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NHA AGM 2019 Calling Notice

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Notice is hereby given of the 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Nottinghamshire Hockey Association

As agreed at the 2018 AGM;

The meeting will be held on Wednesday 1st May 2019, 7:00pm for 7:15pm
AT: Nottingham Hockey Centre (Upstairs Conference room)

Light refreshments will be provided.

Clubs are expected to send TWO voting members to this meeting.

The Agenda, Minutes of the previous AGM, officers reports and any other relevant papers will be placed in this post on the NHA website before the meeting.

Would clubs please forward any nomination for Executive posts and for any vacant committee positions (along with proposer and seconder details) to be received by the Secretary no later than 5pm on 3rd April 2019 – CLOSED.

Please also forward any nominations for Honorary Life Membership of the Association by 19th April 2019, along with a brief explanation as to why you have nominated them. – CLOSED

Regards

Gareth Parr
Hon.Secretary

(Links will become active as reports become available)

Please endeavour to print your own copies of reports – only a very limited number will be available on the night.

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AGM-2018-Minutes

AGM-2019-Officers-List

AGM-2019-Club-Details

AGM-2019-Secretarys-Report

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AGM-2019-Mens-Comps

AGM-2019-NWHL

AGM-2019-NHDG-Report

AGM-2019-Umpiring

AGM-2019-Discipline-Report

Graham Sulley

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It is with sadness that we inform you of the passing of Graham Sulley last week. Graham was a Vice President and former Chairman of Nottinghamshire (Men’s) County Hockey Association.

Graham had not been well for quite a long time.

His Celebration of Life Service will be held at 1.30pm on Friday 22nd February at West Bridgford Methodist Church, Musters Rd, West Bridgford, NG2 7PQ and then after at the Derek Randall Suite at Trent Bridge.

Di is asking if anyone has a photo of themselves with Graham If they could bring it along as she is going to make of book of photographs

A New Coach for Nottinghamshire Hockey

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Nottinghamshire Hockey Association is delighted to announce the appointment of Matthew Orridge as Head Coach for the Senior Men’s County Squad.

Matt is currently a coach at Belper Hockey Club and has been a part of the County setup for the last 6 years, firstly as a player and then as Assistant Coach last season.

Matt says;

“I feel I have the experience and drive to succeed in this role, I have been in and around the county set up for a few years and understand the needs of a tournament weekend.”

“I have a good relationship with players from previous squads and many players from clubs around Nottinghamshire. This I believe is vital when attracting players to the trials and keeping the tight bond that there has been in previous squads.”

“I was disappointed with the outcome from last years tournament and feel that I have learnt valuable lessons from this experience, both from working with the players and from what is needed for the tournament format.”

Good luck Matt!

Stay tuned for an announcement regarding the format of trials and training sessions for this year’s campaign

Nottinghamshire Hockey Association is a constituent body of Midlands Region Hockey Association Ltd. and endeavours to improve the standard of hockey within its County.

For further information please contact Gareth Parr (Secretary) via www.nottshockey.org.uk

Bill Workman

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NHA are very sad to announce that EMHUA President Bill Workman lost his battle with cancer and passed away on Tuesday 23rd October. His family were at his bedside.

Our thoughts are with Linda his wife, David, Glen & Ray, his hockey playing sons and the rest of his family at this very sad time. Further details will be announced in due course

NHA Recruiting - Senior Men’s County Coach

NHA Recruiting – Senior Men’s County Coach

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After 4 successful years in charge, Amo Soar is stepping down as Head Coach of the Men’s Senior Squad in order to focus on coaching the England O40s Masters, so NHA currently have a vacancy.

The Men’s senior County Squad is an important facet of our County Association – giving players (and technical staff) the possibility of participating at a higher level and outside the normal league competitions. Our aim has always been to have as diverse a spread of County clubs represented in the squad as possible.

Please spread the following information around your contacts.

Any prospective coach should be at least EH Level 2 qualified or aiming to become.

This is an ideal opportunity to raise your profile within the national hockey community and increase your experience in a higher tiered competition.

As well as coaching the squad through the County Championships competition, any prospective candidate will also be expected to deliver a number of trials and final squad coaching sessions.

They will be expected to have input into the structure of trials and squad coaching as well as providing input into the final squad selection along with the captain and other senior players.

Limited financial support can be provided on agreement.
Please respond, stating your interest, to the Nottinghamshire Hockey Association secretary, Gareth Parr via email – gareth@nottshockey.org.uk by 31st December 2018 with a brief copy of your hockey/coaching CV.

Interviews, if necessary, will take place during January 2019.

NHA AGM 2018 Calling Notice

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Notice is hereby given of the 2018 Annual General Meeting of the Nottinghamshire Hockey Association

As agreed at the 2017 AGM;

The meeting will be held on Wednesday 25th April 2018, 7:00pm for 7:15pm
AT: Nottingham Hockey Centre (Upstairs Conference room)

Clubs are expected to send TWO voting members to this meeting.

The Agenda, Minutes of the previous AGM, officers reports and any other relevant papers will be placed in this post on the NHA website before the meeting.

Would clubs please forward any nomination for Executive posts and for any vacant committee positions (along with proposer and seconder details) to be received by the Secretary no later than 5pm on 13th April 2018.

Please note: We currently require a representative to Midlands Council and to the East Midlands Hockey Umpires Association (EMHUA).

Also Note: Whilst Andy Barnes is currently happy to carry on as Chairman, we ideally need to start some succession planning, so anyone who may be interested in the role of Chairman, please let me know,

Please also forward any nominations for Honorary Life Membership of the Association by 13th April 2018, along with a brief explanation as to why you have nominated them.

Regards

Gareth Parr
Hon.Secretary

(Links will become active as reports become available)

Please endeavour to print your own copies of reports – only a very limited number will be available on the night.

AGM-2018-Agenda

AGM-2017-Minutes

AGM-2018-Officers-List

AGM-2018-Club-Details

  • Please note – due to GDPR would all clubs please complete the updated form

AGM-2018-Secretarys-and-Comps-Report

AGM-2018-Treasurers-Report

AGM-2018-NWHL-Report

AGM 2018-NHDGReport

AGM-2018-Umpiring

AGM-2018-Discipline

AGM-2018-Life Member Nomination

Peter Cranswick

Peter Cranswick

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Peter Cranswick – Pictured in 2008 (Photo Credit Lynne Morgan)

It is with great sadness that NHA announces the loss of County and Men’s league stalwart Peter Cranswick.
He had been suffering from a form of leukaemia for the past eight years.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

Below are several comments lifted from our Facebook page;

A hockey legend within Nottinghamshire. Had many Sunday night chats with Peter regarding Saturday’s matches. A great ambassador for hockey. Love and thoughts to the family at this sad time from all of us at Mansfield Hockey Club.
Matt Seals

I spent many a Sunday morning explaining how well Boots 1st XI had lost. A real gentleman and great enthusiast for the game. People like Peter made hockey great in Notts. Will be sadly missed and sincere condolences to his Family.
Peter Farmer

Very sad news!! Sincere condolences to Peter’s family from Sikh Union (Nottm) Hockey Club
Pritpal Dhanjal

Sad news; a great man who did so much for hockey in Notts & the Midlands – he’ll be sorely missed.
Keith Kirkpatrik

Peter was a true gentleman with a real passion for the sport, my condolences to his family during this sad time.
James Hewitt

Peter was a fantastic person, so many hours spent on a Sunday morning discussing the previous days results as he gathered information for his evening post report. He will be greatly missed. Condolences from All at North Notts Hockey Club.
Jason Faulkner

North Notts HC and Sikh Union (Coventry) pay a moment of respect

Really sad news. Peter will always be remembered as a true legend of Notts hockey. Many weekends we put the world to rights discussing things in and around hockey …. then I would give him my Evening Post match report back in the day….. thoughts are with his family
Kris Elston

As the last Notts President working with Peter and current chairman I was so pleased that a moment of remembrance was held with West Bridgford and Boots at the weekend. I called Peter Mr Nottinghamshire. All my love to Kate; a sad loss of a hockey legend and a good friend.
Andrew Barnes

West Bridgford HC and Boots HC pay their respects with a minutes silence

Peter cared very deeply about the clubs he was involved in and the leagues he oversaw, always had an opinion on future fixtures and loved to reminisce about past results too. Even rang up about seeing hockey players in the list of Robin Hood runners. Big loss to the Nottingham hockey family.
James Cameron-Williams

Many more tributes can be found at www.facebook.com/nottshockey 

NHA 2017 AGM Calling Notice

NHA 2017 AGM Calling Notice

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Notice is hereby given of the 2017 Annual General Meeting of the Nottinghamshire Hockey Association

As decided at the 2016 AGM;

The meeting will be held on Wednesday 26th April 2017, 7:00pm for 7:15pm
AT: Nottingham Hockey Centre (Upstairs Conference room)

Clubs are expected to send TWO voting members to this meeting.

The Agenda, Minutes of the previous AGM, officers reports and any other relevant papers will be placed in this post on the NHA website before the meeting.

Would clubs please forward any nomination for Executive posts (along with proposer and seconder details) to be received by the Secretary no later than 5pm on 13th April 2017.

Please note: We currently require a representative to East Midlands Hockey Umpiring Association (EMHUA) and, ideally, as John Straw takes up a position as Midlands President, a representative to Midlands Council.

Also Note: Whilst Andy Barnes is currently happy to carry on as Chairman, we ideally need to start some succession planning, so anyone who may be interested in the role of Chairman, please let me know,

Please also forward any nominations for Honorary Life Membership of the Association by 15th April 2017, along with a brief explanation as to why you have nominated them.

Regards

Gareth Parr
Hon.Secretary

(Links will become active as reports become available)

Please endeavour to print your own copies of reports – only a very limited number will be available on the night.

AGM-2017-Agenda

AGM 2016-Minutes

AGM-2017-Officers-List

AGM 2017-Club Details

AGM-2017-Secretarys-Mens-Comps-Report

AGM-2017-Treasurers-Report

AGM-2017-NWHL-Report

AGM 2017-NHDGReport

AGM-2017-Umpiring

AGM-2017-Discipline-Report

AGM-2017-Life Member Nomination

County Championships 2017

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At the end of last season Nottinghamshire retained Division B status in England Hockey’s County Championships.  Coach Amo Soar returns for another year alongside his assistant James Hewitt.

The preliminary tournament will be held on 6th-7th May 2017 at our home venue of The Nottingham Hockey Centre.

Please can you pass this information on to all male players within your club and emphasise to those players likely to come along that, at the very least, the first two training sessions and selection are fully open to all, AND FREE.

This is a great opportunity to train alongside some different people to usual, maybe learn some new skills and challenge yourself.

With Notts clubs fairing well this season we are hoping to represent as diverse a spread of the County teams as possible.

The training/selection session dates for your diary are…..

Wednesday 12th April 7:30-9pm – Training & Trials OPEN TO ALL
Wednesday 19th April 7:30-9pm – Training & Trials OPEN TO ALL
Wednesday 26th April 8:00-10pm – Warm-up match vs Lincolnshire – Start 8:15pm
Wednesday 3rd May 7:30-9pm – TBC
(The TBC will likely be a final squad training session – attendees will be informed)

All training is at The Nottingham Hockey Centre on the SAND DRESSED pitch (This is due to the County Championships being played on the sand).

Please arrive at 7:00pm to all of the sessions so we can maximise the pitch time.

As mentioned earlier, the preliminary tournament for entry into Finals day will be held at The Nottingham Hockey Centre  on 6th – 7th May 2017.

If we finish in the top 2 of the group we will qualify for the Semi-Final / Final on Saturday 20th May at the Nottingham Hockey Centre – so a great opportunity with home advantage potentially throughout!

To qualify to play for Nottinghamshire you must meet one of the following criteria;

Play for a Nottinghamshire affiliated club
Have played for Nottinghamshire previously and not played for another county since
Live in Nottinghamshire
Attend a School or University affiliated to Nottinghamshire
Have been born in Nottinghamshire
Criteria will be applied in the above order of preference.

All selected players will receive a NHA training shirt – Anyone can order additional kit from our on-line shop.

NHA shop

Please feel free to invite others along to the training sessions if they meet the above criteria.

Can we also ask that players e-mail gareth@nottshockey.org.uk so we have rough idea on our many players are coming.

All attending players should also fill out and print the attached Player Details Form and bring it with them when they attend. No player will be able to participate in the final squad without one!

Player Details Form

Tim Speight

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Tim Speight sadly passed away on Wednesday 25th January. Tim was, up until recently secretary of the Notts Hockey Development Group and a member of the Nottinghamshire Hockey Association executive. He was also a great supporter of Beeston Hockey Club and his daughter Abi is a member of the ladies 1st team squad.

Details about the funeral will be posted once they are known.

If anyone would like to send cards to the family please hand them in at Beeston HC and they can arrange for them to be sent on to the family.

Our thoughts and wishes are with Tim’s family and friends at this sad time.