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from the surrounding areas training with us and a few even host their
AGM and end of season events at our clubhouse.
Over the course of the season we have lots of schools training
or playing their hockey on our pitches. Our biggest challenge is to
increase hockey in the state schools where hockey is not always
played or they don’t have any teachers who are able to coach.
We offer our pitches to any school wanting space to train and
host a Secondary schools training tournament each year as
well as the local Quicksticks Primary Schools tournament.”
Challenges
“The biggest challenge for us as a club is that there is
always so much more that we could do! We would love
to assist with coaching within the state schools, provide
more hockey playing options such as a midweek league
but as always this comes down to funding, pitch and coach
availability.
Hockey is becoming more and more professional in its
nature, there is a need for quality coaching which comes at a
cost, facilities need to be top notch but to keep the membership
costs down we need more and more volunteers – this comes at
a time when jobs are more demanding and therefore generally
people have less time.
However, that said, it is an exciting time for hockey. The profile
is much higher and the successes of the England and Great Britain
sides are helping the perception of a sport which can compete with
football, rugby and netball as a sport of choice.”
Ambitions
“Over the coming years we will be working on quality - our
facilities, our coaching programme, holiday courses, leadership
and club policies. There is always something to be done to keep us
current. With regards to playing, we are continuing to push towards
National League status at the same time keeping hockey available for
everyone – not much to do there then!
As a club, we have never had a co-ordinated sponsorship
programme and this is my main aim for next season. We will
be producing a quarterly club magazine where I will be looking
for advertising and would encourage anyone interested in the
opportunities available to get in touch.”
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