Edition No. 682

nd The Eastcote Hockey Club Newsletter - 62 Season

Editor: [email protected] Website: EastcoteHockeyClub.com Edition No. 682

Forthcoming Fixtures th Hockey Club EGM 29 April 2018 Saturday - 07 April 2018 For those of you present at the Hockey Section AGM on 24th Men's 1s Oxford 1 A L Drew 5 - 5 Men's 2s Ramgarhia 1 H L Won 3 - 2 March you will be aware we debated moving our Kit Suppliers Men's 3s Marlow 3 A L Drew 1 -1 to Hawkinsports that would also result in needing to change Men's 4s Reading 5 H L Lost 2 - 4 the colour of the Men's shorts from White to Navy Blue which Men's 6s Wycombe 6 A L Won 5 - 0 w/o Eagles Henley 5 A L Lost 2 - 3 will coordinate the colours for the men's and ladies section. Past Masters Reading Supervets H L Drew 3 - 3 The AGM consultation voted unanimously to agree a change Ladies 3 Harrow 1's A L Lost 0 - 10 although this requires an EGM vote to formally approve the Ladies 4 West Hampstead 4 A L Lost 0 - 1 change as this rule is incorporated in our Club Rules that form Ladies 5s Ealing 1 H L Lost 1 - 5 Sunday 8th April 2018 part of the Company Memorandum and Articles of Association Men's 1 Wallingford 1 A L Won 4 - 3 that are public registered documents. Men's 2s Oxted 2 H C Lost 0 - 3 Forthcoming Fixtures Saturday 14th April 2018 The EGM has now been set for Sunday 29th April at 1pm in Men's 2 Phoenix & Ranelagh 1 H L Eastcote 12.00 the Clubhouse to Vote on the matter. This coincides with our Men's 4 Surbiton 4 H C Eastcote 13.30 Junior hockey festival and presentations on the Astro so a Eagles Sonning 6 A L Sonning HC 16.30 great excuse to come along to the Club. Proxy votes, postal Past Masters Richmond Rogues A L Quinton Hogg 11.00 Ladies 5 BA Hayes 2 A L Langley GS 12.00 votes and emails are all ways to express your views. Please Saturday 28th April see the Notice and Voting forms on Page 3. We welcome your Men's 6's Aylesbury 4 A L Aylesbury Vale Ac 13.00 views. This has the support of the Management Committee.

Table Tennis Table in the Clubhouse We are delighted to let you know that a table tennis table has been delivered for use by all adult and junior members at the

club.

The table will be in the main hall and bats and balls can be collected from behind the bar. Please treat the table with care,

folding it away at the end of the session and returning the equipment.

We hope you all enjoy playing!

Nice to see the youngsters playing

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Eastcote HC Awards 2018

To Be Presented At The Annual Awards Dinner

Friday 20th April, Uxbridge Golf Club

Nominations in Alphabetical Order Winners 2017 Team Players of the Year Ladies 1 Lenny Conetta Phillipa Jones Josie Spencer -Pell Alessia Barber Alessia Barber 2 Amelia Betmead Natasha Jones Rachel Trevelyan Lenny Conetta 3 Catherine Almond Alice Dyson-Jones Anna Talbot Stephanie Maclannan 4 Catriona Edwards Charlotte Hanson Sarah Ryan Pam Townsend Pam Townsend 5 Tess Copley Vicky Lazarevic Rebecca Leese Vicky Lazarevic Men 1 Mark Allison Andy Innes Mark Welch Gabriel Emery 2 David Cooper Scott Reed Kobi Telfer Geoff Petit 3 Matt Barnfather Luke Defanis Mark Defanis Jas Nijhar Scott Reed 4 Dylan Kelly Freddie Lavers Harry Woodland Luke Defanis 5 Jack Butler Phil Day Musa Din Peter Phillips Harry Woodland 6 Leo Barber Jack De Rosario Thomas De Rosario Dylan Kelly Dylan Kelly Eagles Vivek Ambassa Dickie King Sati Sohal Suranga Devamulla Past Masters Tim Moore Pali Sumal Lloyd Wood Gavin Stone

Most Improved Young Player Lad ies Lilli Davidson Tash Jones Olivia Smith Anna Talbot Phillipa Jones Sophie Taylor Men Ollie Lazarevic Kobi Telfer Giles Woodward Harry Woodland Eddie Preston

Club Umpire of the Year Ladies Irene Hall Jackie Ripley Irene Hall Men Chris Butler Joe Godfrey Richard Hall Chris Butler

Team of the Year Ladies Ladies 2 Ladies 5 Lady Masters Ladies 3 Men Men's 1 Men's 2 Men's 3 Men's 4 Men's 1

Club Supporter Award Graeme Forster Memorial Award for Supporter of the Year Alfie Conetta Steve Davidson Darrell Jones Sharon Talbot Bik Gurm Jeannette Taylor Nadine Woodland

Club Person of the Year Men David Cooper Zahid Din Phil Montgomery Craig Livingstone Ladies Sharon Barlow Leanne Cooper Irene Hall Lesley Lavers Gina Lunn

Wally Howe Fair Play Award Ladies To be announced on the night Irene Hall Men To be announced on the night Zahid Din

Chairman's Award To be announced on the night Ginny Reynolds

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EASTCOTE HOCKEY AND BADMINTON CLUB LIMITED

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

Date SUNDAY 29th APRIL 2018 Time 1 pm Place The Clubhouse, King’s College Road, Ruislip HA4 7JZ

Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Eastcote Hockey and Badminton Club Limited (“the Club”) will be held as above. All Ordinary, Life, Intermediate, Honorary and Social members of the Club who have paid their subscriptions for the 2017/2018 season are entitled to attend and vote. Associate Colt and Junior Members may attend, but are not entitled to vote.

The Meeting will transact the following business. The Resolution on which the Meeting will be asked to vote is:

To amend Paragraph 18 of the Club Rules to provide that men shall henceforth wear navy blue shorts, as per the attached draft Special Resolution:

Proxies: Please note that, if you are unable to attend the Meeting and you are entitled to vote, you have the right to appoint a Proxy to vote on your behalf at the Meeting. You can appoint the Chairman of the Meeting or, if you wish, a named representative. A Proxy Form is enclosed, if you wish to use it. It should be completed as stated and returned either by post to the Club Secretary Ian Fitzgerald or by email to the Chairman Rob Riddleston, 24 hours prior to the Meeting.

Richard Mattick, Company Secretary, 4th April 2018

EASTCOTE HOCKEY AND BADMINTON CLUB LIMITED

SPECIAL RESOLUTION TO BE VOTED ON AT

THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF 29 APRIL 2018

Special Resolution That the Schedule to the Articles of Association known as “the Club Rules” Paragraph 18 BE AMENDED to provide that henceforth men’s shorts shall be navy blue instead of white. The proposed wording to replace Paragraph 18 to read:

“COLOURS

The colours of the Hockey section shall be red shirts and socks, with navy blue shorts or skorts for both men and ladies. Players must provide themselves with and wear Club colours.” ------Proxy Form

Please read the Notice of Meeting and Resolution details before completing this form.

I hereby appoint:- * The Chairman of the Meeting

*…………………………………… as my proxy and, on a poll, to vote on my behalf at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Eastcote Hockey and th Badminton Club Ltd to be held at 1pm on 29 April 2018 and at any adjournment thereof. *If you wish to appoint someone other than the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, delete

“The Chairman of the Meeting” and insert the full name of the person you wish to appoint. Enter your name, date and indicate your voting preference on the Proxy Form and send it to :-

By post Ian Fitzgerald, 207 Eastcote Road, Ruislip Middx HA4 8BL or By email to [email protected]

th To be valid this Proxy Form must be received no later than 1 pm on Friday 27 April 2018 Special Resolution For Against At the discretion of the Proxy 1 . Paragraph 18 of the Club Rules be amended.

Name……………………………………………………. Date……………………………………. The EastcoNet 3 14th April 2018 ALL OUR YESTERYEARS Edited by Des Francis

Once Eastcote got the taste of Continental Hockey festivals, a hockey tour abroad at Season’s end became standard practice. It was the youngish veterans of the day that led the way. Mel Carter was the driving force behind these ventures. Working at British Airways he made full use of the many contacts he made there. One of our first ports of call was a town which was quite close to Antwerp in Belgium called MECHELEN! Among the many “Great and Good” residents of Mechelen over the centuries were John Heywood an English poet, Charles V the Holy Roman Emperor, the grandfather of Ludwig Van Beethoven, and Anne Boleyn who was beheaded by Henry V111.

At first Eastcote only entered a Veterans team. But when the youngsters discovered what great fun the Old Boys were having in Mechelen they demanded to be included and eventually we entered a Ladies, Mens and Veterans teams. We drove to Dover in small groups of 4 or 5, took the Ferry to any one of the continental ports where we stocked up on mainly liquid refreshments before driving to Mechelen. In Mechelen the entertainment never stopped throughout our stay there for 3/4 days from morning to morning. The hockey was played in a beautiful park that featured picturesque scenes surrounding two to three grass hockey pitches. There was a shallow river running through the park in which many an Eastcote player took a dip either voluntarily or involuntarily – mostly involuntarily.

There are many stories to tell of the many trips we made to Mechelen in the late Sixties, the Seventies and early Eighties. There are just a few of us left now who actually remember some of them. I will try to get some of these stories together for a later production of the Newsletter. And if there are any of you who have a story to tell or some interesting pictures in your possession then please let me have them. We would all like to hear your stories and have a look at your pictures! Des

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st A Message from Eagle Mike Ransome Ladies & Men’s 1 XI’s Sponsored by I will be running in my 6th London marathon on April 22nd and hoping, for the second successive year, to raise funds for Aspire, the charity supporting people with spinal cord injury. Aspire has its main base in the grounds of Royal

Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore, where my eldest daughter works as a physio. Latymer Land & Property

Chair Chat The penultimate league weekend of the season last week (well apart from the Men's 6ths who have games st th on 21 and 28 still to play) saw a curate's egg of results.

The highlight was the Mens 3rds gaining promotion after a disappointing draw at Marlow seeing them walk off assuming promotion was gone only for news to filter through on the internet from Abingdon that they had only drawn .The 3s were promoted on goal difference. Jeff’s Every eight hours someone is paralysed by a spinal cord text quote to me was “Unbelievable – in shock” ! Well injury; Aspire exists because there is currently no cure. It done to the team on an amazing 2nd half of the season. can happen to anyone at any time, and the effects are life changing, but it is still possible to enjoy independence, Elsewhere the Men's 1sts gained 4 points and are now choice, and the opportunity to lead a fulfilled life'. 4 th in the table after two rather strange end of season This is where Aspire comes in. If you would be happy to meaningless games in Oxfordshire. The ladies were support both Aspire, and my training endeavour, pointless but credit to the 3s and 4s who have struggled contributions can either be made via a VirginMoneyGiving in difficult circumstances but have never given up. Ladies link, or, cash or cheque, via my sponsorship sheet you are a credit to the Club. I was umpiring at Harrow on Saturday and spoke to some of the ladies team who had http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/MichaelWRansome played the L3s earlier in the day . They had nothing but praise for a team that whilst losing all their league games have fought until the end and this week they are my team A Message From Sofie Marchant of the week.

Sofie Is Running The London Marathon!! On Sunday I watched on a rainy day the Mens 2s in their As you may or may not know that I am running the London EH quarter final against Oxted battle bravely holding out Marathon on the 22nd April 2018!! I am running for until about 15 minutes to go going down 3-0 after a great Chickenshed Theatre Company- Theatre Changing Lives cup run.

Their mission statement is as follows: 5 junior teams were in action on Saturday and Sunday at Chickenshed is a pioneering and inclusive company that the annual Rover Oxford tournament Juniors at Rover makes beautiful and inspirational theatre. We bring Oxford. together people of all ages and from all backgrounds to

produce outstanding theatre that entertains, inspires, The Jelly evening was as ever great fun with the addition challenges and informs both audiences and participants of our new Table Tennis Table to provide a distraction alike. from the bar.

Our vision is a society that enables everyone to flourish, Look forward to the M4s EH tier 4 semi final after the last and Chickenshed’s mission is to create entertaining and M2s game on Saturday so please come and support outstanding theatre that celebrates diversity and inspires Richard Hall's red and white army. Unfortunately I won't positi ve change. be around to support them as I have an all days Cricket

Umpires course. Lots of new Laws to brush up on and now there are only 10 ways a batsman can be given Out

– one of the old methods of dismissal has been merged with another . A drink for the first person with the right ans wer. CHICKENSHED THEATRE CHANGING LIVES

This Friday we have our annual Volunteers evening to say thanks to the wonderful people who make the Club work and operate. A week away from the Dinner Dance and Awards evening with 130 packed into Uxbridge GC This charity is close to my heart as one of my close friends for another fun evening. (who has severe learning difficulties) has been extremely

lucky to have gone there and benefited her extremely and The Sarries thrashed the Saints but the Gunners I want to give something back to them. narrowly beat the Saints! My sponsorship link is: Rob http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/sofiemarchant

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MATCH REPORTS disrespect for the opposition and there is no excuse for this. When I played league hockey at uni we provided Men’s 4s vs Reading University Knights teas every week for our home games. The league 24/03 League – Away needs to set stronger expectations of clubs invited to Won 7-0 play in this structure. Oxford uni provided us teas even though their usual provider was ill – they went to the Red Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding trouble of ordering pizza for us. Good on them. A grey start for an away fixture to a side that were strong when they came to us for a draw and unbelievably strong Men’s 4s Vs Reading HC Men’s 5s when we played them on a Sunday at the end of last 07/04 League – Home season. We expected young umpires, many young Lost 2-4 players, and a fast paced, highly skilful game. Red Dong, Dong, Ding Dong, Ding Dong Feeling a little aggrieved at the performance the put in at Last league game of the season, a re-arranged fixture home last season we went with a point to prove. from a snowy weekend. We faced a good Reading side The first point we proved was that you cannot trust the who we gave points away to when we played them fixture secretary to always publish the correct location for away. This was a fixture about competitiveness and your game. At least he picked one in Reading, not pride, no bearing on league promotion or relegation. Manchester as one of our naughtier team mates Some great hockey going in both directions from 2 published as a postcode on whatsapp when Ninja was skilful sides, interrupted be a series of unfortunate too lazy to look at the teamer invite, or fixtures website. events is the kindest way to describe 70 minutes of We all turned up on time at the sports centre only to find competition. that with 2 astros neither could support hockey. Some decent socialising with the oppo after the game, who were very complimentary of the teas at Eastcote – A little phoning around later led us 5 minutes down the well done and welcome back Sue. road to the same pitch we played on last year. The most interesting part of my conversation with the opposition We will be happy to see this Reading side in this player in the captain’s car was his instant apology when I division next season. introduced myself and he said, “sorry we aren’t there yet, we are stuck in traffic!” We got there to find lots of young Great performance from the 4s this season, everyone adults warming up and looking quite professional as we seems to have enjoyed their hockey. We have drifted onto the pitch and worked some of the drive out of achieved more than we set out to do in the results, we our bones. Their warm-up looked good, organised and have had some great young players come through the effective, ours was typical Eastcote. side and establish themselves higher up the club.

It turns out looks can be deceiving. They started brightly For those that have had any chance to forget (clearly and we had to deal with some fast breaks, good passing haven’t talked to me lately) the 4s are in the EH Cup and lack of possession. That only lasted a few minutes Semi-Final on Saturday 14th vs Surbiton come and and we started to control the ball and pace better when cheer us on!! we turned it over. ASBO

We were very good and as this was a few weeks ago I Past Masters v Reading Supervets can only write about what I remember. We played some Saturday 7th April of our best and quickest attacking hockey of the season. Drew 3 (2) - 3(2) We were composed in defence and our centre-back’s picking of the ball off opposition sticks, saves on the line . . . honours even at short-corners, calm distribution and clearances from Our first game on the Eastro for a number of weeks the back were only outshone by his drives up the pitch saw fine weather, a good crowd and a sporty and taking on and eliminating 3, 4, 5 and 6 players at a time. competitive match, and with Sue back in the kitchen a Flattened by a cynical trip on one foray up the pitch, great way to end our home campaign for this season. undaunted he went for another and from a tackle at the top of the defensive D, drove up the pitch taking on and The PM’s had the luxury of a squad of 13 this week so beating one after another, reaching the dizzy heights of could really go for Reading who were as ever proficient the oppo 23 he calmly played Freddie in for another cool and competitive throughout. There were to be battles finish. Well enough about me ;-) throughout with Roger matched with another dogged opponent in the centre mid and Selwyn matching the Team was awesome, great pace, movement and ex-PM Lawrie at inside. Up front we had skills a plenty finishing. Reading were actually not bad, and the with “L”, Buddy, Sada and Lloydy rotating. First blood scoreline flatters us, but we were never going to concede came fairly early on for the PM’s when Sukhi, “L” and and were scoring for fun that day. Sometimes it just goes Roger combined well for Roger to burst into the D on right. the left and attempt an impressive tomahawk which was going slightly wide until the very alert Sada The only disappointment is that Reading University (like managed to get a stick on it and divert it into the corner Ealing Lions) do not provide changing facilities or teas. to open the scoring. This is unacceptable on many levels. It shows a

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Reading then started to string a few more passes Men's 3's v Marlow 3's th together and threaten down both flanks with Harry and Saturday 7 April Sukhi having to watch their men really carefully on our Drew 1 - 1 left and Pali always having a foot race with his younger Dramatic Ending winger on the right. All was going well with Gavin and It’s been an interesting season to say the least, we were Vijay holding the centre and Dave making the odd an almost entirely new team in the sense that less than a clearance when Reading tried the long ball. We were handful of us had been in the 3’s the previous season mainly using the right as our outlet where Sada and and it showed, we certainly didn’t start well, in fact it Selwyn were combining well and creating half chances would be an understatement to say we started quite in their D. badly. We also had the added problem that the squad was somewhat unbalanced and had an abundance of Midway through the half though the pressure built on midfielders but we were usually a defender and a forward the home defence and both Harry and Gavin had to short. It is safe to say it took us a few games to find our make a number of last ditch tackles on the edge of our feet but after giving the rest of division 2 a five game or D. Within a space of 5 mins we conceded a spate of 10 to 15 point lead we started to sort ourselves out. short corners and Reading managed to sneak a couple of goals with some neat routines having abandoned The players already had a great work ethic and a team st shooting straight at Dave after the 1 three. So despite spirit to be proud of, so the first job was to stop leaking having a good half we looked like going into the break goals, time for a substantial change in formation. We a goal down until right at the end Pali fed Selwyn on then became ‘the’ team that was hard to beat. By the the right and he gave a lovely diagonal pass into the Christmas break we had reduced the deficit to the rest of path of Buddy. Still with a defender on his shoulder the league to just 4 points and we also had one of the there was a lot of work to do but Buddy managed to best defensive records, despite our lowly league position. elude the sweeper and round the keeper to be We had also starting to score goals, all be it not really presented with a “reverse/tomahawk” opportunity enough to guarantee victories every week, however, I did which he coolly dispatched to draw us level with 1 min feel we were now doing enough to survive in a very to go. competitive league.

At half time we knew that the pattern of the game was The second half of the season started in the same manor fairly settled and if we continued to play like this we the first half had ended, playing very well but not quite were in with a shout. Woodie came on to replace Vijay getting the result. Enter my missing defender and at the back and free up Gavin to have a slightly more forward, we shall call them the dotted ‘i’ and crossed ‘t’ free role but the game was always going to be tight. aka The finishing touches. We opened brightly with Buddy having a chance and LLoydy having a couple of runs in the heart of their Since then we have won the last 9 games taking us from defence but not managing to get ahead. As the half 11th to 2nd place and now, with promotion very much on wore on Reading gained more possession and started the table, a win in our final game would guarantee our to pressurise us with another series of short corners promotion and the opportunity of playing the 2’s in which were well defended by Dave and the defensive Division 1 next season. Our last game was an away trip unit. We got a second wind mid-way through the half to mid-table but always tough Marlow. Despite being mid but the play was now becoming more ragged and we table, Marlow still needed at least a point to guarantee couldn’t find the finesse to create a clear opening. their safety, such was the competitiveness of div 2, the relegation line this year was an unprecedented 28 points! With 10 mins to go it was looking like the match might Unfortunat ely, we couldn’t quite get the win we peter out, but then everyone seemed to get a new wanted/needed. We drew 1-1 in a tight and nervy game. lease of life. The Reading side were awarded yet Unfortunately, the goal from Lewis half way through the another batch of around 8 shorts in a row which first half didn’t seem to calm the nerves, however, the unfortunately they managed to turn into a slender one score line stayed the same until about 10 minutes to go goal lead with 2 mins signalled. But the 2nd half was when Marlow also managed to get on the scoresheet. destined to end as the first and Harry came back on as sub in time to stride forward for a late short to us With the final whistle, the disappointment among the following some probing runs by Selwyn. squad was obvious. I sent the usual results message to the captains to which Craig quickly replied with a ‘chin up Sada injected the ball at pace, Harry had time to stop, never know you might get a miracle’ type reply. Nope, no control and unleash an unstoppable shot into the chance, Abingdon and Thame would surely not throw it bottom corner to earn us a well deserved draw at the away as we had appeared to do, however, I still had one final whistle. more duty to complete, I had to steel myself to send in our result to the league, it’s not like it was going to As for MotM, this was a good team performance from change, however, just after hitting send, whilst sitting all 13 involved, but for his overall contribution and glumly in the Marlow changing rooms, the league results number of save clears this week it goes to Dave in the from our rivals came in, somehow Thame had lost and PM goal. Abingdon had also failed to win their game drawing 2-2 “Màlmand” with South Berkshire and so we finished second and won promotion by virtue of our better goal difference. What a season!

JOT

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Ladies 4s v West Hampstead 4's Particularly worthy of criticism were the Eastcote midfield th Saturday 7 April who all need to make more effort to run back after Lost 0 - 1 possession is lost, and certainly not to pointlessly appeal after losing the ball. Battle of the bottom 2 and sadly we didn’t end up on top! After a hard fought game and opportunities to score on A generous amount of pizza was served and enjoyed after both sides we lost 1-0. Well done to all ladies 4s for a the game. hard fought season and some great play. We will be heading back down to Div 2 a stronger team for a cheeky Next week sees what some commentators have suggested 2 seasons playing at a higher level. might be a testimonial match for Rob Hayter (32). A SB capacity crowd is expected.

Saturday 7th April Our hosts are Sonning 6 who have already this season Eagles v Henley 5 secured the title Worst Team in the Entire MBBO League, Lost 2-3 an accolade which is (seriously) much coveted by The Eagles. If we lose to them we will love it. Now Wash Your Hands Voice instructions from ancient sat navs may fail to direct Jim Riddle the hapless traveller to Henley's nice pitch. Thankfully Richard Mattick makes sure he goes before he leaves the house. once the pitch is located all the other facilities can easily be found (even by the Deputy Chairman when not on

England duty). It is hoped the umpires for this Div 9 thriller were not distracted by an excess of voice instructions emitted by the Henley players, particularly their defenders, throughout the match.

The Eastcote defence offered only silence after Henley's first goal. A looping, missing miss-hit from the edge of the circle was swatted at by Z, inadvertently into the goal. Otherwise it must be noted Z's subsequent goalkeeping included a number of crucial blocks and saves.

The first Eastcote goal came at a short corner. Sati received a slip to the right and hit a moderately raised LIMITED ENGLAND TICKETS BACK ON SALE NOW! shot which struck a Henley defender who probably had a lot to say about the matter. Childsy swooped on the Due to a small number of failed payments in the ballot, deflected ball to score, having moved goalwards after limited England and Finals tickets are back on sale now for the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup. injecting. The umpires discussed at length the legality of this goal, eventually allowing it. We are sure Childsy was The biggest women's sporting event this summer in London, mightily relieved to score goal number one, particularly these matches offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to watch world-class after his attempt at a pitch-side number one prior to the action from the 16 best teams from around the globe and experience the atmosphere of a home World Cup. start of the match was disallowed by an umpire who advised him to turn around when possible. Come and support your Olympic gold medal heroes, it's the hottest ticket of the tournament - they will most certainly get snapped up, so act now! Eastcote's number two was produced by Owen. He

BUY NOW received the ball in space in the middle of the Henley circle and slotted home with apparent ease. Owen seems to have a knack of scoring these non-straightforward c hances. He further garnished this effort by falling onto his backside.

A wholly uncultured barge into Vivek's back resulted in an Eastcote free hit in the Henley 25. Eastcote objected to this foul, and the resulting strange comment from a Henley player that Henley 'had young players as well' seemed to bizarrely imply Eastcote would be equally free to strike Henley's youths if we chose to. Obviously we then tried to do just that but they ran too quickly for us to Tickets back on sale: catch them.

Sat 21 July - ENG v IND Particularly worthy of praise generally were Vivek and Wed 25 July - ENG v USA Alex. They frequently provided outlets by finding space on Sun 29 July - ENG v IRL the left and right hand sides, advancing with the ball, Thurs 2 August - Quarter-Final 3&4 (incl. ENG) deploying spins and other skills that other Eagles do not Sat 4 August - Semi-Finals really comprehend and sometimes laughably attempt to Sun 5 August - Finals replicate.

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South Ladies Div 3A South Clubs' Ladies Masters P W D L F A +/- Pts P W D L F A +/- Pts 1 Oxford 1s 22 17 4 1 69 23 46 55 1 Eastcote Over 40 7 5 1 1 21 6 15 16 2 Marlow 1s 22 16 4 2 68 24 44 52 2 Oxford Hawks Masters 8 5 0 3 17 18 -1 15 3 Henley 1s 22 15 3 4 58 35 23 48 3 Trojans Masters 6 4 2 0 22 5 17 14 4 Oxford Hawks 2s 22 13 2 7 71 40 31 41 4 Basingstoke Masters 5 4 0 1 18 15 3 12 5 Eastcote 1s 22 8 4 10 40 48 -8 28 5 Wycombe Over 40 7 3 1 3 10 9 1 10 6 Milton Keynes 1s 22 8 3 11 40 55 -15 27 6 Chichester Masters 7 3 0 4 15 16 -1 9 7 Reading 3s 21 8 2 11 48 51 -3 26 7 South Berkshire Masters 7 2 1 4 13 17 -4 7 8 Southgate 2s 21 7 3 11 37 47 -10 24 8 Staines Masters 6 1 0 5 8 21 -13 3 9 Wycombe 1s 22 6 5 11 42 60 -18 23 9 Reading Masters 7 0 1 6 4 21 -17 1 10 West Hampstead 1s 22 6 3 13 27 51 -24 21 08-Apr-18 11 Sonning 1s 22 4 3 15 28 57 -29 15 Oxford Hawks Masters 3 - 1 South Berkshire Masters 12 Hampstead & W 3s 22 3 4 15 30 67 -37 13 Men MBBO - Regional 1 Middlesex Ladies Premier P W D L F A GD Pts P W D L F A +/- Pts 1 Slough 1 22 15 3 4 93 57 36 48 1 Harrow 1s 22 22 0 0 126 15 111 66 2 Maidenhead 1 22 13 5 4 75 40 35 44 2 Eastcote 2s 22 17 2 3 62 21 41 53 3 PHC Chiswick 1 22 12 5 5 75 48 27 41 3 Southgate 3s 22 15 4 3 69 23 46 49 4 Eastcote 1 22 11 4 7 62 62 0 37 4 Hendon & Mill Hill 1s 22 11 5 6 46 47 -1 38 5 Oxford 1 21 9 8 4 63 42 21 35 5 Teddington 3s 22 10 2 10 54 49 5 32 6 Marlow 1 22 10 5 7 72 58 14 35 6 Staines 2s 22 7 7 8 24 36 -12 28 7 Oxford Hawks 2 22 8 6 8 66 57 9 30 7 Ashford (Middlesex) 1s 22 7 6 9 37 48 -11 27 8 Ashford 1 22 9 3 10 52 65 -13 30 8 PHC Chiswick 2s 22 6 7 9 32 47 -15 25 9 Amersham & Chalfont 1 22 7 5 10 43 56 -13 26 9 Hampstead & W 4s 22 5 7 10 32 46 -14 21* 10 OMT 1 22 5 6 11 40 57 -17 21 10 Winchmore Hill & Enfield 1 22 3 6 13 26 46 -20 15 11 Wallingford 1 22 2 4 16 40 83 -43 10 11 West Hampstead 2s 22 3 6 13 18 55 -37 15 12 Milton Keynes 2 21 2 2 17 35 91 -56 8 12 Eastcote 3s 22 0 0 22 7 100 -93 -2* April 07 2018 Saturday, April 07, 2018 Amersham & Chalfont 1 2 - 0 Wallingford 1 Harrow 1s 10 - 0 Eastcote 3s Marlow 1 1 - 3 Maidenhead 1 West Hampstead 2s 1 - 1 Hendon & Mill Hill 1s OMT 1 6 - 1 Slough 1 PHC Chiswick 2s 1 - 1 Ashford (Middlesex) 1s Oxford 1 5 - 5 Eastcote 1 April 08 2018 Middlesex Ladies Div 1 Amersham & Chalfont 1 0 - 6 Oxford Hawks 2 P W D L F A +/- Pts Wallingford 1 3 - 4 Eastcote 1 1 Hampstead & W 5s 22 16 4 2 66 22 44 52 2 Hampstead & W 6s 22 15 2 5 63 26 37 47 Men MBBO - Division 1 3 Ashford (Middlesex) 2s 22 14 1 7 62 39 23 43 P W D L F A GD Pts 4 Southgate 4s 22 13 3 6 43 24 19 42 1 Reading 4 24 19 2 3 92 31 61 59 5 OMT Duchesses (1) 22 11 7 4 42 31 11 40 2 Phoenix & Ranelagh 1 23 15 3 5 77 29 48 48 6 West Hampstead 3s 22 10 5 7 42 28 14 35 3 Wycombe 2 23 14 3 6 74 39 35 45 7 PHC Chiswick 3s 22 10 3 9 51 43 8 33 4 Newbury & Thatcham 2 23 13 3 7 70 31 39 42 8 British Airways Hayes 1s 22 6 6 10 40 48 -8 24 5 Eastcote 2 23 13 2 8 62 51 11 41 9 Indian Gymkhana 1s 22 7 4 11 30 41 -11 21* 6 Bicester 1 24 11 3 10 75 63 12 36 10 Staines 3s 22 4 3 15 27 56 -29 15 7 Harrow 1 23 11 2 10 56 47 9 35 11 West Hampstead 4s 22 2 4 16 11 63 -52 10 8 Sonning 2 23 8 5 10 58 46 12 29 12 Eastcote 4s 22 1 4 17 24 80 -56 7 9 Henley 2 23 9 2 12 68 63 5 29 Saturday, April 07, 2018 10 OMT 2 23 7 3 13 39 57 -18 24 Hampstead and W 6s 6 - 5 Staines 3s 11 Staines 2 23 6 5 12 32 63 -31 23 PHC Chiswick 3s 1 - 0 Hampstead and W 5s 12 Ramgarhia 1 23 3 4 16 28 113 -85 13 West Hampstead 3s 2 - 0 Indian Gymkhana 1s 13 Ashford 2 24 3 1 20 16 114 -98 10 Southgate 4s 5 - 1 OMT Duchesses (1) April 07 2018 West Hampstead 4s 1 - 0 Eastcote 4s Eastcote 2 3 - 2 Ramgarhia 1 Harrow 1 2 - 4 OMT 2 Middlesex Ladies Div 3 Phoenix & Ranelagh 1 0 - 2 Bicester 1 P W D L F A +/- Pts Reading 4 6 - 3 Henley 2 1 Ealing 1 20 18 2 0 82 17 65 56 Staines 2 4 - 0 Ashford 2 2 Hampstead & W 7s 20 15 0 5 64 30 34 45 Wycombe 2 2 - 0 Newbury & Thatcham 2 3 Teddington 5 20 10 4 6 83 30 53 34 April 08 2018 4 Eastcote s 5s 19 9 4 6 43 36 7 31 Reading 4 5 - 1 Bicester 1 5 Ashford (Middlesex) 4s 20 9 3 8 38 27 11 30 April 12 2018 6 Harrow 3s 20 8 3 9 27 49 -22 27 Wycombe 2 3 - 1 Sonning 2 7 Teddington 6 20 7 2 11 32 45 -13 23 Men MBBO - Division 2 8 Winchmore Hill & Enfield 2 20 7 2 11 24 52 -28 21* P W D L F A GD Pts 9 British Airways Hayes 2s 19 6 2 11 24 36 -12 16* 1 Maidenhead 2 22 14 4 4 72 43 29 46 10 PHC Chiswick 6s 20 5 0 15 20 60 -40 11* 2 Eastcote 3 22 12 3 7 70 41 29 39 11 OMT Baronesses (3) 20 2 4 14 13 68 -55 6* 3 Abingdon 1 22 11 6 5 73 50 23 39 12 Hendon & Mill Hill 3s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Thame 1 21 11 2 8 65 58 7 35 13 West Hampstead 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 West Hampstead 3 22 8 8 6 59 48 11 32 Sunday, April 08, 2018 6 South Berkshire 2 22 9 4 9 57 50 7 31 OMT Baronesses (3) 0 - 0 Ashford (Middlesex) 4s 7 Wycombe 3 22 9 4 9 54 57 -3 31 Winchmore Hill & Enfield 2 3 - 1 Teddington 6 8 Marlow 3 22 8 5 9 49 51 -2 29 Saturday, April 07, 2018 9 Oxford Hawks 4 21 9 1 11 54 51 3 28 PHC Chiswick 6s 1 - 8 Teddington 5 10 Windsor 1 22 8 4 10 60 58 2 28 Eastcote s 5s 1 - 5 Ealing 1 11 Wootton Wanderers 1 22 8 1 13 62 103 -41 25 British Airways Hayes 2s 2 - 0 Ashford (Middlesex) 4s 12 Milton Keynes 3 22 3 0 19 32 97 -65 9 Winchmore Hill & Enfield 2 2 - 0 OMT Baronesses (3) 07-Apr-18 Abingdon 1 2 - 2 South Berkshire 2 Maidenhead 2 1 - 2 Oxford Hawks 4 Marlow 3 1 - 1 Eastcote 3 Milton Keynes 3 1 - 5 West Hampstead 3 Thame 1 3 - 4 Wycombe 3 Windsor 1 11 - 2 Wootton Wanderers 1 The EastcoNet 12 14th April 2018 Men MBBO - Division 4 Men MBBO Open League - Div 9 P W D L F A GD Pts P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Amersham & Chalfont 2 20 17 2 1 67 17 50 53 1 Newbury & Thatcham 6 19 14 3 2 52 21 31 45 2 Newbury & Thatcham 3 19 11 3 5 57 34 23 36 2 Witney 3 18 13 0 5 61 32 29 39 3 Eastcote 4 20 9 3 8 67 51 16 30 3 Harrow 2 17 12 2 3 68 27 41 38 4 Reading 5 20 8 5 7 61 44 17 26 4 Tring 3 17 9 1 7 56 39 17 28 5 Ealing Lions 1 18 8 5 5 54 43 11 26 5 Leighton Buzz [4] Fledglings 17 8 1 8 45 44 1 25 6 Reading University Knights 5 18 6 6 6 43 49 -6 24 6 Amersham & Chalfont 5 18 7 4 7 41 44 -3 25 7 Oxford University 4 19 6 6 7 38 45 -7 24 7 BA (IG) Club [6] 3 15 7 0 8 34 46 -12 21 8 West Hampstead 5 20 7 2 11 52 53 -1 23 P W D L F A GD Pts 9 Witney 2 20 5 3 12 56 88 -32 18 1 Milton Keynes 6 19 5 6 8 40 36 4 21 10 Staines 3 19 5 2 12 22 57 -35 17 2 Bicester [4] Development 15 6 2 7 33 42 -9 20 11 Bicester 2 19 2 7 10 30 66 -36 13 3 Abingdon 3 16 6 2 8 28 41 -13 20 07-Apr-18 4 Henley 5 18 6 2 10 37 53 -16 20 Bicester 2 1 - 3 Newbury & Thatcham 3 5 Thame 3 17 4 4 9 14 24 -10 16 Eastcote 4 2 - 4 Reading 5 6 Eastcote [7] Eagles 17 4 3 10 26 57 -31 15 West Hampstead 5 9 - 0 Staines 3 7 Sonning 6 17 2 4 11 18 47 -29 10 Witney 2 2 - 2 Amersham & Chalfont 2 08-Apr-18 Tring 3 0 - 4 Witney 3 Men MBBO Open League - Div 7 07-Apr-18 P W D L F A GD Pts BA (IG) Club [6] 3 1 - 5 Witney 3 1 Newbury & Thatcham 4 22 20 1 1 128 21 107 61 Harrow 2 1 - 1 Newbury & Thatcham 6 2 Marlow 5 20 17 0 3 73 29 44 51 Henley 5 3 - 2 Eastcote [7] Eagles 3 Slough [3] Swifts 21 14 2 5 78 39 39 44 Leighton Buzzard [4] Fledglings 2 - 1 Tring 3 4 Windsor 3 22 11 3 8 62 49 13 36 Sonning 6 1 - 5 Bicester [4] Development 5 Newbury & Thatcham 5 22 10 1 11 55 52 3 31 Thame 3 2 - 0 Milton Keynes 6 6 Ramgarhia Slough 1 22 9 2 11 74 82 -8 29 7 Banbury [4] Piranhas 21 6 6 9 32 45 -13 24 Men Higgins London Supervets Div 2 8 Gerrards Cross 2 21 7 3 11 42 60 -18 24 P W D L F A +/- Pts 9 Oxford 7 20 5 4 11 32 67 -35 19 1 Tulse Hill & D Musketeers 11 9 1 1 49 15 34 28 10 Leighton Buzzard 3 19 5 3 11 36 58 -22 18 2 Reading Superveterans 11 8 1 2 43 24 19 25 11 Eastcote 5 21 3 4 14 30 78 -48 13 3 Richmond Rogues 12 7 1 4 36 29 7 22 12 Bicester 3 21 4 1 16 26 88 -62 13 4 Hampstead & W Supervets 10 6 1 3 39 18 21 19 07-Apr-18 5 Southgate Magnums 12 5 1 6 41 37 4 16 Banbury [4] Piranhas 6 - 0 Oxford 7 6 Eastcote Past Masters 13 3 2 8 29 47 -18 11 Gerrards Cross 2 2 - 2 Leighton Buzzard 3 7 Tring Supervets 12 2 1 9 29 62 -33 7 Leighton Buzzard 3 P - P Bicester 3 8 Old Cranleighans Hamstrings 11 2 0 9 13 47 -34 6 Marlow 5 3 - 1 Windsor 3 07-Apr-18 Newbury & Thatcham 5 3 - 0 Ramgarhia Slough 1 Eastcote Past Masters 3 - 3 Reading Superveterans Tring Supervets 0 - 5 Tulse Hill and D Musketeers Men MBBO Open League - Div 8 East Old Cranleighans Hamstrings 1 - 4 Richmond Rogues P W D L F A GD Pts Hampstead and W Supervets 9 - 0 Southgate Magnums 1 Amersham & Chalfont 4 20 15 1 4 73 27 46 46 2 Wootton Wanderers 2 21 14 4 3 71 30 41 46 Men Higgins London Grand Masters Division A 3 Milton Keynes [5] Samurai 20 14 1 5 59 33 26 43 P W D L F A +/- Pts 4 Slough [4] Despondents 20 11 2 7 54 43 11 35 1 Sevenoaks Superveterans 11 8 2 1 45 21 24 26 5 South Berkshire 5 20 10 1 9 63 39 24 31 2 Reading Superveterans 11 8 0 3 34 20 14 24 6 Wycombe 5 19 10 1 8 37 36 1 31 3 Bromley and B Ravens 11 7 2 2 38 16 22 23 7 Eastcote 6 20 7 3 10 34 36 -2 24 4 Indian Gymkhana G Masters 9 7 0 2 53 13 40 21 8 Aylesbury 4 20 6 3 11 40 65 -25 21 5 Spencer Supervets 10 6 0 4 22 15 7 18 9 West Hampstead 8 19 6 3 10 26 54 -28 21 6 Southgate Magnums 10 4 2 4 18 17 1 14 10 Maidenhead [4] Monarchs 20 6 1 13 34 48 -14 19 7 Richmond Rogues 10 4 0 6 18 39 -21 12 11 Wycombe 6 21 5 4 12 37 71 -34 19 8 St. Albans Centurions 10 3 1 6 11 29 -18 10 12 Staines 4 22 5 0 17 29 75 -46 15 9 Hampstead & W London GM 9 3 0 6 11 23 -12 9 07-Apr-18 10 Chelmsford Evergreens 10 3 0 7 17 31 -14 9 Milton Keynes [5] Samurai 5 - 0 Staines 4 11 Surbiton Vintage 10 2 1 7 16 47 -31 7 West Hampstead 8 - Wycombe 5 12 Eastcote Past Masters 11 2 0 9 25 37 -12 6 Result Pending (3-2) Outside Time Limits Wycombe 6 0 - 5 Eastcote 6

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Leading League Goal Scorers after week 28 (7 Apr) starting from 16 Sept (PMs first league game). E. & O. E. Any queries contact Mrs Coops David Cooper 26 M2s/M3s

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Annabel Field 12 L1s Sports Massage Therapy, Lucy Carter 12 L2s Nihal Shah (Ninja) 12 M4s Fitness Evenings and Yoga Freddie Lavers 11 M4s Ian Sadler 11 M1s Lessons. Lesley Lavers 11 L5s Lucy Lavers 11 L1s/L2s

Sports Massage Therapy treatments at Ben Nayager-Stafford 10 M4s Runnersworld Eastcote High Street Claire Devereux 10 L1s Emily Reed 10 L2s 40 min treatments, cost £40. Gabriel Emery 9 M1s

Gary Telfer is available Asem Ali 8 M4s Elspeth Lunt 8 L2s Thursdays 9.30-4.30pm & Sat 1-4pm. Laura Shepherd 8 L5s Lucy Thirkettle 8 L5s Mark Alison 8 M1s Sharon Dooley is available Sam Forster 8 M1s Monday to Wednesday 9.30 to 4.30pm Scott Reed 8 M2s

Fridays 9.30 to 3pm & Sat 9am to 12pm. Jack Butler 7 M5s/M6s Luke Defanis 7 M3s

Gary’s Fitness Sessions on Monday evenings at Chris Butler 6 M6s Eastcote Hockey Club 8.30pm Archie Goswell 5 M2s Don-Bosco Rogers 5 M5s Sharon’s yoga classes Tuesday mornings 9.30- Heidi Pentecost 5 L2s Peter Phillips 5 M6s 10.30am The Body Studio Northwood Hills and Pritesh Pitamber 5 M4s Friday Evenings 6-7pm Back Hall, United Anil Seedher 4 M6s Reformed Church, Bridle Road Eastcote. Ben Thorpe 4 M1s Chris Sleeman 4 M1s Fil de Costa 4 M2s For more information visit Jodie Johnsey-Smith 4 L2s Kobi Telfer 4 M2s/3s http://www.yogaandsports.co.uk/sports- Lorea Johnston 4 L3s massage/ www.runnersworld.ltd.uk Natasha Jones 4 L2s Ollie Stacey 4 M4s To book an appointment call 020 8868 6997 Phil Montgomerie 4 M2s Sam Hall 4 M1s/M2s

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nd The Eastcote Hockey Club Junior Section Newsletter – 62 Season Editor: [email protected] Website: EastcoteHockeyClub.com

Roaring Success at Rover Oxford

Rover Oxford is a huge tournament held in Witney, Oxfordshire and attracts the big Oxford clubs, Cheltenham and a touring team from Ireland. The event is held over two days with different age groups competing on specific days. Eastcote Juniors took 11 teams to the competition from our U8s to U14s.

In some of our teams, our performances excelled, in all of our teams, the children were great ambassadors for the club and hockey. We had at least two young people who put on Goal Keeping kit for the first time and battled against teams and learnt what a penalty shuffle is all about– thank you!

To all the parents, brothers and sisters who made the drive and cheered on in the rain (the continual rain) – thanks to you all.

Big cheer to the great coaches who managed, coached and led out their teams all day.

We couldn’t do it without you all.

Jo New Kit

Please hold fire on buying any new Eastcote playing kit for a few weeks. The adult section is currently looking at making changes to their kit and this will then be adopted by the whole club.

The changes will be confirmed after the EGM on 29th April and will be announced in the newsletter.

Rover Oxford Reports

Under 10's On Saturday, the U10s entered three teams for the annual Rover Oxford tournament set in the palatial grounds of Cokethorpe School in Witney. We got the best of the weather as the Saturday afternoon was the only spell of the weekend when it didn't rain. Having participated in separate boys and girls tournaments through the season, this was the first time the players were brought together to play "mixed" hockey and the coaches were pleased to not have to endure references to "yukky girls" or "annoying boys"!

The B and C teams did themselves very proud in the B league. Both our teams made it to the quarter finals but sadly both lost out to a one goal margin, the B team losing to Wallingford and the C team losing to Oxford B.

The EastcoNet 15 14th April 2018 The A team went one better and did brilliantly in a very strong A league. Having navigated the group stage, they came up against a strong Marlow team. Nothing could separate the teams after normal time and so the players experienced at a young age the pain of elimination by penalty shuffles.

This coach usually avoids singling any one individual for special mention but on this occasion an exception has to made. Freya played her first proper tournament in goal. In five 10 minute matches, not one goal was conceded in normal time. Much of the credit can go to the outfield players but when the need arose, Freya did brilliantly between the sticks.

Well done to all the players involved on the day and you can see their smiling faces in the team photos: A Team: Freya, Minnie, Vishnu, Willow, Lily W, Max, Pritam, Kush

B Team: Will, Arian, Millie, Lily-Grace, Paige, Ella, Sufyan, Annisa

C Team: Sienna, Kaya, Ela, Nikhil, Zayaan, Alice, Lilia, Sai

Colin

Under 12 Girls On a rather wet and unpleasant day, the Eastcote under 12 girls competed in the Oxford Rover tournament, drawing 4 games and losing 2. Drawn into a challenging pool and with a reduced squad going into the tournament, the girls did well to focus themselves for the first couple of games against Cheltenham B, Oxford B and Wallingford B. A very solid defensive line consisting of Phoebe and Mia, as well as Kaya in goal secured a clean sheet throughout these first 3 games. Attacking opportunities were well set up by Lilia, Anna and Isha in the midfield, showing impressive skill and teamwork in getting the ball into attacking positions. The opposition’s defence were put under significant pressure by strikers Sophie, Khushi and Rhea who worked tirelessly but, despite some very close opportunities, were unable to score, leaving the result in these first 3 games at 0-0, still good outcomes considering the strength of the opposition.

The next matches were against Hawks A and Cirencester A. Very well drilled and physical teams, the hockey was played against strong opposition. A big thanks girls did well to defend against them and even set up goes to Mark for running the team alongside coach Cerys and some impressive counter attacks. However, they were to the supportive parents who put up with the rain! Well done unfortunately defeated 2-0 and 8-0 in the respective to all! matches.

The squad consisted of: The last match against Bicester allowed the girls a final Anna, Isha, Kaya, Khushi, Lilia, Mia, Phoebe, Rhea and opportunity to showcase their skills. Ending again in 0- Sophie 0 despite close chances, Eastcote was unable to

progress to the next round of the tournament; Cerys Nevertheless, great fun was had by all and some great

The EastcoNet 16 14th April 2018 Under 8's C team 9am pushback in Oxford on a beautiful sunny day....(maybe next year)....It was actually a grim grey day with rain forecast.

Coaches arrived nice and early bar Keith who had stopped off at the famous Maccy D's on the roundabout as you approach Oxford. The Under 8's were excited, arriving there nice and early warming up, getting accustomed to the pitch and conditions for the day ahead. Parents were wondering as to why can't the kids get up early and ready on a school day with the same enthusiasm.

Anyway back to the hockey it was an action packed schedule for our under 8's. 7, 8 minute games were scheduled across 2 half pitches...(this was going to be interesting, as we barely cover a tenth of the pitch on

Sunday morning training) This was going to be a test of fitness and stamina. A rotation of roles, so all players got to play in different positions Coach Ninja re-inforced the fact go out have fun and and well organised from back to front -the team consisting of enjoy yourselves and not to worry about the result, as Anassa, Jyena, Millie, Partap, Rahul, Reehan, Thomas & Zaina - he has shown over the years himself!! all played really well and with the combination of some great tackling and stopping, a lot running, some passing, a little We get off to a great start winning out 1st game 3-0, footwork, a lot of smiling faces, some very good goals the kids 2nd game - 1 down but the team showed great finished tired and eager to find out where they finished. They character to come back and win 3-1, game 3 and 4 received their medals, but the organisers only gave a winner to were back to back, so no rest for these kids... the 3rd Group A and as we were group B we will never know if we match was a close affair but a late goal gave a qualified for next year's European Under 8's League..... deserved 1-0 victory, game 4 the tiredness showed and the little legs began to tire and on this occasion we Anyway the weather held out bar 10 mins of rain, we even saw were defeated by a single goal. Back to winning ways some sunshine and after the medal presentation the kids were in game 5 and we were on the cusp of qualifying for treated to sweets and smashers, with the coach promising them the Under 8's European League, with 4 wins and 1 they would all get ice cream from their parents. A big thank you defeat. Game 6 - against Eastcote B....a game of few to all the parents who made the effort as it was an early start and chances ending fairly with a 0-0 draw...Game 7 - the I am sure you will have been impressed with how your little ones last game with many kids showing the effect of too performed (hopefully they were tired and went to bed early). Also many games in a short space and this was again back a final thank you Rover Oxford for organising a fantastic to back so no breathing space after game 6....anyway tournament and we will be back next year..!! they gave it one last burst of energy and signed off with We look forward to seeing you on the 29th April for the Colts another win. Tournament and again next year when we go again.

Overall - 5 Wins , 1 Draw, 1 Defeat. Scored 10 Nihal Shah (aka Ninja) conceded 2.

Under 8’s B team. Eastcote U8’s B team played 7 matches in the Rover Oxford Tournament.

Despite playing the first game in the rain and they performed amazingly well and won 2-0. They continued to play some lovely hockey in the next 6 games.

In total they won 2 games, drew 2 and lost 3.

The colts displayed some excellent hockey with accurate passing, strong tackling and hunger for goals. I was very proud of all of them and the way they represented Eastcote.

We have some future first teams stars in the making for sure! Claire

The EastcoNet 17 14th April 2018 Under 8's A team The U8 ‘A’ team displayed a great range of skills and teamwork at the Oxford tournament last Saturday. Despite the (very!) early start the team burst out of the blocks and put together an impressive set of results. They did eventually run out of puff by the last game and it was shame they met the best opposition in that final fixture.

Their results were DWDWDL and they finished fourth (and made their coach very proud). Well done to George, Chloe, Oscar, Zach, Monty, Laila, Katie and Amy; you’re all a credit to Eastcote! Keith

U 14 Girls

Although initially hopeful that we could get two teams out, due to the Easter holidays we were only able to put out one team, meaning that unfortunately we couldn’t take all the girls with us. One of our unavailable players was Shauna our Goalkeeper which meant that all bar one of our games our fantastic forward Annabel stepped in as GK and only let in one goal the entire tournament.

Our pool games went well and we won 3 out of the 4 with solid team performances, building play from the back and winning numerous short corners. With goals coming from Sam, Tash, Catriona, Eshana, Hannah, and Alex. It was then a battle for the top of the table finish, which was very evenly matched but we came away with a 1-0 loss and coming second in our group. On to the quarter finals and although we remained solid as a team in our defence, always working back from the front, we sadly couldn’t find our normal goal scoring ways and it ended 0-0..... time for shuffles and heart palpitations from all, players, coaches and parents.

Huge congratulations to the girls who were willing and less willing to take them, Tash stepped up first and moved the keeper beautifully to slot the first one away. Then my moment of the tournament as the shortest player on the pitch, and one of our star forwards Annabelle did a sterling job in goal and thwarted the oppositions first attack, then while we all celebrated just shrugged at us. Catriona up next who again moved the goalie well and put us 2-0 up, the oppo then put in goal to keep us on our toes. Alex made a superb run and great shot at goal, but their keeper made a fantastic save to keep it 2-1..... potentially last one and Annabelle once again kept them at bay. Through to the semi - finals.

This was the toughest game yet, and Balerki, Tess and Alex had a lot to do in defence, but kept calm and made solid tackles and distributed well. Tash was working her socks off in midfield, while Catriona was keeping their right mid in her pocket and providing good through balls up front. Hannah and Sam did a great job injecting pace up the right hand side and supported Eshana up front who made great leads and made their keeper work harder. Again 0-0, to shuffles .... sadly this one didn’t quite go our way although Catriona did score a brilliant flick.

The battle for 3rd place.... once again the team worked hard and Alex, Balerki, Tess, Catriona and Annabell managed to keep out 3 short corners after to final whistle .... 0-0. MY HEART CANNOT COPE WITH MORE SHUFFLES! This one went down the wire but we won 2-1.

Huge congratulations to the girls on their 3rd place, they all played extremely well and deserved a medal! Although we didn’t officially vote, many of the girls mentioned one player at the end and that was Annabell, who was our player of the tournament, she stepped up and played in goal even though she wasn’t expecting it, and did a superb job, she then even nearly scored with her first touch of her only game on pitch. It has been a wonderful season with all the girls , only losing one league game and thoroughly smashing most of the others. At the very least we should end the season second in the league. We are proud of all of the girls and their improvements in not only their hockey ability but their confidence. It has been wonderful to also watch some of them playing ladies hockey. Well done girls we’ve had a fabulous season with you, thank you. Josie and Luke

th The EastcoNet 18 14 April 2018 Under 12 Boys win Silver A cloudy dry day at the Rover Oxford tournament and it was a successful day for all the boys, who played extremely well

We took two teams from the under12 group, the scorpions and the jaguars. The jaguars were very determined to do well after their win over the scorpions in our own tournament before Easter. They started well with a win from an Aaron goal but unfortunately the team was missing a few players and had a rough decision go against them which saw Marlow win by 1-0. This meant we tied with three teams and their progress went down to goal difference and we didn't progress. Great play all round though and improvement throughout the day. A special mention to Slava our This time the boys were a bit more confident as they had goalkeeper whose determination enabled many great practiced the game before. Alex, Krish and Max took position saves. Well done also to Rohan, Sid, Theo, Lucas, for their second shoot out of the day and Adrian prepared Aaron, Thomas ("no one gets past Thomas") and our himself to make some more incredible saves. They all did new guy Dhilon. extremely well and won the shuffles 3-2.

The scorpions had a much more successful day placing This put us in the final against our old friends from Ireland; first in their pool which took them to the quarter finals Bambridge. Now we're not sure what they feed them over against Oxford Hawks. It was a hard fought game going there but they certainly grow up big and strong. It was a hard to penalty shuffles after a nil nil game. The boys were fought game but their strength got the better of us at the end evenly matched and struggled a bit as they had never of a long day and we succumbed 0-3. Silver it was though done it before but, with the help of our new keeping hero and the honour of being the highest placed Eastcote team of Adrian, it went to sudden death where Max scored the the weekend. Well done to Adrian, Josh, John, Max, Ashok, winning penalty shuffle. We came up against Wallingford Tuyi, Alex and Krish. in the semi finals where again the game was 0-0 and Colin again went to penalty shuffles.

U14 Boys Eastcote U14’s Boys entered two teams at the Oxford Festival last Sunday and both teams faced Cirencester, Bicester, Banbridge and Cheltenham. The format of the tournament meant that the boys needed to go back to the seven a side game and adjust their play to meet our key principals.

The Oxford Tournament is always enjoyable as it pulls our season to a close with the opportunity to play some very strong sides, this year was no different. The B Team improved through the the day with a stand out performance against Banbridge. Once again the Irish touring team were a determined win over eventual festival winner. As a coach I was proud of how force to be reckoned with. our boys played and to finish third overall was respectable. I would like to thank all of the boys and parents for their support. A special thank you must be The A Team changed their made to Joe Godfrey who kindly travelled up to be our umpiring representative. formation and players positions a number of times, trying to find Eastcote A - Riyan, Leo, Raihan, Daniel, Alex J, Alex B, Ben, Vivek and Giles. the right balance. They produced their best Eastcote B - Riyan, Ayuj, Arun, Amar, Dylan, Pat, Aarnav, Oswin, David performance against and Paras. Cheltenham with a solid and Andy & Colin The EastcoNet 19 14th April 2018 March 25th - Under 12 Boys

Jaguars beat Scorpions in famous tournament win! It was Eastcote’s own mini-tournament at Brunel where we welcomed teams from Hampstead & Westminster and Sunbury. The day was a very successful one for us.... both our teams won every game and we notched up a total of 23 goal to nil.

This left the final playoff between the two Eastcote teams the Scorpions and the Jaguars. What a match! The crowd were completely enthralled in this end to end competition. Both keepers, Slava and Adrian who had both kept all opposition attempts at bay continued in fine form foiling efforts from both sides. The intent from both sides was clear to see. It wasn’t unt il the final minute that a turnover led to a breakaway from the Jaguars and the goal to settle the encounter.

Well done Jaguars ...and well done Eastcote 24-0

EASTCOTE JUNIOR FESTIVAL 2018 Sunday 29 APRIL

This is a day of tournaments, games and celebrations for every Junior member. Come in your Eastcote kit or a superhero if you are U6! Stay as long as you wish and enjoy the day.

Please arrive 10 minutes before your age group time is due to start so that teams can be organised.

Food and drink will be on sale throughout from Sue and Mick (the famous Eastcote Hockey club caterers!). Start your day with a bacon sarnie and a cup of tea or finish it with coffee and cake.

Under 6s Ready to go at 9.30 – 10.15 Remember to be a super hero! Matches/games followed by a 15 minute end of season and award ceremony U8s Ready to go at 10.30- 11.30 Matches/games followed by a 15 minute end of season and award ceremony U10s Ready to go at 11.45- 12.45 Matches/games followed by a 15 minute end of season and award ceremony

Details sent out from your TAP over the Easter holidays. Please let them know that you can attend.

U12 mixed Ready to go at 1.15-2.15 Mixed boys and girls tournament followed by a 15 minute end Boys and Girls of season and award ceremony U14 Girls Ready to go at 2.30-3.15 Game followed by a 15 minute end of season and award ceremony U14 & U16 Ready to go at 3.30-4.30 Mixed age tournament to finish the day off! Boys Followed by a 20 minute end of season and award ceremony

Officially the end of the season!

Table Tennis Table in the Clubhouse

We are delighted to let you know that a table tennis table has been Delivered for use by all adult and junior members at the club.

The table will be in the main hall and bats and balls can be collected from behind the bar. Please treat the table with care, folding it away at the end of the session and returning the equipment

We hope you all enjoy playing! th The EastcoNet 20 14 April 2018

. Forthcoming Fixtures How much could you save on your gas and 22/04/2018 electricity bills?

U10B A T Middlesex In2Hockey At Club Championships tbc John Lyon Playing Fields, Sudbury Hill, easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/eastcotehc/ Harrow, HA1 3SB U10G A T Middlesex In2Hockey We've made switching easy! Club Championships tbc Southgate Hockey Centre, Trent Park, You can compare gas and electric tariffs Snakes Lane, Oakwood EN4 0PS the easyfundraising way with uSwitch U14G A L Ashford (moved from 18th February) and feel good knowing you could save over £300 per year 29/04/2018 ALL End of season awards

U14B A L OMT and

collect a £12 donation for Eastcote Hockey Club

We have raised an incredible

£500.00

which will be used by the Junior Section

to provide equipment and support facilities.

We are now

£133.44 towards our new £500 Target Eastcote Hockey Club

for our Junior Section

Help us to raise this money by joining our £500 supporters shopping online via easyfundraising.org.uk

and raising donations for free!

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then simply follow the steps to shop and raise.

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MIDDLESEX HOCKEY ASSOCIATION Girls U10 Clubs’ In2Hockey Championships 2017/18 Southgate Hockey Centre, Trent Park, Snakes Lane, Oakwood, Middlesex EN4 0PS

Sunday 22 April 2018

Group A Uniform Group B Uniform Shirts Skorts Socks Shirts Skorts Socks Ashford Red/Black Black Red/Black Eastcote B Red Navy Red Ealing Orange Black Orange Hampstead & W A White Navy Navy Eastcote A Red Navy Red Richmond Cherry Black Black/Cherry Hampstead & W B White Navy Navy Southgate A Red/Black Black Red/Black Harrow Yellow Navy Yellow/Navy Staines Light Blue/Navy Navy Light Blue/Navy Southgate B Red/Black Black Red/Black Sunbury & Walton Green/Navy Navy White Teddington A Pink Navy Chocolate/Pink Teddington B Pink Navy Chocolate/Pink

Time Pitch 1 Pitch 2 Pitch 3 Pitch 4 10.00 Southgate B v Harrow H Ham & West A v Southgate A 10.13 Eastcote A v Ealing Eastcote B v Sunbury & Walton Teddington B v Richmond Ham & West B v Teddington A 10.26 Ealing v Harrow Southgate B v Ashford Richmond v Southgate A Ham & West A v Staines 10.39 Ham & West B v Eastcote A Teddington A v Ashford Eastcote B v Teddington B Sunbury & Walton v Staines 10.52 Harrow v Ham & West B Ealing v Southgate B Southgate A v Eastcote B Richmond v Ham & West A 11.05 Harrow v Teddington A Ashford v Eastcote A Southgate A v Sunb & Walton Staines v Teddington B 11.18 Teddington A v Ealing Ham & West A v Eastcote B Sunb & Walton v Richmond Southgate B v Ham & West B 11.31 Staines v Southgate A Teddington B v Ham & West A Ashford v Harrow Eastcote A v Southgate B 11.44 Eastcote B v Richmond Teddington B v Sunbury & Walton Ham & West B v Ealing Eastcote A v Teddington A 11.57 Staines v Eastcote B Sunb & Walton v Ham & West A Ashford v Ham & West B Teddington A v Southgate B 12.10 Richmond v Staines Southgate A v Teddington B Ealing v Ashford Harrow v Eastcote A 12.35 Winner A v Runner-Up B Winner B v Runner-Up A 12.55 FINAL 3RD/4TH Play off

All pool matches 10 minutes one way. Semi-finals, 3rd/4th Play-off and Final 6 minutes each way.

The first named team will provide the match ball and has push back.

The second named team has choice of ends and must change their shirt colour or wear coloured bibs if required.

Final positions in pools will Points: Win - 3 points, Draw - 1 point be decided as follows: Goal difference Goals scored Result between teams Penalty strokes (best of three followed by sudden death if required)

Penalty strokes (as above) will be used if there is a tie in the positional games.

There is no National Final for this age group.

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MIDDLESEX HOCKEY ASSOCIATION Boys U10 Clubs’ In2Hockey Championship 2017/18 The John Lyon School Playing Fields, Sudbury Hill, Harrow HA1 3NA

Sunday 22nd April 2018

GROUP 1 Shirt Shorts Socks GROUP 2 Shirt Shorts Socks Ashford Red/Black Black Black/Red Ealing Orange Black Orange Eastcote Red White Red Richmond Cherry White Black/Cherry Hampstead & West. White Navy Navy Southgate Red/Black Black Red/Black Indian Gymkhana Yellow Black Yellow Staines L.Blue/Navy Navy Lt. Blue/Navy Sunbury & Walton Green/Navy Navy White Teddington A Pink Navy Chocolate/Pink Teddington B Pink Navy Chocolate/Pink

Group 1 - 10 minutes one way. Group 2 - 13 minutes one way. Semi-finals and Finals 10 minutes one way. WIN – 3 points DRAW – 1 point Pitch 1 Pitch 2 10.30 Eastcote v Hampstead & Westminster 11.00 Richmond v Ealing

10.43 Ashford v Sunbury & Walton 11.17 Teddington A v Southgate 10.56 Teddington B v Indian Gymkhana 11.34 Staines v Richmond 11.09 Eastcote v Ashford 11.51 Ealing v Teddington A 11.22 Hampstead & West v Sunbury & Walton 12.08 Southgate v Staines 11.35 Ashford v Teddington B 12.25 Richmond v Teddington A 11.48 Indian Gymkhana v Eastcote 12.42 Ealing v Southgate 12.01 Hampstead & West v Ashford 12.59 Teddington A v Staines 12.14 Sunbury & Walton v Teddington B 13.16 Southgate v Richmond 12.27 Indian Gymkhana v Hampstead & Westminster 13.33 Staines v Ealing 12.40 Sunbury & Walton v Eastcote 12.53 Indian Gymkhana v Ashford 13.06 Hampstead & West v Teddington B 13.19 Sunbury & Walton v Indian Gymkhana 13.32 Teddington B v Eastcote 13.55 Winner Group 1 v Runner Up Group 2 13.55 Winner Group 2 v Runner Up Group 1 14.15 FINAL 14.15 3rd/4th Play Off if required

The first named team will provide the match ball and has push back.

The second named team has choice of ends and must change their shirt colour or wear coloured bibs if required.

Penalty strokes (as above) will be used if there is a tie in the positional games.

The winner and runner-up will qualify for the South finals which are to be held on Sunday 6th May 2018 at Surbiton Hockey Club.

In the event of two teams from the same club reaching the final – only one team will qualify for the rd South round and the 3 placed team will qualify. The EastcoNet 23 14th April 2018