Edgbaston Hockey Club News Articles

MRHA Fixtures announced on 4th July

John Wareham — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:21:03 +0100

Stay tuned, mens fixtures to be announced soon, find out who the 1s face in the season opener...

First Social of the Season!

Tom Manners — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:53:04 +0100

The next evening of Edge fun/drinking/chaos will be Sat 16th Oct.
Perfect opportunity to welcome all of our new members into the club and celebrate the start of (what will hopefully be) a successful season.

The plan is to repeat the highly popular pub crawl from last season =)

Ladies, your territory for the evening is Selly Oak. Meet at the Bristol Pear at 7.30pm. Gentlemen, you'll be in Harborne. Meet at the New Inn at 7.30pm.
Then both groups will head to The Actress and Bishop in town.

Further details will be circulated nearer the time but for now just make sure the date is in your diary!

The evening debrief will take place the following day at 12 o'clock at EHS (VP Day!) followed by food and drinks at the New Inn.

VP Day

Tom Manners — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:54:16 +0100

Edgbaston Vice Presidents take on the current Edge captains in what promises to be the game of the season! (my money is on the VPs!)

Come along, show your support and watch some highly entertaining hockey.

Pushback at 12 at EHS on the 17th October followed by food and drinks at The New Inn.

All welcome!

(Food will be provided for players, but supporters will need to order a meal if they would like one - food options and cost to be confirmed nearer the time)

Edgbaston Ladies - Weekly Review - October 2nd 2010

Megan Harris — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 10:43:47 +0100

Round Up

A fantastic weekend for the Ladies section this weekend with a total of 16 goals being scored across the weekend, most of them in open play. Who said Edgbaston was a defensive club.

Rebecca Bailey's 4th team looked like they'd been playing together for years as they drew with Warwick Uni 2-2. The 4's went up a division this year and they didn't look out of place at all.

Lauren Fishers 5th team also drew 2-2 in their new league, Sarah Ellis who is new to the club, scoring one of the goals.

Viv Gorman's 2nd team got their acts together this week and won more convicingly. Laurie's 3rd team gave them a good game and they also won't look out of place in this league this year and from the reports, Laurie's goal was the goal of the day for the Ladies section. An awesome reactionary shot from a ball at knee height crossed in to the D.

Ladies 1's completed a thorough rout of Hampton, stuffing them 4-1, 3 goals of which were scored in the first 10 mins and all were from open play.

The Ladies Vets were the epitome of grace and elegance with their 6-0 win over the Edgbaston assorted, to whom they are very grateful for turning out on a wet Sunday to give them a practise game before their cup game next Sunday.

The Second team trophy side got off to a good start, in that their opposition turned chicken and didn't turn up. So an automatic win and in to the second round for Hannah to lead them in to the breach.

Weeks Activities

1. Keeper Training - Wednesday @ 19:00 EHS.Players, bear with us as we will have limited pitch space some will concentrate on fitness and game play.
2. Ladies Vets - Cup game Sunday 10th October 11:30 Northants @ 11:30
3. Ladies Club Trials - Sunday 10th October 09:00 @ EHS

Tables

Weekly Results	Oct 2nd 2010
Team	V	Result	Score
Ladies 1's	Hampton	Win	4-1
Ladies 2's	Ladies 3's	Win	3-1
Ladies 3's	Ladies 2's	Loss	1-3
Ladies 4's	Warwick Uni	Draw	2-2
Ladies 5's	Olton	Draw	2-2
Ladies Vets	Edgbaston Assorted	Win	6-0

Goal Scorers
Ladies 1's	Hannah Needham	2
Ladies 1's	Charlotte Lunt	1
Ladies 1's	Gemma Knowles	1
Ladies 2's	Rosie Bird	1
Ladies 2's	Jenny Burt	1
Ladies 2's	Viv Gorman	1
Ladies 3's	Laurie Cella	1
Ladies 4's	Vicky Johnson	1
Ladies 4's	Becky Newhouse	1
Ladies 5's	Sarah Ellis	1
Ladies 5's	Amanda Burrows	1
Ladies Vets	Marieanne Erven	2
Ladies Vets	Meg Harris	2

Player of the Week
Ladies 1s	Charlotte Lunt
Ladies 2s	Hannah T
Ladies 3s	Pip Gregory
Ladies 4's	Jo White
Ladies 5's	Boma Adoki
Ladies Vets	Meg Harris

Edgbaston Ladies League
Team	Played	Points	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference
Ladies 1	2	3	6	4	2
Ladies 2	2	6	5	2	3
Ladies 3	2	0	2	5	-3
Ladies 4	1	1	2	2	0
Ladies 5	1	1	2	2	0

Goal Scorers Glory Table
Hannah Needham	4
Marieanne Erven	2
Meg Harris	2
Amanda Burrows	1
Becky Newhouse	1
Charlotte Lunt	1
Claire Scanlon	1
Gemma Knowles	1
Helen Bates	1
Jenny Burt	1
Laurie Cella	1
Louise Bryson	1
Megan Radcliffe	1
Rosie Bird	1
Sarah Ellis	1
Vicky Johnson	1
Viv Gorman	1
Total	22

Edgbaston HC member World Cup winner!

Tom Manners — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:24:34 +0100

Edgbaston HC VP Ian Mellor has returned from a successful trip to Cape Town representing England Grand Masters in the World Grand Masters Hockey competition.

England beat Australia 3-1 in the final.

Congratulations Ian!

http://www.wgmahockeyworldcup2010.co.za/fixtures_and_results/final_results.asp

http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=9036&itemTitle=England+and+LX+Club+Grand+Masters+clean+sweep&section=787&sectionTitle=News&month=&year=

Edgbaston Ladies Weekly Round Up 10th October 2010

Megan Harris — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:17:25 +0100

Many thanks to those of you who turned up at trials this weekend and many thanks to those who turned up, gave up their sunny Sunday morning to help run the day.

Tougher week this week with the Ladies 1's, 3's and 4's battling hard but losing and the Ladies 5's needing full body armour against Birmingham Wasps and getting a 0-0 draw and no serious injuries. Edgbaston Ladies 2's are now 3 wins from 3 games and they face one of their biggest tests of the season next week, with Warwick Ladies 1's away.

Ladies vets gave aways an average age of about 10 years, played some beautiful flowing hockey, but succumbed to a 4-1 loss to a team with all the gear and most of the idea. They now move in to the plate. Opposition to be confirmed.

Edgbaston ladies fielded 84 players this weekend, across 6 teams (yes the Vets were wheeled out for another Sunday). The captains have a wealth of players to select from and with so many to select from, they face tough decisions weekly about players to play and players to drop.

The key to selection or captains is talent, players able to be flexible and play within their team and availability for both Saturdays and for training.

We can only field 14 players in a team. More than 14 and players don't get enough pitch time and captains lose concentration and team structures tend to get a bit ragged with so many changes.

We do try to be fair and trials has given the captains the opportunity to look at players and we will shift players about in squads on the basis of the trials.

However, we only have 5 teams and we have over 100 players, so there will inevitably be some of you that may not get a game on a Saturday or play in a lower team than you feel that you are capable of playing in.

Its important that we are successful at all the levels and I hope that if you didn't get the opportunity to move teams, that you still enjoy playing hockey for Edgbaston and your talent and abilities will strengthen the team that you are playing for.

Your comments and ideas are always welcome and you can contact me at megharris01@gmail.com or on 07966279877.

Megan

Highlights This Week

Ladies Indoor - 20:30 - Thursday @ Bluecoat School. Contact Lisa Jelly ljelly@gmail.com for details
Edgbaston Social - Saturday 16th October. I think we start in a variety of hats and capes and other assorted items of clothing somewhere in Selly Oak. Gemma will be in touch through the medium of facebook this week. Come find us on the ladies only site although that sounds a bit dubious.. http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=151717908184873
VP Day - Come watch the hungover Edgbaston assorted give the VP's their annual thrashing at EHS @ 12:00 on Sunday 17th October.

League Tables

Weekly Results	Oct 9th 2010
Team	V	Result	Score
Ladies 1's	North Notts	Loss	2-3
Ladies 2's	Cov and North Warks	Win	4-0
Ladies 3's	Rugby	Loss	1-2
Ladies 4's	Hampton	Loss	1-4
Ladies 5's	Birmingham Wasps	Draw	0-0
Ladies Vets	Northampton	Loss	1-4

Goal Scorers
Ladies 1's	Laura Pinny	1
Ladies 1's	Sally Fenton	1
Ladies 2's	Viv Gorman (Flick)	1
Ladies 2's	Kath Cook	1
Ladies 2's	Heather Allen	2
Ladies 3's	Claire Scanlon	1
Ladies 4's	Becky Newhouse	1
Ladies Vets	Diana Philips	1
	Total	9

Player of the Week
Ladies 1s	TBC
Ladies 2s	Jenny Hunt
Ladies 3s	Becky Midgeley
Ladies 4's	Alison Coldwell
Ladies 5's	Louise Portelly
Ladies Vets	Rachel Andrew

Edgbaston Ladies League
Team	Played	Points	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference
Ladies 2	3	9	9	2	7
Ladies 1	3	3	8	7	1
Ladies 5	2	2	2	2	0
Ladies 4	2	1	3	6	-3
Ladies 3	3	0	3	7	-4

Goal Scorers Glory Table
Hannah Needham	4
Becky Newhouse	2
Claire Scanlon	2
Heather Allen	2
Marieanne Erven	2
Meg Harris	2
Viv Gorman	2
Amanda Burrows	1
Charlotte Lunt	1
Diana Phillips	1
Gemma Knowles	1
Helen Bates	1
Jenny Burt	1
Laura Pinny	1
Laurie Cella	1
Louise Bryson	1
Megan Radcliffe	1
Rosie Bird	1
Sally Fenton	1
Sarah Ellis	1
Vicky Johnson	1
Total	30

Randoms
Tin of the Day	Heinz Spag Bol
Dick of the Day (Ladies 2's)	Lucy Allen

Edgbaston Ladies Weekly Round Up - 16th October 2010

Megan Harris — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:49:28 +0100

I had to think long and hard about what to say this week, partly because my brain has been misfiring since the consumption of too much alcohol on Saturday night and partly because it was a tough week for the 1's, 2's and 5's. However, alcohol was administered last night in the absence of Prozac and spirits seem to be a bit higher this morning than they were at 5pm yesterday.

So what have I learned.

1. Jagermeister is as nasty now as it was when I was a student in 1993 and adding redbull is a mild improvement but only if I want to be awake till 3am every night. To nullify the effects, you have to drink other forms of alcohol in large quantities. And no hockey does not help a hangover.

2. The "crab" is now a dance move as opposed to a small scuttling creature that lives on beaches. Sally and Pinny will demonstrate as they won the dance off.

3. That the Uni girls now play in dresses. WTF is all that about? Do they select on dress size? Do I need to re think Edgbaston's kit policy?

As I didn't go in to town, I don't feel qualified to comment on what happened, but you should all be reassured that Sophie is alive even though she was last seen vomiting out of a taxi window.

On the playing side, there was a bit of collective crisis of self belief. The 1's played Burton's game and were perhaps slightly intimidated by the bigger girls and lost their voices, myself included, the 2's lost by 2 short corners to the team that may win the league and the 5's had a kicking which was undeserved for their abilities and commitment.

On a positive side, the 3's got their 1's point in a hard fought draw and the 4's battled a 0-0.

The ladies 1's are a talented bunch of players that need a bit of self confidence as players and as individuals. Training's great, captain's great and coaching's great. Losing is hard and losing 2 games in a row is harder. However winning against Beeston next week is a forgone conclusion if the team start playing their hockey. More volume, more positivity and more belief in your own abilities as players and the league is yours for the taking.

Now, my sister in law mentioned today, that she was going on "Happiness Training" tomorrow afternoon. I'll keep you posted when I stop giggling.

Thanks to all the VP game's players and supporters.

Week off for the 2's to 5's but we can book pitches for training if required. The Ladies 1's are playing in Nottingham, which is a bit of a trek, but supporters are always welcome.

Tables below, have good weeks, comments and questions always welcome.

Meg

Weekly Results	Oct 16th 2010
Team	V	Result	Score
Ladies 1's	Burton	Loss	1-3
Ladies 2's	Warwick	Win	1-2
Ladies 3's	Cov City	Draw	2-2
Ladies 4's	Sutton	Loss	1-4
Ladies 5's	Berkswell et al	Loss	0-6

Goal Scorers
Ladies 1's	Gemma Knowles	1
Ladies 2's	Kath Cook	1
Ladies 3's	Lauri Cella	2
Ladies 3's	Sara De Pinna	1
	Total	5

Player of the Week
Ladies 1s	Sally Fenton
Ladies 2s	Jenny Hunt
Ladies 3s	Emma Bostock
Ladies 4's	TBC
Ladies 5's	Sarah White

Randoms
Tin of the Day	Jumbo HotDogs
Dick of the Day (Ladies 2's)	Rachel

Edgbaston Ladies League
Team	Played	Points	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference
Ladies 2	4	9	10	4	6
Ladies 1	4	3	9	10	-1
Ladies 5	3	2	2	8	-6
Ladies 4	3	2	3	6	-3
Ladies 3	4	1	5	9	-4

Goal Scorers Glory Table
Hannah Needham	4
Becky Newhouse	2
Cath Cook	2
Claire Scanlon	2
Gemma Knowles	2
Heather Allen	2
Laurie Cella	2
Marieanne Erven	2
Meg Harris	2
Viv Gorman	2
Amanda Burrows	1
Charlotte Lunt	1
Diana Phillips	1
Helen Bates	1
Jenny Burt	1
Jenny Hunt	1
Laura Pinny	1
Louise Bryson	1
Megan Radcliffe	1
Rosie Bird	1
Sally Fenton	1
Sarah Ellis	1
Vicky Johnson	1
Total	35

Edgbaston Ladies Weekly Round Up - October 23rd

Megan Harris — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:31:25 +0100

A quiet word about our keepers. They are a much misunderstood breed normally found in a corner of a pitch, going through odd routines, muttering mantra's and putting on their kit in a certain order over a pair of lucky pants. However, they are rare, have a "special" talent and are much loved and appreciated by their teams.

We have lots of players and not enough keepers and if you've ever fancied a go we have spare kit and a team that needs a regular keeper. This is your opportunity to give it a try and we will give you plenty of encouragement and coaching if you do.

If you are interested let me, Sara and your captains know and we'll set up a keeper introduction session. No obligation, just a chance to come and try on some kit, kick a few balls, save a few goals and boss a few defenders about. You may find a hidden talent.

I also need a 2nd team trophy captain. Hannah Ewens having deserted us for (spit) the Uni. Game is on the 7th Nov. You have a pitch an umpire and half a team sorted. You just need to organise the paper work, be nice to the opp and organise who is playing where. Winning would be a bonus. Again, let me, Sara or one of the captains know if you are interested. We do however need to get this sorted ASAP.

Quiet week with the majority of teams having their enforced holiday of reading week or half term or something.

Ladies 1's lost 2-0 to top of the table. These are the facts. However what it doesn't show is the sheer level of energy and commitment in the team. Now that the going is getting tough they will come in their own.

Many thanks to the cheerleaders who showed up at Notts. Your support is very much appreciated. Distinct lack of pompoms and I guess it was too cold for ra ra skirts.

As its a quiet week its time for some admin.

Subs - Due - pay up to Sara ASAP. The club won't pay for itself.

Hoodies - who wants one? - Let your captains know and hand over your cash by SATURDAY 6th NOV. 1st order to be made Monday 8th Nov.

Half Marathon - I apologise if I have missed you off as I don't know the exact list of who was running. Congratulations to all of you who did. I don't know about you, but I thought it was a lovely course until miles 10 to 12 where it then became an endurance hill climb. All times are well below 2 hours and are very very respectable.

Scanner's world has been righted as she beat me for the first time in 12 months. My little brother said it was 'cause I'm getting on a bit and that 5 mins wasn't that bad a difference considering. Theres nothing like being damned by faint praise.

Person	Time
Claire Scanlon	1.39.55
Meg Harris	1.43.24
Lucy Allen	1.47.26
Heather Allen	1.48.42
Aimee Palace	1.51.51
Kavita Patel	1.52.02

Tables below - Have a good week. Comments and questions are always welcome.

Meg

Team	V	Result	Score
Ladies 1's	Beeston	Loss	0-2
Ladies 2's
Ladies 3's
Ladies 4's
Ladies 5's

Player of the Week
Ladies 1s	Nic Dixey

Edgbaston Ladies Weekly Round Up - 31st October 2010

Megan Harris — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:29:06 +0000

Week off for me, and I didn't spend it queueing for Take That tickets you'll be most surprised to hear. I'm also being harassed by the neighbourhood ghouls disguised as children so I keep losing my thread to dispense E numbers and a small prayer to the God's that the local shop ran out of eggs.

I managed to watch the Ladies 5's who played some great hockey but were undone by clinical finishing in the D. We welcome back Annie Owen from honeymoon who got on the scoring sheet and a new goal keeper, Amy Jones who joins us from the Uni.

Ladies 4's lost but both Louise white and Amelia putting in great performances and the Ladies 3's drew in their friendly, Megan Radcliffe having an awesome game and Laurie scoring another goal. Hannah - that top spot is not safe...

I think the thing that the ladies 5's, 4's have to remember is that they went up a division this year and they haven't quite got the measure of their opposition. Still plenty of time and plenty of points available.

The Ladies 1st team trophy sounded like they had a great game, but unfortunately lost in extra time. I haven't quite got to the bottom why the defenders scored the goals.

This weeks highlights see all the teams back on the pitch and the Ladies 2nd team trophy captained by Rosie Bird, taking on Kettering at EHS on Sunday 7th at 12:00. Supporters welcome and needed.

General Admin

Who wants a hoody - Order and Money to me by the end of Wednesday please.

Subs - All due now.

Social

Sat 13th Nov - Were all going to the dogs

Comments and questions always welcome and tables below.

Megan

Weekly Results	Oct 31st 2010
Team	V	Result	Score
Ladies 1's
Ladies 2's
Ladies 3's	Stratford (F)	Draw	1-1
Ladies 4's	Warwick Ladies 2's	Loss	0-2
Ladies 5's	Coventry City and Uni	Loss	2-4
Ladies 1st Team Trophy	North Staffs	Loss	2-3 (ET)


Player of the Week
Ladies 3s	Megan Radcliffe
Ladies 4s	Louise White
Ladies 5s	Annie Owen
Ladies 1st Team Trophy	Annmarie Carter

Goal Scorers
Ladies 3's	Laurie Cella	1
Ladies 5's	Annie Owen	1
Ladies 5's	Sarah Ellis	1
Ladies 1st Team Trophy	Lisa Jelly	1
Ladies 1st Team Trophy	Jess Pinhorn	1

Edgbaston Ladies League
Team	Played	Points	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference
Ladies 2	4	9	10	4	6
Ladies 1	5	3	9	12	-3
Ladies 5	4	2	4	12	-8
Ladies 4	4	2	3	8	-5
Ladies 3	4	1	5	9	-4

Goal Scorers Glory Table
Hannah Needham	4
Laurie Cella	3
Becky Newhouse	2
Cath Cook	2
Claire Scanlon	2
Gemma Knowles	2
Heather Allen	2
Marieanne Erven	2
Meg Harris	2
Sarah Ellis	2
Viv Gorman	2
Amanda Burrows	1
Annie Owen	1
Charlotte Lunt	1
Diana Phillips	1
Helen Bates	1
Jenny Burt	1
Jenny Hunt	1
Jess Pinhorn	1
Laura Pinny	1
Lisa Jelly	1
Louise Bryson	1
Megan Radcliffe	1
Rosie Bird	1
Sally Fenton	1
Vicky Johnson	1
Total	40

The next social - To the dogs!!

Tom Manners — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:02:25 +0000

Next club social is a night at the dogs on Sat 13th Nov!

Get the date in your diary and work out whether you can come or not cos it's very likely we'll need to book tickets in advance so I'll be requesting confirmation and payment in the next week or so.

Details to follow, but in the meantime we need to vote on whether to keep it as cheap as possible or to go for one of the group deals which are more expensive but could work out cheaper if you're planning on drinking and gambling a bit more (neither of which are encouraged by the committee members, club captains, team captains, or other members holding positions of responsibility within the club...ahem).

For example, if you had the choice between the following, would you go for...

1. £12 per person - includes admission, racecard, fast food meal voucher and 2 x pint of lager (or equivalent drink) .

OR

2. £25 per person - admission, racecard, fast food meal voucher, 4pt pitcher per person (lager, archers, pimms, smirnoff), £5 betting voucher, group photo, party pack per group & presentation race per group - no idea what the part pack and presentation races are...anyone been to the dogs before?

I've also emailed them to see if what price they can offer us if we just want to pay for admission and racecard, so it could be even cheaper.

I'm guessing cheaper the better will be most popular, but get your views on the event wall an we''ll see what everyone thinks!

Gem (your social secretary) xx

PS make sure any new members in your team are on the facebook group and have registered on the club website so we don't miss anyone out

PPS Xmas Social will be on sat 11th Dec - keep it free!

Xmas Social 2010

Tom Manners — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:46:50 +0000

Details to come but keep 11th December free...

Edgbaston Ladies Weekly Round Up - 11th December 2011

Megan Harris — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:48:51 +0000

I've missed this for the last few weeks. The weather gods conspired against out door activities. Is it the lack of Solar activity or the La Nina? Its the current hot topic for debate in the forecasting world. We're still gathering the evidence.

Sober yet? I suspect some of you took longer than me to sober up. Strawberry flavoured cider.. I tell you...I'm a convert. Although Bostock, Jelly and Alison tried to poison me again with Jaegermeister but I think I'm developing an immunity. Worrying...

Highlights, The ninja's for great costumes, but the Cheryl\toy solders and the spiders made the most effort. Respect to Luisa for doing the whole outfit. Becky Bailey for her grin that lasted all night although I swear she disappeared and re appeared at midnight, and Sally Fenton for going to all the effort of buying a new dress and then stealing the whoopee cushion outfit and wearing that all night. Actually, you were all very entertaining, I had a great night.

So I retire from 1st team hockey citing, age, work, family and time as my major hurdles next year. This means that Viv, Laurie, Beccy and Lauren get to draw straws for my occasional participation. Bad luck on the one that gets the shorter straw. I'll take Saturday as my retirement do and no Jelly, I'm not drinking any more shots to celebrate\commiserate it.

Anyway, you should all be worried as it leaves me with more energy for running and I haven't run round the vale nearly enough times with nearly enough of you this season. Watch this space.

Great results on Saturday for the 2's, 3's and 4's. All wins with 4\5 goals scored by each team. Maybe 2 weeks off was required? The fives, seemed to have a pitch that worked against them. We'll not discuss that score. Better to start the new year on a more positive note.

Ladies Indoor went really well. Lot of players, some decent results and great support. Thanks to Lisa for all her energy in organising the indoor this half of the season. Think it was a hit? Shall we do it again? Don't know who the goal scorers were but if there is a list, then then can go on the tables.

Claire Scanlon gets the 2nd Edgbaston Hat trick and Beck Mckeown returned to the pitch for the 1st time in a month after someone broke her foot?!

For those snow watchers out there and for those who remember Birmingham's Big Freeze in 2004, the charts look very similar for this Thursday so work at home if you can. Teachers amongst you...you might get a day off...although the snow amount is still a bit sketchy. (Yes, sketchy is a forecasting term....)

Good luck the Irish as there appears to be an Edgbaston invasion next week! Although you might be in for a shock as they only do Cider and Guinness. Maybe you'll drink something sensible for a change? Then again, probably not.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. See you all at training on the 4th and 5th January.

Weekly Results	December 11th
Team	V	Result	Score
Ladies 3's	Stratford	Win	4-2
Ladies 3's	Olton	Win	5-2
Ladies 4's	Olton	Win	4-0
Ladies 5's	Warwick	Loss	0-?

Edgbaston Ladies League
Team	Played	Points	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference
Ladies 2	8	21	21	6	15
Ladies 3	8	7	12	18	-6
Ladies 4	8	5	7	14	-7
Ladies 5	8	5	9	25	-16
Ladies 1	7	4	11	18	-7

Goal Scorers Glory Table
Heather Allen	6
Claire Scanlon	5*
Melanie Pinder	3*
Hannah Needham	5
Reena	4
Annie Owen	3
Cath Cook	3
Laurie Cella	3
Becky Newhouse	2
Charlotte Lunt	2
Gemma Knowles	2
Jenny Burt	2
Marieanne Erven	2
Meg Harris	2
Rosie Bird	2
Sarah Ellis	2
Viv Gorman	2
Alison Caldwell	1
Amanda Burrows	1
Becky McKeown	1
Diana Bench	1
Diana Phillips	1
Ellie	1
Helen Bates	1
Jenny Hunt	1
Jess Pinhorn	1
Laura Pinny	1
Lisa Jelly	1
Louise Bryson	1
Megan Radcliffe	1
Sally Fenton	1
Sara Husseini	1
Tamsin	1
Emily J	1
Vicky Johnson	1
Total	60

Easter tour

Tom Manners — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:33:45 +0000

The annual Edgbaston tradition of touring at Easter continues in 2011, as the Edghogs will reunite to go to return to Southampton and the Trojans Festival.

We were fabulously popular there last year, and we will go there to re-win our trophy of best touring team, as well as Fancy Dress this year methinks!

That said, we get a say in what the theme of the tour will be - so go tohttp://www.easterhockeyfestival.com/ and vote now!

Tell your teams about it and start to drum up interest - Thursday 21st April to Monday 25th April. Quite late in the year so should be good weather!

Edgbaston Ladies Weekly Round Up 15th Jan 2011

Megan Harris — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:48:36 +0000

Hi

I'm still without tables from the PC that went ping. I'm promised its return next week so I can update the files and we can start to tally up the top scorers. So if you scored a goal, I haven't forgotten you and you will be counted. I promise.

I missed out on all the fun this weekend. I was at a wedding. Not drinking. Pouring my girlfriend, brother and sister in law in a car late on sat night. My Brother.. who reported to me that my niece had yellow fever and then after a moment of collective WTF! re read his email and decided it was scarlett fever. Not much difference there in disease or colour!

However as I understand it

The 3's, 4's and 5's lost but the 2's beat the top of the table 3-1. Game on now. Pressure has transferred all to Warwick. Lets see if they can stand it!

Work in club training over the next few weeks will be a bit more squad orientated to get th4's and 5's to have a bit of stability. Will help when we have a full player list back from skiing, student holidays etc etc.

A quiet word in your shells though.

We are all able to play on a Saturday because individuals step up and take on responsibility for umpiring. They do this for free in their own time and are not often thanked enough.. Dave Calcutt has done more than most. Last Saturday - Nobody could step in and help him and I simply refuse to believe that we didn't have anyone who was qualified or capable available. He had to cancel a family thing and is now probably on ironing duties for an eternity as a result.

Please guys. You play hockey, and you are able to play cause people umpire. It's perhaps time you took the opportunity to do something to help the club out and stepping up to umpiring duties is one of those things you can do. Many of you are capable even though you are not qualified. We will offer space on a umpiring course this year and the more qualified people we get, the less burden there is on the regulars.

Fitness training tonight at 18:30 Munroe.

Let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Meg

Edgbaston Ladies Weekly Round Up January 29th

Megan Harris — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:09:18 +0000

The tables are back! I bet you all can't wait.

So I score a goal at the weekend, plus I head butted Ray and had my stick horribly hacked by Sara. So it was an eventful weekend for me.

The 2's played the 3's in a challenge match, and the winner was rewarded something to help them celebrate their win. I'm expecting it to be seen full of Jaegermeister at some point before the end on the season.

The 2's won both the match and the bake off. On quality rather than quantity though. We're becoming something kin to the Women's Institute if we continue in this vein.

The 4's went all the way to sutton to kick their arse 2-0. Good result.

The 5's went to Berkswell to lose 5-2 but in a game that sounded really competitive.

The 1's kicked Olton off the park with a 4-0 win on Saturday. Some comedy umpiring and a slightly refreshed Sutton team with players that look suspiciously like they were from their 1'st resulted in a 3-1 loss on the Sunday. 3 points in a weekend wasn't bad though. plenty more points to get before the season ends.

Operation 3's, 4's and 5's starts this week with more squad training on a Wednesday. All you guys have the measure of your opposition now.first half of a season in a new league is always tough, but I'm expecting great things. I've watched you all play and we've got some great hockey players at Edgbaston. We just need to gel as teams a bit better.

Notes of Interest

Looks like the 7th May will be the night for the end of season bash. Location and price to be confirmed but it will be something between £30 and £35.

Keeper training - Wednesday 16th Feb - 7pm @EHS. Selection to take place for keepers, post training session.

Quiz Night - March 5th - Location to be confirmed. Organised by Gemma and Bird so expect questions about Sport Ex, jagerbombs, the Actress and Bishop and Hockey. (I'm sure their interest are far wider and more cultured than that but I think you'll be safe revising up on these subjects.....)

Fitness - Yes its still happening - Monday - 6.30 at Munrow. I'm not there for 2 weeks, so Sarah or Gemma are taking the lead.

Right - Tables. Its been a while and I don't have an record of all the scorers so I've missed your goal, I humbly apologise and will rectify the situation ASAP if you let me know. Remember that the stars mean hatricks.

Weekly Results	Saturday 29th Jan
Team	V	Result	Score
Ladies 1's	Olton	Win	4-0
Ladies 1's	Sutton	Loss	1-3
Ladies 2's	Edgbaston	Win	5-0
Ladies 3's	Edgbaston	Loss	0-5
Ladies 4's	Sutton	Win	2-0
Ladies 5's	Berkswell	Loss	2-5

Edgbaston Ladies League
Team	Played	Points	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference
Ladies 2	10	27	29	9	20
Ladies 4	11	8	10	6	4
Ladies 5	11	8	16	37	-21
Ladies 1	9	7	16	21	-5
Ladies 3	10	7	13	22	-9

Goal Scorers Glory Table
Heather Allen	8
Reena	7
Hannah Needham	6
Claire Scanlon	5*
Melanie Pinder	5*
Diana Bench	4*
Viv Gorman	4
Annie Owen	3
Cath Cook	3
Laura Pinny	3
Laurie Cella	3
Meg Harris	3
Rosie Bird	3
Becky Newhouse	2
Charlotte Lunt	2
Gemma Knowles	2
Jenny Burt	2
Jess Pinhorn	2
Marieanne Erven	2
Sarah D	2
Sarah Ellis	2
Tamsin Cross	2
Alison Caldwell	1
Amanda Burrows	1
Becky McKeown	1
Diana Phillips	1
Ellie	1
Emily J	1
Emily Tabb	1
Helen Bates	1
Jenny Hunt	1
Lisa Jelly	1
Louise Bryson	1
Megan Radcliffe	1
Nicola Dixey	1
Rebecca Bailey	1
Sally Fenton	1
Sara Husseini	1
Vicky Johnson	1
Total	78

Edgbaston Ladies Weekly Round Up - February 5th

Megan Harris — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:32:55 +0000

Hello all

First off - sympathies go to Sarah White who is in plaster after a ball in the knee last weekend. Fractured Patella is the diagnosis I heard. I did email the league about the fact that the game was allowed to continue whilst Sara was still leaving the pitch. The umpire of course, has his own version of events. He most likely operated within the letter of the law, but I can see why it didn't feel very sporting at the time. We will be sorry to lose Sarah for the rest of the season.

The 2's beat Solihull Bloss. Inevitable really.

So the 1's got their mojo back thumping Hampton 6-2 . Great 6 points over 2 weekends from them. The fightback is well underway.

The 5's took the 3 points off Cov University and City that they deserved in the first half of the season.

Great results for both teams.

The 3's and 4's lost.The three's played well but need to convert that energy in to draws and wins. The 4's were out of sorts.
Both will survive in their leagues if they can get 9 points this half of the season. Something to start thinking about.

A special request for the club coaching. Players - the coaching is for you. It's been statistically proven that training as a team and then playing as a team will help to win games, so please come to training.

I'm away for 2 weeks. Sara and the captains are in charge. Big games for all teams.

Looks like the club dinner will be on the 7th may and will not be at the ICC. Other venues are being explored. Botanical gardens were mooted, and I remember one night there where a large proportion of the 2's were taken out by pear drop vodka and another player got attacked by a cactus.

I look forward to hearing the captains reports next weekend. Tables below.

Meg

Weekly Results	Feb 5th
Team	V	Result	Score
Ladies 1's	Hampton	Win	6-2
Ladies 2's	Blossomfield	Win	4-0
Ladies 3's	Stratford	Loss	1-2
Ladies 4's	Warwick	Loss	0-6
Ladies 5's	Cov City and Uni	Win	1-0


Player of the Week
Ladies 1s
Ladies 2s	Rosi Bird
Ladies 3s	Tamsin
Ladies 4s	steph Ward
Ladies 5s	Jenny Hunt

Goal Scorers
Ladies 1's	Laura Pinny	2
Ladies 1's	Jess Pinhorn	2
Ladies 1's	Charlotte Lunt	1
Ladies 1's	Sally Fenton	1
Ladies 2's	Rosi Bird	1
Ladies 2's	Viv Goman	1
Ladies 2's	Reena	1
Ladies 2's	Meg Harris	1
Ladies 3's	Tamsin	1
Ladies 5's	Jenny Burt	1

Edgbaston Ladies League
Team	Played	Points	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference
Ladies 2	11	30	33	9	24
Ladies 5	12	11	17	37	-20
Ladies 1	10	10	22	22	0
Ladies 4	12	8	10	12	-2
Ladies 3	11	7	14	24	-10

Goal Scorers Glory Table
Heather Allen	8
Reena	8
Hannah Needham	6
Viv Gorman	5
Laura Pinny	5
Claire Scanlon	5*
Melanie Pinder	5*
Diana Bench	4*
Meg Harris	4
Rosie Bird	4
Jess Pinhorn	4
Annie Owen	3
Cath Cook	3
Laurie Cella	3
Charlotte Lunt	3
Jenny Burt	3
Becky Newhouse	2
Gemma Knowles	2
Marieanne Erven	2
Rebecca Bailey	2
Sarah D	2
Sarah Ellis	2
Tamsin Cross	2
Sally Fenton	2
Alison Caldwell	1
Amanda Burrows	1
Becky McKeown	1
Diana Phillips	1
Ellie	1
Emily J	1
Emily Tabb	1
Helen Bates	1
Jenny Hunt	1
Lisa Jelly	1
Louise Bryson	1
Megan Radcliffe	1
Nicola Dixey	1
Lucy Allan	1
Sara Husseini	1
Vicky Johnson	1

Edgbaston Ladies Weekly Round Up - February 12th

Megan Harris — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:29:05 +0000

Greetings from the America's

I'd send you all a picture of a cactus from Arizona, but I have packed everything else but the right cable for my camera. You'll miss out on Chuckle Cheese, the junk food paradise for kids and some of the great flashing signs outside of the churches. My hotel has an outside pool. The size of a bath however, but the intention is there.

I started the week at -28F in Dillion in the Colorado Rockies and I'm now at 70F in the desert in Arizona. I am actually here for work but I guess my complaints about jet lag will fall on deaf ears so I won't start.

The beauty of the Internet on my phone was I was able to see all the results come in on fixtures live before I got the texts.

And I'm a skype convert so I can see how how crap the weather is at home.

The ones won. They knew they'd have the measure of the opposition this half of the season and are starting to fire on all cylinders. I recon they have what it takes to get points off the top teams of the league. The Ladies 2's won and the Ladies 5's won. Great result for both.
Viv has another hatrick for the list.

The Ladies 3's - lost as did the Ladies 4's. Time to concentrate on both those teams to ensure that they don't go down. Both teams play really well and have plenty of scoring opportunity.

Keeper training this week. Don't forget keepers.

Have a good week and see you on Saturday.

Meg

Weekly Results	Feb 12th
Team	V	Result	Score
Ladies 1's	North Notts	Win	3-2
Ladies 2's	Olton	Win	5-1
Ladies 3's	Warwick	Loss	0-5
Ladies 4's	Sutton	Loss	0-4
Ladies 5's	Leamington 3's	Win	2-1

Goal Scorers
Ladies 1's	Jess Pinhorn	2
Ladies 1's	Charlotte Lunt	1
Ladies 1's	Reena	1
Ladies 2's	Heather allen	1
Ladies 2's	Viv Goman	3
Ladies 5's	Louise Portelly	2

Edgbaston Ladies League
Team	Played	Points	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference
Ladies 2	12	33	38	9	29
Ladies 5	13	14	19	38	-19
Ladies 1	11	13	25	24	1
Ladies 4	13	8	10	16	-6
Ladies 3	12	7	14	29	-15

Goal Scorers Glory Table
Heather Allen	9
Reena	9
Viv Gorman	8*
Claire Scanlon	5*
Melanie Pinder	5*
Diana Bench	4*
Hannah Needham	6
Jess Pinhorn	6
Laura Pinny	5
Meg Harris	4
Rosie Bird	4
Charlotte Lunt	4
Annie Owen	3
Cath Cook	3
Laurie Cella	3
Jenny Burt	3
Becky Newhouse	2
Gemma Knowles	2
Marieanne Erven	2
Rebecca Bailey	2
Sarah D	2
Sarah Ellis	2
Tamsin Cross	2
Sally Fenton	2
Louise Portelly	2
Alison Caldwell	1
Amanda Burrows	1
Becky McKeown	1
Diana Phillips	1
Ellie	1
Emily J	1
Emily Tabb	1
Helen Bates	1
Jenny Hunt	1
Lisa Jelly	1
Louise Bryson	1
Megan Radcliffe	1
Nicola Dixey	1
Lucy Allan	1
Sara Husseini	1
Vicky Johnson	1
Total	83

Edgbaston Ladies Weekly Round Up - March 5th

Megan Harris — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:24:54 +0000

Hello

Well its March - Spring is sort of springing and we are in to the last few weeks of Hockey.

I'm currently toying with the idea of going to watch the Cov City and Uni v Warwick game and sneaking a few performance limiting drugs in to Warwick's half time oranges.
Did we really have oranges at half time? It seems so arcane now.
Anway, please offer something up to your God's of choice and ask for a little assistance to Warwick's opposition. A draw would do.

I umpired the talented 2s who seem to win games even though on this occasion they spent the first 10 minutes asleep on the pitch. Heather Allan got her hatrick. See the table to see who's leading the board.

I watched a very very good game with the Ladies 3's v Cov and NW Warwick. The team absolutely left everything on the pitch. They were fantastic. They had all the pressure and they were just a little unlucky not to win. Laura Pangbourne has a very colourful knee after I think, stopping, ball, player and stick from coming in to the D. Great commitment. One of those games where they needed 10 minutes extra at the end. They play Nuneaton next week in a must win game and if they play like they did on Saturday they be scoring more that the 5 goals that they scored in their last meeting.

This game and the 1's game against Beeston last week are definitely the 2 best games of hockey I've watched this season so far.

The Ladies 4's got another 1-0 win. This is a team that's really come in to its own this half of the season. They are now out of trouble and heading up the league. Tamsin Cross will be demostrating her fance jumping technigue on Wednesday at training.

The ladies 5's lost 1-0 is what sounded to be a battle. Amelia has a thick lip for her troubles. These guys have a double header next week, so players please make yourself available next weekend.

The Ladies 1's lost 3-0. The report from the captain was that the team was missing one of its lynch pins and that the pitch didn't help. Nick Dixey got a ball to the head. These guys have a tough few games now. They are at home next week, so if you have the time to spare, come down and cheer. Home game against Stourport, I think they already have it nailed.

Admin

Dinner Money by next week please
Availability for the 5's next weekend - They really need to get results in those games so please see if you can make yourself available.
Next year, we need captains and committee members. the more people we have doing a little, the easier the club is to run. These are modern times, so I'm open to job share proposals.

Player survey under construction - Will be with you in a week or so.

As always your comments and questions are welcome

Meg

Weekly Results
Team	V	Result	Score
Ladies 1's	Wellingborough	Loss	0-3
Ladies 2's	Cov City and Uni	Win	5-2
Ladies 3's	Cov and North Warwicks	Draw	1-1
Ladies 4's	Long Buckby	Win	1-0
Ladies 5's	Nuneaton	Loss	0-1

Goal Scorers
Ladies 2's	Heather Allan	3
Ladies 2's	Marianne Erven	1
Ladies 2's	Reena	1
Ladies 3's	?????????	1
Ladies 4's	Annie Owen	1

Goal Scorers Glory Table
Heather Allen	12*
Reena	10
Viv Gorman	8*
Hannah Needham	6
Claire Scanlon	5*
Diana Bench	5*
Melanie Pinder	5*
Charlotte Lunt	5
Jess Pinhorn	5
Laura Pinny	5
Laurie Cella	5
Annie Owen	5
Meg Harris	4
Rosie Bird	4
Sarah D	4
Marieanne Erven	3
Jenny Hunt	3
Alison Caldwell	3
Cath Cook	3
Emily J	3
Rebecca Bailey	3
Sally Fenton	3
Tamsin Rees Jones	3
Jenny Burt	2
Becky Newhouse	2
Gemma Knowles	2
Louise Portelly	2
Sarah Ellis	2
Aimee Palace	1
Amanda Burrows	1
Angie Cornelius	1
Becky McKeown	1
Diana Phillips	1
Eleanor	1
Ellie	1
Emily Tabb	1
Helen Bates	1
Laura Enwhistle	1
Lisa Jelly	1
Louise Bryson	1
Lucy Allen	1
Megan Radcliffe	1
Nicola Dixey	1
Sara Husseini	1
Vicky Johnson	1

Edgbaston Ladies League
Team	Played	Points	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference
Ladies 2	14	39	49	12	37
Ladies 1	14	17	28	30	-2
Ladies 4	16	17	14	16	-2
Ladies 5	15	14	20	43	-23
Ladies 3	14	11	20	31	-11

The Super Sixes are promoted!

John 'JD' Doran — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:05:05 +0000

The super sixes got promoted today without even playing!

That is pretty super don't you think?

Twice an Edge captain, twice promoted!

Edgbaston Ladies Weekly Round Up - March 26th

Megan Harris — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:02:36 +0100

What do I write about today? We could discuss whether giant chocolate buttons taste like Easter egg chocolate? I think they do.
We could discuss the abject failure of the Welsh football team?
We could discuss yet another calf strain keeping me in the swimming pool and not on the running track.

Yes the wedding was lovely. Wasn't that the event of the weekend?

Jane Evans gave birth to her second daughter on the 11th March, Elizabeth Violet. 7lb 4 oz. That's very exciting news. Congratulations Jane.

I suppose I'd better get on with it.

Ladies 1's - Lost 2-0 to Sutton. However it wouldn't of mattered, Wellingborough beat Burton and the Ladies 1's slid in to the relegation zone and in to Division 2. Tough day. Hard to put in to words really. However I am still very proud of their efforts this year as they've battled hard.
When the dust settles and we debrief with some clarity, we will need to be honest about what we need to do as a club to support the ladies 1's in being real contender for the midlands premier division again. However the first challenge we have is to get rid of the hangovers and start to think positively about hockey in general.

Ladies 3's A 0-0 draw isn't exciting, but it's exciting when it makes you safe in the league. A collective sigh of relief and an opportunity to beat the Solihull chavs again next week, to secure perhaps 6th spot. This season, Div 1 has been all about Edgbaston and Warwick, leaving the rest of the clubs to fight it out. Relegation for everyone has never been far way so survival is an achievement in their 1st year in the league.

Ladies 2's

PROMOTED!!!!!
Warwick slipped last week with only getting a draw and the win yesterday was inevitable. We won the league by 1 point!.
The stats
Played 18 - Won 17 - Lost 1 Scored 60 Leaked 14.
Unbelievable effort.
I am very very proud of them.
Feeder west and the joys of Midlands beckons. Congratulations Viv and S for leading your team to victory

Season's not over, we have 2 more weekends of games for the 3's, 4's and 5's. I'll be there supporting you. I hope some of the players that were being supported this weekend will turn out as well.

Dinner next week. DO NOT BE LATE!
Summer League - We've entered 2 teams again - still looking for captains - so can you please email me if you are interested in taking charge

Tables below.
Anyone going to knock Heather off the top spot over the next 2 weekends. Challenge on.

Comments and questions are always welcome.

Megan

Weekly Results
Team	V	Result	Score
Ladies 1's	Sutton	Loss	0-2
Ladies 2's	Stratford	Win	3-0
Ladies 3's	Olton	Draw	0-0

Goal Scorers
Ladies 2's	Heather Allan	1
Ladies 2's	Rosie Bird	1
Ladies 2's	Viv Gorman	1

Edgbaston Ladies League
Team	Played	Points	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference
Ladies 2	18	50	60	14	46
Ladies 1	17	17	29	37	-8
Ladies 4	18	17	17	25	-8
Ladies 3	17	16	21	31	-10
Ladies 5	17	14	20	47	-27

Goal Scorers Glory Table
Heather Allen	14*
Reena	12
Viv Gorman	9*
Hannah Needham	6
Claire Scanlon	5*
Diana Bench	5*
Melanie Pinder	5*
Annie Easter	5
Charlotte Lunt	5
Jess Pinhorn	5
Laura Pinny	5
Laurie Cella	5
Sarah D	5
Rosie Bird	5
Emily Jones	4
Meg Harris	4
Tamsin Rees Jones	4
Rebecca Bailey	4
Marieanne Erven	3
Jenny Hunt	3
Alison Caldwell	3
Cath Cook	3
Sally Fenton	3
Louise Portelly	3
Sarah Ellis	3
Jenny Burt	2
Becky Newhouse	2
Gemma Knowles	2
Eleanor Rosario	2
Lucy Allen	2
Claire Ryan	1
Aimee Palace	1
Amanda Burrows	1
Angie Cornelius	1
Becky McKeown	1
Diana Phillips	1
Ellie	1
Emily Tabb	1
Helen Bates	1
Laura Enwhistle	1
Lisa Jelly	1
Louise Bryson	1
Megan Radcliffe	1
Nicola Dixey	1
Sara Husseini	1
Vicky Johnson	1
Rachel Whalley	1
Jo Wright	1

AGM

Tom Manners — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:03:32 +0100

The AGM wil be held at on Wednesday 4th May at tally HO Conference & Banqueting Centre on Pershore Road, Edgbaston. The event starts at 7pm.

This is a very important evening which gives you the chance to discuss how the club is being run and help make important decisions towards our future.

Please do come along and have your say!

EHC Dinner 2011

Tom Manners — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:33:42 +0100

The annual dinner was on Saturday 2nd April at the Paragon Hotel in Digbeth.

Beef, chicken and veggie options were served - whether they were eaten is another issue!

Photos aplenty have been loaded onto various profiles onto facebook. We will get them linked onto our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2243354688

Thanks to our social secretary Gemma for organising the event!

Summer League

Tom Manners — Thu, 05 May 2011 21:44:42 +0100

The men and ladies sides are both running two teams this summer to keep you involved. If you are interested in being involved, contact the following people.

Men - contact the Men's Club Captain, Arron Nicholson on rugrag_editor@hotmail.com.

Ladies, contact Kerry Shoebridge kez_shoey1987@hotmail.com for the 1s/2s team and Laura Pangbourne - laura.pangbourne@googlemail.com for our other team.

We need umpires for both sets of teams, so if you are one of the people who wants to gain more umpiring experience, and maybe even pass that umpiring exam, then what better chance!! Get in touch with the captains to get involved!

AGM - what happened

Tom Manners — Thu, 05 May 2011 21:47:43 +0100

More details will be published soon, but thanks to all those who attended the AGM on Weds 4th May at the Tally Ho.

There was news of future clubhouses, changes to kit, subs, and the club looking to gain a degree of charitable status through becoming a CASC.

We will let you know more about all this soon, but there is so much work that goes on all year to make Edgbaston HC the home of happy hockey, so again thanks to those who took the time to come to the AGM.

We have joined Twitter

Tom Manners — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 19:12:04 +0100

I thought it was time we be covering all sorts of social media, and if it's good enough for Stephen Fry and Demi Moore, then it's good enough for us!

Someone had already taken EHC and Edge Hockey, so EdgbastonHC will have to do!

If you are on Twitter, hopefully we will get news, results, pitch cancellations out quickest on there and facebook (as well as here of course) so sign up!!

Latest Newsletter - EHC - The Edge of Heaven

Tom Manners — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 12:01:05 +0100

Time for another update from Edgbaston HC, and there is always
plenty going on, even if we are out of the main hockey season.

Firstly, the AGM has been and gone, and all updates / news from
this will be on our website. From that night, Arron “Kanga”
Nicholson has taken on the role of Men’s Club Captain, and I
happen to know that he and Megan are meeting up tomorrow – as
such there will be another Edge update later this week with
announcements from them both, as well as updates from our Summer
league teams. Just goes to show you how much effort goes into
Edge all year round!

Talking of announcements, our president has asked me to pass on a
few words to you all, and here they are:

JOB VACANCIES:

WANTED - JUNIOR YOUTH COACH CO-ORDINATOR -GIRLS
JUNIOR YOUTH COACH CO-ORDINATOR - BOYS

We are seeking 2 committed individuals for the MOST IMPORTANT
JOBS IN EHC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JOB DESCRIPTION - to work with the Junior Academy Head coach,
Alan "Windy" Miller, to identify and recruit individuals in the
club willing to work with our most precious resources - our young
players from 4 to 16.

You will be asked to work with the Head Coach to ensure that the
young players have enthusiastic and committed coaching from the
club for 21 sessions on Sunday mornings during the season .

The coaches you recruit are promised:

1. Exceptional exposure to the extremes of British weather from
9.00 to 11.00am on Sunday mornings. (From Sunburn to Frostbite
with the "EDG EXPERIENCE")

2. NO financial rewards but "Miles of Smiles" and hero worship fo
the "Kids"

3. FREE WHISTLE!

4. The personal fulfilment and satisfaction of proving they CAN
get up early on a Sunday morning - Great TIME MANAGEMENT
opportunity.

5. Hands-on involvement in developing the next generation of EDGE
SUPERSTARS at the "HOME OF HAPPY HOCKEY"

BECOME AN EDGBASTON LEGEND IN YOUR OWN LIFETIME - DON"T DELAY
APPLY TODAY TO Kembie. e-mail = kembie1@hotmail.com

If you are at all interested, get in touch with Kembie. It might
be that you can only commit to doing a month perhaps, but if 5
people agree to do a few weeks each, then we have a lot more
sessions covered and the kids benefit from more players’
experiences.

In other news, Edgbaston HC has joined Twitter! Next season, we
are looking at using the official website as well as all forms of
social media to tell everyone how teams are doing and pass on
news and results to everyone as quickly as possible. As such, if
you are a regular tweeter, follow us @EdgbastonHC and spread the
word!

Finally, yes the name of this email changed again. (personally,
this one is my favourite, paying homage to the awesome Wham!
Maybe we can use this as our new club song……) I have been sent
quite a few suggestions (Malone, yours have been noted!) but keep
sending yours and hopefully we will have made a decision by the
start of next season!

Oh actually, as a final announcement, on a personal note, I am
having my Bouncy Castle BBQ party this Saturday at my house (18th
June) and Edge people are always welcome round mine. Hope you
might be able to make it (sunny weather guaranteed........ or if
not, then at least the bouncy castle has a roof on it!)

As ever, any announcements you would like made on the website or
through these newsletters – do email me on tjmanners@hotmail.com
or info@edgbastonhc.co.uk

Latest Newsletter - EHC - EDGE-actly what is going on!

Tom Manners — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:52:40 +0100

... congrats to Matt Malone for that fabulous email title!

Well, we now have hit July, and there is still stuff going on. Both the men and the women have 2 teams playing in summer leagues, the club has joined Twitter (@EdgbastonHC - follow us now!) and pre-season is being planned as we speak!

We are also nearly ready to announce where we will be having our post-match drinks next year - just crossing the Is and dotting the Ts, but sadly the New Inn looks like it won't be an option for us next year. News soon to come...

We also have new people contacting us through the website all the time, but if you know anyone who would like to join us this summer, tell them to fill in the form on the website. We often have to close our doors by the end of September and we are more likely to stick by the people who contacted us first, so tell them to sort it out!!

Anyway, before we get to the messages form the club captains, I would like to tell all the men that the MRHA website has all the fixtures up for the opening weekend's league fixtures of the year!

And it is grudge-tastic! Our 1s,2s,4s and 5s all face Stourport and our 7s play our 8s! For all fixtures, go to mrha.co.uk now!

And that nicely links to this message from the Men's Club Captain, Arron Kanga Nicholson:

Ahh Summer League.....

The mens side of the club are currently rotating approx. 60 members across two summer league sides. This year is the second year we have run two sides and so far it as been a great success in terms of enjoyment and exercise. Delighted to be able to report that the men approach the summer league with the same level of determination and spirt as a normal league game, but as the sun is out (occassionally) everthing is more relaxed.

Results are mixed but depend more on the qulaity of opposition than the level of Edge performance. Some clubs are using summer league for more serious purposes than just having fun- that's their perogative.

Can I take this opportunity to thank everyone for their fantastic attitude and willingness to rotate. Also, thanks to the added Edge squad and JD. They do seem to have drawn the short straw on the travelling front and I will see what we can do for next year in terms of which league we play in.

Arron

Kanga has been working his socks off to organise the teams so far, so buy him a drink at the Barrels if you play in a game with him this summer.

Onto the ladies, who club captain, Meg Harris, has laid out her plans for the year ahead:

A decent turn out at summer league means that we have now identified our core Midlands squad. Claire Ryan will take the lead with the coaching of the squad and will continue to travel and play with the ones.

We are still in the process of negotiating a 2's captain.

1's and 2's training will be for 2 hours on a Tuesday. We will have the full pitch for an hour and we will share the pitch with the boys for the second hour

Our 3's, 4's and 5's will continue to train for 2 hours on a Wednesday with a 1.5 hours of pitch time and 30 minutes of squad time. This may change.
the top threes players will join the midlands squad as and when invited and required.

Selection will take place on Tuesdays for the midlands squad and Wednesdays for the Warwickshire squad.
Training starts in August.
Preseason games are in planning.
Pitches will be requested when I get back from my holidays and I switch my hockey brain back on.

We have some kit to buy . Mainly balls, because they disappear, get stolen, eaten or forgotten. We also need to replenish the ice packs and First Aid kits.
We will need about £1000 of keeper kit
I have NO plans to buy general club kit this year. As discussed at the AGM, we perhaps have to think over our kit policy.
All planned expenditure is in the budget submitted for the AGM.

Umpiring - This will be a challenge for Dave this year. I have volunteered to host a theory course in my offices over 2 nights in the Autumn. However the requirement for a travelling neutral level 1 umpire for both the ladies 1's and 2's will be difficult to organise logistically.

The Ladies Midlands squad will be asked to participate with the coaching for the club, the colts and help out with umpiring. This is to feed back in to the club as we will be paying for a coach for them.

I hope to run an indoor session again. I am intending to write to the ladies club captains of Harbourne, Olton and Bournville to see if we can do a joint effort with indoor and coaching for the junior girls. I understand Beth Alvy is staying in the country and will continue with the junior girls coaching. We need to get involved here. This is a must do target for me, this year.

Team Targets

Ladies 1's - Top 4
Ladies 2's - Top 5 and avoid the playoffs
Ladies 3's - Top 3
Ladies 4's - Top 5
Ladies 5's - Top 5

I think as much as I would like the Ladies 1's to bounce back up, I am not going to apply pressure to them to do so, at this point.

All competition teams to get to the 3rd round at least

Participation in the Indoor tournament

Participation in the Vets tournament

The hunt continues for the following:-

1. Goalkeepers
2. A 2's manager
3. Club Coaches

All the Best

Megan

Hopefully messages like that show you just how much work goes into the club to run it so successfully.

Anyway, 3rd September is Club Day so make sure you keep it free - details on that to come soon too!

If you would like any messages sent out to the club, do email me at info@edgbastonhc.co.uk or personally at tjmanners@hotmail.com

(I do still like getting different suggestions for the email title!!)

2 months 'til the season begins.....

Tom

August News

Megan Harris — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 10:39:41 +0100

Hello

Welcome to August. Now I know its officially summer, but if you are having anything like my childhood summers, your new school uniforms will of been bought and you have already been pencil case shopping. My mother was nothing if not organised.

Most of you will be running around various bits of Europe on trains, boats and planes and I hope you are having a lovely time. For those of you still in the country experience the future of British summers if sun spots and the jet stream have their way, my commiserations.

To cheer you up, we have organised an hours training session on every Wednesday in August from 19:00 to 20:00 at the EHS pitches. I expect that we will do a bit of skills but mainly play games.

Hannah Needham is taking this Wednesdays session (10th).

Another date for your diary - Club Day - 3rd September. As a special celebration of the 20th year that the ladies became part of Edbaston Hockey club, we are organising an ex Edgbaston Ladies v the Current Edgbaston Ladies 1st team, match, on the day.

Fixtures are being organised and the official ones should already be on fixtures live. Ray is organising friendlies.

I look forward to seeing you all at one of the sessions in August and will be in contact again pretty soon with more news and information.

Megan

EHC - knowlEDGE is power!

Tom Manners — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 17:56:50 +0100

(well done JD for that one!)

Lots to come in this email - including Club Day, ladies training, the Inbetweeners Movie and more!

So - we start with Club Day and it is not far away (under 3 weeks!!!!)

Here are the details:

Daytime Activities:

Date: Saturday 3rd September 2011

Time: 11am - 5pm

Location: Edgbaston High School, Richmond Hill Rd, Birmingham. B15 3RJ.

Cost: £10 per person, includes tournament entry, raffle ticket, bouncy castle and BBQ (Non players and U16s - £6, Under 5s - free)

Families and friends welcome

20th Anniversary of the Ladies Club section forming – Old Girls v Current Ladies Match

Evening social event:

Slug and Lettuce, Brindley Place, 7.30pm onwards

Drinks offers applicable

There is a flyer being sent round, so ask your captain from last year if they have it please as we need you to send them onto more people! If I can work out how to load it onto here or onto the facebook page, I will do so!

So, with the season so close, the always-keen-as-mustard ladies have started training at EHC every Weds night from 7-8pm! Get on down there if you want to get rid of the rustiness!

Moving on, one of the reasons I want to improve communication within the club is messages like the following that i received this week - would you like to go to the Inbetweeners movie premiere in London this coming week? Well, Sara Husseini sent me this...

Hi all,

My friend's father who works for Riding for the Disabled has two tickets to the Leicester Square Premiere of the new Inbetweeners movie- red carpet and the full shebang I'm told, which is taking place THIS Tuesday (16th) August.

He is looking for around £500 for them but is open to bids lower than that (especially if you can gift aid it).

If interested then contact Doug Smith on 0777 191 5020 or at riwm2@hotmail.com.

Or if you know of anyone who might be then feel free to pass the message on- obviously time is of the essence and would be a shame for them to go unsold!

Next, and if you read your EHC emails closely, you will remember a message from Sally Fenton about some help she needs with her research. Well, she now has this to say....

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the bulk email...

A couple of months ago Tom sent round the club update and mentioned I am carrying out some research in the sportex dept on campus looking at goal setting in sport. A few people have said they would like to take part but I have been rubbish so far in following up as I have had things going on with other projects and I lost the plot a bit!...so a) I have forgotten who these people are..and b) I lost most of the numbers out of my phone so if I know who you are I probably have not been able to contact you anyway. Please remind me!

If you are still wanting to take part (please!!) or know anyone else that might want to (rare but worth asking..) then please let me know and I can do it over the next few weeks! It might even help as a pre-season training sesh for those of you who are keen.

For those who may not know about the study or want a bit more info... it involves a visit to the sportex dept at uni for 1 hour to 1 ½ hours...where I will ask you to complete 4 bouts of cycling... the first for 2 minutes, then 4, 5 and 6 minutes..and ask you to fill out a few questionnaires inbetween. You can come anytime during the week or weekend that fits in with your schedule as I can be in the lab until 10pm at night if needed (but obviously not preferred..). My mobile number is 07584672276.

Thanks and enjoy the last few weeks of “summer”... Sally

That's all the announcements for now! Get hold of the Club Day flyer and start spreading the news!!!

As ever, get in touch with me if any announcements to be made - tjmanners@hotmail.com - I may on holiday in Japan, but I won't neglect my duties to Edge!!!

Tom

EHC NEWS

Tom Manners — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:48:51 +0100

Plenty to let you know about in this email, including HUGE discounts on new sticks, the season ahead, training, a returning member needing somewhere to live and if you didn’t know already, our new clubhouse!

Before all that though, just a quick message from me on my position as Communications officer this year. I hope to send out a weekly email to all members with scores, top scorer tables for both men and women (should be good banter as the year goes on!) and any news and events going on within the club. If you ever have things you want the rest of the club to know about, whether it be success stories, appeals for help, declarations of love... whatever it is, email me on tjmanners@hotmail.com.

Ok let’s get started…

~ After a successful Club Day (and thanks to Alison Caldwell, and Emma Bostock, our social secretaries for organising such a great day and night!) our list of friendlies kick off this weekend. If you want to join the rest of the club for a drink afterwards, then we have a new clubhouse… it’s the Tally Ho Conference & Banqueting Centre (the police centre) on Pershore Road, Edgbaston (B5 7RN)This is a great venue that we will be able to hold future socials at with a lot of car parking as well. Directions to it can be found on our website. The committee are really pleased to be able to drink there each week, so hopefully we will see you down there soon.

~ Training is underway now, and in case you weren’t aware, this is the schedule.

Ladies - The midlands squad trains at the Uni of Birmingham on Tuesdays from 7-9 and the Warwickshire squad trains at EHS from 7-9 on Wednesdays.

Men – 1s and 2s and selected others 8-10 on Tuesday evenings, and the rest of the club 7-9 at EHS on Thursdays.

~ Are you after a new stick for the season ahead? If so, then the Men’s Club Captain, Arron Kanga Nicholson, has news you may be interested in:

As some of you may know, I was given a few sticks to try out on SAT from a company called Atlas. I, Angie, Ray Plummer, S, Nick Tidy and Wheelie all had a go with one and feedback was very good. The stick I had (retails for £260) was exceptional, but then it should be!

Atlas are looking to cut us a deal (as a club) to try and raise the profile of the brand in the UK (they are very well known in Australia).

If you buy an Atlas stick from Ultimate Hockey (in store as opposed to online), Atlas will give the club 10% of the selling value. So a £100 stick will gain Edge £10. Easy money!

I think this is a particularly good match as I have been a customer of Ultimate Hockey for years and Richard, the owner, is very knowledgeable and helpful. Ultimate Hockey is based in Acocks Green and has a very good website with further details.

The finances are very straightforward. Richard at Ultimate Hockey will keep a record of how many atlas sticks he sells to Edge members and send us a cheque (he will then claim back the money from Atlas) so we don't need to worry about that side of things. I will act as liaison with Richard and let Charlotte know when a cheque is imminent. Edge members will need to tell Richard they are from Edgbaston and that is all.

So, if any players are looking for a new stick, encourage them to get down to ultimate hockey. 10 sticks sold at £100 each is worth £100 to the club. Every penny counts.

~ new recruits. We saw some new members appear at Club Day which was excellent. Hopefully we will welcome lots of new faces this season, but there has been a particular request from Meg for me to mention that the ladies section is after new keepers! If you know anyone who wants to put on the pads for the ladies this year, do let Meg know!!

~ Want to help coach? I have made previous appeals for coaches for the Youth section of the club on Sunday mornings, but we also want to see if any members would be interested in getting involved with training our ladies on Wednesday evenings. The idea is to create a pool of coaches so no one person is always committed, and to give a wide range of ideas and training sessions to the group. If you are interested, please email Meg on megharris01@gmail.com

~ A returning member needs a home!! At the 125th anniversary dinner, we introduced the awards of “EHC Man and Woman of the year” to people who give a lot of time and effort to the running of the club. The inaugural winner for the Ladies was Georgina Wilkinson, who is coming back to Birmingham having got a job in a rather good school at which only very nice people work (I work there, don’t you know!) Anyways, she is back any week now, and needs to find a room for her and her fella (ooooooh), anywhere in and around central Bham or near a train station. They are both early 20s and we all know George is sweet and lovely, so if you know anyone, can you email her on gcwilkinson@hotmail.co.ukand let her know!!

That’s it for this week. Make sure you or your captains send me your results and scorers each week so the banter can begin, and again, if there are any announcements, let me have them and I can send them to all members! And follow us on twitter - @edgbastonhc

Good luck this season!!

Tom

EHC - On the Edge

Tom Manners — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:40:25 +0100

Hello all Edge-heads!

Time for another update from the club – and there is plenty to get through now that games are underway.

Here’s your menu:

1) Top scorer table

2) Scores and reports on the website? Need your help!

3) Missing shirts?

4) Keeper training

5) And the next social event is..

1) Now that there are games going on, I think we need a top scorers table to get the banter going amongst the teams. When I get the hang of this internet malarky, I will see if I can make better tables and whatnot, but here's the info for now:

Firstly, the ladies, and after a couple of weeks of friendlies, this is the state of play:

2 goals
Laurie Cella
Sara Husseini
1 goal
Annie Owen
Helen Bates
Hannah Needham
Marie-Anne Erven
Laura Entwistle
Heather Allen

For the men, a new table will start when the league system gets going, but here is the friendlies chart:

Jacob Plummer	3
Mike Brazier	2
Cedric Rodriguez	2
Al Middleton	2
Matt Siggins	1
Dal Sokhi	1
Chris Hoover Phillips	1
Dom Williams	1
Richard Nicklin	1

The 1s league is underway with Mike Brazier scoring 2, and Rick McCollum 1, but this will be added to a new table when all league games are up and running!

2) The aim this year is to keep everyone up-to-date with what is going on. I can send emails with notices of events, but if we want to properly see how teams are doing, we need reports and scores from each team. Would you be willing to write it each week for your team? Your captains do a LOT of work for the club and you already, so perhaps a quick report from you that can be emailed to me would be a good way of helping. Think about it foor when the league season starts….

3) It happens every year, but for some reason, it is impossible for some men just to give their shirts to their captains at the end of a game. They love the Red and Black so much they feel compelled to take the shirts home. That said, we now have a fair few missing, so if you have either a home or away kit in your possession, can you bring it to your next game please, as replacing these is just wasting money that the club shouldn’t have to waste!

4) There is a keeper training session at EHS this Wednesday 7-9pm. If you intend to train, can you bring a hitter as well please. The next sessions will be on 19th October and 6th November.

5) EHC’s next social event is the quiz on Saturday 12th November. This will be held at the Bristol Pear. It was great fun last year, and let to a good night out afterwards. More details to come, but in the meantime, keep coming back after your game to our new club house, the Tally Ho Conference & Banqueting Centre (the police centre) on Pershore Road, Edgbaston (B5 7RN)

That’s all for now – the committee are meeting tonight, so I am sure there will be plenty to pass on next week. In the meantime, any announcements you would like to make to the club, let me know on tjmanners@hotmail.com.

We are on Twitter by the way - @EdgbastonHC – always good to hear from you on there!

Tom

EHC Newsround

Tom Manners — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:15:49 +0100

Hi everyone and welcome to the next update from EHC.

Decided you wouldn’t want these filling your inbox too often, so am going to aim to send these out every other week.

Anyway, in this edition, we have

1) Top scorer charts

2) VP Day this Sunday!

3) Club social news – the quiz is coming

4) A missing whistle from club day – have you got it?

1) So we start with the top scorer charts, and as they say, ladies first (all players with 2 or more goals)–

Heather Allen	4*
Claire Scanlon	4*
Hannah Needham	4
Marieanne Erven	4
Laurie Cella	3
Sara Husseini	2
Megan Harris	2
Kathryn Ferries	2
Clare Ryan	2
Angie Cornelius	2
Lou Bryson	2

And now the boys

Brazier, Mike	5
Hall, Luke	4
Brindley, Adrian	3
Brooker, Nick	3
McCollum, Rik	3
Churchouse, Matt	2
Williams, Dom	2
Latham, Nick	2
Riddle, Stewart	2
Schofield, Jake	2

Early doors, but the early pacesetters have staked their claim for the golden sticks! Who will win come the end of the season….

2)   The club’s annual VP day takes place this Sunday, when a current mixed XI take on a team of the club’s vice-presidents. All are welcome to come and watch and enjoy what is always a fun game!

Here are the details –

Venue: EHS 
Meet: 11 am P
ush Back: 12 noon 
Lunch: 2pm at Tally Ho for all players 
Match fee: £5

 3)   EHC’s next social event is the quiz on Saturday 12th November. This will be held at the Bristol Pear. It was great fun last year, and led to a good night out afterwards. More details to come, but in the meantime, keep coming back after your game to our new club house, the Tally Ho Conference & Banqueting Centre (the police centre) on Pershore Road, Edgbaston (B5 7RN)

4) Jayne Slaughter, ladies club stalwart, sent me this message to forward to you all!

“At club day I loaned out my umpiring whistle and haven’t seen it since L You can’t miss it, it’s a black ‘Junior Fox 40’ on a red and black TK lanyard with ‘Jayne Slaughter EHC L3XI’ written all over it.”

So come on people, someone must have it! Fess up!!

And that’s it for now. As ever, if there are any announcements, let me have them and I can send them to all members! And do follow us on twitter - @edgbastonhc

Tom

EHC - the news as it happens...

Tom Manners — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:17:51 +0000

Lots to get through – here’s your menu of delights…

1) Ladies kit – need it?

2) Mens Vets need players

3) Want to earn money teaching Rush hockey?

4) EHC Quiz – 12th November!

5) 5TH November – issues parking at Uni of Bham

6) Subs are due

7) Top scorers

1) The lovely Sophie Reynolds has an announcement to all the ladies first…

LADIES/GIRLS/WOMEN,

I have lots and lots of kit available to buy:

socks £7 each

skirts £17.50

skorts £25

home and away shirts £25 each

Sorry there are no discounts for buying both home and away sets unfortunately. I've had mine for years and although it stinks (as the majority of the ladies side of the club can attest to) it still looks pretty smart so it's a worthy investment!

Please get in touch via email if you need me to bring some to training, get some to your captain or if you want to pop round to pick it up and have a cup of tea! sophie.reynolds86@gmail.com

p.s. no comments on the smartness and smelliness needed!

2) Tom Downing is appealing for any men over 35 who want to play for the men’s vets team to get in touch with him motdowning@googlemail.com

3) Rush Hockey is a new concept on encouraging new players to enjoy hockey, and the East Birmingham area needs a new coach for it. It smashes through fitness worries with smaller pitches. It’s indoors, it’s outdoors, it’s 5 a-side or 4 a-side. Players can get all the team spirit, huddles and thrills whenever and wherever they want. Details can be found here if you want to know more..

4) This year’s quiz will be held at the Bristol Pear on Saturday 12th November. It’s been a while since the last club social, so this should be a good night out! Make an effort to attend and get involved! Be ready from 7.

5) Birmingham Uni have called us to say that their fireworks will take place on Saturday 5th November and the car park nearest the pitch will be unavailable and need to be cleared by 3pm. Please note if you are playing there that day!

6) Subs are due now. Club captains will soon be instructing their captains to not select people if they haven’t paid – so don’t risk your place and pay up!

7) Aaaaah, the much-talked-about top scorers table. If you have any complaints about these, don’t shoot the messenger! They get passed onto me by Meg and Jenksy, so blame them if you are not featured and think you should be haha! (Data taken from 28th October)

Ladies first (all scorers with 3 or more):

Claire Scanlon 6

Heather Allen 5

Hannah Needham 5

Marieanne Erven 4

Megan Harris 4

Laurie Cella 3

Annie Easter 3

And now the gents

Hall, Luke	8
Coates, Jonathan	6
Brazier, Mike	5
Brooker, Nick	5
Brindley, Adrian	4
Nicklin, Richie	4
Williams, Dom	4
Churchouse, Matt	3
Howard, Janck	3
Latham, Nick	3
McCollum, Rik	3
Siggins, Matt	3
Thorne, Chris	3

And that’s it for now. Anyone got any suggestions how to load the tables online in some sort of awesome table format? Let me know – I am not the best computer person ever despite this job. I only took on this role as I want to make sure we are all kept in touch with what is going on in the club haha!

Anyway, as ever, if there are any announcements, let me have them and I can send them to all members! And do follow us on twitter - @edgbastonhc

Tom

EHC - News to make your mouth water

Tom Manners — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:55:06 +0000

Some more EHC info for you…

1) Kit price error

2) EHC Quiz coming up – flyer

3) Are you playing at Uni of Bham this weekend? READ THIS!

4) Want to be on TV and get a free holiday?

5) Can you help the club website?

1) Ladies – my bad, but the shirts cost £20 each, not £25! WOOP WOOP! What a saving! That’s 20%!!! (I am a maths teacher, I know these things!)

2) So the Quiz will be taking place a week on Saturday (12th Nov) at the Bristol Pear, and to show how professional we are as a club, a flyer has been made… download it at http://tinyurl.com/6g65tcl

3) If you are playing at Birmingham Uni this Saturday, we remind you that their fireworks event are this Saturday and the car park nearest the pitch will be unavailable and need to be cleared by 3pm.

4) The edgbastonhc email address gets some interesting stuff – thought I would pass this one onto you…

I’m working for an independent television production company called RDF Television and we make programmes like ‘The Secret Millionaire, ‘Faking It’ and ‘Shipwrecked’

We are currently in production with a new show for E4 called Holiday Threesomes (working title) which will explore the dynamic between twenty-something couples and the relationships they have with their best mates.

We want to explore the relationship by sending the couple and their best mate on a luxury winter sun holiday this December!

I would appreciate if you would be able forward this email to the members of your team(s) who may be interested in applying. If you are able to display our poster/flyers in your place of work such as a reception area / notice board and also via portals such as a company website or Facebook/Twitter page, I would be really grateful.

We’re looking for great couples and their fun-loving best mate, aged 18 and over, who want to go on holiday together this winter. We have recently opened the application process and are keen to extend this opportunity to as many applicants as possible so I am grateful for anything you do to help.

If you would like to ask any questions please do not hesitate to contact a member of the team on 0203 189 3201 or email the main email address on

holiday.threesomes@rdftelevision.com

Kind Regards, Emilie

5) Your captains and the committee all do a heck of a lot to make this the best social club in the Midlands. We all enjoy playing, and enjoy being part of it. I took over the website this year just to get communication up n running, but I know how website misses match reports and results. To be honest with you, someone from each team needs to step up and upload the scores and a match report to make things more interesting. Only a small number of teams do this currently and it looks kinda bad to the outside world.

As such, do you think you could manage 5-10 mins a week to upload your team’s score and write a match report? If so, I can give you the rights to be able to log on and do this. Let your captain know and they can contact me so they can do it for you.

That should do for a quick update – until next time…

Tom

EHC - Socials and goals, goals goals!

Tom Manners — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:39:21 +0000

Only a few things, but all very important!!

1) EHC Quiz this weekend

2) EHC Christmas Social – change of date

3) Top scorer tables

1) Don’t forget - EHC Quiz takes place this Saturday at the Bristol Pear. Get there for 7pm please - £3 entry – flyer for this event is here - http://tinyurl.com/6g65tcl

2) So the Christmas Social has changed date to the 3rd December – keep it free as it is always one of the best nights of the year – fancy dress-tastic!!! Here’s a flyer to forward to people! http://tinyurl.com/c26z6e6

3) The much-awaited top scorer table!!! Remember, if you think you have been missed out, contact your captain as they haven’t handed in the goals. So don’t shoot the messenger…

Ladies first (3 goals and above. * means a hat-trick!)


Heather Allen	7*
Laurie Cella	7*
Claire Scanlon	6*
Hannah Needham	6
Megan Harris	5
Marieanne Erven	4
Annie Easter	3
Sally Fenton	3
Charlotte Lunt	3
Jess Pinhorn	3
Claire Ryan	3

Now the men (4 goals and above)

Hall, Luke	16
Coates, Jonathan	10
Fayers, Toby	8
Brindley, Adrian	7
Brazier, Mike	5
Brooker, Nick	5
Howard, Janck	5
Williams, Dom	5
Nicklin, Richie	4

So that’s it for this time – however, if you are not a member of our Facebook group or you don’t already follow us on twitter @EdgbastonHC, then do so now!

Tara for now!

Tom

EHC - Christmas is coming..

Tom Manners — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:46:32 +0000

The fun never stops at EHC…

1) EHC Christmas Social – location and theme confirmed!

2) Anyone after a place to live?

3) One of our very own has released an album!

1) So the Christmas Social is on the 3rd December and will be held at the Ropewalk near St Pauls Square. Traditionally it is fancy dress, and this year is no exception. Each team should come dressed together as a collective, and the theme is….. Christmas! (The Super 6s have an AWESOME idea by the way!) Here’s a flyer about the event to forward to people! http://tinyurl.com/c26z6e6

2) One of the club’s nicest blokes is after a new roomie. Here’s Ben Tattoo:

Double room available in two person flat gym and pool included. Hi everyone my names Ben and I play for Edge Sixes. Im looking for a new flatmate to move in around January time. The room is in a nice two bedded flat in Moseley, with a good kitchen and two bathrooms. Downstairs all tennants have 24 hour access to a gym with a pool, jecuzzi, sauna and steam room.

Rent is £360 a month plus council tax and bills. If you know someone who might be interested please invite them to the group or if you would like to come and take a look around your more than welcome just give me a call on 07899048994.

3) Matt Malone, stalwart of the Mens 4s who you may remember playing at the End-of-season social last year, wants to tell you about his latest project. Go ahead, Matt…..

Hi guys

I have just released a 7 track CD for free download from www.malonerocks.com - my spanking new website. It's a little loud in places, think Biffy / Foos / Feeder.... I'd recommend you listen to track 6 first as it is the quietest ;)

Check it out if you have 5 spare minutes.....

Cheers, Matt
www.malonerocks.com

And that’s all folks, although I must say how good it is to be announcing something about our own club members’ achievements. We are a community club and as such, a community together, and if there are things you want to announce to everyone about stuff you are upto, or even things you want to publicise, that is what a community club is all about, so drop me an email on tjmanners@hotmail.com if you have anything you want to be sent out each time.

By the way, well done to the Super 6s who won the quiz – it was a great night and well attended, making £100 for the club as well as cash prizes being given out – good stuff all round!!

TTFN!

Tom

EHC - Goodbye 2011

Tom Manners — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:51:58 +0000

Firstly, hope you had a great Christmas, and have a fantastic new year!

So, onto the last email of 2011, which will include

1) The Top scorers of 2011 (not including last season)

2) What’s coming up in 2012?

3) The (99%) confirmed date of the end-of-season dinner

4) Volunteers for next season…

1) Ladies first – here are the scorers with 4 and above:

Hannah Needham	12*
Laurie Cella	10**
Heather Allen	10*
Claire Scanlon	6*
Megan Harris	5
Marieanne Erven	5
Annie Easter	4

And onto the men – we bid goodbye to Matt “Mouse” Siggins who has moved up north, but I know how happy he will be to see this list as his final hurrah!

Hall, Luke	21
Coates, Jonathan	13
Siggins, Matt	12
Fayers, Toby	11
Brindley, Adrian	9
Doran, John	9
Williams, Dom	7
Churchouse, Matt	7
Whitcombe, Andy	7
Young, Josh	7

2) In 2012, you won’t be shocked to hear the Olympics are coming to England! That said, you may be shocked to hear that you may be going to the Olympics! The committee has bought a number of tickets to the hockey which EHC members will be given the chance to win! Keep reading these emails to find out the ways how, but by turning up to EHC socials, your likelihood increases! Info to come…

3) The EHC End-of-season dinner is expected to be on Saturday 5th May. This is a Bank Holiday weekend, so don’t be planning any trips away, as this event is never to be missed. When full confirmation is made official, I will let you know…

4) It might seem a long way away, but it will come along quickly. Both the ladies and the men will be needing a number of new captains next season, and there will be a couple of committee roles up for grabs as well. This club does not function without the work of its members, so I encourage you to consider getting involved. Traditionally, it seems to be the same people who take on responsibilities in the club – it’s a time for a new generation of people to come through, so please consider applying if a job comes up which you think you could do.

And actually, that is about it. Friendlies start on the 7th January, so will see you then!

Here’s to a successful 2012 for EHC!!

Tom

EHC - Tour is coming

Tom Manners — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:08:17 +0000

Hi everyone

A couple of important things to let you know about this time..

1) The end of season dinner date

2) TOUR!

3) Ladies goal scorer

4) Share your scores!!

1) After much discussion, and feedback from members, the date of the end-of-season dinner has been moved and is now going to be on Friday 27th April at Edgbaston Cricket Ground.

Tickets will be on sale soon, but the committee have had many conversations about the event this year. We have taken precautions to protect our youngsters by not inviting under 18s this year, but we also hope that people will enjoy the event and take the opportunity to listen to how each team has done and celebrate all team’s achievements. It is a much-anticipated event for many each year, and we all hope it will not only be fun for all, but also respected properly.

2) The annual Edghogs Easter tour will take place again this year on Easter weekend (surprisingly) which is Friday 6th – Monday 9th April. And this year’s destination will be….. Folkestone!

Their tour has been hugely successful for us in the past, and after a 2 year break, it is time to return to there, with rooms in the same hotel we have used in the past.

It will be handy to know how many people are interested so we can book the necessary number of rooms, so an online form will be sent out very soon for interested parties to fill in, but get chatting, and start getting your friends to sign up with you. It’s always the best weekend of the hockey year – you won’t want to miss it!

3) Gents to be included next time, but here is the ladies’ scorers chart..


Hannah Needham	17*
Laurie Cella	12**
Heather Allen	10*
Marieanne Erven	7
Annie Easter	6
Claire Scanlon	6*

4) I think results should be posted by teams as soon as they finished their games. It would be great if we can all find out quickly how each other has done. As such, at the conclusion of your games, if you are on Twitter, why not post to @EdgbastonHC and let us know your score. Also, you can email the EdgeHC facebook wall directly and tell everyone the score. So keep this address on your phone and each Saturday, tell everyone your score and scorers straight away! edgbastonhc@groups.facebook.com

That’s all for this time – I do ask you all though if there are any announcements you would like made to the club, then do let me know. I don’t like sending emails unless there is news to be sent – not trying to bore you all, just want to keep you informed.

As such, email me with any news – tjmanners@hotmail.com

Cheers all

Tom

EHC - Walking in a winter wonderland

Tom Manners — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:37:02 +0000

Brrrrr it’s cold outside, but the social scene at Edgbaston HC is hotting up….
As such, what will you find in this latest update -

1) Dates to keep free for EHC socials!
2) TOUR!
3) Want to get qualified as a hockey coach?
4) Share your scores!!
5) Support our very own rockstar!

1) In just over two weeks, there will be a club social. Our social secretaries have asked me to ask you to keep Saturday 25th February free. More info to come….
Also, the end-of-season social will be 24th march. This is of course different to the end-of-season dinner (the classier event!)which is on Friday 27th April at Edgbaston Cricket Ground. Tickets will be on sale soon..

2) The annual Edghogs Easter tour will take place again this year on Easter weekend (Friday 6th – Monday 9th April) and this year we are off to Folkestone! If you are interested, please sign up, so we can enough hotel places booked. Info and booking details are here - www.tinyurl.com/Edghogs2012

3) There is a England Hockey Level 1 Coaching course happening on the University of Birmingham Campus - Mon 16th, Tues 17th and Thurs 19th Apr; 9.30am-5pm each day. Cost is £160. Go to the England Hockey website for more details…

4) I mentioned this last time, but games have been few and far between since then - I think results should be posted by teams as soon as they finished their games. It would be great if we can all find out quickly how each other has done. As such, at the conclusion of your games, if you are on Twitter, why not post to @EdgbastonHC and let us know your score. Also, you can email the EdgeHC facebook wall directly and tell everyone the score. So keep this address on your phone and each Saturday, tell everyone your score and scorers straight away! edgbastonhc@groups.facebook.com

5) Matt Malone is playing the Bristol Pear tomorrow (Saturday). It’s free to get in, so if you’re free, get along! Doors open 8:30, and support from Rob Fellows will begin at 8:45, with our very own headliner coming on at 9:45.

That’s all for now – again though, if there are any announcements you would like made to the club, then do let me know. I don’t like sending emails unless there is news to be sent so send me stuff and I will happily pass it on!
As such, email me with any news – tjmanners@hotmail.com
Cheers all
Tom