Staines Hockey Club Magazine - December 2021 - Issue 2

Staines Hockey Club December 2021 | Issue 2 December 2021 | Issue 2

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This is Staines Hockey Club Magazine. The aim of the magazine is to keep our members and local community aware of our news & activities.

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Staines Hockey Club, 244 Worple Road, Staines, Middlesex, TW18 1HR www.StainesHockeyClub.com

WCP Hockey demo sticks coming to Staines HC training sessions soon!

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Staines Hockey Club have released a YouTube video – featuring footage recorded on our recent club day. Are you in the video?

Please go to our YouTube channel to view the video. https://www.staineshockeyclub.com/videos/staines-hockey-club--new-memberswelcome-173474.html

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This is a monthly draw where you can win £150 first prize!

All you have to do is pay £5 a month to sponsor a ball, if your ball gets drawn out then you can win one of the three prizes.

You are welcome to sponsor more than 1 ball to increase your chances of winning

1st Prize - £150, 2nd Prize - £75, 3rd Prize - £25

If you are interested then please contact Caroline Edney at edders61@yahoo.co.uk to sponsor a ball.

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Wishing you a Merry Christmas & wonderful 2022

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A message from new your Club President Kerry Wainwright

Hi All I’m sure most of you know me already, but for those that don’t, I am the newly elected President of the club having been a member for the past 40 years. I was honoured and proud to be given the privilege to be the Club’s new President at the AGM back in September.

As I said I have been at the club for 40 years and can honestly say I have loved every minute of it, getting involved in playing, captaining, socialising, coaching, organising and anything else I could do to help shape the club for the future, which I hope will include all of you.

I can’t imagine not being a part of SHC, it’s been a huge part of my life for longer than I could ever have imagined and I have seen lots of changes, some good and some not so good, but I think we’re in a really good place right now.

I joined the club at 19 along with my mum, Kitty and two other friends from another local club, we were looking for a more social environment as well as a decent standard of hockey and we found both here at SHC. My playing history has been such that I have played and captained every team (except the ladies 5s)! and I am very proud to have captained the 1st XI for 9 straight years, gaining us entry in the Middlesex Hockey League through my contacts at Shepperton Cricket club where I played in the summers. We won Div 3 the first season and were runners up in Div 2 the second, setting the foundations for the 1st XI and the successes that followed.

In total I think I have been a captain for about 34 years officially and unofficially – a record I am very proud of. I am currently playing and captaining (unofficially or officially – I’m not sure) the 3rd XI with my very good friend Linda McCormack, alongside my daughter, Paige, who progressed through the colts process a few years ago.

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During the 80s and 90s the club hosted The Thames Hockey Festival, which was an international hockey weekend where teams could be sure of a warm welcome, lots of fun and plenty of hockey on the 6 grass pitches we had at the ground. I joined the committee and spent many happy Easters visiting clubs and making new lasting friendships.

In 1992 I was made a Vice-President for my contribution to the club, and I thought that was an honour, but in 201? (check the board) it was topped by me becoming the first Lady Chairman of the Club, a position I held for 4 years. I am still the only Lady Chairman but I’m sure that will change!

I have also been on multiple hockey tours, ladies and mixed, with a wide variety of club members over the years and I can’t wait to return to Southampton/Fareham next May with my SAGA team mates, where will we meet up 2 Ex Swans, Vinnie Rowley & Gordon Scott.

When I turned 45 I had my mid-life crisis moment and had two Swans tattooed on my back – to symbolise my association (love) with the club and my husband’s with STFC – like Swans I believe I belong to SHC for life. I kept my tattoo a secret from my mum for about 7 years as I knew she wouldn’t approve!

As you may be aware the club has lots of social events and I was social secretary for about 28 years eventually handing over to some younger members to carry on the traditional Race Nights, Quiz Nights , Annual Dinner Dance and more.

At the recent AGM I was given the ultimate honour of becoming the sixth President of this wonderful club, following from two of my good friends, the late John Hardman and more recently the late Martin ‘Lofty’ O’Brien – I hope I can do them and you all proud.

As the first Lady President I will do my best to help the club move forward with the help of the committee, a group of members who volunteer and work tirelessly to push the club to new heights.

If you see me round the club please introduce yourself and I can bore you with my complete history 😊.

Wishing you all a great season and a very Merry Christmas & a Happy and Healthy 2022

Kerry Wainwright, Burkie (to some) & Mum (to another)

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For those that haven’t had the misfortune of meeting me, I am a player, umpire (often both at the same time), and umpire coordinator on sabbatical, whilst I do a year of my university at George Washington University in Washington DC. Hockey in the US is certainly different to home, for one thing if you talk about hockey, they will assume that you are talking about ice hockey rather than field hockey, and I certainly gained a sense that its popularity extends as far as those ‘in the know’. Most of the crowds are made up of close friends and family. If you showed an average GW student a hockey stick, they probably wouldn’t know what sport the stick is from.

Despite that, most universities put out a ‘club’ team that plays regular games, whilst some of the large universities, particularly those on the Eastern Seaboard, put out a ‘varsity’ team as well as a ‘club’ team.

My team, GW, is a club team, and they compete to be in the top 16 teams in a ranking system, and therefore earn a place at the Fall (Autumn) National Championship, which was held over two days at Virginia Beach on the 20 & 21 November, and then the Spring National Championship which will be held on April 22 & 23.

We played some great hockey to get to Nationals, but unfortunately, and despite playing our best hockey of the season in our last game, we weren’t able to get through the first round, losing our first and last games of the ‘group stage’, winning the second. But we had a laugh over the course of the weekend.

Whilst the large universities that have varsity teams play on Astroturf, most of the club teams play on 3G ‘turf’ fields. Away games are rather different as well. This season GW has had an eight-hour round trip to Penn State, or the six-hour trip to Longwood Uni at Farmville Virginia, and yes Farmville Virginia is as stereotypical as it sounds. However, the travelling that we have to do to get to some games here does put perspective on how fortunate we are to have so many good hockey clubs close to Staines.

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Compared to UK universities, most universities will only have one ‘club’ team that plays in the NFHL and some universities have one team that plays in the NCAA, which is the main organiser for higher standard university level sport, whereas in the UK most universities will have multiple single sex teams that can cater for players of all abilities and commitment levels. In the US, the sport is female dominated with most teams not having more than 1 male player.

But on the whole, playing University Hockey is a brilliant thing to be a part of and I have certainly been lucky with the people I am currently playing with, and I would highly recommend studying abroad to anyone who is considering university.

Tom Simpson

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Izzy Gardiner has caused a stir about the lack of hockey pitches at state schools.

This is not a Covid issue though, but a far wider problem for the sport.

I grew up in the area in which Izzy lives and played hockey regularly at my (state) school and had matches against many other local state schools. This, however, was in the 1970s and hockey was played on grass and schools had large sports fields. As hockey moved to astroturf it was always going to be one big issue for the sport that schools and clubs would struggle with funding.

There are three state schools locally with astroturf pitches suitable for playing hockey (although others have all weather pitches suitable for football).

Regrettably only one, as far as I am aware, plays hockey regularly. That school has close association with Izzy’s own club (Broxbourne).

So this is the first question to think about and answer. Why don’t schools with the facilities offer hockey as part of the core PE curriculum or as an after school club? Is it down to the staff having other sporting interest, the kids not wanting to play hockey as opposed to football even for girls (maybe Izzy’s point on being considered elitist) or that the schools don’t have the coaching resource?

The coaching resource is maybe something local clubs can help with, but let’s remember the club coaches are mostly unpaid volunteers at grass roots level who all have day jobs to do too.

For full news story please go to https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/

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England’s squad for the Junior Women’s World Cup, taking place in South Africa between 5-16 December, has been announced.

Four players capped at senior international level have been included, with Olympic bronze medallists Fiona Crackles and Izzy Petter in the squad alongside Alex Malzer, who played twice for Great Britain in 2019, and Sophie Hamilton, who featured in four matches for Great Britain in late 2020.

The University of Exeter also boast two players in Ella Burnley and Martha Taylor while Georgie Gardens – who plays for Harleston Magpies and Framlingham College – is the youngest athlete selected. Millie Atwell and Claudia Swain will be the travelling reserves.

England have been drawn in Group B of the tournament in Potchefstroom alongside Belgium – who they drew with at the Junior Europeans two years ago – as well as Canada and Uruguay, who finished first and second respectively in the Junior Pan Am Championships earlier this year.

The squad will be coached by Great Britain Elite Development Programme (EDP) head coach Simon Letchford.

After finishing seventh at the last edition in 2016, this group will be hoping to improve on that and claim a maiden podium placing this time round after narrowly missing out in fourth in 2009 and 2013.

FIXTURES Belgium v England (Pool B) - 5 December 2021, 13:00 GMT England v Canada (Pool B) - 6 December 2021, 15:00 GMT

England v Uruguay (Pool B) - 8 December 2021, 13:30 GMT Quarter-Finals - 12 December 2021 Semi-Finals - 14 December 2021

Final - 16 December 2021 For full news story please go to - www.englandhockey.co.uk

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#WorldChildrensDay The timing couldn’t have been better. Hockey Invites Year of the Youth 2021, created and organised by the FIH Academy, aimed to inspire, develop and increase hockey participation among young people.

Launching during the global Covid pandemic, it proved a way of keeping youngsters across the world engaged and involved in hockey.

A year on and the Year of the Youth will become an annual global effort to ensure that hockey is relevant and exciting for the next generation of players, coaches, officials, volunteers and leaders.

Among the projects launched with the past 12 months has been the School Club Link project for 6-12 year olds, introduction of an U18 category to access FIH Academy course, the FIH World Hockey Camps, which were open for 14-21 year olds, an online diploma at the Young Athlete Academy and the Year of the Youth Huddle, which promoted and celebrated young leaders within the sport.

Hockey Invites Year of the Youth relies on the support and promotion of the national associations. As the movement heads into its second year there are more than 50 registered projects from 27 nations. From Afghanistan to Uganda, Australia to Tanzania, national associations are jumping on board to provide opportunities for young people to get involved in hockey and, at the same time, making sure our sport has a sustainable future, with a workforce that is talented, well-trained and committed.

Speaking about the achievements of the past year, Mike Joyce, Head of the FIH Academy said: 'Via the hockey Invites Year of the Youth, in what has been an extremely challenging year, the hockey family has managed to perform something of a miracle when it comes to retaining and encouraging young people into our sport. There is such an exciting range of projects from national associations around the world and, we are seeing young people really respond.

For more news from International Hockey Federation visit – www.fih.ch

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A quick recap….

Hockey (or field hockey as it is known) is a game that can be played either indoors or outdoors. More commonly seen, the outdoor version of the game is 11-a-side and is played on a pitch similar in size to a football pitch. Each player has a stick with a rounded head to play the ball, with the ultimate aim of scoring goals by hitting the ball into the other team’s goal.

The rules of outdoor hockey are very similar to the laws of football, except that players must use their sticks and not their feet to play the ball. Only the goalkeepers are able to use their feet, hands and any other part of their body in conjunction with their stick to play the ball.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is responsible for the Rules of Hockey. There are two different publications: one representing outdoor hockey and the other representing indoor hockey. They are reviewed on an ongoing basis and there is normally a new edition every two years.

For any one new to Hockey or just as a refresher I would encourage you to visit the following website: https://hockeyhub.englandhockey.co.uk/rules Once registered you can study the Rules of Hockey and watch video examples of how the Rules are applied on the field of play. There is an online test to check your knowledge, with a downloadable awareness certificate.

Happy Learning!

Stephen Wilkinson Colts Fixtures Secretary and England Hockey Liaison.

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We are well into the season now, in fact nearly halfway through the season. It has been great to get the juniors back on the pitch, seeing the smiles on their faces as they come to training. The parents probably aren’t enjoying the sessions as much as the ones on the warm summer evenings! It is great to welcome new members wanting to give hockey a go.

The new England Hockey structure has meant, together with the adults section, we have joined the newly formed South Central area. This has proved tricky across the juniors as well as the adults. We have had lack of advanced notification on dates, times and locations so has been somewhat bumpy.

Massive thanks go to Stephen Wilkinson, the Age Group Managers and coaches for their perseverance and patience to get the kids playing. We are hopeful that the new year will allow for it to be more organised.

We have eventually got some games under our belt at most of the age groups.

We are still in urgent need of age group managers for Mixed U8s, U14 boys and U16 boys. These points of contact do not require much time but are essential for planned fixtures to go ahead. Please contact Ian on colts@staineshockeyclub.com if you think you can help.

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New Colts Appointments We are delighted that Alison and Mark Walker (parents of Joey and Sammy) have kindly stepped forward to become Age Group Manager for u12 Boys. Sharing this role meant they are just about able to squeeze it onto their already busy schedule.

For this we and the U12B’s are very grateful. Thank-you Alison and Mark!!

Juniors’ social media For those of you who follow us on Instagram then you would have seen a dramatic improvement on our content in recent weeks. Well, that is thanks to Issy Stratford, one of our older juniors, who has been doing a fantastic job. If you have any content for us to include then please do let Ian know via colts@staineshockeyclub.com Junior training Dates Our last Sunday session before Christmas will be 12th December and our last Wednesday session will be 15th December.

Our first Sunday back will be 9th January 2022 and the first Wednesday will be 12th January 2022.

Please update Pitchero to allow us to ensure we have enough coaches.

Wishing you and your families a merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.

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