Ashford (Middlesex) Hockey Club

The Club’s AGM will be held on Thursday 23rd May 2013 at the Clubhouse starting at 7.30 p.m. A notice of the meeting, the Agenda for the meeting, the accounts for the 2012/3 season and a proposal for the increase of subscription rates for the coming 2013/14 season have all been sent out to paid up members by e-mail this week. If you haven’t received your notification, please contact either Peter Greatorex on secretary@ashfordhockeyclub.co.uk or myself (Lynne Morgan) on preisdent@ashfordhockeyclub.co.uk. Hope to see you there.

The AHC end of season Newsletter has been e-mailed/posted out to paid up members, copies will also be availbale at the Clubhouse on Thursday 25/4 and one will be posted on the website soon. It has all the latest AHC news and updates:
Presidents Chatter
Club Captains views
AA’s News
AGM
Annual Dinner
Weddings
Tours
End of season performance details
Ladies Summer League

Normal opening up to Thurs 28th March

Good Friday, Fri 29th March 7pm to close

Easter Saturday, Sat 30th March noon to close

Easter Sunday, Sun 31st March noon to close

Easter Monday, Mon 1st April 7pm to close

Normal opening from Tue 2nd April

Note: During the above period the club may close early
on any day depending on custom

The lucky astro draw winners for March 2013 are:£100 David Sutch
£50 Hilary Hull
£50 John Vocking

Congratulations to all the winners and your cheques should be with you soon. It is only £12 per year for a ticket and a draw is made every month throughout the season, with the extra big money prizes being drawn at the AHC Annual Dinner in April. Application forms are available on the website (see link on side bar), enclosed and on the Club Notice Board. Help support the club and give yourself a chance of winning some money at the same time.

Don’t forget Saturday 23 March – Tamla Motown Evening at AHC. Tickets £10, which includes a sit down meal. Tickets available from behind the bar.

Sorry, but unfortunately the Thames Lodge Hotel have let us down so therefore we have had to make a VENUE CHANGE…The Annual dinner will now be held at The Anne Boleyn Hotel in Staines (http://www.boleynhotel.com/).

It is still on Saturday 27th April, arrival drinks will be served from 6.30pm, to be seated for the meal at 7.15pm, followed by awards, raffle and the disco!

Details of the menu and wine list have been e-mailed out to members and all pre orders of wine by the bottle will receive a 10% discount.

The tickets are £37.50, thank you to those that have already paid! The latest we need the money by is Wednesday 10th April.

As you all know, we need more players down at AHC so why not branch out to our other groups of friends or colleagues or family and get them down for a fun hockey, taster session this Wednesday evening between 7.30 – 9.30 pm.

It will be a good chance to show off your skills but also for other people to see what its like once they are there. I am not limiting it to one friend, bring however many you can find!

Even if they go away and tell other people they know how much fun they have had it might spread the word, and like Hynes said, once they meet us they wont want to leave!! free drink after for all new attendes. ‘Be there or be square’ as thye used to say!

The lucky astro draw winners for January 2013 are

£100 Martin Smith

£50 Val Hardman

£50 Mark Appleyard

Congratulations to all the winners and your cheques should be with you soon. It is only £12 per year for a ticket and a draw is made every month throughout the season, with the extra big money prizes being drawn at the AHC Annual Dinner in April. Application forms are available on the website (see link on side bar) and on the Club Notice Board. Help support the club and give yourself a chance of winning some money at the same time.

The Xmas newsletter 2012 has just been sent out to members via e-mail and it contains all the latest AHC news, information from Ashford (Short Lane) Sports, social dates and teams performance stas at the half way stage of the season, Ashford Antiques (AAs) gossip and lots of other articles. Please contact me (Lynne) via president@ashfordhockeyclub.co.uk if you haven’t recieved a copy and we hope to have a copy linked to the website soon.

The astro draw winners for December 2012 are

£250 Alex Saunders

£100 Anita Sharma

£50 Andy (Digger) Barnes

Congratulations to all the winners and your cheques should be with you soon. It is only £12 per year for a ticket and a draw is made every month throughout the season, with the extra big money prizes being drawn at the AHC Annual Dinner in April. Application forms are available on the website (see link on side bar) and on the Club Notice Board. Help support the club and give yourself a chance of winning some money at the same time.

The astro draw winners for October 2012 are:

£100 Jason & Tracey Holland

£50 David Brant

£50 Stewart Fry

Congratulations to all the winners and your cheques should be with you soon. It is only £12 per year for a ticket and a draw is made every month throughout the season, with the extra big money prizes being drawn at the AHC Annual Dinner in April. Application forms are available on the website (see link on side bar) and on the Club Notice Board. Help support the club and give yourself a chance of winning some money at the same time.

Well the sun shone, the newly refurbished goals and corner posts were in place, and PHC Chiswick let the Club President take the first push back in the first game on our new playing surface and we (Ladies 2′s) then went and lost 1-5. The consolation was that Freddie Chudleigh scored the first AHC goal on the relayed carpet and our weakened team held them well in the first half. The Ladies 1′s followed us on and
looked to be well on the way to a 3-0 defeat by Staines 3′s, when Maria Cavilla pulled one back and a determined Emma Hynes got another shortly after to frighten our neighbours somewhat, who snatched a fourth goal in the dying minutes of the game to finish winners by 4 goals to 2. I am pleased to report though that the other games played at home were the men’s 2 ‘s who won 4-2, with the being Jas, Freddie C, Shaggy and Alex Betts. They were followed by the men’s 3′s who won 3-1 (Harry Weigner 2 & Sam Betts) won and young Matt Sutch scored the first AHC own goal under the new rules on our new pitch! The men’s 1′s also won 5-4 in a high scoring game v Old Merchant Taylors, whilst the 4′s lost 0-5 away to local rivals Staines. The Ladies 3′s only had 10 players and had to travel to Richmond for a some what late 4.45pm match. A gritty performance, led by some solid goalkeeping from Charlie Poulton kept the opposition at bay and secured a point for AHC as the match finished as a 0-0 draw.

The Club/Fun day was held in the sunshine at Short Lane yesterday and was enjoyed by those who attended. It was good to see some former members and familiar faces back at Short Lane and to see those who had played in the Men’s and Ladies friendly away games also returning and showing support. Thanks are due to Abi Frith , Elliott Smith and their band of helpers for organising the day and Peter Cottrell and his small band of ‘strong arm’ helpers for setting up the Rush Hockey on the hard play area. The Olympic raffle was also held and the winners were:

1st prize – AHC shirt signed by the GB Ladies, bronze medal hockey squad – AA Sue ‘Bod’ Lane (nee Hobden)

2nd prize – White GB Olympic T – shirt – Lucy Uttley

3rd prize – GB Olympic sweat bands – Luvvy (Tracey Holland)

4th prize – Miniature London Olympic taxi – Lynne Morgan.

Bod has kindly donated the signed shirt back to AHC for framing and display at Short Lane. Thanks are due to her and Nicky Davis (and me!) who donated the prizes. We made £100 on the raffle and more fund raising ideas, ventures, sponsorship or donations are all very much needed as the cost of hiring pitches for pre season training and friendly matches, as well as the unavoidable increased cost the new pitch, mean that extra fund raising is essential. We will of course be holding our normal social events during the season and the astro draw (forms available on this website) and ‘sponsor a bulb’ will still be running, so please can you let us know your ideas or better still offer to run a fund raising scheme/event.

The AHC pre-season Newsletter has been e-mailed/posted out to all paid up members. You can also view it on line via the relevant tab on the side bar. Hard copies are also available at the Clubhouse. Men’s, Ladies and Colts midweek winter training dates are contained in the latest, 9 page edition of ‘Read & Black’, details of the summer league, along with all the other latest and other Club information. Please contact your team captain, the Men’s and Ladies Club Captain or president@ashfordhockeyclub.co.uk for further details.

OLA!!!! Its SUPER SEPTEMBER!!! And why is it SUPER?! Well its the start of the new hockey season….we are getting a SUPERDOOPER new astro being relayed, Benny will be 40, Dyson will be 30 and Jesse 50-1 Freddy, Noah & Olly among others start school which means they’ll soon be ready to join the colts?, AHC members are venturing into new realms…the 3Hs are doing a relay Tri raising funds for a SMASHING cause (a link to their fundraising page can be provided if nec!), the SUN is finally SHINING and of course….its CLUB DAY!!! I have created an event…I might even have invited you (nothing personal if I haven’t…its simply we’re not FB friends..sob sob…). Abi and Ells are working hard to ensure there is fun and catch up for all (even those of us who have to go and play a ‘proper’ game of hockey beforehand…GULP)….so please, do let us know if you’re coming so enough sausages etc can be acquired! Its from 3pm THIS COMING SATURDAY (8th!). THANKS, wendy

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