Welcome Back   

The long awaited return to training has started back this week, with games coming up and mini’s starting on Saturday there’s been .....

Lots Going on  

With no play one might expect little to have changed but that is not the case for the Club, there have been numerous projects started and underway,  preparation for changes to the Clubhouse by JR, Nigel, Matt  and his gang building and painting ,  Bobby connecting up our power  , Lester busy with Pitch Cleaning , Simon building tables  for our Beer terrace ,  plans for new merchandise with Emily Holmes and her team, a new storage shed out by the pitches for GK Bags and Training Kit and the biggest ever Hockey Camp this Easter and much more, our magnificent new  Purple Pit Stop Coffee Shop , the list goes on . 

Playing wise – We have 6 Teams across the Lee Valley League, Block Fixtures against Southgate, Summer 7’s Mixed and training planned until the end of June with more games to be announced soon. Do get in touch with your team Captain, to enjoy the delayed season, (in weather that can be a lot nicer than a normal season) . 

 With some new beers coming on-line soon and, hopefully, fundraising permitting, a new terrace and bar with an enhanced food menu, the Summer may be a extra pleasurable one at the Club. 

The Tuesday night Academy will restart on Tuesday 13th,Junior Championships are still being planned so we should see plenty of Hockey for all. 

The FUNdraising Project for the new terrace and bar refit .

Is underway kicked off at Mini Hockey last Saturday , all of the mini hockey players got a badge and teams of mini hockey parents braved the cold to start a Recycling stall and already raised around £50 together with promises for some fantastic  Auction prizes. ( Donations of old kit are gratefully accepted - please bring on Saturday morning or contact Russ, Ana or Michelle who have kindly headed this up) .

You will see posters around the Club and terrace , there are some fantastic ideas already from Teams, sponsored matches, hit the cross bar competitions and others besides , now for the bit where we do it and raise some money .

 

So the question now is what will you do with your team or others to raise some funds for this facility, that you will no doubt enjoy for years to come and which will help support the Club by making it more attractive to players and visitors? We all have our part to play for our Club to make it something we can be even more proud of. whether with donations , sponsorship , car washes , auctions of promises - in our 100th Season , not without it's problems , we will have something pleasurable to remember it by. 

Let me know in the office, or catch up with JR  if you can help towards the organisation and corellation of this campaign ? 

The Purple Pit Stop  

The long awaited opening of our superb new Coffee facility has been delayed but not denied by the rules around Covid opening and will be starting at Mini Hockey on Saturday 17th .

 

Some say that it’s Cappuccini, Lattes and so on are better than Starbucks, Costa and the rest. So if you want agreat WetSkinnyMochaLochaBabyCinno ( whatever one of those is ) , make sure you pay it a visit .( P.S we need someone to work in it please , Saturday mornings 9-12 for pay). 

 

The Club Shop  

The shop will soon be able to re-open , you will notice there’s been some fantastic changes that are being implemented (including an astro-turf carpet), but Ali wants to know what more he can do for members and how they feel about the products – please help by completing the short survey that can be found here: 

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SCJSBYJ 

 

Bar & Catering Opening   

There are some very thirsty people out there booking tables for opening hours on 12th April , we won’t be open quite that early but you will be able to drink and eat whilst sat outside the Club from Saturday 17th , when we have several games on. We need to obvserve the rules around Covid so all drinks will be served ( and need to be consumed) sitting down. 

 We really need staff to help on serving drinks outside, please do let anyone you know who may want to earn some additional money in touch with the office.  The new Online Ordering System will be in play and is worth setting up in advance. Save the details to your phone , so you can place your orders and get served at high speed .

 The address ,  from your mobile at  https://oldloughtonians.touchtakeaway.net  

 

We are reviewing the Beers and drinks we serve, if anybody has some strong desire for a particular beer and promise to drink lots of it, please contact John Wright and let him know. Massive thanks to Jamie Oxley who has shaken all this side up and set up new expectations, ideas and has carried out loads of work to get this underway. ( amongst all the other things he does too !)

 

Welcome Back - Phew ! I need a holiday now .