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27/04/2013 AGM Saturday June 8th 2013 - Yate Football Club
This years AGM is on Saturday 8th June, venue Yate Football Club,
Time 6pm

14/03/2013 Men's last training for this season
Wed March 13th was the last training for this season, Thank you to all the coaches and fill in coaches that have made this season's training sessions so very enjoyable.
The men's last league games are this weekend coming, good luck to all three teams.

04/03/2013 Annual Dinner & Presentation Evening - April 13th
Yate Hockey Annual Dinner & Presentation Evening

Saturday April 13th 2013 @ The Codrington Arms, North Road, Yate
(7.30pm sit down)

We have only 80 places available (40 Men & 40 Ladies) and tickets can be purchased from your Team Captains (and only two weeks of the season left) who have 10 tickets per team. 
(Payment in advance only to secure your ticket), food choices can be chosen from the menu (your captain has a copy) when you have bought your ticket, email me your menu choices. adrian.chambers@blueyonder.co.uk

Prices are £25 per ticket (£20 for extra ticket for your non playing partner, (not two playing members pairing up))

Price includes a two course meal and Disco. This event had to be cancelled last season due to lack of numbers, lets hope this season we can fill this event.

Adrian Chambers (Men) adrian.chambers@blueyonder.co.uk and Kath Greenman (Ladies) gogreener7@msn.com have 10 spare tickets each for non-team members or extra for teams that have sold their allocation.


15/02/2013 Quiz night
Yate Hockey club are holding a quiz night at the Codrington (in North Road), on Thursday 28th February. The cost is £10 per team of four, family and friends welcome. To enter a team, please contact Adrian Chambers on adrian.chambers@blueyonder.co.uk

23/01/2013 Men's Wednesday 23 Jan Training CANCELLED
YOSC have informed us that the Astro is unfit to use due to more snow, so training tonight (23rd January) is cancelled

Spread the Word

Regards

Adrian

22/01/2013 TUESDAY TRAINING CANCELLED
Training tonight (22nd January) is cancelled as the pitch is still covered in snow - Please spread the word!

18/01/2013 All HOME games CANCELLED on Saturday 19th
Due to Snow, ALL home games for Badgers, Ladies & Men's on Saturday 19th Jan 2013, have already been cancelled by YOSC due to the pitch not being fit for purpose.

Sunday Junior training members will need to contact or be contacted by the junior section if the pitch is not playable

19/12/2012 Men's Training
Dear all,
Men's training has now finished until Wed January 2nd, it is resuming one week early as the 1st team have a re arranged fixture on January 5th 2013.
Some of you will need the extra training to work on tactics on how to beat (not a chance) the O40 vets side vs rest of club at 4pm on Jan 5th, we are proud of our 100% unbeaten record this season and we are not planning to relinquish this before the big game vs Reading
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Adrian Chambers

11/11/2012 Congratulations to Joe Avis

Very many congratulations to our 16 year old 1st team GK, Joe Avis who, following a fine performance for Wessex Leopards at the recent Futures Cup, has been selected in a squad of 32 for England training. This squad will be trimmed later in the season and Joe is competing with 2 other GK's for a spot in the England squad.

We wish him all of the very best with the training.


05/11/2012 10 “Man” Yate Defeat City of Bath in Avon League
Yate U14s Girls played City of Bath this Sunday in an Avon League Match. The superb tempo and passing of the 10 man team totally dictated the play in the first half but they only lead 2-0 at the break. The goals started to come in the second half, we gradually wore down the City of Bath defence who struggled to get passed the Yate midfield when they tried to clear. The pick of the goals was a superb strike from Bronwen Jones from a short corner, however the persistence and determination of the front 3 (Seana Dando, Rachel Caul & Antonia Joy) ensured an emphatic win.

The defence and midfield should not be excluded in our congratulations as they all performed superbly in controlling the game and not giving City of Bath too many chances to break out from their half.

Congratulations to the whole team who, though 1 player down the whole match, totally controlled the game.

05/11/2012 Comfortable U16 Avon League Win Over Chippenham
Yate U16 Girls enjoyed a comfortable victory over a determined Chippenham side this Sunday. In what was a pretty gloomy day the side clicked well in their 2nd match this season after a tight loss to City of Bath in their season opener and a walk over against Clevedon.

After a tight first half they reached the break 2-0 up after a couple of strikes from Antonia Joy and Lara Bathurst. Antonia had only just come on to the pitch to substitute for Rebekah Harris who received a bump to the chin. This did not seem to deter Bex as she returned for the 2nd half and scored a fine hat-trick. The pick of the goals was a wonderful move from back to front along the right hand side involving Lara Bathurst & Hannah Cullimore who crossed for Rebekah to add the finishing touch.

The team were well marshalled in defence with plenty of organisation and encouragement from Nicole Marks in goal, and a very steady display from Catherine Edwards, Victoria Bell, Rosa Ghaidan and Claudia Dark. The most exciting aspect is the development of the midfield who totally overwhelmed the Chippenham midfield with their doggedness and guile, hats off to Isabella Joy, Lara Bathurst, Jess Saunders and Megan Long.

17/09/2012 Ladies 1st WIN Pre-Season Tournament
The excitement and anticipation for the forthcoming 2012-2013 season gained a little more speed yesterday following the outstanding performance of the 1st XI Ladies. Playing against strong opposition from both Prem 1 and Prem 2, the ladies put together the set plays and plans we have been working so hard on over the past weeks and came away victorious...and we even won a cup and some vouchers!!!

The team performed magnificently throughout (even though we know there are some areas for us to work on) drawing the first game 2-2 and then winning the remaining four games without conceding a goal, scoring a further 8 goals in the process. This is a fresh looking team with much greater flexibility across the squad and we can be encouraged by our unbeaten start to the season, but the hard work really starts now and the team are all too aware of this...Not that I normally do this, but seeing as though it has been so long since we have lifted any form of tournament trophy in, well forever, a special mention to each and every one of our players on the day: Sal, Kim, Summer, Shannon, Stacey, Helen, Di, Char, Robbo, Robyn, Hol and Laura Beeley (and me!!)...and to our squad players/managers that couldn't be on the pitch with us but nevertheless make us work harder and be stronger each and every game - Maria, Psycho and Zo

Roll on league next week!!!

07/09/2012 Junior Section - Sunday 9th Sept.- 09:45 start pls
Junior Section

Training returns this coming Sunday (9th September), with a 09:45 start (this Sunday only) as we will have a quick briefing for Parents and players before training starts at 10:00. Look forward to seeing you all there.

27/08/2012 McHaggis strikes for Scotland !
Most of you will already know that Haggis has been adopted by Scotland this year and that he was selected to play for the Scottish Over 40's Masters squad in this year's International tournament held at Canterbury.

I'm very happy to report that Haggis played in 5 matches for Scotland, scoring one goal and helping them reach the semi-finals of the competition, where they were defeated by Australia with the last hit of the match.

More importantly, Haggis became Chief BBQ chef during his week, managing to feed most of his fellow squad members (and the Scottish Over 45's) highly non-nutritional food.

Well done to McHag and expect to see him turn up for training / coaching in some Anzac kit.

21/08/2012 New Email Address for Yate Hockey Club
Yate Hockey Club has established a unique email address to be used as a central email address. We hope that this will further enhance our service to members and non-members, as well as providing an efficient way of communicating with officials from other clubs and league administrators.

For any queries relating to fixtures, training, wanting to join the club, secretarial requests or for members wishing to contact committee please send emails to yatehc@hotmail.co.uk

13/08/2012 Hockey Nation 'Give it a Go' day - 18th August

Yate Hockey Club will be hosting a 2 hour 'Give it a Go' morning on Saturday 18th August (10am til 12 noon), at Yate Outdoor Sports Complex. Members of the public are welcome to come along and get a taste for hockey whilst existing members of the club are invited to bring along friends, family and colleagues who may be thinking about getting back into sport.

The event is completely free of charge and is a great opportunity to try out old hockey skills and keep up your enthusiasm following the Olympics.

For more information, please contact Vicki at noonoo1@hotmail.co.uk

We look forward to seeing you there.

 


28/07/2012 Ladies Training Starts Tuesday (31st)

Calling all ladies players

Please take this as confirmation that ladies pre-season training does start this coming Tuesday (31st July) 7pm sharp.

Look forward to seeing you all there :-)


16/07/2012 Men's Summer League 1st team
Following the results in the Summer League last week, the 1st team are now confirmed as Champions of Division 2.

11/07/2012 Promotion for Summer League 1st team
Congratulations to captain Tom Fowler and all the players in the Summer League 1st team, who gained promotion to Division 1 last night following a 6-2 defeat of Chipsters. Only one team - Rascals - can equal the boys on points and our goal difference is huge so it's highly likely that we will end up as Champions.

Special mention to Jordan who stepped in as Captain for a few games whilst Tom was away.

30/06/2012 Exciting Volunteering Opportunity for all
We have recently developed an exciting opportunity for our members to become involved in the communication activities of our club.

On offer are 2-3 placements to work (on a voluntary basis) alongside the Communications Officer and Development Coordinator to create a buzz about Yate Hockey Club.

This is an ideal opportunity for anybody, particularly those who wish to pursue a career in media, journalism, communications and/or marketing but not excluding other vocations, to gain much needed experience that can be used in personal statements and added to Curriculum Vitaes.

Successful applicants will be responsible for a wide range of communication within the club including:
Writing and publishing match reports for the website and local press
Organising opportunities to market our club through local media
Developing and maintaining the club website
Contributing and Producing the club newsletter ‘For the Badge’
Developing innovative methods to ensure all club members and the wider community know what is happening at our club.

Applications should be made in writing outlining why you feel you would be a suitable candidate. You should include the skills you could offer to the role and why the experience will be of benefit to you (e.g. it may support your application to university). You may also include any other information you feel is appropriate. Please send to Vicki at noonoo1@hotmail.co.uk no later than August 15th 2012.

Interviews will take place in late August (dates to be advised)

05/06/2012 Presidents Day 2012 - Sunday 2nd September
Date for your diaries - Presidents day 2012 will be held on Sunday 2nd September 2012. This is an opportunity for all club members to get together, play some hockey and raise money for charity. Watch this space for more info.