MHC Junior Newsletter March 2018
Presentation Evening Friday 23rd March 2018 6pm @ the Marlburian, Marlborough College
We are very pleased to have Ian Phillips ex Marlborough Player, current father of U8 & U12 boys and England Hockey Masters Captain, presenting the junior awards this year.
We will start at 6pm with the age group awards and we also have some great prizes for the children to win, including sticks from Cricket-Hockey.com and Crosby & Lawrence and a copy of “the History Makers” book which looks at the ladies gold medal winning team from the Olympics - this has been signed by the England Squad!
There will be drinks and snacks available for the children to purchase.
We do hope that you will be able to join us!
Registration
Priority registration for existing members will open on the 1st May and close on the 31st May. We will be moving all the groups up on Pitchero, you will then receive an email asking you to confirm your place and update any details. We will have allocated a payment request and when payment is received the place will be yours.
After the 31st May we will open up spare places to the waiting list.
Survey Results
Thank you to all who found the time to complete the club survey; the feedback was very good.
There were a number of you who answered that you would be available to volunteer; some provided names and some didn't, so please come and give names. We will of course be in touch with those whose names we have. Contacts:
Coaching/Safeguarding: Sarah Kendall
Umpiring/Sponsorship: Verity Langfield
Web: Chris Jones
There will be a number of England Hockey coaching courses taking place within an hour’s radius during the summer, an ideal time to skill up for the season. Information on courses will be posted on our Facebook page and the website.
Boys Session
Last summer we ran a trial session on Tuesdays 6.30-7.30pm for Boys who might want to try hockey and play rugby/football in the winter. The session is aimed at school years 5/6/7 8 and is £3 per session. We will be sending flyers out to local schools but if you have a son/s who would like to have a go please speak to Karen Jones or email on:
Season 2018-19 will start on Sunday 9th September – the table below shows the training groups/times
Day/Time / Age Group / Year GroupsSunday 9.30-10.30 / U8 BOYS/GIRLS
U9 GIRLS
U10 GIRLS
U9/10 BOYS
U11 GIRLS / Y3
Y4
Y5
Y4/5
Y6
Sunday 10.30 – 12 / U12 GIRLS
U13 GIRLS
U14 GIRLS
U11/12 BOYS / Y7
Y8
Y9
Y6/7
Tuesday 6-7.00pm / U15/16 GIRLS / Y10/11
Tuesday 6-7pm / BACK2HOCKEY
(for adults)
Tuesday 7-9pm / Ladies Training
Wednesday 6-7.30pm / U13/14 BOYS
U15/16 BOYS / Y8/9
Y10/11
Wednesday 7-9pm / Men’s Training
The BACK2HOCKEY session is aimed at players who haven’t played for a while or not at all; who would like to re start, learn a new sport, have fun, and get fit. We run all year so please do contact Verity or Sarah if you would like to come along.
Kit Amnesty/Lost Property
Over the season we seem to have “mislaid” quite a few bibs, balls and team shirts. At the Presentation Evening and the last training sessions there will be a large plastic box next to the shed for items to be returned.
Equally we seem to have acquired a number of items; we will bring them to Presentation Evening for you to check through.
If you have any sticks that your children have grown out of and would like to donate them to the club (especially small ones) then please see Karen Jones.
Communication
Please don’t forget that you need to have activated your email address on Pitchero to receive communication from us.
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