Ashford (Middlesex) Hockey Club

…out on the grass - see you there!!!…

Arrr avast there me hearties we will be pirating the fields of Short Lane to do pieces of 8 training drills (including the Plank)
Yes…what other 2 words than Fitness Training could set the pulses racing of the elite athletes of Ashford HC! Nominally called Mens Fitness Training - it is open to anyone playing on Saturdays [...]

In order for the Under 18 Boys to get through from their preliminary League matches and into the semi final of the Mercian 6-a-side Tournament at Surbiton on Sunday, they had to win or obtain a score draw in their last game which was against the top of the table team Maidenhead. The AHC [...]

The AHC end of season Newsletter has been e-mailed/posted out to paid up Club members and a copy will be posted on the website soon. Copies are also available at the Clubhouse. It includes a list of the award winners for the 2008/9 season, as as well summaries of the senior team performances and lots [...]

The Hockey Club Annual General Meeting for 2009 will be held at the Clubhouse at 7.30pm on WEDNESDAY 20th MAY. The Agenda and Minutes from last year’s meeting will be sent out to all paid up members by e-mail in the next week or so. If you have changed your e-mail address or [...]

EH u-18 Plate Final – Ashford 1 Eastbourne 4
 
Firstly, I am very proud of the boys for having got to a National Final – they played some fantastic hockey to get there and deserved their day out at Finals day.
On the day we were beaten by a better team – who incidentally were older, bigger [...]

Hopefully Team manager Gordy Smith will write his usual excellent and witty report, but in the mean time the enclosed brief report has been sent to the local paper for publication:
Eastbourne under 18 Boys 4 v Ashford under 18 Boys 2
On Sunday 26th April, the boys under 18’s travelled in a very luxorious coach, [...]

Windsor Royalist’s 0 v Ashford Antiques (AA’s) 3Windsor
18/4/09
On a lovely sunny Saturday, most of the AA’s regular squad travelled to the Royal Borough of Windsor to meet with the Queen (well the AHC version, namely Shirley Winson0 and to play some hockey and hopefully retain our 100% record for the season. Once the [...]

25/3/09 Surbiton Hockey lClub
Ashford Under 11 Girls, winners of the Middlesex Club’s competition, played in the South Finals on Saturday and narrowly missed a chance to go through to play in the final rounds on points. After losing their first pool game 0-1 to Haslemere, they earned their first point with a draw against [...]

The winners in the Astro Draw for April 2009 are:
£500 Peter Cottrell - which he has kindly donated towards the cost of a new Men’s 1st XI coach.
£250 Sharon Baker
£50 Katy Start
£50 Ron Cooksey
Andy Barnes, Doreen Brown and Lynne Morgan all had their numbers drawn out for the initial £50 [...]

Surbiton Under 18 Girls 2 v Ashford Under 18 Girls 0
19/4/09
The girls arrived early (okay around 1pm) at the Kingston Grammar playing ground. With Little Miss Forgetful leaving the balls in her own car, rather than the one she was driving in with the Photographer’s, so they were destined for lateness, and the girls [...]

Coach all booked for the trip to Sheffield on Sunday - couple of spots still going at £15 a pop - give Hannah or Gordo a shout. Boys have been practicing hard (another session tonight) and looking forward to the final. See you there!!!!!

Draft AHC Recruitment Plan 2009/10 (16/3/09) please contact Lynne Morgan - pressofficer@ashfordhockeyclub.co.uk or Gordon Smith if you wish to help in anyway.
1. Advertise via Company Intranet sites and notice boards – Gordon Smith to contact AHC members by e-mail. Update details regularly (monthly?) and resend to players with Company Intranet.
2. Arrange Leagues and training in the [...]

League: Eastcote 6’s 1 Ashford 4’s 4
Scorers: Big Amit (2), Fat Dan, Gordo
Eastcote are one of the biggest clubs in the country running 11 Saturday Men’s teams - how do they do it? Can’t be the clubhouse or the rather-limited bar, the teas you say! Well they are going downhill - there were only 4 choices Saturday!
Anyway [...]