Ashford (Middlesex) Hockey Club

4th Sept – Club Day

REGISTRATION: 11.30pm

INSTRUCTIONS: 12pm (basically teams will be announced, rules given etc)PLEASE BRING A WHITE SHIRT AND A RED SHIRT.

GAMES START: 12.30pm PROMPT! Subject to numbers we hope that the following structure will happen: Teams will be placed in 2 pools, the winners of pool A will then play the Runners-up of pool B and vice-versa in semi finals, the winners of these games will then play in the final to decide who will be crowned Club Day Champions 2010!

COST: £2 (Adults), £1 (colts/children)

PRIZES!!!!

Prizes will be awarded to the winning team (obviously!), but there will also be the opportunity to win a prize for the Player of the Tournament (male and female), this will be decided by a number of people watching and playing throughout the day, so make sure you show off your silky skills!

BBQ

A bbq will take place during the later part of the afternoon to re-energise all you hard working athletes and supporters, so make sure you keep a couple of quid for your burger!

ONE FINAL THING FOR GK!

We are hoping to have enough goalies to allocate to each team, so that everyone ahs a fully kitted GK! So if you are a GK or are thinking about being a GK this season can you let me know whether you are coming to club day so I have a rough idea of numbers! Thank you! Please email me on ladies_club_captain@ashfordhockeyclub.co.uk

AHC Colt Luke Wheeler has jointly won the England Hockey “Hockey’s Got Talent” hockey tricks competition and we would like to congratulate Luke and Jack Clee who have been declared joint WINNERS.

Apart from winning a signed England shirt and an adidas hockey stick, Luke has been invited with one of his parents to Super Saturday at The hockey in Nottingham tomorrow,where he will be able to watch the Semi-Finals AND Finals of the Men ’s Four Nations Test Series for FREE!

CONGRATULATIONS BOTH.

AHC end of season Newsletter has been e-mailed/posted out to paid up members this week, copies are availbale at the Clubhouse and one will be posted on the website soon.

Grand Draw prize winners at the 90th AHC Ball were:

• LCD TV - Sarah Appleton
• Blu Ray Player - The Tebbs (Nick & Catherine)
• Hockey hamper - Miranda Hale
• Zoppo voucher - Val Urwin (Dyna-rod - Windsor HC & ex AHC!)
• Stick – David Eastbury
• Ladies pamper hamper - Toni Bernard
• Canvas - Jim Brown (Hannah’s boss….they bought about £30 worth of tickets!)
• Thirst Quenching wines from Cape wine and food - Symes
• Kinesiology session – Mandy Hart (Welsh mate of LM)
• Tea – Eric & Jane Rose (Eric E & Boddington)
• Golf - Freddie
• Digital photo frame - Shergar
• Cricket - Fry’s (Stewart, Kim & Harleigh)
• Champagne - Alex Saunders
• Glass Bowl - Elliot Smith

Well done all and hopefully you have all collected your prizes.

The date for this year’s AGM has been set for Wednesday 19th May at 7.30 pm at Short Lane. Please do your best to attend as important decisions about subscriptions, club coaching and the appointment of Club Officers and Team Captains etc., will be on the Agenda and voted on. We will be circulating further details soon, mainly by electronic mail, so please can you ensure that we have your latest/preferred e-mail address via forwarding your new contact information to either the secretary@ashfordhockeyclub.co.uk or president@ashfordhockeyclub.co.uk. Thanks.

The 90th Anniversary Ball, was held at Beaumont House, Windsor on Saturday 24th April 2010 and it was a resounding success. Over 140 past and present AHC members attended the event, which was held in the Chapel at Beaumont. A souvenir programme, key ring and a display of old team photographs and AHC personalities were specially produced for the event. We hope to have copies of the latter available for purchase on CD soon. If you are interested in buying one or would like a copy of the programme, which contains copies of some of the photographs and a potted history of the Club, then please contact me (Lynne president@ashfordhockeyclub.co.uk). The results of the Grand Draw and will be published soon and pictures from the event available soon from Breeze Photographic. The winners of the Astro ‘Big’ Draw for April 2010 were drawn and are shown below:

£500 Wendy Baker
£250 Val Hardman (Lynne Morgan won initially, but put her ticket back)
£100 Sheila Kinnear

Congratulations to the Lady winners and your cheques will be with you soon. Don’t forget that it is only £12 per year for a draw ticket and the draw will recommence in October. Application forms are available on the website and Club Notice Board.

Many Club members helped to make the event the success it undoubtedly was, but chief organisers Hayley Eames and Wendy Baker (the latter in particular), are due a massive vote of thanks, from everyone. They not only had the vision and creative ideas to stage such an event, but also the management skills and endless patience to make sure it not only went as planned, but that it could be enjoyed by all so THANK YOU VERY MUCH BOTH.

Tickets are now available at £1 each or £5 per book for the Grand Draw to be held at our 90th Anniversary Ball on Saturday 24th April. The prizes are many and various:

Cinema in your living room – LCD TV, Blu Ray Player

Hockey Heaven? A selection of Ashford Hockey Club sporting goodies including personalised shirt by WeAdmire.net and hockey kit from TK

ZZZZ…..not now! £100 voucher from Zoppo Hockey

Turning pro? A hockey stick from The ProShop

Ladies Pamper Hamper! Mini spa day at Virgin Staines & other goodies

Picture perfect – A 20” by 30” canvas of your choice from canvasRus.co.uk

Thirst quenching – A selection of South African wines from Cape Wine and Food, Staines.

Restore and revive – a Kinesiology session with Devin Dyason

Time for tea with Teapigs.co.uk – teatime treatsDriving forward? A round of golf for 4 at Stockley Park

Smile  A digital photo frame

Howzat? A pair of tickets for Surrey county cricket at the BritOval

Bubblicious – A bottle of champagne

Bowled over? Glass bowl from Classic Miniatures

Plus others – Buy your tickets from Tracy/Lynne at Short Lane or Wendy/Hayley on ahcsocial@hotmail.co.uk, or buy on the night!

We have received this week an excellent, large, free canvas print of the Clubhouse produced by a Company called CanvasRus and you can see examples of their work on http://www.canvasRus.co.uk They provide high quality photo prints on canvas. The picture is the excellent one that Peter Westlake took recently in the snowy weather. The canvas will be put on display for all to see at the weekend.

On behalf of AHC, I am very pleased to report that the Club has been awarded the ‘ClubsFirst’ accreditation by england Hockey and I include below their confirmation received today (4/2/2010). A very large vote of thanks 9and perhaps a few rounds of drinks0, are due to all those who helped with our application, but in particular to SUE WESTLAKE, PETER COTTRELL and GORDON SMITH who really worked long and hard on this. Well done all…..

“It is our great pleasure to inform you that, following an independent Nominated Officer visit and subsequent verification of your club assessment file, Ashford Hockey Club (EH id: 1039) has been recognised as working towards providing a Safe, Effective and Child Friendly club environment, and as such has been awarded the England Hockey ClubsFirst Accreditation. The accreditation date is 03/02/2010.

You will shortly be receiving a confirmation letter and certificate by post, and in the meantime, attached to this email are two files for your club’s use – the ClubsFirst logo and the England Hockey ClubsFirst “brand use” guide.

England Hockey is committed to supporting the development of safe, effective and child-friendly clubs. On behalf of England Hockey I would like to thank you for your club’s dedication in this area.

Congratulations and well done for all of your hard work in submitting the application.”

AHC Newsletter
The AHC Christmas Newsletter has now been e-mailed/posted out to paid up Club members and hopefully will be posted on the website soon. Hard copies are also available at the Clubhouse.
Holiday Opening Times
The Clubhouse and bar will be open from 2 -11 pm on Christmas Eve, so why not come on down for a pre-Christmas drink. The grounds and Clubhouse will be closed on Christmas and Boxing (except for annual Men’s match 12- 2.30 pm) Day, and on Sunday 27th, Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th December. The bar and grounds will reopen as normal at 6pm on Wednesday 30th December and there will be a free New Year’s Eve Social Event from 7pm until late on 31st December, but the Club will be closed on New Year’s Day.

At AHC we are committed to playing hockey the right way and bringing on our colts section to enjoy the game and be safe and happy in the hope that they will become life-long fans of the game and members of our fantastic club. If you or your child have any concerns about inappropriate behaviour by anyone connected or involved with AHC, please initially contact the Child Welfare Officer, Gordon Smith, on 07789 611930. Your concern will be taken seriously and investigated as per England Hockey Child Protection policies.    We will shortly be adding a Colts tab that will contain a wealth of detail about our Colts section, how it is structured, our club ethos and AHC Child Protection policies.                           

AHC are having a CLEAN UP DAY at Short Lane this coming Sunday October 4th from 11 am to 4-5 pm and your help is needed. There are lots of weeding, hedge cutting, grass clearing, painting and litter picking jobs etc., that need doing around all areas of the Short Lane site, buildings and playing areas before winter sets in. There are also plenty of cleaning and repair jobs that need doing within the Clubhouse and changing rooms, as well as some specialist carpentry and welding ones.

We are asking all members and Colts to help out in anyway they can for at least a short while, to help spread the load and spruce the place up for the forthcoming winter season.

Hope to see you there.

Current Men’s training schedule as follows, kids…

Thursday: 7.30-9.00 pm - U16 and U18 Boys and Girls including U14 boys who play for the U16s

 ..also…Tuesdays : 6.30-7.30 for U9, U11 and U14 Boys and Girls