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

The annual start of the season Club Day will be held on Saturday 4th September at Short Lane, starting at midday and all current, past and would be players of all ages and abilities are welcome. Your Team Captains’ will be sending out further details soon, but please make a note in your diary.

In addition, if you fancy giving hockey a go and haven’t played before, please come on down..

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.

The collection of Tesco vouchers and Sainsbury Active Kids vouchers for equipment for the junior section has been going really well, however we still need more vouchers if possible. We have already exceeded last year’s Tesco total of 3,900 vouchers and presently we have a grand total of 4,500. We also have 700 Sainsbury Vouchers. Tesco have stopped issuing their vouchers but the Sainsbury Scheme runs until the Tuesday 8 June 2010. We will have to send the Tesco vouchers in 10 days time (13/6/10) so please hand your vouchers to a team captain if playing summer hockey, one of the Colts coaches, put either type in the Tesco Collecting Box behind the bar in the Function room or post them to the Clubhouse, Short Lane Stanwell TW19 7BQ as soon as possible please. The Cricket Club also have voucher collecting boxes in the Members bar, so please make sure your vouchers go into the correct box! Any vouchers will be gratefully received.

The normal Ladies summer league hockey, with six Clubs in total playing in two Divisions, with an Ashford side in each Division, has started on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Please contact Hannah Stokes on ladies3s@ashfordhockeyclub.co.uk if you want to play. In addition, this year we are running a Mens competition with three Clubs in total playing in two Divisions, with an Ashford side in each Division, with the games being played on a Wedndesday evening. Please contact Peter Cottrell on colts@ashfordhockeyclub.co.uk if you are interested in playing. The weekly fixtures will be displayed on the website and the full fixture list and rules are displayed on the Club Notice Board. The leagues will finish at the end of July.

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.

Both AHC U13 Girls and Boys came away with trophies from the Surbiton Colts Tony Smith Tournament on 18th April, in aid of Cancer Trust on . The girls started the off the celebrations by winning the Bowl after a battle of 5 games before facing Surbiton 2s in the semi final. Robin Wheeler scored from a penalty corner to secure the 1 - 0 win taking them into the final against Epsom. It was a nail biting game after coming back from a goal down to equalise in the last few minutes with a fantastic reverse stick goal from Robin Wheeler hit from the top of the D taking the game into extra time and then onto penalties. Robin Wheeler, Beth Jefferies and Bella Bogan stepped up to take a penalty and each of them made sure the ball was safe in the net. Ashford keeper Hannah Merchant saved the 3rd penalty shot from Epsom to take home the trophy after winning 3 – 2 on penalties. Their previous games leading up to the finals were 0 – 0 draws against Wimbledon 2s and Epsom, 0 – 1 loss against Surbiton 3s and 1 – 2 loss against Cheam. Although there were many shots and chances on goal during the earlier matches Robin Wheeler was the only one who managed to get onto the score sheet after a goal during a penalty corner. Team: Hannah Merchant (GK), Lauren Clarey, Harriett Brockwell in defence, Bella Bogan and Rasna Sandhu sweeping backs with Robin Wheeler, Beth Jefferies and Charlotte Elms playing up front.

The U13 boys faced some tough opposition during the warm afternoon sunshine having to play 3 matches in a row. Although it appeared on paper that they sailed through to the finals, it could have easily gone either way in some games but they kept their cool and took the opportunities of rebounds to score goals. They met Bromley & Beckenham in the final who put the pressure on from the start and had to defend 2 penalty corners within the first few minutes. Ashford kept their cool and managed to get the ball down the other end resulting in a fine shot from Vice Captain Gregg Smith which was helped away by Harry Weigner to win the game 1 – 0 and take home the Vase. Captain Luke Wheeler showed off his new skills he had been learning all season with some impressive Arial balls in all games but in particular the earlier games where Harry Weigner scored 1 and Gregg Smith got a hat trick during 1 game and scored 1 in another. Luke Wheeler and Sam Betts scored 3 impressive goals each. There was some great defensive play from Aranvir Singh, Joske Opdenakker and Adesh Aulakh. Chris Taylor made some fine saves as goal keeper only conceding 1 goal all tournaments and Jack Ridley held his own as one of the youngest players on the field. Results of the earlier wins were 1 – 0 against Surbiton, 3 – 1 Bromley & Beckenham, 4 – 0 against Reading, and 3 – 0 against Horsham.

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!

The U14 boys had a superb 2-0 win against Teddington on Sunday thanks to an all round good performance and 2 late goals from K. Bambra. The U16s had an easier time against Maidenhead running out 11-0 winners. The U16s now need a draw against Guildford on Friday night to go through to the League play offs against East Grinstead

Boys under 10’s enjoyed a successful Sunday at Staines - they beat Staines 2-0 before losing 4-3 to an amazonian Woking team

Training

Tuesday Men’s training 19:30-21:30

Tuesday training for the U8, U10, U12 & U14 boys & girls 18:30-19:30

Wednesday Ladies training 19:30-21:30

Thursday U16 & U18 Boys 19:30-21:00

Sunday training 09:30-10:45 for U8 mixed, U10, U12 and U14 girls and U10 and U12 boys.

Please note - NO Sunday training for U14 and U16 boys.

U14 Girls

Home to Reigate Priory. Meet 1015 for a 1045 start. Contact Sam or Caroline – please see PC email

U14 Boys Dev

Away against Surbiton. Meet at Finlay pitch in the KGS Sports grounds (Summer Road, Thames Ditton KT7 0RD) at 10:10 for a 10:30 pitch on and 11:00 start. Contact Jakki or Adrian

U16 Boys- Friday 12 March

Away to Guildford. Meet 1800 at Short Lane for a 2000 start or meet at 1915 at Broadwater School, Summers Road, Farncombe, Godalming, Surrey GU7 3BW Contact PC

Training Sunday 09:30-11:00 U8 mixed, U10, U12 and U14 girls. No training for U10, U12 and U14 boys as they have matches.

No Sunday training forU16 boys

U8 Mixed

Staines have postponed the U8 tournament 

U10 Boys and U12 Boys

Staines Tournament. Meet at Worple Road at 1030 for an 1100 start. Contact Sam and/or Caroline

 U14 Boys

Home to Teddington. Meet 1215 at Short Lane for a 1300 pitch on. Contact Jakki and/or Adrian

U16 Boys

Home to Maidenhead. Meet 1430 at Short Lane for a 1500 pitch on. Contact Peter