Congratulations to the Ladies 1s who picked up their award for winning North West Womens Division 4 South (Central) at the league presentations in Warrington on 19th July.
The ladies 1s completed a successful and unbeaten season to secure promotion.
Pictured are 1s captain Catherine Gresty and ladies club captain Lisa Sullivan receiving the awards on the teams behalf.
Dear Shropshire Hockey clubs,
We’ve seen a change in hockey over the last few years, triggered by Covid and everyone’s lives being affected, and the “new normal” has set in. What this means for several clubs, it seems, is that there isn’t the same make-up within memberships as we’ve been used to: numbers in the 20-35 age range specifically seem to be down on previous years/decades. People stopped everything during the pandemic, and seemingly have found new pastimes and hobbies that don’t necessarily include participating in organised sport in the same way as they used to.
This is also not restricted to hockey – other sports like rugby have seen the same change, so it’s a wider problem than any single club or sport. However, there may be more nuance to it than just the prevalence of Netflix, and we don’t want to base any changes on presumption or guesswork. To that end, we’ve created a Google Form to try to capture some accurate data on what is happening.
This form, which can be filled out anonymously, aims to capture information which will let SHA build up an idea of what the common problems are, with a view to trying to find common solutions. This is so that we, as a county and organisation, can look to find ways to bring people back to sport – and hockey specifically – in a way that doesn’t require each club to fight the problem alone.
We would really appreciate it if you would share this with your club membership – committee members, players, parents, supporters and anyone else who may have input on the situation. It’s very easy for us as club committee members to assume we know the problems, but we could be wide of the mark on several things and be working from false premises. This is an attempt to get accurate information on where the problems may lie. Some of the questions are aimed more at committees, but most are relevant to everyone from the U16s to the veterans, players, parents and committee members alike.
The sooner we can get this shared, the sooner we can get the results (and possibly suggestions for changes) back out to the clubs to help us all try to keep hockey as a sport of choice within Shropshire.
Many thanks,
SHA.
Administrator for Shropshire Junior County Hockey
Shropshire Hockey Association (SHA) is looking to appoint someone to support thesmooth running of the very successful girls’ and boys’ programme, which currentlyconsists of 8 age group squads.
This is a part time role with possible job share, the majority of time being spent fromAugust until the following May i.e. the end of the winter hockey season. It isenvisaged that the role will be mainly a desk-based support function, but may requiresome attendance at the hockey sessions, particularly at the beginning of the season.
See below link for further information
Brabo are offering the opportunity to sponsor players.
If you are interested complete the below form. Under 18s will need parental permission.
This is open to all players and abilities
