OUT OF BOUNDS!

The mini pitch is OUT OF BOUNDS to anyone participating in matches at the weekend.  This is due to the amount of sand that is being taken on to the water based pitches which have recently been cleaned.  All players, umpires, coaches and managers should be cleaning their shoes before they play as this helps prevent cross contamination and keeps the pitches slime free!!.   At weekends all running and stretching which forms part of a players warm up should be done on the overflow car park behind pitch 1.  Any stick and ball work can then be done once the team has access to their allotted pitch.  Captains please remember to tell your opposition of these arrangements.   Please do your bit to help us preserve our facilities.

 

Weekend Round-up

Ladies 1 v Crostyx 1                           4 - 1

Ladies 2 v Romford 1                         4 - 2

Ladies 3 v Waltham Forest 3            8 - 1

Ladies 4 v East London 8                  1 - 1

Men's 2 v Bromley & Beckenham 3 1 - 0

Men's 3 v Witham 1                          6 - 0

Men's 4 v Saffron Walden  4              3 - 0

Men's 5 v Upminster 4                       6 - 2

Men's 6 v Upminster 5                        2 - 3

Men's 7 v London Royals                  3 - 2

 

Sunday

U18 Boys v Reading                           2 – 4 (MJHL P)

U16 Boys v Guilford                            6 – 1 (MJHL P)

U16 Boys v Old Southendian           5 – 0 (MJHL NE)

U16 Boys v Wycombe                        6 – 1 (MJHL ChN)

U14 Boys v Bromley & Beckenham                 5 – 0 (MJHL P)

U14 Boys v Wycombe (N)                 0 – 5 (MJHL N)

U16 Girls v Bishop Stortford              1 – 0 (HCGL B)   

 

Highlights

Ladies 1 v Crostyx

Old Loughtonians Ladies 1s started the second half of the season with a 4-1 win over local rivals Crostyx.

 https://olhc.clubbuzz.co.uk/admin/events/369236/match_record

 

Ladies 3 v Waltham Forest 3

Everyone worked hard, not seeming to show any lethargy, despite this being our first game post- Christmas. Our presses at free hits worked extremely well, forcing errors from WF.

https://olhc.clubbuzz.co.uk/admin/events/366891/match_record

 

Indoor Hockey

The U16 Boys will be travelling to the West Midlands this weekend to compete in the England Hockey Junior Super 6s competition after being crowned Regional Champions before Christmas.

The U18 Girls rounded off their indoor season by finishing 4th overall in their age group at the #indoorhockey19 Championships This was their best performance in this competition over the years and they made some impressive wins along the way.

 

Jaffa Super 6s line up confirmed

Teams in action on 2nd February at the Copper Box arena are for the women see East Grinstead, Bowdon Hightown, Sutton Coldfield and Buckingham do battle, and for the men Surbiton, East Grinstead, Holcombe and Wimbledon.

 

Governance Review

Following the recent consultation process England Hockey ("EH") issued their revised proposals on governance and structure at the end of December.  For the first time the proposals included indicative guidance on how new Area leagues might look and where and who our teams might be playing from 2021.

Having reviewed the document and spoken to other local clubs similarly affected, your management committee has advised EH:

(a) that OLHC would be in favour of the proposal to implement uniform rules and regulations across all leagues in England; but

(b) that OLHC could not support the proposal to replace the current 5 Regions with 8 new much smaller Areas and sub-areas (1/6th of the size of a Region) for our teams to play in.

Full details are set out on the club website in the News section.  Please read the submission we have made to EH and provide the management committee with your feedback.  The AGM to vote on the proposals is in March.

We have spoken to EH who have confirmed that the indicative proposals are far from set in stone and that they will seek to produce revised proposals based on what we and other clubs advise.

Your committee will be working with EH, East and other local clubs to try to find a solution which is in the best interests of members

 

Items for HH to office by Monday 10:00 please