A NOTE FROM SUE BAYLEY, RETIRING PRESIDENT

Another season over and another team promoted with the Ladies 2s gaining moving up to North Division - this means that at least one team has now been promoted at the end of the last 6 seasons.

As we reach the end of the season, there are a huge number of people to thank:

• Exec Committee - Every member puts in so much work to ensure that we all get to play hockey on a Saturday. Special thanks to Pete Millen for all his work on the accounts and Rach Porter for her work as Ladies Club Captain;
• Captains/Vice Captains - finding players for teams, umpires and collecting the money;
• Coaching - Robbo/Demi/Crispy for working with the GKs every week;
• Fixtures - Shaun;
• Umpires - Shaun and Roy Taylor have made a huge contribution to the Club across the last season;
• Social - Sophy supported by Tommy G.
• Website and Newsletters - Jon Moore and Rachel Chicken
• Sponsors - SMP and Bollin Legal

Off the pitch congratulations to:

Births:

Chicken - the arrival of 2 new chicks
Emily Andrews - arrival of Edwin George

Engagements:

Gemma Beaty, Becci Brown, Stretch

Marriages:

Demi and Nat

My personal thanks go to Pete, Demi, Campbell, Dave Fielding, Angie and Rach Porter for all their help, support and guidance during my time as President. I've done a job at the Club nearly every season since I joined so I am looking forward to just being a player. My last task is to wish Demi every success in his term as President.

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INTERNATIONAL HONOURS

Congratulations to Campbell Jamieson for being selected to represent Scotland in the Over 50s.

Also our congratulations go to Karen Keating and Angie Pearce who were selected for England Over 45s. Read their match report here.

This has instigated us to create a new honours page on the website, to recognise players who have attained International Honours.

If you have played for your country and would like to be recognised on this web page, please contact chicken@freerangemarketing.com

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AGM

Thanks to everyone who attended the AGM on Friday 6th June. It was great to see everyone there for the meeting and the bar-b-q afterwards. Thanks to Demi for the catering!

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SUMMER TRAINING

Summer training has started! It 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.

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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

Please send your cheques to Pete Millen, 58 Priors Road, Cheltenham, GL52 5AA, not forgetting to include your name and contact details with the cheque.

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NEWS FROM THE HA

England Hockey recently announced at the 2008 Roadshows that they are launching a new membership scheme for its many loyal followers.

To hear more about the scheme, please register your interest now and they will send you a free copy of the summer England Hockey News magazine (out on June 26th) - plus regular updates ahead of their launch on 1st September!

Please complete the form here.

West Counties Coaches & U14s Hockey Development Day

SATURDAY 12th JULY 2008, Clifton College, Bristol

West Hockey Association is organising a Development Day on Saturday 12th July 2008 as part of the delivery of the Single System for Hockey and an event to help promote the UK School Games, which are being held in Avon at the end of August. The day has two main functions: to offer coaching and a festival competition to U14 players from across the West, with possible progression to England Hockey HiPACs; and to provide the opportunity for County coaches to work with the England Hockey Centrally Contracted Coaches and disseminate ideas for use in the Single System Junior Development and Academy Centres. All county and club coaches in the West region are cordially invited to attend this free Workshop. The day will be led by England Hockey centrally contracted coach, Jody Paul.

Timetable

• 9.45am: Meet and registration
• 10am- 2pm; Coaching rotations
• 2.30pm. U14s festival
• 4pm: Close

Please advise attendance to Clive Nelson, West Rep Youth Committee cne70bl@aol.com

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ROUNDER, ROUNDER, ROUNDER!

For the last few years, CHC has entered a superbly inexperienced team into a very serious local rounders league. In fairness, our opponents are very tolerant of our general ignorance of the laws of the game.

If you are interested in being a part of this dynamic, yet slightly under-performing set-up, please contact Demi on GLewis@central-tech.gloucs.sch.uk. Our home pitch is at Balcarras.

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