and John Stone show off their defensive skills in the netball competition!
This was open to mixed teams, so some of the men were in for a bit of a shock as this was the first time they had played netball in their lives!! By far the least experienced team there (with no actual netball players), Pimp My Side were definitely the underdogs, and this clearly showed as they lost their first 2 games! However with the Pimps quickly learning the game, and their secret weapon, John Stone arriving, they knew that a victory was in sight. Thanks to hot shot goal attackers Rachel Langley and Tom "Don't panic!" Warburton the Pimps won their next game. Sadly this was as good as it got!! However they finished the tournament a respectable 7th out of 10. Not bad for a bunch of hockey players!!
Club Sponsors
Level 1 Coaching Course
Fitness Training
Venue: Leicester Grammar School, Great Glenn, Leicester LE8 9FL
Every Saturday morning, 9.30am – 10.30am at Moulton Sports Complex, next to the tennis courts. £5 per session
Start date: 19.09.2010 Duration: 3 days - 19th Sept & 3rd & 10th Oct 2010 - Varying Times
Contact: Jamie Fleet - 01509 228676
Just look at the results with Jim the Squirrel!
Circuit training, pilates, sprint work. There’s something for everyone, so come along and give it a go! You’ve not got long before the start of the season so come along now and get in shape!
Club Open Day – What’s it all about? As you hopefully read on the June newsletter; we're holding an open day, on the 21st August in a bid to attract new members - young and old. This open day will only be a success if we can advertise it to as many people as possible. This is where you as members need to get involved! We want you to spread the word to friends, family, work colleagues, neighbours, anyone you know. Put flyers up at your gym, local shop, pub, child's nursery or village notice boards. Let's all do our bit to promote our hockey club! You can download flyers for the open day from the members area of the club website: www.saintshockey.org.uk (If you can't get on to the members area contact Matt) The whole day is all about having a bit of fun, so bring your friends along and show them that hockey is a 2009-10 AGM 'proper sport', enjoy the BBQ, have a beer in the bar, relax in the sunshine.
What Happened Why would we like By Mattmore Gausdenmembers? •
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As a club we are now bringing through a record number of juniors, this means it's only a matter of time before we'll need to introduce another senior team(s) to help accommodate these junior players. However with any senior team, you actually need adults as well! On the junior section, we just want more juniors. You naturally lose some junior members as they get older, as some go off and find other interests (music, etc). So it really is a numbers game, the more juniors we have, the more we can bring right through the club to the top teams.
What else can I do to help? On the day we're going to need volunteers; helping with coaching, meeting and greeting potential new members, catering, manning the bouncy castle, etc.
If you can help in anyway then please email Jon Keep: [email protected]
Club Sponsors
EVENTS CALENDAR Upcoming events and dates for your diary CLUB OPEN DAY – Sat 21st August 2010
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As part of an England Hockey Initiative, we’re having an Open Day on Saturday 21 August, from 10am – 4pm. The main aim of this is for us to attract new members to the club - young or mature, they don’t need to have any previous hockey experience. We’re asking all members to spread the word – tell friends, family, neighbours or work colleagues. Let’s get the word spread about what a great hockey club we are and what a great sport hockey is to get involved in. For all existing members, come along and get back into the swing of hockey, order kit, fill in membership forms. Just come along and enjoy the day It’s being held at Moulton Sports Complex (Pound Lane, Moulton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 7SD)
Pimps squad line up for the cameras after their netball exploits!
Registration times: 9.30-10am: Junior Registration Up to 11.30am: Badgers (12-16 yrs) and adult registration Timetable for the day: 10 – 11 am: Junior coaching session 11 – 12 pm: Junior 7 a-side (teams organized dependant on age ranges and numbers available) 12-1pm: Adult and badgers (12-16 yrs) coaching session 1 pm – 2pm: Mens Demonstration match. Watch the game and enjoy some food from our BBQ!) 2pm – 3 pm: mixed 7 a-side – badgers (half pitch) and adults (other half) Off pitch activities: Tuck shop running throughout the day BBQ: 12.30 – 2.30pm Bouncy castle: all day Crossbar challenge
WHATinformation about this event WHERE If you’d like anymore or our hockey club then please speak toWHEN Matt BOOT CAMP
MOULTON SPORTS COMPLEX (on the grass by the tennis courts)
EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, 9.30AM
MENS 7-A-SIDE HOCKEY
MOULTON SPORTS COMPLEX
EVERY MONDAY: 6.45PM-7.45PM (Mens 3s-6s & badgers) 7.45-8.45PM (Mens 1s and 2s)
OPEN DAY/CLUB FUN DAY
MOULTON SPORTS COMPLEX
SATURDAY 21ST AUGUST (10AM – 4PM)
LEVEL 1 COACHING COURSE
Leicester Grammar School
19th Sept & 3rd & 10th Oct 2010
BLACK TIE RAFFLE BLACK TIE PRESENTATION EVENING
Where we are.... Northampton Hockey Club Moulton Sports Complex Pound Lane, Moulton Northamptonshire NN3 7SD
Contacts Men: Jon Keep [email protected] Ladies: Claire Baker 07742 892508 Juniors: Dave Kelly [email protected] Media: Matt Gausden 07708948646
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FREEMASONS HALL SATURDAY 16 APRIL 2011 Our thanks go out to the following businesses and individuals that donated prizes to the raffle: Nationwide Buildings Society www.nationwide.co.uk
Temple www.ts2menswear.co.uk
Northampton Saints Rugby Club
Ortega Restaurant www.ortegatapas.co.uk
www.northamptonsaints.co.uk
Sponsorship
EVENTS CALENDAR Gilt Edged Promotions www.giltedged.co.uk
Interested in becoming a club Zenith Teamwear www.zenith-teamwear.com sponsor for the 2010-11 seasons? Stuart Shoes Sponsor a team;www.stuartsshoes.co.uk advertise your
John Henry www.johnhenrysports.com Perfection Nail & Beauty 01604 633373
Upcoming events and dates for your diary Two Seasons www.twoseasons.co.uk SAINTS MAGAZINE Darwin's Cards & Gifts 01604 632 932 Robyn Wright company at our home pitches, there are CLUB OPEN DAY
Hallmark Cards Guy Roberts As part of an of England Hockey Initiative, plenty ways youwww.hallmark.co.uk can help. w The main aim of this is for us to attract new members to the club [email protected] Speak to Matt Gausden for more experience. information: We’re asking all members to spread the word [email protected] great hockey club we are and what a great sport hockey is to get involved in.
Club Sponsors
NORTHAMPTON HOCKEY CLUB Summer Nearly Over….Are you Ready? LATEST CLUB NEWS, SUMMER LEAGUE, CLUB OPEN DAY AND MUCH, MUCH MORE
2010/11 Fixtures Released All pre-season friendlies and league fixtures for the mens, ladies and mixed section have been announced. You can view all these fixtures on our website: www.saintshockey.org.uk
LATEST NEWS FROM AROUND THE CLUB Cassidy stars for British Colleges: After travelling up to Stirling on the Friday, 2 matches were played on the Saturday (1 in the morning & the other in the afternoon). The normal squad of 22 players had been reduced to 16 due to availabilty (probably partly due to the distance needing to be travelled!), with 3 of those 16 players being goalkeepers, so only 13 outfield players! (If only Dermot had brought his kit with him!!!) Liam played mainly left or right wing & after a poor team performance in the 1st game, which they lost 4-2 (I think most of the lads thought they were still playing summer league rather than against top opposition!), they suffered a couple of minor injuries against the well driledl & hard playing Scottish team.
Liam Cassidy with the British Colleges squad
SUMMER LEAGUE UPDATE
In the afternoon game and despite the weary legs the British Colleges surprisingly rallied to show their fighting spirit & reverse the mornings’ score line to win 4-2! Liam setting up the 3rd goal with a nice bit of skill on the sideline, tapping the ball into the pitch, getting it to pop over his opponents stick & then cross for an easy tap in!
With only a couple of weeks of the league left, the table is shaping up nicely. NHC side Oddbods, led by Ben Scott are comfortably leading the way! Smarties are the next club side to feature as they prop up 2nd place. The Lions results have suffered in the last few weeks so they’re slightly up against it to get into the top 4 for the knockout stages, whilst Tigers and Pimp My Side continue to show their topsy turvey form
So all in all a good performance to end with & make the journey well worthwhile! Written by Dermot Cassidy
NHC do their bit for Charity:
See www.saintshockey.org.uk for scorers, match reports and league tables
Northampton HC tour and summer league team 'Pimp My Side' entered a charity netball tournament at Moulton College on 11th July.
Rachel Langley and John Stone show off their defensive skills in the netball competition!
This was open to mixed teams, so some of the men were in for a bit of a shock as this was the first time they had played netball in their lives!! By far the least experienced team there (with no actual netball players), Pimp My Side were definitely the underdogs, and this clearly showed as they lost their first 2 games! However with the Pimps quickly learning the game, and their secret weapon, John Stone arriving, they knew that a victory was in sight. Thanks to hot shot goal attackers Rachel Langley and Tom "Don't panic!" Warburton the Pimps won their next game. Sadly this was as good as it got!! However they finished the tournament a respectable 7th out of 10. Not bad for a bunch of hockey players!!
Club Sponsors
Level 1 Coaching Course
Fitness Training
Venue: Leicester Grammar School, Great Glenn, Leicester LE8 9FL
Every Saturday morning, 9.30am – 10.30am at Moulton Sports Complex, next to the tennis courts. £5 per session
Start date: 19.09.2010 Duration: 3 days - 19th Sept & 3rd & 10th Oct 2010 - Varying Times
Contact: Jamie Fleet - 01509 228676
Just look at the results with Jim the Squirrel!
Circuit training, pilates, sprint work. There’s something for everyone, so come along and give it a go! You’ve not got long before the start of the season so come along now and get in shape!
Club Open Day – What’s it all about? As you hopefully read on the June newsletter; we're holding an open day, on the 21st August in a bid to attract new members - young and old. This open day will only be a success if we can advertise it to as many people as possible. This is where you as members need to get involved! We want you to spread the word to friends, family, work colleagues, neighbours, anyone you know. Put flyers up at your gym, local shop, pub, child's nursery or village notice boards. Let's all do our bit to promote our hockey club! You can download flyers for the open day from the members area of the club website: www.saintshockey.org.uk (If you can't get on to the members area contact Matt) The whole day is all about having a bit of fun, so bring your friends along and show them that hockey is a 2009-10 AGM 'proper sport', enjoy the BBQ, have a beer in the bar, relax in the sunshine.
What Happened Why would we like By Mattmore Gausdenmembers? •
•
As a club we are now bringing through a record number of juniors, this means it's only a matter of time before we'll need to introduce another senior team(s) to help accommodate these junior players. However with any senior team, you actually need adults as well! On the junior section, we just want more juniors. You naturally lose some junior members as they get older, as some go off and find other interests (music, etc). So it really is a numbers game, the more juniors we have, the more we can bring right through the club to the top teams.
What else can I do to help? On the day we're going to need volunteers; helping with coaching, meeting and greeting potential new members, catering, manning the bouncy castle, etc.
If you can help in anyway then please email Jon Keep: [email protected]
Club Sponsors
EVENTS CALENDAR Upcoming events and dates for your diary CLUB OPEN DAY – Sat 21st August 2010
st
As part of an England Hockey Initiative, we’re having an Open Day on Saturday 21 August, from 10am – 4pm. The main aim of this is for us to attract new members to the club - young or mature, they don’t need to have any previous hockey experience. We’re asking all members to spread the word – tell friends, family, neighbours or work colleagues. Let’s get the word spread about what a great hockey club we are and what a great sport hockey is to get involved in. For all existing members, come along and get back into the swing of hockey, order kit, fill in membership forms. Just come along and enjoy the day It’s being held at Moulton Sports Complex (Pound Lane, Moulton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 7SD)
Pimps squad line up for the cameras after their netball exploits!
Registration times: 9.30-10am: Junior Registration Up to 11.30am: Badgers (12-16 yrs) and adult registration Timetable for the day: 10 – 11 am: Junior coaching session 11 – 12 pm: Junior 7 a-side (teams organized dependant on age ranges and numbers available) 12-1pm: Adult and badgers (12-16 yrs) coaching session 1 pm – 2pm: Mens Demonstration match. Watch the game and enjoy some food from our BBQ!) 2pm – 3 pm: mixed 7 a-side – badgers (half pitch) and adults (other half) Off pitch activities: Tuck shop running throughout the day BBQ: 12.30 – 2.30pm Bouncy castle: all day Crossbar challenge
WHATinformation about this event WHERE If you’d like anymore or our hockey club then please speak toWHEN Matt BOOT CAMP
MOULTON SPORTS COMPLEX (on the grass by the tennis courts)
EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, 9.30AM
MENS 7-A-SIDE HOCKEY
MOULTON SPORTS COMPLEX
EVERY MONDAY: 6.45PM-7.45PM (Mens 3s-6s & badgers) 7.45-8.45PM (Mens 1s and 2s)
OPEN DAY/CLUB FUN DAY
MOULTON SPORTS COMPLEX
SATURDAY 21ST AUGUST (10AM – 4PM)
LEVEL 1 COACHING COURSE
Leicester Grammar School
19th Sept & 3rd & 10th Oct 2010
BLACK TIE RAFFLE BLACK TIE PRESENTATION EVENING
Where we are.... Northampton Hockey Club Moulton Sports Complex Pound Lane, Moulton Northamptonshire NN3 7SD
Contacts Men: Jon Keep [email protected] Ladies: Claire Baker 07742 892508 Juniors: Dave Kelly [email protected] Media: Matt Gausden 07708948646
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FREEMASONS HALL SATURDAY 16 APRIL 2011 Our thanks go out to the following businesses and individuals that donated prizes to the raffle: Nationwide Buildings Society www.nationwide.co.uk
Temple www.ts2menswear.co.uk
Northampton Saints Rugby Club
Ortega Restaurant www.ortegatapas.co.uk
www.northamptonsaints.co.uk
Sponsorship
EVENTS CALENDAR Gilt Edged Promotions www.giltedged.co.uk
Interested in becoming a club Zenith Teamwear www.zenith-teamwear.com sponsor for the 2010-11 seasons? Stuart Shoes Sponsor a team;www.stuartsshoes.co.uk advertise your
John Henry www.johnhenrysports.com Perfection Nail & Beauty 01604 633373
Upcoming events and dates for your diary Two Seasons www.twoseasons.co.uk SAINTS MAGAZINE Darwin's Cards & Gifts 01604 632 932 Robyn Wright company at our home pitches, there are CLUB OPEN DAY
Hallmark Cards Guy Roberts As part of an of England Hockey Initiative, plenty ways youwww.hallmark.co.uk can help. w The main aim of this is for us to attract new members to the club [email protected] Speak to Matt Gausden for more experience. information: We’re asking all members to spread the word [email protected] great hockey club we are and what a great sport hockey is to get involved in.
Club Sponsors
