July 2008 Newsletter - Cheltenham Hockey Club

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CHC 100 Club | Summer Training | News on Next Season | Fixtures | Sponsor Tom

Summer Junior Hockey Camp | Coaching the Junior Section | Web Updates | Next Season | Fundraising

CHC 100 CLUB

Join the Cheltenham 100 Club - It's a chance for everyone that enters to win money, whilst raising funds for the hockey club.

For those that don't know how the 100 Club works, you have the opportunity to "buy" a number ranging from 1 - 100, for the coming season. Numbers are drawn each month, and the first numbers ones out win cash prizes. Simple as that!

If all 100 are taken and people still want to enter, then numbers over 100 will then be used as well. If more people enter, then there will be extra money for prizes!

There are 7 draws per season, the first one taking place in October. Every month, the first ball drawn wins £25, with smaller cash prizes for the second and third balls drawn. There is also a larger jackpot draw once per season.

The cost to purchase your number for the season is just £10. Email Peter Duffy on apprenticeduffy@hotmail.com or call him on 07841 523 559 to reserve your number. As soon as we sell the first 100 numbers, we will add more so the prize fund will continue to rise. You can buy as many numbers as you want, so get your friends and family involved.

The first draw for this coming season is October 2008!

SUMMER TRAINING

Summer training is a mixed session and takes place every Tuesday evening at the University of Gloucester pitch, 8pm - 9.30pm. The session incorporates a mixture of fitness and stick/ball skills. Please come along. £2 per session.

NEWS ON NEXT SEASON

MATCH FEES

At the AGM it was announced that match fees will stay the same for the third season running (£10 adults / £5 students)

CLUB SUBS

This coming season, players will enjoy a reduction in their subs:

Adults £60
Juniors £30

FIXTURES

All upcoming fixtures can be found on the fixtures page on the website, including details on next season's Men's Fixtures.

Upcoming games to get involved in are:

Monday 07 July 2008

Ross v Mens 1sts, Newent Summer League, 8.20pm Newent Community College. If you are interested in playing, please email your availability to Demi on GLewis@central-tech.gloucs.sch.uk

Sunday 20 July 2008

We have entered one ladies and one men's teams into the Gloucester 6-a-side Tournament on 20th July. Please contact Gayle Ashby on chelthockladies1@hotmail.co.uk or Jonny Bryan on jonnybryan71@hotmail.co.uk, if would like to play.

Monday 21 July 2008

Newent v Mens 1sts, Newent Summer League, 7.20pm Newent Community College. If you are interested in playing, please email your availability to Demi on GLewis@central-tech.gloucs.sch.uk

Saturday 6th September 2008

We have entered a ladies team into the Taunton Vale tournament on 6th September. Please contact Gayle Ashby on chelthockladies1@hotmail.co.uk if you are interested in playing.

SPONSOR TOM!

CHC member, Tom Glenister is driving from London to Mongolia on July 5th, in a Mitsubishi 4WD - raising money for some very worthwhile charities. If you would like to sponsor Tom or learn more about his challenge, please visit the mongolia-charities-rally page.

SUMMER JUNIOR HOCKEY CAMP

This summer CHC is offering junior hockey camps for the following three different age groups: 5-7 years, 8-11 years and 12-16 years between 26th and 28th August 2008.

To learn more about the camps, please visit the junior hockey camp page.

COACHING THE JUNIOR SECTION

Angie Pearce is looking for extra coaches to get involved with helping out at Cheltenham Junior coaching sessions, next season on Friday evenings at Balcarras. She is especially keen to find a coach for the U13 boys (7.30pm - 8.30pm). We would like to keep CHC coaches involved rather than recruiting coaches from other clubs.

If there is anyone out there that may be interested, please contact Angie on: angiepearce@btopenworld.com.

Benefits of becoming a junior coach include:

Payment of coaching insurance (£40)
Payment of Child Protection/1st Aid courses
Contribution towards L1/L2 coaching qualifications

WEB UPDATES

Don't forget to complete a Player Spotlight with the player spotlight submission form
Check out new photos in the gallery
Fitness fanatics can see the running routes we use at training
Catch up on the funnies that have been posted to the home page on the new humour page

FUNDRAISING IDEAS

The summer months are a great time to take stock and think about next season. With this in mind, we are keen to hear from you with any innovative fundraising ideas that you may have. Please email sophyj@hotmail.com with ideas for socials and fundraisers that you would like to see at the club next year.

NEWS FROM THE HA

The next Level One Coaching Assistant Award Courses to be held in the Region will be:

Friday 5th, Sunday 7th & Sunday 14th September at Bryanston School, Blandford, Dorset. Contact Clive.nelson@englandhockey.org for an application form.
Friday 26th & Sunday 28th September & Sunday 5th October at Wells Blue School, Somerset. Contact Barbara.reynolds@englandhockey.org for an application form.

All Level One courses now cost £140 per candidate. Courses are 17 hours contact time and candidates must attend all modules of the course.

Closing date for applications is 6 weeks prior to the course start date and places are allocated on a first come first served basis on receipt of application forms.

FROM THE HORSES MOUTH

Have you ever read the quotes on the CHC website? They all come from the mouths of our eloquent and well-informed team mates. So if you have heard an 'absolute classic' on or off the pitch, email it to us and we'll include it, not only in the next newsletter, but also on the 'Quotes' page of the website.