AWARDS FOR ALL MEANS YOUR HOCKEY CLUB TOO
Information has been received to indicate that the East Awards for All ‘sports pot’ still has about 46% of its allocation for 2001 - 2002 left (approximately £400 000) with only two more Awards Panel Meetings this financial year. It was also noted that hockey had on a comparative basis not had as many grants as other sports, although a number of Clubs in Cambridgeshire had been successful in the past – March Town, Newmarket and Cambridge City.

The deadline for the last Panel Meetings of 2001 – 2002 is:  20th February 2002 for 13th March 2002

It is strongly recommended that Clubs take advantage of the opportunity presented by this situation and put in Awards for All bids (£500 - £5000). Local Authority / Active Sports Development Officers will help with applications.   Applications could be for such things as:

• Coaching and other training costs

• Hockey equipment and kit (e.g. goalkeeping kit)

• Coaches fees

• Publicity items – design and production

All that is required with the completed application is:

• Club Bank account details – account name, bank / building society name and address, sort code, account number, and details of who and how many signatories to the account.

• Recent account details (i.e. previous year)

• Club constitution

St Ives, March Town, Cambridge City and the Cambridgeshire Hockey Association were aiming to catch the December deadline / January Panel. Cambridge Ladies, Peterborough Town, Cambridge South, Ely City, Cambridge University and St Neots have all shown interest.  Lets get some money into hockey in Cambridgeshire.  Forms have been sent to your Club Youth Contact. Or you can call for a pack on 0845 600 20 40.

NATIONAL LOTTERY HELPS CAMBRIDGESHIRE HOCKEY TO BECOME AN ACTIVE SPORT
Active Sports will bring in a total of £100 877 to hockey in Cambridgeshire over the next 5 years.  £20 278 for 2002, which must be matched with a £5 052 local contribution (known as Partnership Funding). This needs each year to be a minimum of 20% of the total programme costs. In 2002 the CHA is putting in £4000, the rest coming from Local Authority partners. But the CHA is asking Clubs for a contribution to this amount because we are raiding almost the whole of the reserves for it.

The planned programme for 2002 includes:

• 15 Club Satellite Centres (to support links with Clubs)

• Heart of the East Youth Games (U12 Girls & Boys competitions on 14th July 2002 in Peterborough)

• Three U14 schools competitions

• Coach to go into at least 2 Schools (to encourage links with Saffron Walden HC – not included with Club Satellite Centres)

• Umpire Coach into at least 6 Fenland and Peterborough Schools

• Eight Clubs supported in Year One – March Town, St Ives, St Neots, Cambridge City, Royston, Saffron Walden, Peterborough, Ely

• Stix Awards and Hockey Rules OK! Packs for every Club

• U13 Boys and Girls Assessments at two sites (N & S) in the County

• U13 Player Development Centre leading to an Active Sports Talent Camp at the University of East Anglia in June 2002

• A Level One Coach Award course and three Coaching Updates

• Umpires briefing for those developing young umpires

• And numerous other generic courses available to hockey

• And probably most importantly a part-time Hockey Development Officer (Activator) to support the whole programme (and hopefully in due course this post becoming full-time).

• There will numerous opportunities for Coaches, but they will need to be qualified and insured as a minimum.

The sort of support available to Clubs will consist of:

• A chance to join a national sports development programme

• Help with development planning

• Links with partners (Local Authority Sports Development Officers)

• Guidance for organisation and development of the club through training and courses

• Opportunity to generate interest from young people through Club Satellite Centres and Schools Competitions

• Work towards the ‘Safe, Effective and Child Friendly’ criteria which is a new national standard for sports clubs, and will become a prerequisite if Local Authorities / Schools are to promote Clubs to young people.

The Active Sports activity starting after Christmas would give Under-13 Boys and Girls (age qualification date 1st September!) a good programme of activity. This would include improved assessment processes using the Hockey Stix Awards and player development coaching leading to the Active Sports Talent Camp at the University of East Anglia 21st – 23rd June 2002.

Local Authorities in Cambridgeshire are also looking for Managers and Coaches for their Heart of the East Youth Games teams, and young people for these roles and as Officials are to be actively sought.

RAF CAREERS YOUTH CUP DRAW ANNOUNCED
Under-14, for the Stephen Graves Cup, Sunday 27th January 2002 at Wisbech Hockey Club:
  10.15 Wisbech Grammar School v Saffron Walden HC
  10.45 Longsands College v Peterborough Town HC
  11.15 The Perse School v Wisbech Grammar School
  11.45 Saffron Walden HC v Longsands College
  12.15 Peterborough Town HC v The Perse School
  12.45 Wisbech Grammar School v Longsands College
  13.15 The Perse School v Saffron Walden HC
  13.45 Peterborough Town HC v Wisbech Grammar School
  14.15 Longsands College v The Perse School
  14.45 Saffron Walden HC v Peterborough Town HC

Under-16’s, for the Mick McNeil Shield, Sunday 3rd February 2002 at the Perse School
  11.30 The Perse School v Newport Free Grammar School

Under-18’s, for the Nigel Gadsby Cup, Sunday 3rd February 2002 at the Leys School
  10.40 [B] Kings School Ely v The Perse School
  11.20 [A] Wisbech Grammar School v Hills Road Vth Form
  12.00 [B] The Perse School v The Leys School
  12.40 [A] Hills Road Vith Form v St Ives HC
  13.20 [B] The Leys School v Kings School Ely
  Winner of Group A v Winner of Group B

EARLY SUCCESS FOR YOUNG COACHES AS CAMBRIDGESHIRE WIN UNDER-13 MILTON KEYNES TOURNAMENT
Cambridgeshire Under-13’s had a 100% record in this annual tournament at the National Hockey stadium and did not concede a goal. Results were Hertfordshire 2 – 0; Lincolnshire 1 – 0; Buckinghamshire 1 – 0; Berkshire 2 – 0 and Oxfordshire 2 – 0. A missing goalscorer remains to be identified, with Josh COOTE notching 3, James COE 2 and Will DENNY and Scott GILMOUR one apiece.  The team was coached jointly by teenagers Alex FITTER and Sean GILMOUR, already putting something back into the game. They had both successfully completed their Hockey Coach Level One Award Assessments at a training session the previous week and took the team, under the watchful eye of manager Mike FITTER.

The team was: Jason JAKES and John MARJASON STAMP [St Ives HC], Richard WEST, Scott DAVIDSON, Scott WELCHER [March Town], Tom DIPPLE, Ciaran DANIELIS [St Faiths], Will DENNY [Perse Scott], Alex BOXALL [Peterborough Town], Joshua COOTE, James FANGER [Saffron Walden] and Ben SIMMONDS, Scott GILMOUR, Christy BROOKES, James COE [Cambridge City].

A full programme for the Under-13’s kicks off following two further assessment and training sessions on Sundays 20th January and 10th February 2002 at the St Ivo Outdoor Centre from 11.00am to 2.00pm with some friendly matches to also be arranged [for further information contact Mike FITTER 01480 466810]. This will lead to the East Under-13 Inter-County Competition. Alongside this will run the Active Sports Stages 3 & 4 Player Assessment and Development Centres, leading to the Active Sports Talent Camp at the University of East Anglia in June [for further information contact Simon FAIRHALL 01353 616378].  All of which will all seek to give talented young hockey players in the County a solid base from which they can develop.

COACHING COURSE AT THE LEYS SCHOOL
The Leys School in Cambridge are set to host a Hockey Coach Level One Award course in the new year. The dates of the course are Sundays 3rd and 10th February and are preceded by an Introduction and Induction session on Thursday 31st January. For further information contact Peter WHITE at the School [01223 508900], or Charles FARROW, the English Hockey Network Regional Development Manager for the East [01284 756930]