We were hopeful (“tell him he’s dreaming!”), but the weather gods say Nah. Field 4 is also underwater now, and plenty more rain to come through the day. The ibis are doing their best to help with the drainage, but it’s not enough…
We will have people at the clubhouse through the morning to talk to those who didn’t get this message. You are welcome to drop by and collect your team shirt this morning, ready for the nice sunny dry day which we are seriously owed for next Saturday!!
| We are optimistically hopeful that our games can go ahead tomorrow. We have worked on our fields for most of today, and in some parts they are still suffering from last week’s rain, (and with the promise of more sometime soon!). We anticipate that field 5 will remain closed tomorrow, and we will schedule all our games onto field 4, which is looking pretty good at this stage. This will mean no change for junior times, but Senior game times may need to be varied, and we can discuss this further during the morning, e.g.: Option 1: 12:30pm Barracudas v Warriors, 1:45pm Primemovers v Hotshots. Option 2: 12:30pm both 7-a-side half-field games on field 4 Yes there is more rain in the forecast – this is Winter sport, and sometimes we get wet. Reminder: we have TWO changerooms available for Hockey players only, around the back past our toilets, F to the right, M to the left, with separate private shower cubicles in each. Please make use of these as you need, bring spare clothes, towel etc. Hot food and drinks a-plenty at our canteen. If the rain gets too heavy or if too much water builds up on the playing surface through the night, we can call games off, and as always will send out a webpost / email / facebook message as early as possible in the morning. If we go ahead, but you / your child needs to stay warm and dry, that is fine of course, totally your call. We plan to hand out team shirts before tomorrow’s games. Please arrive early enough to collect your shirt and change into it before game time. Any parents / carers who can help hand out a junior team of shirts will be most welcome. Fingers and toes all crossed please, NBHC Exec Committee |
Our inspection of the hockey fields this morning confirms that they will still be far too wet to play on tomorrow. And with more rain forecast, we have made the decision to call off our games for tomorrow May 4th. Very frustrating and annoying!! See you all on the 11th.
NBHC Exec
| Our Club will be hosting a Coaching Clinic on Saturday 27th April, with coaches from the Port Stephens Hornets Hockey Club, who have 4 (or 5?) teams playing in the Newcastle Men’s grade competition. These coaches are ex-Nelson Bay Hockey Club players who have gone on to play at higher levels, and we are so pleased to have them come back and spend some time with our juniors. We hope to increase the interraction between our Clubs into the future. Saturday’s sessions will be at 9:30 for younger kids (Minkey, C grade, younger AB grade players), and at 10:30 for bigger kids (AB grade and senior players). We aim to be all finished by 12 noon. All our junior coaches are welcome to come along as well. RSVP: If you can please let us know (reply email) if you will be attending, it will help us to plan the morning. Thanks, hope to see lots of you there! |
No surprises to find our fields closed and extremely soggy today (Friday 5th), so there will be no games tomorrow (Sat 6th April).
Our 2024 Winter Season starts with the Day 1 Washout, which seems to be becoming something of an Annual Tradition. Everything planned for this week will carry over to the following Saturday 13th April, including Free Come-and-Try.
Our Exec Committee will be meeting at the Clubhouse at 10:30am to discuss possible formats for the Senior Competition, to best suit the registration numbers we have. (e.g. 3-team comp? 7-a-side? 9-a-side? Full field? Half field? 15 minute quarters? Other suggestions?). We invite opinions and suggestions from any Senior Players who are able to come along. We aim to survey all Senior players for feedback on the preferred options.
See you all on Saturday 13th April!!
Exec Committee – Cathy, Vince, Lindsay, Juliet, Mark, Kate, Roxy
Our Hunter association participates in the NSW State carnivals held during the year. We encourage all our players to consider participating in the carnivals and representing their club. The carnivals offer a unique opportunity to go away for a weekend of hockey, playing with other players from different parts of the State. It’s a chance to experience the diversity and talent of hockey players across NSW.
If you or your children are interested, we ask that you nominate them on our Hunter website. Use the Events tab and press List. This will give you a list of appropriate teams on which to place your nomination. https://www.revolutionise.com.au/hunterhockey/events/list
If you have any questions please contact Cathy Churchill or email Rosslyn Sherlock : ros.s
Outline below is a list of carnivals.
JUNIOR STATE CARNIVALS
1. U18s Male and Female Division 2 & 3 Field State Championships
Fri 26 Apr 2024 08:00 — Sun 28 Apr 2024 14:00
Metropolitan South West Hockey Association
https://www.revolutionise.com.au/hunterhockey/events/229761
2. U14 Boys State Field Championships
Fri 10 May 2024 09:00 — Sun 12 May 2024 15:00
Manning Valley Hockey Association
3. U14 Girls State Field Championships
Fri 17 May 2024 09:00 — Sun 19 May 2024 15:00
Wagga Wagga Hockey Association
4. U12 York Cup and Kim Small Shield
Fri 05 Jul 2024 09:00 — Mon 08 Jul 2024 09:00
Tamworth Hockey Association
5. .U16 Girls State Field Championships
Fri 14 Jun 2024 09:00 — Sun 16 Jun 2024 15:00
Bathurst Hockey Association
6. U16 Boys State Field Championships
Fri 21 Jun 2024 09:00 — Sun 23 Jun 2024 15:00
Grafton Hockey Association
SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS
1. O34 Men’s Masters Field State Championships
Fri 24 May 2024 08:00 — Sun 26 May 2024 16:00
Newcastle Hockey Association
2. O50 Men’s Masters Field State Championships
Fri 24 May 2024 08:00 — Sun 26 May 2024 16:00
Newcastle Hockey Association
3. Opens Men’s and Women’s Division 2 & 3 Field State Championships
Sat 08 Jun 2024 08:00 — Mon 10 Jun 2024 14:00
Newcastle Hockey Association
4. Nelson Bay – Half State Women’s Masters Field State Championships
Fri 26 Jul 2024 08:00 — Sun 28 Jul 2024 16:00
Far North Coast Hockey Association
Welcome back, and hi to all our new players! We are planning for this Saturday to be a fairly social sort of day, with Trial games, BBQ, free Come-and-try, have a chat, sort things out…
We will not be playing over the Easter weekend, but will start our proper competition games on Saturday 6th April. Check our 2024 dates here. A more detailed draw will be published in the next week or so.
Please let us know if you would like to coach / help with a junior team this year, or can volunteer a little of your time to help set up and pack up equipment, help in the canteen, cook a BBQ, make coffees, if you have first aid training, a current Working With Children Check, WHS training, etc… or any other skill to offer that you think could help our great little Club. We would love your help!!
Our Club is keen to establish more links with local businesses, especially those which involve our Club members. If you own, work in, or know of a local business who may like to contribute some sponsorship in return for advertising through our various club communications, webpage, signage, word-of-mouth, team shirts, etc, please come and talk to us.
NBHC Exec Committee – Cathy, Vince, Lindsay, Juliet, Mark, Kate, Roxy.
Registrations are now open for our Winter Comp which starts on 23rd March 2024 . If you are intending to play this year could you please go to our website ASAP and register youself as soon as possible. And also remind your hockey friends. Thankyou to those who have already completed 2024 regos!!
https://www.revolutionise.com.au/nelsonbayhc/registration
If you have already registered for Twilight hockey, or Hook in2 Hockey, your Winter registration will be an “upgrade“, which means you will need to contact Juliet, our Registrar, to do the upgrade / invoice for you (wont work online for you)
Remember, you must be registered before you can take the field to play.
NEW players are invited to come along on 23rd March (or 6th April) for a FREE “Come-and-Try” – so regular players please bring a friend. Or two – the more, the merrier.
Active Kids Vouchers are still a headache, will not work through the rego website – you will need to forward the voucher to us to redeem manually, and we will provide you with a discount code to use when registering, (or a refund if you have already paid full price) – see previous post.
If you do not intend to play this year, we would appreciate you emailing to let us know at info@nelsonbayhockey.org.au
If you are not intending to play and you still have a playing shirt from last year, could you please bring it down to the fields either this Wednesday 13th March or next Wednesday 20th March, any time between 5pm and 7pm Please label your shirt with your name so that we can mark you off.
If you have any questions, please contact us at info@nelsonbayhockey.org.au
Kind Regards
Exec Committee
Nelson Bay Hockey Club
There is an ongoing problem at State level which stops you from using your AK voucher when registering for Hockey this year. There are 2 ways around this:
Please go ahead and register now for the 2024 Winter season. First games are on 23rd March.
Any problems please reach out.
NBHC Exec Committee
A message from Hunter Hockey Association Inc
Please find attached information related to the upcoming 2024 State Field Championships and the return of our Junior Development Sessions.
It is important that players wishing to play representative hockey (or even thinking about it) nominate on the Hunter Hockey Website as soon as possible. Junior carers please come along with your players and discuss whether appropriate for your player.
Click on the links to view:
2024 State Field Hockey Championships
2024 Junior Development Sessions
Ros Sherlock HHA Secretary
Nelson Bay Hockey Club 