The month of June is the key one for our Club’s income generation when we host:
June 1 – 2: Lacrosse DownUnder (International Lacrosse Tournament)
June 7-9: Mens Vic. Country Hockey C’Ships (Queens. B’Day w/end, no Club hockey)
June 28-29: Junior Country Hockey C’Ships (First weekend of the June school holidays)
Please mark your calendars in advance if you can contribute an hour or two for any of these events. It’s the funding derived from hosting these events that give us the lowest fees around, and the best community club level facilities in the southern hemisphere.
Archive for March, 2008
June Is The Key Month
Monday, March 17th, 2008Immediate Dates
Monday, March 17th, 2008- Practice matches this coming weekend:
Friday:
7.00 pm: F1- U15 mixed / F2 – U15 Penn Girls,
8.15 pm: F1 – U15 ‘A’ Girls / F2 – U13 Mixed,
9.25 pm: F1 – U17 Mixed / F2 – U17 Girls
Saturday:
8.35 am: F1 – U11 ‘A’/Penn Nth,
9.45 am: F1 – U13 Girls / F2 – U11 North,
9.45 am: F1 U9’s - Tuesday of next week (March 18 – Dental Mechanic at FHC (mouthguards) – $77
- Wednesday of next week (March 19) – Gkeeper gear check (4.45 pm sharp!) Also that night (Mar. 19) – Ad. Rush mobile hockey store at FHC (5.30 onwards)
- Also that night (Mar 19) – Junior Comm. meeting – 5.45 pm sharp! – (C’rooms)
- First week of school hols. (24-28th)– No training. Second week (31-4th) Training!
- Rd 1: Friday 11 / Sat 12 April (First w/end after school goes back)
- April 26/26 – No junior hockey (Anzac weekend)
- Plan ahead: There will be hockey on the 1st + last w/ends of the June school hols.
Games Played Listings
Monday, March 17th, 2008Thanks Sian Owen for updating our junior section ‘games played for FHC’ listings which are on display now on the mobile whiteboard in the social area of the pavilion
Selection Decisions Ahead
Monday, March 17th, 2008In coming weeks our coaches will be making decisions on who will start the season in the ‘first eleven’ in each age group. Our coaches have again be asked to consider longer-term development as a key part of this process, reflecting on which scenario will best enhance children’s longer term development. It does a child no favors to be tacked on to the end of a first-eleven squad when a more dominant presence in the lower graded team would offer them far greater potential for strong involvement and skill development.
Many children that we believe can be first eleven players in 2009 or later are best served by being a key player in an easier grade this coming season, thereby utilizing a less pressured environment in which their skills might blossom. What might appear to be disappointing news to some may well be very smart thinking by our selection teams. Trust their judgement!
Recruiting Bonus
Monday, March 17th, 2008Don’t forget that for every paid-up junior recruit that you bring into the Club this season you will receive: $25.00 for a new U9 player, and $80 for an U11 – U17 player. It’s worth taking the time to think about who you could try to recruit. What about those kids next door, down the street, or at school??
Registration Forms Due
Monday, March 17th, 2008A reminder that your child may not have formal insurance cover until you have filled in and returned your 2008 Registration Form. The template is attached for you, and please note that it can be placed in the registration box near the junior section notice-board, or emailed back to our registrar Karen Veitch at: veitch.karen.m@edumail.vic.gov.au.
Fees
Monday, March 17th, 2008A reminder that junior fees are now due and payable to our fee collector Heather Shaw who will be at junior training each night pre-season.
Fees are again:
First child – $160, additional children – $110
Fees can also be payed online from the Fees and Forms section of this site.
Uniform Items
Monday, March 17th, 2008Heather Shaw is the person to see with your 2008 playing fees.
Prices are again:
Shirts: Senior size $40
Shirts: Junior size $20
Shorts: $20
Socks: $8
Congratulations
Monday, March 17th, 2008Well done to the six FHC girls (and coaches Hernie Isorena and Mark Wiseman) that represented the Metro West region with distinction in last weekend’s Victorian Girls U18 State Championships.
Gradings
Monday, March 17th, 2008We have had mixed fortunes with the Hockey Victoria grading process in recent weeks. Our top U11 ‘mixed’ team has been granted ‘A’ grade status, but our application for similar in U13 mixed has just missed out. Mind you, HockeyVictoria will monitor the results of the first three or four rounds to see whether a late change is warranted. Go for it in U13 Penn ‘A’ kids!
