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OHC Newsleer
Happy Christmas to everyone
involved in Oxford Hockey Club, at
the end of a wonderful year of sport
for the UK. My highlight was ge#ng
$ckets to the men’s final at the
Olympics; my lowlight was scoring the
first own goal scored by (or is it for?)
the Bulls…
For the club our highlight has to be
our lovely new pitch although you do
feel that straight lines remove a lile
of our home advantage! The
compliments we’ve had from
members show it was the right thing
to ask for as our first birthday present
as a club.
And, add to that socks that fit and an
increasing range of kit (page 3)
available for club members of all
ages, and we’re con$nuing to make
progress.
Our social side (page 2) con$nues to
be ac$ve thanks to Ann and Laura
and their friends. There is more we
can improve of course, but then there
always is.
What about the hockey? Well we’ve
got off to a great start to the season –
most weeks when I look I see more
wins than losses and goals by the
bucket load. So, well done to all our
teams however you’ve fared. (sec$on
updates on pages 4 and 5)
And amongst our juniors (update on
page 3) we have just held a very
successful tournament last week and
we’ve been delighted that a mass of
girls and boys have been recognised
in county squads and a good number
further up into regional and na$onal
groups, a tribute to their hard work
but also to their coaches.
So, have a good rest for a few weeks,
enjoy the fes$vi$es and see you for
more in January.
Mike Corran
OHC Chairman
Issue 4: Christmas 2012
Men’s Chair— Chris Orme
chrisorme2002@yahoo.com
07595 015500
Men’s Vice Chair— Niall Carter
Niall@webcarter.co.uk
07809 438100
Men’s Club Captain—Steve
Pritchard
mensclubcapt@oxfordhc.org
07921 662236
Men’s Club Vice-Captain—
Mark Hooper
drmarkhooper@hotmail.com
07826 848794
Ladies’ Chair— Lucy Eddowes
lu-
cy.eddowes@googlemail.com
07747 484571
Ladies’ Club Captain—Helen
Dudgeon
dudgeonh@yahoo.co.uk
07941 052609
Ladies’ Club Vice-Captain—
Emma Forrester
emma@yseski.co.uk
07951 909888
Communica�ons Sec—Claire
Hooper
clairemhooper@yahoo.co.uk
07855 546879 < The OHC Christmas Tree at the 2012 Cowley
Fes$val of Christmas Trees in St James’ Church.
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Quick Fire News
Training: Senior training
restarts on Monday 7th
January – all sessions are on
as normal that week. Junior
sessions starts again on
Sunday 6th January.
Pitches: As we enter the new
year, there’s always more
chance of pitches becoming
unplayable due to snow /
ice / flooding – if in doubt,
please check the club website
(www.oxfordhc.org), OHC
Facebook page or the Twier
feed (@oxfordhc) for the
latest updates.
Back to Hockey: We’ve run
two more successful ‘Back to
Hockey’ programmes (for
women returning to hockey
aNer a long break or trying
the sport for the first $me)
this season. Numbers have
been very good with plenty of
post-Olympic interest. Many
par$cipants con$nue to train
and play matches with us.
The next 6-week course starts
on Tuesday 5th
February.
Please spread the word to
anyone you know who might
like to give it a try!
Rush Hockey: Come along
and work off your turkey
dinner with a free taster
session of Rush Hockey, open
to all, at Brookes from 2pm
on Saturday 29th December!
Rush Hockey is a simplified,
5-a-side, fast, fun version of
the game.
Thanks to our social reps, Ann and
Laura (top right), for pu#ng on a great
Christmas party at the Cape, which
aracted over 110 people and some
quality fes$ve jumpers… Over £300
was raised for the club by the efforts of
the ladies’ 1s and 2s and their Santa’s
Sack (below).
In the new year we've got a Karma
karma karma karma kar-ma cu-rry
night (sing it to the tune of the Cul-
ture Club classic and you'll know
where I'm coming from) which is
open to all, at the Karma restaurant
in Cowley. There will be a set menu
at a very decent price and the food
is guaranteed to please. Dates to
follow on the website shortly.
For those who like a fluer, there's a
casino night on the cards.
And, if that's not enough fun to blow
away the January and February
blues, there's the annual OHC pub
quiz on Saturday 9th February. Best
start doing some pub trivia swo#ng
now, eh?
The end of season dinner dance is Saturday 20th April. Keep it free. There will
be embarrassing dancing.
Social News
Thanks to everyone who’s been volunteering to umpire games this season
(either for Oxford teams or in the appointed league pools on our behalf). Lots
more people have got involved this season. Don’t forget that you’ll earn your-
self a free $cket to the end of season dinner if you umpire 7 games over the
course of the season.
We’re running a single session in January (date to be confirmed) to help new
umpires pick up the basics, allowing them to cover matches in the lower divi-
sions of the men’s and ladies' leagues and juniors with a more experienced
umpire buddy. Open to all, and run by OHC Umpire Development Officer Chi
Ho, it’ll take place in the seminar room, Brookes Bar.
Umpires
Juniors Update
We’re pleased to report that over 250 children have aended
training at least once so far this season! The recent Oxford HC
Haribo Fes�val in November was once again a very successful,
enjoyable event and we raised over £1,000 (including around
£400 from the raffle and cake stall alone) towards a new shed to
store our hockey equipment.
So far this season:
• U14 Boys are holding their own in the Mercian Premier
league & the development team are enjoying playing in the feeder league, gaining vital experience.
• U16 Boys are top of their Mercian league and on target to qualify for the England Cup Regional finals.
• U18 Boys are unbeaten in their Mercian league with a compe$$ve 5 -5 draw against Wycombe and a
comprehensive win over Southgate.
• We have JAC representa$ons at all levels from Oxford HC players.
• All the men’s sides from 1s to Hamsters have juniors playing in them.
• Congratula$ons to Sam Fisher, selected for U16 England squad.
• U14 Girls are undefeated in the England Cup and are in 2nd posi$on in the league with 2 to play.
• U14 Girls B have won both their games so far in the county league.
• U16 Girls have played one, won one, so far!
• U18 Girls got to the second round of the England Cup, but lost to an excellent Surbiton team.
• Martha Foster and Caitlin Bailey-Williams played in the Futures Cup for Mercia Lynx, and Miriam
Pritchard aended HIPAC for U15 Girls.
OHC is now running a schools link programme with St
Andrew’s and St Michael’s primary schools, delivering hockey
with Lorna McCulloch and our Oxford Brookes student
coaches. Exci$ngly, we are looking at establishing a similar
development programme with Oxford Academy to start in
2013. We are proud that we are a true city hockey club
working with our local community.
As a club we’re also commied to suppor$ng and developing
our specialist coaches both in the junior and senior sec$ons.
Ladies’ 1s coach, Duncan Buckmaster, ran our first CPD
course for club coaches last month en$tled “Athle$c
Development for young athletes”.
You can catch up on all the junior news at www.oxfordhockeyjuniors.org
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OHC U8-U10 Christmas Training
First coaching session with St Andrew’s Primary School
Kit Thanks to our dynamic new kit manager, Chris Miy, we have an increasingly
good range of club kit available via Elmer Coon’s online shop. You can now get
yourself and your loved ones kied out with tracksuits, hoodies, goalie shirts,
skorts, shorts, away shirts and socks. Other new items include a smart royal blue
baselayer (pictured right) with OXHC down one sleeve (available in both senior
and junior sizes) and a rain jacket with your name on it. Go to
www.oxfordhc.org/kit for full details on how to buy and prices.
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Introducing our Club Presidents
Oxford Hockey Club is headed by two presidents (one from the men’s and one from the ladies’ sec$ons), and
we’re delighted that the first people to take on these roles are Gill Mar$n and Alan
Mackenzie-Wintle.
As many of you will know, Gill and Al have been very ac$ve in the Oxfordshire hockey
scene for many years now – as players, captains and commiee members – and
con$nue to support the club.
Al currently captains our men’s veterans’ side, the Bulls (even s$ll playing occasionally
when not injured…), while his two daughters are regulars at junior training. Gill was
sadly forced to re$re from playing last season, aNer a car accident, but is s$ll a keen
supporter, par$cularly of the ladies’ teams – so do look out for her on the sideline and say hello!
You can read more about both our presidents on the website:
www.oxfordhc.org/presidents.
We also recognise the valuable contribu$ons made by many
of our other former members over the years, by making them
vice-presidents. Hopefully, we’ll see many of them back up at
Brookes to watch some hockey and for the first VPs’ lunch in
the new year (date to be confirmed).
Alan “Albo” Mackenzie-Wintle
Gill Mar$n (centre) celebra$ng her birthday with her old City team
Men’s Sec�on Updates
On the men’s side, the 1s are leading the way, in 3rd
posi$on in Regional 1 at the half-way point in the season and
hoping to hunt down at least a play-off spot again this year. They are matched by the 8s, who are 3rd
in Division 8
and just ahead of the Hamsters in 4th
spot.
In MBBO Division 6, the 6s are in 5th
posi$on, just
ahead of the 7s who are 6th
.
The 2s (Regional 2) and Bulls (Wessex Masters Div 1)
occupy 6th
place in their tables, while the 9s are in 7th
posi$on in Div 10.
Not doing so well, are the 5s (9th
place) and 4s (10th
place) in Div 3 and the 3s who are boom of Div 1 –
however, none are far adriN from the teams
immediately above them so we hope they can turn
things around in the second half of the season.
Cup Highlights: Although the ladies’ 1s were disappoin$ngly knocked out of the EHB Trophy in the first round this year, we s$ll
have two other ladies’ teams con$nuing their bids for cup glory. Both the 2nd
XI and the Over-35s are in their
respec$ve na$onal quarter-finals.
The Over-35s will be in ac$on (if that’s the right expression?!) against Shefford & Sandy on 27th
January at
12.45pm at Brookes. The 2nd
XI take on Tulse Hill & Dulwich at midday on 10th
February at Headington School.
Supporters would be very welcome!
Men’s Hamsters v. Marlow 5s
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Can you spare a lile $me to help the running of the ladies’ sec$on?
If so, please contact Lucy - lucy.eddowes@googlemail.com. We need
the following volunteers please:
Ladies' Fixtures Secretary – helps captains to set up and coordinate
pre-season friendlies, checks pitch alloca$ons with the Pitch
Manager, assists captains with rescheduling cancelled games, sends a
weekly email to confirm ladies’ match teas with our provider at
Brookes. Total $me spent: 40 to 50 hours per year.
Ladies' Vice-Chair – helps the Chair to keep everything running and
picks up the odd jobs, aends the ladies’ playing commiee
mee$ngs, covers minutes, etc, if the Chair is absent.
Calling all Ladies – Volunteers Needed!
OHC Mixed Hockey:
This year has seen the making of a brand new mixed team for OHC! Not sa$sfied with their fix of hockey on a
Saturday, players from across the club come to play fun and friendly games on Sundays.
They have played 4 matches so far and, pleased
with a good turn out and enthusiasm, will
con$nue to have matches 1-2 $mes per month in
the new year.
They’re always looking for more players to come
and join them, no maer what level, so don't
hesitate to get in touch if you fancy a Sunday
hockey fix!
Contact Harriet Bryant or Becky Sammon:
harrie.bryant.88@gmail.com
rksammon@hotmail.com
Join the OHC Facebook group
(and you can also ‘befriend’
Oxford Hockey – it’ll make you
look more popular);
Follow @oxfordhc on Twier;
Sign up for email news updates
on www.oxfordhc.org (sign-up
box on lower right of homep-
age).
Keeping in touch
Ladies’ Sec�on Update
Things are looking good across the ladies’ sec$on at the half-way point in
the season. The ladies’ 1s and 2s have had the biggest turnaround – both
were in danger of relega$on last season (and just escaped the drop) but
now the 1s sit in 4th
place in South Division 2, while the 2s are in 6th
place
in Division 3A.
It’s also great to see our newest team, the Fireflies, doing so well in
Trysports Division 5 – currently in 3rd
posi$on. The 6s are hot on their
heels, in 5th
spot.
The 3s, 4s and 5s are comfortably mid-table (all in 7th
place, in Prem 2, Div
1 and Div 2 respec$vely) and looking to go higher in the second half of the
season! Vice-captain Rachel driving forward for the ladies’ 5s
The OHC mixed team at their final game before Christmas
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