Help choose our new Logo

Thanks for all your votes, the poll is now closed, and we are collating the results from those of you who voted at the AGM (thanks to all for your attendance), and we will publish the results shortly.

Thanks

Gareth

Men's First Team Coach

Simon Letchford has been appointed as 1st XI Men's Coach. Simon is the South Regional Development Manager for England Hockey. He works closely with the County Sports Partnerships and their Hockey Development Officers and leads the work of the South Office on coaching. We wish Simon every sucess in his new role in our club and hope that you extend him a very warm wlecome.

Ladies Pre-Season Training and Trials

Fitness Training - Monday 25th July
Meet at Foxgrove Rd at 7.30pm. It will be a weekly session open to all members of the club.

Ladies Hockey Training - Wednesdays @ Ravensbourne
Training will start at 7.30pm. The 1st and 2nd XI will train for 2hrs. The 3rd - 7th XI will have club training for 1hr. Players will then be invited to stay and train with the 1st and 2nd XI.
Training willl start on Weds 31st August. As squads will not have been decided, training will be open to all players from 7.30pm-9.30pm. The session will form part of the selection process and so please make every effort to attend.

Mixed Club Training - Tuesdays @ WBR
This will be a 1hr session, run on a weekly basis and open to all.
Time tbc

Club Trials - Sat 3rd Sep - Langley
Trials open to anyone wishing to play in a senior ladies side for the 05/06 season.
Attended by a selection committee.
New players welcome! We are short of goalkeepers as a club so please encourage school teammates or ex-clubmates to come along!
Trials will run as follows
10am-12pm Ladies 4th-7th XI
12.30pm-2pm Ladies 1st-3rd XI
Players that perform well in the morning session will be invited to stay for further trials in the afternoon.

1st-3rd XI Trials - Sat 10th Sep - Langley
More formal trials to determine the above squads.
Attended by a selection committee.
There is an option to hold further 4th-7th XI trials simultaneously at WBR according to the demand from players.

1st and 2nd XI Tournament - Langley
Each team will play against two other clubs and the tournament will be attended by the selection committee.

Hope to see you soon!

Change of AGM date

Sorry for the late notice, but unfortunately work committments mean that we have had to reschedule the AGM. It will be delayed a week to Thursday the 4th of August. Timing and venue will remain the same - 8pm start in the long room at Foxgrove Road. I will publish an agenda very shortly, but essentially, there are only three items ; agree the new bye-laws, elect officers, and announce upcoming social and preseason events.

A couple of thoughts about last Thursday...

“This is London. We’ve dealt with your sort before. You don’t try and pull this on us. Do you have any idea how many times our city has been attacked? Whatever you’re trying to do, it’s not going to work ... Our city works. We rather like it. And we’re going to go about our lives. We’re going to take care of the lives you ruined. And then we’re going to work. And we’re going down the pub.”
www.lnreview.co.uk

"Yesterday we fled this great city, but today we are walking back into an even stronger, greater city. The people who did this should know they have failed. They have chosen the wrong city to pick on. London will go on."
Message on a floral tribute near the bus explosion

First social of the new club !

From Adam Grainger

" This Saturday night (9th) - 6.30pm onwards at BCC, Foxgrove Road then out in Beckenham afterwards.


See you Saturday,

Adam "

Hope as many as you as possible can make it !

welcome to the new website

This is just a trial design, the logo was done by a friend, and is totally not offical, just that I quite liked it !!

Well after the hard work of merging these two historic clubs, I feel like we should all take a well earned rest, however, there are about a million things to do. First up is agreeing the league structures, we are still working on the womens 6th and 7th selected sides, to ensure that they are in the leagues that our player want.

We have to start booking pitches, getting fixtures organised, planning pre season, and most importantly getting our structure, bye laws and officers selected.

I hope you're all excited about the merger and the superior strength of hockey that it creates.

I look forward to all your help and support in our first season together.

As I noted above this is just a first cut of what the website may end up looking like, and as yet has very little content. I have just about had time for our first lookalike, and I am currently building a page that has the subscription details, the new membership form, and the direct debit information.

As I mentioned we are planning our inaugural AGM for Wednesday the 27th of July 8pm at Foxgrove Road. (this is subject to possible slight change),