KETTERING HOCKEY CLUB NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2017 A huge thank you to MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND REPAIRS for sponsoring our very first social event of the season Bingo night at KHC raised a fantastic 540 for club funds and our nominated charities. The clubhouse was full and with 100 in prizes handed out, fabulous half time food and a free raffle a great time was had by all. Many thanks go to everyone involved in the night - we were overwhelmed by offers of help throughout the evening proving what great team spirit there is within our club Congratulations to Bibby who hobbled away with the 50 Bonus prize on the last call of the evening
Finally thanks again for the very generous sponsorship of the event by MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND REPAIRS Any work you might need doing on your instruments talk to Jake Randle 01536 722 934 Mobile 07729 177 713 or visit the website:- www.musicalinstrumentsandrepairs.co.uk More Sponsorship Opportunities If you would like to get your business advertised to the club members and beyond, please contact Fundraising Secretary Jan Randle jan_randle@yahoo.co.uk for more details. No sponsorship offer is too small or too big!!
Halloween Party Saturday 28 th October Pop the date in your diaries Prize for best fancy dress! More Social Dates for your diary 28 th October Halloween Party fancy dress 9 th December Christmas Party 27 th January Quiz night 24 th February Race night 24 th March Pub Olympics 14 th April Awards Evening Dinner Dance Your committee working for you Just a few examples of the things your committee has done so far this year to improve the club Umpire radio mics Charity fundraising Dates for social s set for the season Updating website domain name Potential organisation of men s summer 7 a side (TBC)
EASYFUNDRAISING Please support our easyfundraising scheme. Every time you buy something from one of the UK s best known retailers up to 15% from every purchase is donated by them back to the club. It's really simple, and doesn't cost you anything. All you have to do is: 1. Go to: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/invite/7bkxhn/i5tz0v 2. Enter Kettering Hockey Club in the search box 3. Click Join Us and enter your details and click on Create My Account 4. Choose from over 3,300 retailers, do your online shopping as normal and our cause will receive a free donation at no extra cost to you for every purchase you make. Thank you for your support, you'll be helping to make a real difference to Kettering Hockey Club. Captains will be giving you a laminated easyfundraising card as a gentle reminder please make use of it and help us all out If we all support the scheme we will raise a lot of money and this season we are not only raising money for ourselves we are also giving a proportion of the amount raised to two local charities. CHARITY DONATIONS This year we are supporting two local charities Wren Spinney and Johnny s Happy Place and will be giving a proportion of all funds raised this season to these two well deserving charities and to the purchase of two dugouts for the new pitch
??PRE CHRISTMAS CLEAR OUT?? I m sure most of you have loads of unused and unloved items at home and there is a box in the clubhouse for all your unwanted goods. We are looking for:- 1 CD S, DVD S, BLU-RAYS AND GAMES 2 TEXTBOOKS 3 IPHONE, BLACKBERRY, SAMSUNG, SAMSUNG GALAXY, HTC, LG, NOKIA, SONY ERICSSON, GOOGLEPIXEL, & THE PHONE HUB 4 APPLE GOODS, KINDLETABLET, SMARTWATCH, LAPTOP AND CONSOLES. Any items donated will be sold to Music Magpie to raise funds for our club and our two chosen charities KETTERING HOCKEY CLUB PLAYING KIT Just a quick reminder that all orders for kit are now being dealt with via our on-line shopping store Silverfx. They have very strict order deadlines and delivery dates which are as follows Order deadline delivery by 18.10.2017 29.11.2017 04.11.2017 17.12.2017 12.12.2017 23.01.2018 Silverfx tell me that there will be a slight delay on the 25 th October delivery date (approx. 2 weeks late and they send their apologies) Members have been asking about numbers on shirts. Silverfx have a master list of our numbers and will allocate the next lowest number to players when shirts are ordered
KETTERING SPORTS AWARDS 2017 The following were nominated for the KETTERING SPORTS AWARDS 2017 and against strong opposition have made it through the first round of selection. They have all been invited to attend the very prestigious awards ceremony which will be presented by BBC Radio Northampton Rugby Co-ordinator Lennie Newman. The awards take place on Thursday 26 th October at Wicksteed Park Kettering. Young Leader of the Year Volunteer of the Year Long Term Contribution to Sport Young Sportswoman of the Year Emma Storey Ricky Payne Louise Storey Ellie Darnell This is a really fantastic evening with many outstanding athletes in attendance. If anyone would like to go please get in touch with Jan 01536 722 934 (be quick though as the closing date for tickets is 8 th October). SUBSCRIPTIONS ADULTS 100.00 YEAR 9+ AND CONCESSIONS 45.00 (concessions = senior citizens O65, Full time Education, Unemployed & Apprenticeships) YEAR 8 & BELOW 35.00 FAMILY DISCOUNT contact Tom Sellers FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES speak to Tom Sellers in complete confidence Payment to Lloyds Bank Sort Code 30-94-68 account number 00006190 Full name as reference + Annual Subs or Set up standing order for Payment over 4/5 months no more UMPIRES COURSE Umpires course 8 th October Clubhouse 9.00 4.30 Book online at englandhockey.co.uk/courses or speak to Nathan Thomas
PITCHERO All our results, match reports and vital information regarding club events are posted on www.pitchero.com/clubs/ketteringhockeyclub There are also many fabulous pictures taken by Amy during matches and at Social events Don t miss out!! Please join in so you are kept up to date with all our activities and if you have any difficulty logging in please have a chat to Barry Coe FITNESS SESSIONS I m sure most of you have your own fitness regimes running to help you keep up with the rigours of the new season but if you haven t come and join us on Monday evenings at Bishop Stopford School. Ricky runs a great fitness session totally relevant to playing the game of hockey and it is also good fun. Mondays Bishop Stopford Gym 7pm 8pm 2 per session. Come and give it a go and please feel free to bring friends, partners, children, parents etc. Open to all and you can drop in and out of the sessions depending on how you feel
Team news Welcome to new ladies 1 st team coach Jamie Dodd who has taken the reins this season, good luck to you Jamie! Sadly Ladies 4 th team captain sig foreman has stepped down to focus on her work commitments, thank you for everything you have done for the club over the last few years. Welcome to lin leach and jen mason who have kindly stepped in to take over the running of the team. Midlands Division 2 P W D L F A +/- Pts Towcester Ladies 1s 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 6 Tamworth Ladies 1s 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 6 Kettering Ladies 1s 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 6 Rugby & East Warwickshire 1s 2 1 0 1 5 2 3 3 Ashby Ladies 1s 2 1 0 1 3 4-1 3 Belper Ladies 2s 2 1 0 1 4 6-2 3 Solihull Blossomfield Ladies 1s 2 0 1 1 2 3-1 1 Stone Ladies 1s 2 0 1 1 2 4-2 1 Worcester Ladies 1s 2 0 0 2 3 5-2 0 Olton & West Warwickshire 2s 2 0 0 2 2 5-3 0 Northants County league Division 1 P W D L F A +/- Pts Wildcatz Ladies 1s 2 2 0 0 11 6 5 6 Wootton Wanderers Ladies 1s 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 6 Kettering Ladies 2s 2 1 1 0 9 4 5 4 Daventry Ladies 1s 2 1 0 1 8 4 4 3 Kettering Ladies 3s 2 1 0 1 4 5-1 3 Oundle Ladies 1s 2 0 2 0 5 5 0 2 Earls Barton Ladies 1s 2 0 1 1 2 3-1 1 Wellingborough Ladies 1s 2 0 1 1 7 11-4 1 Towcester Ladies 2s 2 0 1 1 3 8-5 1 Wootton Wanderers Ladies 2s 2 0 0 2 1 8-7 0
Northants County league Division 2 P W D L F A +/ Pts Northampton Saints Ladies 3s 2 2 0 0 13 0 13 6 Kettering Ladies 4s 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3 Rushden & Higham Ladies 1s 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 Oundle ladies 2s 2 0 0 2 3 6-3 0 Towcester Ladies 3s 1 0 0 1 0 4-4 0 Northampton Saints Ladies 4s 1 0 0 1 0 9-9 0 East Men s League NW Divisions Division 3NW P W D L F A +/- Pts St Neots 1s 2 2 0 0 9 1 8 6 March Town 1s 2 2 0 0 9 5 4 6 Kettering 1s 2 2 0 0 8 4 4 6 Cambridge City 4s 2 2 0 0 7 3 4 6 Bourne Deeping 2 2 1 0 1 7 5 2 3 CoP 5s 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 CoP 4s 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 Leadenham 1s 2 1 0 1 2 4-2 3 Ely City 1s 2 0 0 2 5 8-3 0 Cambridge City Vets 2 0 0 2 0 5-5 0 Spalding 2s 2 0 0 2 0 6-6 0 Spalding 3s 2 0 0 2 4 11-7 0
Division 5NW P W D L F A +/- Pts Kettering 2s 2 2 0 0 17 0 17 6 Cambridge City 6s 2 1 1 0 13 2 11 4 Wellingborough 1s 2 1 1 0 6 3 3 5 Spalding 4s 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 4 St Neots 3s 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 4 Horncastle 2s 2 1 0 1 7 5 2 3 Louth 1s 2 1 0 1 9 12-3 3 St Neots 4s 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2 Wisbech Town 3s 2 0 1 1 3 11-8 1 CoP 7s 2 0 1 1 2 13-11 1 St Ives 3s 2 0 0 2 3 5-2 0 March Town 2s 2 0 0 2 2 13-11 0 Division 6NW (S) P W D L F A +/- Pts Cambridge Nomads 3s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cambridge South 4s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cambridge South 5s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ely City 2s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ely City 3s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kettering 3s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kettering 4s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St Ives 4s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St Ives 5s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St Neots 5s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Early days yet with M3 s and M4 s still to start their league season but after a couple of games for most teams things are looking good.