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Contacts OHC Newsleer Happy Christmas to everyone involved in Oxford Hockey Club, at the end of a wonderful year of sport for the UK. My highlight was geng ckets to the men’s final at the Olympics; my lowlight was scoring the first own goal scored by (or is it for?) the Bulls… For the club our highlight has to be our lovely new pitch although you do feel that straight lines remove a lile of our home advantage! The compliments we’ve had from members show it was the right thing to ask for as our first birthday present as a club. And, add to that socks that fit and an increasing range of kit (page 3) available for club members of all ages, and we’re connuing to make progress. Our social side (page 2) connues to be acve thanks to Ann and Laura and their friends. There is more we can improve of course, but then there always is. What about the hockey? Well we’ve got off to a great start to the season – most weeks when I look I see more wins than losses and goals by the bucket load. So, well done to all our teams however you’ve fared. (secon updates on pages 4 and 5) And amongst our juniors (update on page 3) we have just held a very successful tournament last week and we’ve been delighted that a mass of girls and boys have been recognised in county squads and a good number further up into regional and naonal groups, a tribute to their hard work but also to their coaches. So, have a good rest for a few weeks, enjoy the fesvies and see you for more in January. Mike Corran OHC Chairman Issue 4: Christmas 2012 Men’s Chair— Chris Orme [email protected] 07595 015500 Men’s Vice Chair— Niall Carter [email protected] 07809 438100 Men’s Club Captain—Steve Pritchard [email protected] 07921 662236 Men’s Club Vice-CaptainMark Hooper [email protected] 07826 848794 Ladies’ Chair— Lucy Eddowes lu- [email protected] 07747 484571 Ladies’ Club Captain—Helen Dudgeon [email protected] 07941 052609 Ladies’ Club Vice-Captain— Emma Forrester [email protected] 07951 909888 Communicaons Sec—Claire Hooper [email protected] 07855 546879 < The OHC Christmas Tree at the 2012 Cowley Fesval of Christmas Trees in St James’ Church.

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Page 1: 2012 Christmas Newsletter DRAFT1 - oxfordhc.org fileIn the new year we've got a Karma karma karma karma kar-ma cu-rry night (sing it to the tune of the Cul-ture Club classic and you'll

Contacts

OHC Newsleer

Happy Christmas to everyone

involved in Oxford Hockey Club, at

the end of a wonderful year of sport

for the UK. My highlight was ge#ng

$ckets to the men’s final at the

Olympics; my lowlight was scoring the

first own goal scored by (or is it for?)

the Bulls…

For the club our highlight has to be

our lovely new pitch although you do

feel that straight lines remove a lile

of our home advantage! The

compliments we’ve had from

members show it was the right thing

to ask for as our first birthday present

as a club.

And, add to that socks that fit and an

increasing range of kit (page 3)

available for club members of all

ages, and we’re con$nuing to make

progress.

Our social side (page 2) con$nues to

be ac$ve thanks to Ann and Laura

and their friends. There is more we

can improve of course, but then there

always is.

What about the hockey? Well we’ve

got off to a great start to the season –

most weeks when I look I see more

wins than losses and goals by the

bucket load. So, well done to all our

teams however you’ve fared. (sec$on

updates on pages 4 and 5)

And amongst our juniors (update on

page 3) we have just held a very

successful tournament last week and

we’ve been delighted that a mass of

girls and boys have been recognised

in county squads and a good number

further up into regional and na$onal

groups, a tribute to their hard work

but also to their coaches.

So, have a good rest for a few weeks,

enjoy the fes$vi$es and see you for

more in January.

Mike Corran

OHC Chairman

Issue 4: Christmas 2012

Men’s Chair— Chris Orme

[email protected]

07595 015500

Men’s Vice Chair— Niall Carter

[email protected]

07809 438100

Men’s Club Captain—Steve

Pritchard

[email protected]

07921 662236

Men’s Club Vice-Captain—

Mark Hooper

[email protected]

07826 848794

Ladies’ Chair— Lucy Eddowes

lu-

[email protected]

07747 484571

Ladies’ Club Captain—Helen

Dudgeon

[email protected]

07941 052609

Ladies’ Club Vice-Captain—

Emma Forrester

[email protected]

07951 909888

Communica�ons Sec—Claire

Hooper

[email protected]

07855 546879 < The OHC Christmas Tree at the 2012 Cowley

Fes$val of Christmas Trees in St James’ Church.

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Quick Fire News

Training: Senior training

restarts on Monday 7th

January – all sessions are on

as normal that week. Junior

sessions starts again on

Sunday 6th January.

Pitches: As we enter the new

year, there’s always more

chance of pitches becoming

unplayable due to snow /

ice / flooding – if in doubt,

please check the club website

(www.oxfordhc.org), OHC

Facebook page or the Twier

feed (@oxfordhc) for the

latest updates.

Back to Hockey: We’ve run

two more successful ‘Back to

Hockey’ programmes (for

women returning to hockey

aNer a long break or trying

the sport for the first $me)

this season. Numbers have

been very good with plenty of

post-Olympic interest. Many

par$cipants con$nue to train

and play matches with us.

The next 6-week course starts

on Tuesday 5th

February.

Please spread the word to

anyone you know who might

like to give it a try!

Rush Hockey: Come along

and work off your turkey

dinner with a free taster

session of Rush Hockey, open

to all, at Brookes from 2pm

on Saturday 29th December!

Rush Hockey is a simplified,

5-a-side, fast, fun version of

the game.

Thanks to our social reps, Ann and

Laura (top right), for pu#ng on a great

Christmas party at the Cape, which

aracted over 110 people and some

quality fes$ve jumpers… Over £300

was raised for the club by the efforts of

the ladies’ 1s and 2s and their Santa’s

Sack (below).

In the new year we've got a Karma

karma karma karma kar-ma cu-rry

night (sing it to the tune of the Cul-

ture Club classic and you'll know

where I'm coming from) which is

open to all, at the Karma restaurant

in Cowley. There will be a set menu

at a very decent price and the food

is guaranteed to please. Dates to

follow on the website shortly.

For those who like a fluer, there's a

casino night on the cards.

And, if that's not enough fun to blow

away the January and February

blues, there's the annual OHC pub

quiz on Saturday 9th February. Best

start doing some pub trivia swo#ng

now, eh?

The end of season dinner dance is Saturday 20th April. Keep it free. There will

be embarrassing dancing.

Social News

Thanks to everyone who’s been volunteering to umpire games this season

(either for Oxford teams or in the appointed league pools on our behalf). Lots

more people have got involved this season. Don’t forget that you’ll earn your-

self a free $cket to the end of season dinner if you umpire 7 games over the

course of the season.

We’re running a single session in January (date to be confirmed) to help new

umpires pick up the basics, allowing them to cover matches in the lower divi-

sions of the men’s and ladies' leagues and juniors with a more experienced

umpire buddy. Open to all, and run by OHC Umpire Development Officer Chi

Ho, it’ll take place in the seminar room, Brookes Bar.

Umpires

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Juniors Update

We’re pleased to report that over 250 children have aended

training at least once so far this season! The recent Oxford HC

Haribo Fes�val in November was once again a very successful,

enjoyable event and we raised over £1,000 (including around

£400 from the raffle and cake stall alone) towards a new shed to

store our hockey equipment.

So far this season:

• U14 Boys are holding their own in the Mercian Premier

league & the development team are enjoying playing in the feeder league, gaining vital experience.

• U16 Boys are top of their Mercian league and on target to qualify for the England Cup Regional finals.

• U18 Boys are unbeaten in their Mercian league with a compe$$ve 5 -5 draw against Wycombe and a

comprehensive win over Southgate.

• We have JAC representa$ons at all levels from Oxford HC players.

• All the men’s sides from 1s to Hamsters have juniors playing in them.

• Congratula$ons to Sam Fisher, selected for U16 England squad.

• U14 Girls are undefeated in the England Cup and are in 2nd posi$on in the league with 2 to play.

• U14 Girls B have won both their games so far in the county league.

• U16 Girls have played one, won one, so far!

• U18 Girls got to the second round of the England Cup, but lost to an excellent Surbiton team.

• Martha Foster and Caitlin Bailey-Williams played in the Futures Cup for Mercia Lynx, and Miriam

Pritchard aended HIPAC for U15 Girls.

OHC is now running a schools link programme with St

Andrew’s and St Michael’s primary schools, delivering hockey

with Lorna McCulloch and our Oxford Brookes student

coaches. Exci$ngly, we are looking at establishing a similar

development programme with Oxford Academy to start in

2013. We are proud that we are a true city hockey club

working with our local community.

As a club we’re also commied to suppor$ng and developing

our specialist coaches both in the junior and senior sec$ons.

Ladies’ 1s coach, Duncan Buckmaster, ran our first CPD

course for club coaches last month en$tled “Athle$c

Development for young athletes”.

You can catch up on all the junior news at www.oxfordhockeyjuniors.org

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OHC U8-U10 Christmas Training

First coaching session with St Andrew’s Primary School

Kit Thanks to our dynamic new kit manager, Chris Miy, we have an increasingly

good range of club kit available via Elmer Coon’s online shop. You can now get

yourself and your loved ones kied out with tracksuits, hoodies, goalie shirts,

skorts, shorts, away shirts and socks. Other new items include a smart royal blue

baselayer (pictured right) with OXHC down one sleeve (available in both senior

and junior sizes) and a rain jacket with your name on it. Go to

www.oxfordhc.org/kit for full details on how to buy and prices.

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Introducing our Club Presidents

Oxford Hockey Club is headed by two presidents (one from the men’s and one from the ladies’ sec$ons), and

we’re delighted that the first people to take on these roles are Gill Mar$n and Alan

Mackenzie-Wintle.

As many of you will know, Gill and Al have been very ac$ve in the Oxfordshire hockey

scene for many years now – as players, captains and commiee members – and

con$nue to support the club.

Al currently captains our men’s veterans’ side, the Bulls (even s$ll playing occasionally

when not injured…), while his two daughters are regulars at junior training. Gill was

sadly forced to re$re from playing last season, aNer a car accident, but is s$ll a keen

supporter, par$cularly of the ladies’ teams – so do look out for her on the sideline and say hello!

You can read more about both our presidents on the website:

www.oxfordhc.org/presidents.

We also recognise the valuable contribu$ons made by many

of our other former members over the years, by making them

vice-presidents. Hopefully, we’ll see many of them back up at

Brookes to watch some hockey and for the first VPs’ lunch in

the new year (date to be confirmed).

Alan “Albo” Mackenzie-Wintle

Gill Mar$n (centre) celebra$ng her birthday with her old City team

Men’s Sec�on Updates

On the men’s side, the 1s are leading the way, in 3rd

posi$on in Regional 1 at the half-way point in the season and

hoping to hunt down at least a play-off spot again this year. They are matched by the 8s, who are 3rd

in Division 8

and just ahead of the Hamsters in 4th

spot.

In MBBO Division 6, the 6s are in 5th

posi$on, just

ahead of the 7s who are 6th

.

The 2s (Regional 2) and Bulls (Wessex Masters Div 1)

occupy 6th

place in their tables, while the 9s are in 7th

posi$on in Div 10.

Not doing so well, are the 5s (9th

place) and 4s (10th

place) in Div 3 and the 3s who are boom of Div 1 –

however, none are far adriN from the teams

immediately above them so we hope they can turn

things around in the second half of the season.

Cup Highlights: Although the ladies’ 1s were disappoin$ngly knocked out of the EHB Trophy in the first round this year, we s$ll

have two other ladies’ teams con$nuing their bids for cup glory. Both the 2nd

XI and the Over-35s are in their

respec$ve na$onal quarter-finals.

The Over-35s will be in ac$on (if that’s the right expression?!) against Shefford & Sandy on 27th

January at

12.45pm at Brookes. The 2nd

XI take on Tulse Hill & Dulwich at midday on 10th

February at Headington School.

Supporters would be very welcome!

Men’s Hamsters v. Marlow 5s

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Can you spare a lile $me to help the running of the ladies’ sec$on?

If so, please contact Lucy - [email protected]. We need

the following volunteers please:

Ladies' Fixtures Secretary – helps captains to set up and coordinate

pre-season friendlies, checks pitch alloca$ons with the Pitch

Manager, assists captains with rescheduling cancelled games, sends a

weekly email to confirm ladies’ match teas with our provider at

Brookes. Total $me spent: 40 to 50 hours per year.

Ladies' Vice-Chair – helps the Chair to keep everything running and

picks up the odd jobs, aends the ladies’ playing commiee

mee$ngs, covers minutes, etc, if the Chair is absent.

Calling all Ladies – Volunteers Needed!

OHC Mixed Hockey:

This year has seen the making of a brand new mixed team for OHC! Not sa$sfied with their fix of hockey on a

Saturday, players from across the club come to play fun and friendly games on Sundays.

They have played 4 matches so far and, pleased

with a good turn out and enthusiasm, will

con$nue to have matches 1-2 $mes per month in

the new year.

They’re always looking for more players to come

and join them, no maer what level, so don't

hesitate to get in touch if you fancy a Sunday

hockey fix!

Contact Harriet Bryant or Becky Sammon:

[email protected]

[email protected]

Join the OHC Facebook group

(and you can also ‘befriend’

Oxford Hockey – it’ll make you

look more popular);

Follow @oxfordhc on Twier;

Sign up for email news updates

on www.oxfordhc.org (sign-up

box on lower right of homep-

age).

Keeping in touch

Ladies’ Sec�on Update

Things are looking good across the ladies’ sec$on at the half-way point in

the season. The ladies’ 1s and 2s have had the biggest turnaround – both

were in danger of relega$on last season (and just escaped the drop) but

now the 1s sit in 4th

place in South Division 2, while the 2s are in 6th

place

in Division 3A.

It’s also great to see our newest team, the Fireflies, doing so well in

Trysports Division 5 – currently in 3rd

posi$on. The 6s are hot on their

heels, in 5th

spot.

The 3s, 4s and 5s are comfortably mid-table (all in 7th

place, in Prem 2, Div

1 and Div 2 respec$vely) and looking to go higher in the second half of the

season! Vice-captain Rachel driving forward for the ladies’ 5s

The OHC mixed team at their final game before Christmas