Record breaking month!
28/10/07
Stats for visitors to
www.newmarkethockeyclub.com
have gone up this month with 285 unique visitors. Most of the visitors
return 2.11 times and view 3.49 pages on average.
The most popular day to
visit the site is Tuesday, closely followed by Monday and Saturday.
The most frequented pages
to date are 1) Men's 07/08 stats
2) Galleries 3)
Ladies' 07/08 stats 4)
News 5) Men's page 6)
Ladies page
A handful of the key
phrases used when searching the web for our site have been: newmarket
hockey club - 35%; newmarket hockey - 18%; bognor regis hockey club -
2.5%; mildenhall hockey - 2.5%; jimmy robinson newmarket - 0.02%!
Hat-trick of wins!
28/10/07
It's a clean sweep for
Newmarket this weekend! The 2nd team finally got their first points as
they won 5-1 at home over the weekend - this moves them up to 8th in the
table. The ladies continued their incredible campaign in the Premier
Division by winning 2-0 against Cambridge University - increasing the gap
at the top to 5 points. The men's 1st team completed the hat-trick as they
overcame the difficult trip to Alford 2; winning 4-3; they move up to top
of the table but Horncastle's game was postponed.
Astro Shoes
23/10/07
Benny Bennett will be at
training this week with a few pairs of TK green/grey NEW Astro trainers
(sizes 8, 9 and 9.5). RRP is £50 but he is selling them for £20. If you
want to reserve a pair, email him at
Michael.Bennett@heraeus.com
Awards
23/10/07
Newmarket Hockey Club
came 2nd in the Suffolk Sports Awards last week. The ceremony was last
week at Ipswich Football ground. Coincidentally, the team have also been
nominated for East team of the year - more news to follow...
Membership Forms
23/10/07
Senior and
Junior Membership forms can now be accessed from the download link.
Match Reports
23/10/07
Di Thomas will be unable
to do match reports for the ladies as of the new year due to other
commitments and so the ladies will be looking for someone else to continue
with the sterling effort Di has given for the past few years. Email Di on
di_thomas123@yahoo.co.uk
if you are keen to do your bit for the club.
Weekend's results
30/09/07
While the ladies maintain
their unbeaten and quite impressive start to the season, the men's 1st
team got their league season off to a great start away to March, clinching
victory 3-2 in the dying minutes.
The men's 2nd team who
were due to play their first league game; having only just registered in
the league, had to concede their match due to a lack of numbers. Let's
hope this changes for their next game.
WASP Awards
30/09/07
Newmarket Hockey Club
have been short listed for team of the year for the WASP Awards. More to
come shortly...
Forum
30/09/07
The forum has been removed due to a lack
of interest.
Fixture for the ladies are now on the site
22/08/07
Ladies get prepared for an exciting
league in the Premier Division & Cup. First friendly on 08/09 against
City followed by their first cup game against Cambridge South 2. More
details here.
Welcome to
www.newmarkethockeyclub.com
13/08/07
This is the new address of the website; a
little easier to remember I'm sure you'll agree!
Forum
08/08/07
A forum has been added to the site on a
trial basis and club members are encouraged to use it. To get to the
Forum,
click here. To post messages, you'll
have to become a member. Feel free to get in contact with the
administrator
if you have any questions.
Men's
fixtures are out
06/08/07
The men's 1s & 2s fixtures are out - see
here for the 1s fixtures and
here for the 2s fixtures.
New Domain
Name
06/08/07
The webmaster is delighted to announce
that he had been able to secure web space for the site for a period of 5
years, and therefore no more adverts.
Notice
of Annual General Meeting
22/05/07
To be held at The Foresters
On 4 June 2007
Starting at 7.30
Please attend and contribute.
This is an important meeting as it will decide how you want your club to
move forward after a very successful season with an all-weather pitch at
Newmarket. There will be a new Club Constitution to agree, new teams to
plan for, new subscriptions and match fees to agree.
It is known that the present secretary
will decline re-election. Also there are other officers who wish to have
a change. Knowing that more hands make light work, please think how you
can help a little.
Agenda
Read and approve the minutes of the 2006 AGM
To approve a new Club Constitution
Report from: the Chair, the Treasurer, Team Captains: Ladies, Men, Club
Coach.
Election of General Committee: Chair, Vice Chair, General Secretary,
Social Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Officers: Ladies & Men, Club
Coach, Team Sections: MEN: 2 LADIES: 2 (1 man/lady to be
Capt/Vice-Capt.)
Five other members, to include 3 who will bring together the Clubmark
bid.
Election to Captains: Ladies, Men, 2nd teams
To decide the level of membership subscriptions and match fees.
To decide preferred home game times.
To advise of Newmarket Town Carnival and future training.
Tournament
invites
15/05/07
The club has been invited to a couple of
tournaments in mid-June (Peterborough) and in August (Salisbury). With
the absence of a Social Secretary, the club needs to act quickly in
appointing somebody to the role if the club wish to attend either if not
both events.
Vacancy!
15/05/07
It has been reported that the current
Social Secretary,
Isabel Hooley,
is
stepping down from her current position
this
summer. It is not yet understood whether Theresa Choat will continue on
her own or whether somebody else is joining her or taking on full
responsibility themselves. All interested applicants are requested to
put forward their name(s) to the committee before the AGM on 4th June.
Why
should I care about Clubmark?
14/05/07
We all like to play
hockey but to play we need money, organisation, pitches etc. The
Clubmark award has impact with County Sports Partnerships and Funding
Agencies because it shows that we are working towards providing a safe,
effective and child friendly hockey environment. This can mean
priority bookings and reduced costs when booking Local
Authority venues which would be reflected
in game times and match fees.
So Clubmark does affect
you and is important for the long term success of the club.
If you can spare a little time to help
prepare the club’s bid for Clubmark please come to the AGM on 4th June.
99/00 Season
13/04/07
The last time Newmarket played in Division
5NW was in 99/00 and they
absolutely walked it! With the aid of the treasure chest of information
that Simon Gibson has supplied, reports & stats have now been added to the
site for the first time. Go on, take a trip down memory lane - this
year was a record breaking year! Also in this season, the Newmarket Mixed
team played in the E.H.A. Timpson Trophy and did superbly... read all
about The Pope's 5 goal burst!
New photos
13/04/07
They may be almost two months old, but the
webmaster has finally managed to upload some pictures taken from the shock
2-3 defeat St Ives inflicted on the men on 17th February 2007. Thanks
Kjell and sorry for not putting them up sooner.
Go to
Gallery 15 and you will find
them at the bottom of the page.
Training
13/04/07
In case you did not know, training
continues until the end of June for Seniors and Juniors.
AGM
13/04/07
One of the topics for the AGM will be to
consider a new constitution. It will
underpin our bid for 'Clubmark' and the wording herewith has been approved
by the Committee. The revision is to bring us in line with modern
thinking; the present one was agreed some 25-30 years ago.
We wish the membership and potential
members to read it before the AGM. We would be pleased if it can go onto
the web site.
The club is concerned that the uptake from
people for the 2 June celebration dinner is low bearing in mind the level
of team success. It is hoped that this does not reflect the level of
interest in attending the AGM.
League & Cup Double
03/04/07
The Newmarket Ladies completed the double
on Saturday by winning the cup in an awesome penalty stroke competition.
Spare a thought for Sawtry who went ahead in the game and then saw victory
snatched away from them.
Newmarket have had a wonderful season and
have broken a handful of records this year, the team must be absolutely
chuffed to bits. The Premier League awaits them next season and it'll be
tough going as they take on the big guns in the region. We'll be following
their every step right here and wish them all the very best!!
Cup Final Day
26/03/07
The ladies take on Sawtry in the cup final
this coming Saturday and a win for our lasses would give them a historic
double victory this year, cementing a truly fantastic season. The club
would like to encourage as much support as possible for our girls in this
season's third and final meeting between the two teams.
Men's season over
26/03/07
The men's season came to a close on
Saturday and the members of the club will be ruing missed opportunities as
they were knocked off the top spot and now have to settle for 5th. Overall
a good season and they'll certainly be eyeing promotion next year
especially with news that a second team is forming.
Interestingly, from a personal point of
view, is that old enemies Horncastle 1s are coming down from Division 4NW.
These two teams will be pitted against each other for the first time in 5
years, the last time they met they played out a 0-0 draw. In the six times
these two teams have met, two games have been awarded to Horncastle, but
memories of defeats in 93-94 and in 94-95
have gone unanswered.
The outcome of these ties will be eagerly awaited...
End of Season Dinner & Awards
Presentation
11/03/07
Saturday 2nd June 2007
7pm
The Rosary Hotel, Exning
£17 per person
Money & menu choices to be handed or sent to Isi by the end of March
(17 Belmont Court, Newmarket CB8 9BP)
Partners welcome.
Alcohol will only be served to those with proof of age.
Cheques payable to Newmarket Hockey Club.
MENU
Soup
Chicken liver pate served on a bed of mixed leaves with toast &
cranberry sauce
Prawn salad with Marie Rose & mixed leaves
Fresh melon served with a fruit coulis
- - -
Roast lamb served with shallot & rosemary gravy & mint sauce
Breast of chicken wrapped in bacon served with a red wine sauce
Grilled salmon with a shrimp & coriander cream sauce
Aubergine stuffed with vegetables topped with breadcrumbs & cheese, with
a tomato & basil sauce
(All served with seasonal vegetables & potatoes)
- - -
Dutch apple flan served warm with custard
White & dark chocolate mousse served with cream
Raspberry cheesecake served with cream
Selection of cheese & biscuits
- - -
Tea & coffee served with after dinner mints
England Hockey Roadshow 2007
11/03/07
Dear Colleagues,
The England Hockey Roadshow arrives in the East region on Thursday 19th
April when the directors and staff of England Hockey will be available to
the east hockey community to answer your questions and to update on both
progress with the delivery of the Strategy, the implementation of the
Single System and the planning for the European Nations cup being held in
Manchester this August.
We are pleased to confirm that this year's Roadshow will take place at
Saffron Walden HC (C/O Newport Free Grammar School) from 19.30 / 21.30
approx.
To register for the year's event please email Fiona Robson Regional
Administrator by Friday 6th April on east@englandhockey.org (directions
and further details are available on request.)
We very much hope you are able to join us on the evening.
With kind regards
Charlie Farrow
Development Manager East
ENGLAND HOCKEY
Tel 07811 336895
Newsletter - PASS IT!
11/03/07
Click
here to read the
club's newsletter 'Pass it' penned by Di Thomas and Twm Wade.
Club changes
11/03/07
The AGM is being held
on 4 June, Monday, at The Foresters. All club members are expected to
attend. It follows the Club dinner of Sat 2nd at The Rosary.
As usual, there will be elections for officers. The current Secretary,
Social Secretaries and the Umpire Liaison officers have let it be known
that they will not be seeking re-election.
We are also doubling the number of teams: 2 men, 2 ladies. Sam Smith has
expressed an interest in leading the ladies but uncertainty remains
about the men. The club has mentioned that it hopes to see an improved
involvement of the men’s section at the committee and in the day-to-day
(weekday) running of what has to be 2 teams.
As a bit of news, there were 46 juniors last Thursday; a major
commitment for the club. The Club Coach has a huge job and would
certainly appreciate some help - if you feel you could spare some time
to help the club build, then email the webmaster
now. It's an exciting time
at the club at the moment and your contribution is invaluable.
Dublin Tour
07/03/07
If the Dublin tour is
going to be organised, it needs organising now! A hotel, travel and
hockey expenses have been arranged in Dublin, but team organisers in
Newmarket need to make headway in getting numbers. Fees may come to £250
per person + flight expenses.
Champions!
07/03/07
The ladies have done
it and have done it in style too! An impressive win on the final league
day guaranteed that the Newmarket ladies would be champions of Division
1. What a day it must have been as five girls got on the score sheet and
four of them got hat-tricks! With only the cup final remaining, can the
ladies do the double?
With the information we have, our
historians have noted that this is the highest place the ladies have
achieved to date. Next year they will battle it out in the Premier League
for the first time. New records broken are the amount of consecutive games
played and scored in (17 matches) and the highest Newmarket win (15-1).
Claire McDonnell has had a superb year and
has become the club all-time leading goal scorer with 25 goals and with
one more game still to play, that figure may increase by anything from
1-10!
New record!
05/11/06
Claire McDonnell goes
into the Newmarket Hockey Club record books as she helped Newmarket
Ladies to an impressive 11 - 0 league win over Cambridge Ladies 2 by
scoring six goals. That six has now increased her goal tally to a round
dozen in six games - not a bad average I am sure you will agree!
With the ladies now having scored 31 goals
in 6 games and the men having scored 26 in seven games, both teams on
course for promotion, it is quite a possibility that they'll be competing
against each other to see who does better this year...
From the Archives
01/11/06
An awful lot of work
was put into getting the new Astroturf in Newmarket, dating back to that
memorable Hockathon in 1992. Hundreds of phone calls have been made and
dozens of letters have been written... here's one I found in the
archives:
We're fed up with false promises
Newmarket
Journal 12/11/98
RE: Facilities in Newmarket. Further to the
article on your front page (October 29), I am writing on behalf of
Newmarket Hockey Club in the hope that you can broadcast our plea for
help. Quite frankly, we are not sure who can help, but we have to try, and
perhaps this will help.
For many years now we have been fed false
promises and hollow assurances regarding the building of an artificial
surface for hockey in the town. I know that sports and leisure-related
subjects such as the swimming pool have suffered similarly, and with the
real prospect of improvements at the Sports Centre/Upper School site, we
have spent the last couple of years in real anticipation.
Unfortunately, this is all we have. As you
will see from the hockey report of our match this weekend, we managed to
trounce Woodhall Spa Second XI by 12-0. However, our decline can be read
by taking you back only eight years. In the season 1990/91, we played in
the same league as Woodhall Spa First XI, and beat them twice - with no
appropriate facilities to use, other than travelling to Ely, Bury or
Cambridge, we would now expect to be beaten by a similar score if meeting
that first XI. Why, in the days of the National Lottery, sports grants,
higher budgets for education (incidentally, we currently have to train the
24 eight to 14 year olds who turn up on a Thursday on a tennis court in
Newmarket) etc., can there be no real progress towards the proposed
swimming pool/artificial pitch in Newmarket, when, with our population and
number of schools we should have been the equal of others years ago?
Simon J. Gibson, Newmarket Hockey Club
1991-2006
The 15 year struggle for our own home...
I think we've got a best-seller on our
hands!! Anyway, well done Newmarket Hockey Club and all individuals
concerned for all your effort - let's enjoy the pitch and make full use of
it.
New stuff
30/10/06
Judith Pugh, a regular
for the ladies in the early nineties, has done her profile for you all
to read. In addition, stats and reports have been added for the 98-99
season. More stats coming soon...
End of season!
30/10/06
There's still a long
way to go until the end of the season, however, plans to organise a tour
of Dublin in 2007 are currently being organised for the men's and
women's teams. The tour is expected to last four days and each day will
see the club take on a new Dublin opponent; two teams expected to
feature are Monkstown men and Genesis ladies. More info to come soon...
Dawson tally to 7!
16/10/06
according to
our records, becomes the first men's player to do so. He shoots to the
men's top scorer table with 7 goals in 2 games and let's hope the
youngster can keep going with his scoring spree! Four goals by an
individual in the Ladies team however is not so rare as four girls have
managed this in the last three seasons and three of them have done it
twice!!
Newmarket Hockey Club Christmas Dinner
15/10/06
The menu for the
Christmas dinner to be held on Saturday 16th December has now been added
to the site. You can view this
here.
Details on how to pay can be seen here.
Sports Club & Corporate Wellness
15/10/06
Di Thomas has
arranged for Newmarket Hockey Club Members to receive a discount of
membership at The Edge Health and Fitness Club at The Bedford Lodge
Hotel in Newmarket.
There
is an open day for club members to use the gym free of charge for a day
on the 25th October to try it out and sign up if they want to.
For more information, see
here. To sign up for
this event, contact Di on
01638 666075 or e-mail
di_thomas123@yahoo.co.uk
12 goals for and 0 against
15/10/06
The Newmarket men's and ladies' teams have
really taken off this year and seem to be firing on all cylinders. It's as
if the 15 year pent up desire for an Astro has exploded and the club is
finally able to breath. The ladies won 5-0 at home over the weekend and
the men stunned home team Wisbech with 7 goals. The club is definitely
enjoying one of its better periods at the moment.
Newmarket Hockey Club Christmas Dinner
09/10/06
Saturday 16th
December 2006
At
The Cock Public House, Kentford
7pm
for 7.30
£21.95 for
two courses
£27.45 for
three courses
Menu to
follow
Places are limited
and will be allocated on payment.
Payment and menu choices to be received by 4th November
please.
You can pay me in
person or cheques,
payable to Newmarket
Hockey Club, can be sent to Miss I Hooley,
25 Hamilton Road,
Newmarket CB8 0NY.
Last Saturday of the
Month!
08/10/06
Informal Club Socials will be held at 8pm
at the Wagon & Horses, Newmarket on the last Saturday of the month during
the hockey season. Everybody is welcome!
Youngest Hat-trick Hero perhaps?
08/10/06
Josh Dawson scored a hat-trick over the
weekend as Newmarket collected their third win in successive matches. At
only 19 years of age, could Josh be the youngest Newmarket player ever to
get a hat-trick in the history of the club?
Men beat rivals Bury in
friendly
19/09/06
Newmarket started this
season’s hockey with a friendly against ex league rivals Bury 4ths on the
newly laid pitch at Newmarket Upper School. The game started well with
Newmarket applying pressure from the start, making good use of the space
and pressing the opposition’s defence. With
Newmarket missing regular starters, this opened the way for young Harry
Dell’s debut up front, showing good awareness throughout and with
experience he will be a valuable part of the team. Duncan Freed showed he
still had what it takes to find the back of the net through set pieces,
but disappointingly had his two goals disallowed through technicalities.
The home team had to wait until mid way through the first half for a well
taken flick from midfielder Chris Jefferson, who also worked hard through
the game.
In the second half Bury
had their share of chances, including a penalty flick, but with keeper Dan
Brown on top and a well organised defence
of Drane, Freed, Badcock and Atkinson, Bury failed to level the score.
Things began to slow down towards the end of the
second half, with tiredness setting in and captain Badcock retiring from
the game with a sore thumb, but this did not stop Josh Dawson’s quality
pass through the Bury defence to Mark Pears who
pushed it home for the game to finish 2-0 to Newmarket.
Pitch bookings
08/09/06
On behalf of Ruth Harman, Newmarket Leisure
Centre Manager, please use
this booking form if you wish to make any
bookings for the synthetic pitch. Messages by telephone or email are not
sufficient.
Old sticks
08/09/06
The issue of a
lack of sticks for the Juniors was recently raised at a committee meeting.
The consensus
was to ask everyone to donate any sticks they no longer use, there must be
lots floating around in old stick bags, cupboards, boots of cars, etc!
Please send them Sue’s way as soon as possible, those going to training
tonight, please bring them with you.
Membership
08/09/06
Membership
forms for this year, now amended with my address
on so you can post forms and cheques back to me/Kieren. All members are
requested to pay as promptly as possible.
Gallery 14
08/09/06
A collection of pictures from
the Newmarket Hockey Club Pitch Opening can finally be seen
here.
Newmarket Hockey Club Pitch Opening
05/09/06
Apart from the odd bit of rain
and strong winds, the pitch opening went very well indeed! The event was
opened by Newmarket Hockey Club President Meg Andrews and ex-international
Calum Giles. See
article 1 and
article 2 from the Newmarket Journal for more info.
Newmarket Hockey Club Pitch Opening
28/08/06
The schedule for this
Saturday's Pitch Opening can be viewed here.
Newmarket Hockey Club Pitch
Opening
28/08/06
Saturday's main event is only a
few days away now, however, for all of you who can't wait, a pre-event
social has been organised for Friday night - meet at the Wagon & Horses at
8pm (you are encouraged to wear your NHC shirt) to start the weekend off on
the right foot. For those of you unable to make it on Friday, have no fear,
as Saturday night the party will continue and sources have informed us that
celebrations will go on well into the late night...
Newmarket Hockey Club Pitch Opening
21/08/06
Havant's player/coach Calum
Giles, once the no 1 scorer for England and Great Britain, is coming to open
our event on 2nd September. If you would like to read more about Cal, then
click here to go to his site.
Newmarket Hockey Club Pitch
Opening
01/08/06
Preparation for the finest day
in the history of Newmarket Hockey Club is only 31 days away! The flyer for
the Newmarket Hockey Club Pitch Opening can be found
here.
Newmarket Hockey Club Pitch
Opening
21/07/06
The Newmarket Hockey Club Pitch
Opening is now planned for 2nd September. Contact
newmarkethc@hotmail.com if you
would like to be a part of it.
Website updates
21/07/06
Ladies fixtures added.
Club officers added. More
contact details added. Pictures added to
Gallery 13 from Great Yarmouth and
Wisbech this year. Gallery 3 has now been archived.
Pitch looking good
05/07/06
After years of fundraising, the
reality of having an Astro in Newmarket is finally upon us. The
pitch is looking mighty fine and news of its
christening will be known shortly - check back here to find out. Check out
the new images just in (thanks Will).
Men's fixtures for 2006-07
02/07/06
Having switched from NE to NW
for this coming season, Newmarket find themselves back in Division 5 again.
The men start their new league campaign off against Cambs Nomads 4 at home
and then it is the long haul up to Alford to meet their 2s. Also, check out
the updated history graph
showing the men's highs and lows.
Honours updated
21/06/06
More details have been added to
the honours page including winners of the President's Cup and Men's and
Ladies' Most Improved Player; the latter dating back to the early 80s. See
link to the right to view this page.
New players wanted
13/06/06
To kick start the 2006-07
season off on our new pitch at Newmarket Leisure Centre, we are looking for
new players to join our existing Men's and Women's teams. Furthermore, we
are also keen to recruit juniors to enable us to expand our Colts and
Fillies sections. Lastly, if you think you are past it, then think
again... we are delighted to announce our intentions to start a Newmarket Vets team
catering for the stars of the past; happy to just to have a run and more
importantly a social
drink after proceedings.
No previous experience needed
as training will be provided. Seniors' training on
Tuesday evenings. Juniors' training on Thursday evenings. Both to be held at
Newmarket Astroturf. Times to be confirmed.
Email
Isabel Hooley or call on 07890 784301 for more information.
