Somerville Hockey Club Inc - AllTeams

the mid-week practices and the Saturday coaching. Your help and involvement with your child’s team is invaluable to
us and we will give you all the support we can. This includes a coaching resource folder, equipment, pre-season
Coaches meeting and covering the direct costs of AHA training courses. In 2010 we held a great evening with the
Auckland Hockey ‘coaching the coaches’ team, learning the how the basic trap/pass techniques are now being
taught and attendance is highly recommended this year.
Managers
Our team managers distribute information (by email), distribute uniforms, and report weekly match scores by text
message to our coordinator. Managers may assist the Coach during games (especially with substitutions and
recording goals for and against). If you would like to be the Manager of your child’s team, please indicate this on the
registration form. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Umpires
It is very helpful to Coaches in the11 th Division and in the 8 th Gold Grade if parents umpire the games. The on-field
coach is the umpire for Mini and 6 th grade games. If you are prepared to assist with umpiring please indicate this on
the registration form. The club supports training costs.
PRE-SEASON PRACTICES and TRIALS
These will be held at the Auckland Grammar Turf, Normanby Rd, Mt Eden on Sunday afternoons from 12 to
3pm on 6 th , 13 th , 20 th and 27 th of March. The details for each Division are set out in the attached Junior Calendar.
Attendance at pre-season practices/trials by all 6 th , 8 th and 11 th Division players is highly recommended,
particularly for 8 th and 11 th grade as all of these practices and trials are important to assess and develop players’
skills. Teams will be selected based on players’ attendance and performance at these sessions so please note
on your registration form if attendance is not possible, e.g. due to representative cricket, and attend the special
Tuesday night skills session on Tuesday 8 th March.
Teams will be finalised and advised by email by about 10 April. All players who played in 2010, and register
by 22 February will be placed in a team.
MID-WEEK PRACTICES
Team practices are held on week-nights throughout the season, starting in the week beginning 2 May and are one
hour each week (minis are 45 minutes). We only have 1 practice to get ready for the first game on May 7. The
practice venues, days and times for each Division are included in the attached Calendar. The practice day and
time for your team will be advised to you by email with your team. Regular attendance at these practices is
essential for the progress of your child and their team. Please do not register unless you are able to attend most
practices.
Venues and start times:
11 th Division: AGS Turf – Tue 5:30pm or Thurs 6:30pm
8 th Division: AGS Turf – Tue 4:30pm or Thurs 6:30pm
6 th Division & Minis: Monday 4 to 6.30 pm Indoors, probably Shore Rd
The specific practice day and time for each Team will be advised in early April.
MATCH DATES
The first competition match will be on Saturday 7 May and there will be matches every Saturday morning until
10 September, EXCEPT 5 June (Queen’s Birthday weekend), and July 16, 23 and 30 (winter school holidays).
Please schedule holidays for these 4 no-hockey weekends and do not register if you cannot commit to being at
nearly every game – each team only has 1 or 2 ‘extras’ and it is common to have no available substitutes when
winter colds hit schools. The draw for the first three matches should be published by Auckland Hockey by 27 April
on the Auckland Hockey website: www.akhockey.org.nz and is usually distributed by team managers. During the
season the draw can change up until the previous Thursday. Hockey games are almost never cancelled as they are
played on artificial turf – only lightening strikes prevent play; turfs are usually only flooded temporarily (minutes).
First Match:
7 th May
No Matches on:
5 June (Queen’s Birthday) and 16, 23 and 30 July (school holidays)
Last Match: 10 September 2011
Game start times on Saturdays (all games 45 mins long):
11 th Division 8:00, 8:45 or 9:30 am
8 th Division 10:30 or 11:15 am
6 th Division 11:15 am or 12:00 noon
Minis 12:00 noon