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Juniors
The club has a thriving junior section – with more than 18 teams, and we have the ClubsFirst Accreditation from England Hockey which recognises the quality and depth of the club, especially at junior level. Coaching is held on Sunday mornings on the astros at Tonbridge School, and occasionally at Hawkenbury; the times and locations vary so you need to check on the training/teamsheet each week. There are also matches and tournaments, which are played throughout the season.
Parental consent forms must be filled in before you can come to training; the parental consent form is now a part of the membership form.
Fixtures
We will be entering teams at U18, U16 and U14 for both boys and girls in Kent leagues; U12 and U10 will play in monthly triangular tournaments. Details of junior fixtures will be updated as they emerge.
Training
Training for juniors (U16 and below) is on Sunday mornings, mostly on the three Tonbridge School astros. See Juniors Training for more detail. Time vary each week and are posted on the junior teamsheet. Training will resume on 4th September for U13 and older; and on 11th September for everybody.
Stop Press
There are often changes to training and match arrangements after the teamsheet has been posted, especially when there is inclement weather. Any changes will be posted on the stop press pages.
Interesting in Joining TWHC Juniors?
Please contact the Junior Coordinator and come along to any session, remembering to bring parental consent form, stick, mouthguard and shinpads. You can join at any time so have a go - there are no selection tests... for the moment anyway. If you have any queries or want to discuss any issues, please call Alec Pelmore, the Junior Coordinator, on 01732 850739.
News Bulletin
For latest news, click on the bulletin which is posted on the website. Match reports are usually posted on the latest teamsheet: see below
Calling all Parents
I am always interested to hear from parents who are prepared to help, either with admin, coaching or umpiring and the club will fund training courses for umpires and coaches who are prepared to commit time to the club. It doesn't have to be a huge commitmemt. Could anybody interested please contact the Junior Coordinator
Junior Development Centre - South West Kent JDC
TWHC runs the local junior development centre in partnership with Sevenoaks Hockey Club. The JDCs are the next step on the ladder towards representative hockey (county, regional, national etc). The JDC runs from September to December on midweek evenings at Tonbridge School. There will be an assess ment day sometime in March/April for those with 2000 birthdays. For more information speak to Alec.
Child Welfare and Codes of Conduct
Our Child Welfare Officer is Saeed Malik (tel 07880 727121). We have several policies and codes of conduct which are all posted on the website; for coaches, volunteers, players and parents and spectators. Please read. In particular, click here for details of our child protection policy. Useful and relevant links are:
NSPCC Helpline: 0808 800 5000 www.donthideit.com - advice aimed at young people on how to find out more about abuse and what you can do about it.
Childline: 0800 1111 www.childline.org.uk - free helpline for children and young people
Anti-bullying: www.bullying.co.uk - advice and guidance www.thereforme.com - advice aimed at teenagers (12-16yrs) on a range of issues such as abuse, bullying, exams, drugs and self harm
Contacts
For more details about our Junior teams, please contact Alec Pelmore (01732 850739) or the contacts for each team below:
Junior Coordinator - Alec Pelmore
Welfare Officer - Saeed Malik
Boys Head Coaches - Steve Britton, Saeed Malik
Girls Head Coaches - Vince Holden, Lisa Boldrini
U10 Head Coach - Louise Bateman
Goalies Academy - Martin Hadaway
Group Leaders
U16 Boys - Julian Barnaby, John Moore
U15/14 Boys - Steve Britton, Nick Taffs
U13 Boys - Saeed Malik, John Comben, Paddy Osborn
U12/11/10 Boys - Nigel Bateman, Martin Lord, Jonathan Taylor, Bill Priestley
U18/17 Girls - Quinton Wood
U16/15 Girls - Quinton Wood, Steve Martins
U14/13 Girls - Mark Weare, Lorna Hockley, Forbes Fenton
U12 Girls - Andrew Jenner, Guy Shaw, Paul Sacker, Forbes Fenton, Kelly Maywood, Lorna A-D
U10/9 Boys - Steve Hunt, Nick Page
U10/9 Girls - James Bailey, Rachel Phillips,
U8/7 Mixed - Nick Page, Charlie Nyren, Alan Nicholson, David Judge
Note: groups are by age at 1st September 2011 (ie school year)
EH qualified coaches
Level 2 - Steve Britton, Vince Holden, Saeed Malik, Chris Page, Louise Bateman, David Hemsley, Pete Turner
Level 1 - Nigel Bateman, Lisa Boldrini, Robert Harrison, Uschi Moore, Julian Barnaby, Chris Pelmore, Forbes Fenton, Mike Pelmore.
More information about our coaches.
EH qualified umpires
Lawrie Digweed, Chris Pelmore, Alec Pelmore, John Burton, Jon Gray, Nick Ivory, Chris Page, Roger Davies, Nick Taffs, Simon Begg.
Club Kit
Junior match kit comprises red shirts and blue shorts/skirts, and red socks with white hoops. U15 and U16 teams play in senior kit (girls white shirts, boys red) with numbers which are allocated by the club.
Click here for info on kit sales
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