- Membership Forms
Both adult and junior membership forms have been added to the home page under the download section. Feel free to download and return to the club secretary. Alternatively, speak to your captain/the club secretary to obtain log in details and complete on-line.
- Ladies off to a winner…
(Friendly) Newmarket Ladies 1st’s v Bury St Edmunds Ladies 2nds
9-2 win to Newmarket
Newmarket ladies 1st team started their pre-season friendly campaign last Saturday against Bury St Edmunds 2nd team. This season Newmarket find themselves promoted to the East League, Division 2 (NW) and as Bury were relegated from this level last season the stage was set for an even contest.
It was Bury who started the scoring through a puzzling deflection after 5 minutes despite early dominance from Newmarket. It took a further 20 minutes for the home side to reply through a Louise Downs penalty corner strike. Soon after this Newmarket got into their stride and began to make the ball do the work, passing around the opposition. In the last 5 minutes of the first half Newmarket extended their lead by another 3 goals through Hayley Stoneman and Di Thomas who converted two chances.
The second half Bury were keen to revive their performance and pushed hard on the Newmarket defence. Stalwart defending from Isabel Hooley and Clodie Rolph kept the opposition at bay and great link up play to Jazz Wombwell and Jenny Richards created the space and width that town needed to score a further 3 goals through Stoneman, Thomas and Richards. Bury struck back through a quick break, a shot that narrowly beat town keeper Sue Bullimore.
Play began to weaken as both teams showed a slight lack of fitness but Newmarket sealed their victory with a further 2 goals in the last 15 minutes from Stoneman and Thomas. Team Captain Gail McDonnell and coach Colin Seakins were satisfied with the team’s result and notable performances came from Georgina Kerr, Peri Green and Rebecca Swift who were all making their 1st team debuts.
- News
Team trials are over and sides are being selected. However, if you missed it all and fear it is too late, then think again… we’re still looking for players and as training commences this week, why not come along and get involved. Friendlies are coming up soon and news of these matches will be posted here. Competitive league and cup fixtures begin from 18th September for the ladies and the following weekend for the men.
10 August 2010- Ladies’ 2s Fixtures
The ladies’ 2s Suffolk fixtures have now been posted to the website. The opening fixture is at home on 18th Sep against Carlton Park 2, who finished 4th last year, just missing out on promotion. The following week, the side travel to Ipswich – the two sides played out a thrilling 5-5 draw at the end of last season…
- Player Advert
- Fixtures
Fixtures for the ladies’ 1s and the men’s 1s are now up on the website!!
The ladies, promoted last year, are now in the East league Division 2 NW. Their opening matches is against Arch-rivals Ely City 1s – should prove to be a great opener!! They’ll also be up against Cambridge Nomads 1s, Cambridge University 2s and St. Neots 1s among others…
The men were close to being relegated last year from Div 5NW, but should be confident of a good season this year providing the lads give a little more commitment to the team. Their opening fixture is against City of Peterborough 7s. Ely who finished 3rd last year move up to Div 4.
17 July 2010- Team Of The Year 2009/10
| Team | Pos | TOTW | PLD | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladies’ 1s | 1 | 9.5 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 24 | 25 | 38 |
| Men’s 1s | 2 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 44 | 64 | -20 | 26 |
| Ladies’ 2s C. | 3 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 84 | -60 | 13 |
| Ladies’ 2s S. | 4 | 3.5 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 78 | -54 | 12 |
- Clarification of teams for 2010
How many teams, what leagues etc.
No of teams to remain as in 2009-2010 i.e. 3 ladies’ and 1 men’s team. Ladies structure to be a first, second and third team instead of the current first team, Suffolk second team and Cambs second team.
Leagues:
Men – East (as last season)
Ladies 1st – East
Ladies 2nd – Suffolk Division 1 (were Cambs Div 1 last season)
Ladies 3rd – Cambs Division 1 (were Suffolk Div 1 last season)
The reason for swapping the 2nd and 3rd teams is to allow maximum movement of players between the 3 teams, to encourage player progression and ensure that all players can get a game where possible at a appropriate level to their skill. It’s likely to be a difficult season for all three teams, but we believe it’ll be more beneficial in the longer term.
- Coaches for 2010-2011
Who will coach which teams, what is expected of the coaches re attendance, buying in coaching time etc.
Chris Evans will coach the men, Colin the ladies 1st team, Chris Evans the ladies 2nd team and Twm the ladies 3rd team.
To make this work changes will also be made to training times, discussed later.
As for expectations for coaches, all teams need a coach not only on Tuesdays, but on Saturdays too. All coaches have agreed to be present on Tuesdays and Saturdays as much as possible. 95% of the time was suggested at the meeting and coaches agreed. In the event of a coach being unable to attend a game, the other coaches will shift up to fill in the gaps (this applies mostly to the ladies). So, if Colin can’t make a game, Chris would take his place and Twm would fill in for Chris. One of the more experienced players or other coaches would fill in for Twm to prevent the 3rd team from losing out too much.
- Pre-season team selections
What we want from them and who will run them
Colin will run the selections. The coaches will allocate players to one of the three teams but this will not prevent movement of players between teams when player-progression or circumstances require it. Players can expect to play for the designated team most of the time and can go to that team captain with queries.
Players will be put through a range of exercises to assess their skills and abilities followed by some games. Selections will be held over a few weeks, and each player will be assessed by at least 2 coaches.
The aim of selections is to have 3 separate teams that will train and improve together, as a team. This will also give greater transparency to players, who will know exactly what is expected and what the course of progression is.
Selections will be held on the 20th and 27th July and the 3rd August (subject to pitch booking being confirmed). Once teams have been selected, appropriate team captains will be elected.