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| Monthly Meeting | |
| A team of umpires (11 not 2!) gathered at Sanderstead HC although we had too many goalkeepers and defenders, not enough willing midfielders and a unsurprising lack of attacking firepower. I suspect we'll be sticking to the whistle next weekend rather than comtemplating a return to playing duties. Some good discussions evolved from the midweek issue of the Player Management document and how it had related to the afternoon's activities. We will try and have a final monthly meeting for this season after Easter. Watch this space. | |
| Grade Changes | |
| The past weekend has seen two movements. Firstly a warm welcome to Chris Page who joins at Grade B3. We look forward to seeing you around the circuit. Secondly, Chris Burton-Brown has been promoted to Grade B1. Well done Chris, you now have the big step up to Grade A in front of you and we wish you all good fortune with this. S+CC | |
| Monthly Meeting | |
| This Saturday we are meeting at Sanderstead HC for our monthly assortment of hockey topics and rules conundrums. Just pop in any time during the afternoon and if you wish to stay longer SHC is running a race night starting at 7:30 Before the meeting on Saturday we will be issuing you with our paper on Player Management (control from the whistle to the use of cards) and I am sure this will get some coverage at Sanderstead. S+CC | |
| Glyn Jones | |
| Well done to Glyn who has earned his SHUA spurs and joins us at Grade B4. Good luck with your umpiring Glyn and we look forward to seeing you climb up the grade ranks. S+CC | |
| Joe Middleton | |
| Congratulations to Joe who has just passed his B2 assessment and moves one rung further up the ladder. Good luck in your assault on B1 - the second biggest promotion jump on our books. S+CC | |
| Stratton King | |
| Congratulations to Stratton King who has passed his B1 test under the watchful gaze of Chris Burton. You have made some rapid progress this year and we wish you well as you try and climb those Grade A steps! S+CC | |
| Level 1 Umpire Course to be held at Kenley HC on Sunday 14th March 2010 | |
| We are running the next Level 1 umpire coaching course on Sunday 14th March 2010 starting at 10.00am prompt and finishing around 4.30/5pm. It is all class room based and you walk out with your test results on the day and just the practical to complete. Places are limited so book now by completing an Application form available on this site or available from janebinner@hotmail.co.uk and paying the fee. Date: Sunday 14th March 2010 (the course and test will be run in one day) Time: start 10am – 4.30/5pm (approx) Location: Kenley HC, Little Roke Road, Kenley, Surrey, CR8 5NF. Nearest station Kenley (walkable) www.kenleyhockeyclub.co.uk Attendees: Any level or age welcome Fees: £25 for over 18, £20 for 18 and under Tutor: Mike Parker Booking: Complete an application form and ideally email the form to Jane Binner (email address as above) and transfer the fee by electronic transfer with your name as the reference. Email Jane for details of the SHUA bank account. Alternatively email your application form and post a cheque made payable to SHUA to Jane at her home address, which will be on the application form. Refreshments: Coffees and teas available. Light lunch will be offered for around £2.50 per head. If you wish to discuss anything then please call Jane at 07836 226175 | |
| HHUA exchange | |
| As many of you would know we enjoyed the company of 3 HHUA members on Saturday on our exchange weekend with Hampshire. I think this proved a very satisfactory experience for all concerned and one that will be repeated in the future. All 3 of our ”imports” arrived at varying times at Epsom HC on Saturday afternoon and were met by the 14 SHUA members who turned up for the monthly meeting. This was a very harmonious occasion and some very good banter was had in the bar. As far as I know all 3 of our ”exports” have safely returned over the county border and Rob Butlin even made it back to Epsom on Saturday having enhanced his hockey mileage by 150+ miles. If there are any ”stories” to recount from Hampshire I will issue a further news item later this week. Next month's meeting will probably be on 6th March in the Croydon area and we will issue more information about this nearer the time. Please mark this in your diary now. S+CC | |
| Andrew Sewell | |
| Welcome to Andrew who successfully passed his membership watching on Saturday. Andrew is from NZ and is in the UK for about 12 months so instead of wishing you many happy seasons with SHUA we will scale this down to many happy months!! I am sure you will enjoy your stay with us and make some steady progress upwards from your start at B3. S+CC | |
| A promotion... | |
| For David Heller who has gained his B3 spurs. Well done David - keep up the excellent work and good luck as you strive for your B2. Ian WItchell S+CC | |
| OLD FRIENDS | |
| Those of you who know him will be pleased to hear that I had an e-mail the other day from David G Thomson - without a ”p”and known to some as Mr X. There is a story behind that but it is not really printable! David has now left Mendip District Council after 6 years and has decided to go it alone. He has formed his own limited company and is acting as an executive coach/mentor and I quote: ” This would pick up some of the coaching skills you taught me many moons ago, because apparently some of the best coaching ideas for executives come from the performance based approach used all the time in sport.” He makes no specific mention of hockey and so I presume he is not involved at the moment - a pity because he has so much to offer. He was the Chairman of what used to be called SHUA's Umpiring Committee. It's always good to hear from ”Old Members” and let's hope we will see David and Sarah in the near future. I also had a brief e-mail from Ian Moss (Mossy) the other day. Mossy is still in Scotland and has gone back to playing again. He keeps threatening to come and see us - let's hope he does. Perhaps he and Dave should communicate and come at the same time? Burty | |
| MONTHLY MEETING - FOLLOW-UP | |
| Further to the previous information about this, I am pleased to confirm that we will be having our Monthly Meeting this coming Saturday 13th February at Epsom H.C. There will be at least one Hampshire umpire present and we are hoping that the other two will join us. Please be there if you can, a good showing is essential. See you Saturday. Burty | |
| UMPIRE EXCHANGE WITH HAMPSHIRE HUA | |
| On Saturday 13th February SHUA is carrying out an exchange of umpires with Hampshire HUA. Three of our umpires, Rob Butlin, Chris Burton-Browm and Matt Dean are venturing into Hampshire where they will receive some coaching from Hampshire coaches. In return, we look forward to welcoming Shaun Gray, David Peebles and Harry Fennell into Surrey. Two of them will be coached by our coaches and the other is umpiring with Rolf Horst! It will be interesting to find out how the Hampshire and Surrey coaching methods differ and of course what is being coached. We are trying to organise a ”monthly get together” after their games, probably at Epsom HC, but this is as yet undecided so watch this space. We hope as many of you as possible will come along after your games and show the Hampshire boys some good old Surrey hospitality! | |
| Surrey and South U14 / U16 / U18 School Boys Hockey Championships Heats / Finals 2009/10 | |
| Over the next two months the following Surrey and South championships will be taking place: Weds 27th Jan 2010 - Surrey U14 Heats @ Epsom College & Cranleigh School Sun 31st Jan 2010 - Surrey U16 Heats @ Cranleigh School Sun 31st Jan 2010 - Surrey U18 Heats @ Kingston GS Playing Fields, Thames Ditton & Reed's School, Cobham Weds 3rd Feb 2010 - Surrey U16 Heats @ Trinity School, Croydon Thur 4th March 2010 - South U18 Heats @ Surbiton HC & Kingston GS Playing Fields, Thames Ditton Tues 4th March 2010 - South U16 Heats @ Surbiton HC & Kingston GS Playing Fields, Thames Ditton Thur 11th March 2010 - South U14 Heats @ Surbiton HC & Kingston GS Playing Fields, Thames Ditton Thur 18th March 2010 - South U16/U18 Finals @ Surbiton HC Thur 11th March 2010 - South U14 Finals @ Kingston GS Playing Fields, Thames Ditton | |
| CONGRATULATIONS | |
| Congratulations to Mike Davidson who, on Saturday, passed his assessment for Level 1 in Southern Counties HUA. Keep up the good work Mike - next step NPUA! Burty | |
| Tim Baggett | |
| To most of us he was simply known as T Bag and many of the older brigade in SHUA will have known him as a player at Purley Walcountians. Prior to that Tbag played at a number of other Surrey clubs and was a member, before their merger, at both Purley and Old Walcountians. He was also very well known on the Mixed Hockey circuit and in the latter part of his playing career he represented East Grinstead. I am very sorry to have to advise that T Bag lost the fight against his long term illness on 5th January. Details of the funeral arrangements will be posted here as soon as they are known. I knew T Bag for more than 30 years as a friend but I will always remember him as a hockey ”mercenary” - have stick will travel, no game being too far or too difficult for him to play in. T Bag was a skilful but robust player who brought much to our game and was always easy for an umpire to talk to in the bar after the game - a trait much lacking today. T Bag played the game hard but fair and talked about it in a similar fashion afterwards. His bonhomie and enthusiasm will be much missed by players and umpires. Ian Witchell | |
| Ten Pin Bowling? | |
| The next Umpires’ Social will be at the Ten-pin Bowling at Tolworth. I am aiming for a 19:30 start on Friday 22nd January. Can you please e-mail me by Friday 8th January at Robert.Butlin@talktalk.net if you would like to come along, and if so whether you intend to bring your partner. I need to know how many lanes I need to book 2 weeks before the day. I'm sure this type of event will bring SHUA's competitive nature to the fore! Rob Butlin ... More | |
| Old-Midwhitgiftian / Midwives | |
| Old-Midwhitgiftian HC and the mixed team that used to play there, often known as Midwives, are no longer part of the same organisation. There is currently no mixed team associated with OMWHC. | |
| SURREY CUP 2009/10 – QUARTER-FINAL DRAW The draw for the quarter-finals was carried out at Purley Walcountians on Saturday 12th December. The draw was made by Gary Stent, Chief Umpire Coach of SCHUA. The draw is: Richmond v. Surbiton 2 Reigate Priory v. Epsom Merton v. L.Wayfarers Spencer v. Purley Walcountians. I would like to get these 4 games completed as quickly as possible. I wonder if there is any chance of playing before the league restart on Saturday 16th January? Perhaps instead of any friendlies on 9th January? I urge the home teams to contact their opposition, fix a date and let me know when you are going to play. I remind you that for a Saturday game you should apply to me for umpires but if you are going to play on a Sunday, you should contact Robert Butlin on robert.butlin@talktalk.net or robert.butlin@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk I am, as ever, looking for a ground at which we could play the finals. Any offers please? Finally, would the teams involved in these quarter-finals please confirm that they have received this e-mail. Thank you. Burty | |
| South U16/U18 School Girls Hockey Championship Finals 2009/10 - Major Surrey School Team Successes | |
| Results from the south school girls hockey championship finals day saw the following finals: U16 Final: St.George's College, Weybridge beat Mallais School, Horsham 4 - 1 U18 Final: Kingston GS beat St.George's 3 - 2 on penalties after 0 - 0 draw all 4 teams above qualify for U16/U18 national finals on Monday 1st/Tues 2nd March 2010 Kingston GS & St.George's will be looking to be U14 heat winners on Tues 20th Jaunary 2010 and qualify for the U14 nationals on Weds 3rd / Thurs 4th March 2010. South U14 finals day not being run but a play off game between the 2 U14 heat winners will be organised to determine the seedings for the national round. Last season Kingston GS and St.Geroge's were respectively south U13 mini-hockey winner and runner-up and Kingston GS were national U13 mini-hockey winners so the prospects look good for both teams. Hopefully Surrey school boys teams will be able to match the school girls teams and win south school boys hockey championships when they are held in March 2010 @ Surbiton HC/Kingston GS. Surrey and south boys dates are: Weds 27th Jan 2010 - Surrey U14 school boys hockey championship heat Sun 31st Jan 2010 - Surrey U16 & U18 school boys hockey championship heat Weds 10th Feb 2010 - Surrey U14/U16/U18 school boys hockey championship finals Thurs 4th March 2010 - South U18 school boys hockey championship heat Tues 9th March 2010 - South U16 school boys hockey championship heat Thurs 11th March 2010 - South U14 school boys hockey championship heat Thurs 18th March 2010 - South U14/U16/U18 school boys hockey championship finals | |
| Umpire Panels | |
| I am sure we are all aware of the Grading List that has recently been re-titled Umpire Panels. Between our Active Umpires there is a pecking order of success and over the last two years the S+CC has endeavoured to make this a much more competitive environment by taking away the necessity, on the whole, of requiring two successful assessments to move within the grades. This element of ”internal” competition is seen as a must so that umpires can have realistic goals they can target to either maintain or improve their standing within the Umpire Panels. Whilst we have not changed the Umpire Panel list itself we have now changed the ”rules” that we work to in compiling it. The S+CC sets these ”rules” that up until last April (2009) were complicated by the varying league structures to which we were asked to appoint umpires. Of course, we have now witnessed the amalgamation of the South League and the Open League into one coherent hierarchy of our mens hockey programme. This enables us to simplify our Umpire Panel criteria that is now revised and published in the Handbook Section of this site. S+CC | |
| Mini Hockey Rules 2009 Statement | |
| The Rules of Mini Hockey are issued by England Hockey. They are reviewed every two years so as to be in accordance with the revised FIH Rules of Hockey (where appropriate). England Hockey has not previously adapted or adopted any mandatory experiments from the 11 a-side game into Mini Hockey; however, this year, due to the significant impact of the new free hit mandatory experiment England Hockey has reviewed its position and can confirm that the new Rules of Mini Hockey 2009-10 will include an adapted version of the self-pass at free hits and re-starts. These new Rules of Mini Hockey 2009-10 shall apply to all mini hockey players and officials. The implementation date is for all mini hockey competitions, inclusive of schools and clubs championships, is 1 November 2009. Any club, school, association or organisation wishing to implement prior to 1 November is free to do so. Availability of Rules Mini Hockey Rules 2009-10 books are available from England Hockey. Please use the order form available on the England Hockey website at www.englandhockey.co.uk/umpiring. The Rules will also be available to read or download as a PDF from the website by the end of the week commencing 19 October 2009. Changes to Rules The mandatory experimental rule relating to the self pass at a free hit/re-start (as in 11-a-side hockey) has been adapted and incorporated into the mini hockey game. | |
| New rules | |
| With particular reference to the self pass the EHA has issued a very useful guide to the 2009 differences that may influence our umpiring techniques and practices. The document is available in the downloads section of this website. You are urged to read this document and keep referring back to it as you continue your umpiring through this season. Please remember that it is not only the new rules that need to be understood and acted upon but also the old (but still current!) ones as well! This is made absolutely clear in the EHA document. Coaches and Assessors will be pleased to discuss any aspects of ANY of the rules of the game with you during watchings this season. Please take advantage of their services as they are there to help you succeed. S+CC 15/09/09 |
