ATTENTION ALL LADIES!
LADIES SECTION A.G.M.
MONDAY 16TH JULY, 7:30pm
Welcome to all players, including all juniors playing in ladies teams. Please do your best to attend.
by Slazenger HC
Welcome to all players, including all juniors playing in ladies teams. Please do your best to attend.
by Slazenger HC
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Here are the pictures from the old boys match on 29th April 2012
With the weather against them, Slazengers took on Adel Old Boys in a titanic clash. An early lead from Slaz was eventually cancelled out by a well taken flick in the closing minutes of the game, ending 1-1.
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Here are a few pictures from the End of Season Awards Dinner
Congratulations to all who picked up an award, and to all who attended – a great evening as always.
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On Tuesday 15th, Slazenger Hockey Club hosted its annual primary school hockey tournament, this year with an olympic theme. Working with the Woodkirk schools partnership, the tournament is a result of coaching and hockey development in local schools.
The primary school students were able to compete on on Slazengers’ hockey astroturf, a facility which most junior schools usually wouldnt have access to. In addition, Slaz junior head coach Steve Wood, and Boys U14’s coach Chris Hopkinson were on hand to umpire the event, giving it the professional touch.
6 Teams from the area entered; 2 from Hilltop Primary School, East Ardsley Primary School, Westerton Junior School, St Peters & Clifton Primary School and West Bretton.
The standard of hockey was exceptional and the tournament proved to be so close that the result came down to the final games!
In the end, it was Horbury’s own – St Peters & Clifton CE Primary School who lifted the gold, with West Bretton and Westerton coming second and third respectively.
It was an excellent day, with some fantastic sporting spirit shown by all teams.
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Welcome to all players, including all juniors playing in men’s teams.
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The Yorkshire Leagues for the 2012-13 season have been published, and it means some changes for all of our Teams. Full listings are avaliable on the YHA website – www.yorkshireha.org.uk.
Mens Section
As a result of Halifax 1st’s voluntarily relegating themselves 2 divisons, and YHA’s move to set consistant 12 team leagues means that the Mens 1sts will move into Division 1 as part of the top 4 moving up. Accompanying them will be Normanby Part 1st’s, Old Malton 1st’s and Ramgarhia 1st’s.
The Mens 2nds will stay in Divison 5 South, who will meet Worksop 2nds who have transferred from the Midland Leagues.
Mens 3rd’s will compete in Division 6 South after promotion, however due to changes at the lower league levels, they will be accompanied by 4 other teams. In addition, Sheffield Uni Bankers have been transferred from Div 6 North.
The new Mens 4th’s will join Barnsley 2nds as new teams in the YHA, competing Division 7, which is no longer divided by north & south.
Mens 5th’s development league details are yet to be published.
RELEGATED LAST YEAR | PROMOTED LAST YEAR | TRANSFER |
DIVISION 1 | DIVISION 5 South | DIVISION 6 South | DIVISION 7 |
Kingston upon Hull 2 | Sheffield Hallam 6 | Leeds Adel Carnegie 5 | Wakefield 6 |
City of York 2 | Lincoln Roses 3 | Doncaster 6 | Boston Spa 4 |
Harrogate 2 | Lincoln Roses 4 | Grimsby 2 | Acomb 2 |
Rotherham 1 | Hull Uni 2 | Sheffield Hallam 7 | Tadcaster Magnets 2 |
Sheffield Uni Bankers 4 | Leeds 5 | Kingston-upon-Hull 4 | City of York 9 |
Leeds Adel Carnegie 2 | Leeds Uni 6 | Huddersfield Dragons 6 | Ben Rhyd 7 |
Huddersfield Dragons 2 | Slazengers 2 | Lincoln 2 | Normanby Park 2 |
Doncaster 3 | Doncaster 5 | Slazengers 3 | Leeds 7 |
Normanby Park 1 | Wakefield 5 | Brigg 4 | Hull Uni 3 |
Old Malton 1 | Brigg 3 | Chapeltown 4 | Rotherham 4 |
Rhamgaria | Leeds Adel Carnegie 4 | Garforth | Slazengers 4 [new] |
Slazengers 1 | Worksop 2 | Sheffield Uni Bankers 7 | Barnsley 2 [new] |
Ladies Section
In the Ladies Section, there are also significant changes to the leagues. The Ladies 1sts will move to the North Division 2 South East. The top 5 teams from Yorkshire Prem have been promoted to the new league, meaning changes throughout the league structure.
Ladies 2nds will play in Division 3 after their promotion. They will be joined by the 3 additional teams from Division 4; Cleckheaton 1; Halifax 3 and Doncaster Independent 1.
As part of the league changes, the Ladies 3rd’s have been promoted from the Div 6 to Div 5, along with the top 7 from the league. The bottom 4 teams have been seperated into 4 larger regional leagues.
North Division 2 (South East) | Yorkshire Division 3 | Yorkshire Division 5 |
Chapeltown 1 | Halifax 2 | Ben Rhydding 4 |
Huddersfield Dragons 1 | Leeds Adel Carnegie 3 | Harrogate 5 |
Rotherham 1 | Harrogate 4 | Brigg 2 |
Slazengers 1 | Netherwood 1 | Chapeltown 2 |
Driffield 1 | City of York 3 | Legiolians 1 |
Boston Spa 1 | Canalside Terriers 1 | York University 2 |
Doncaster 2 | Boston Spa 2 | Lincoln Roses 1 |
Halifax 1 | Horsforth 1 | Pickering 1 |
Leeds 1 | Slazengers 2 | City of York 4 |
Leeds University 2 | Cleckheaton 1 | Thirsk 2 |
Halifax 3 | Slazengers 3 | |
Doncaster Independent 1 | Colne Valley 2 |
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After finishing second in the Yorkshire Youth Hockey League, the U14 boys (including 2 girls) travelled to Halifax on what turned out to be a very cold and wet Sunday afternoon.
The eight teams had been split into two mini leagues with the top two in each league contesting a knockout semi-final and final. All games were a 25 minutes with no half time.
Squad: Aidan Hopkinson, Alex King, Elliott Golding, Hannah Field, Isaac Fisher (C), Jessica Buttery, Luke Gueli, James Higgins, Matthew Feather, Matthew Stacey, Mayank Gupta, Ralph Toon (GK), Robert Cann, Rowan Tejura & Tom Pitchforth.
Slazenger 1 – 0 Doncaster
Slazenger dominated the game from the start, stringing together passes and making scoring opportunities, particularly down the right wing with Matthew Stacey and Luke Gueli linking well to repeatedly get in behind the Doncaster defence. It was from one of these passing moves that Isaac Fisher opened the scoring after 9 minutes. Although Slazenger continued to dominate and make chances, we were not able to capitalize as Robert Cann, Tom Pitchforth and Hannah Field all had shots just wide or saved by the keeper. Doncaster rarely threatened to score with James Higgins and Matthew Feather holding the back line expertly and Ralph Toon dealing with any half chances that were made.
Slazenger 1 – 1 Harrogate
While Slazenger sheltered in the clubhouse, Harrogate were defeated 2 – 0 by Thirsk, so it was against the odds and the run of play when Harrogate were awarded a penalty flick after 9 minutes. The flick was expertly taken, just beating Ralph low on his left to give Harrogate an unexpected lead. However, Slazenger did not panic but continued to play flowing hockey, again creating scoring opportunities, including several short corners without getting on the score sheet. With less than a minute to go and coaches and parents alike getting more than a little concerned, Rowan Tejura followed up an Isaac Fisher shot from a short corner to drive the ball home and keep the team’s chances of progressing to the knockout stage alive.
Slazenger 1 – 0 Thirsk
Going into the final game level on points with Thirsk, both teams needed a win to ensure progression to the knockout stage. The game was more evenly match than either of the previous two with both teams playing some excellent hockey which clearly impressed all those watching, including Phil Thomas (Chair of YYHL) and the professional umpires. It was not until the eighteenth minute that Slazenger found a way through the well disciplined Thirsk defence, Aidan Hopkinson slotting the ball through a crowded circle to Matthew Stacey who had got behind the goalkeeper to coolly slot home the only goal of the game.
Finishing top of the group earned Slazenger a semi-final showdown against local rival Rotherham.
Slazenger 2 -0 Rotherham
With sights firmly set on a final place, even a switch to the more lively ‘A’ pitch did not put Slazenger off their stride as they dominated Rotherham from the start. The forwards again created plenty of goal scoring chances, so when Matthew Stacey picking up an Isaac Fisher pass, found the net for the second time in two games Slazenger had a well deserved lead. With legs beginning to tire, all the squad played their part in a fine display of team hockey. In particular Jessica Buttery, making her first start of the day, stamped her authority on the right half position, tackling and distributing well to turn defence into attack. Meanwhile, Elliott Golding turned in an outstanding display on the left wing for a player in only his second tournament. Relentless Slazenger pressure was rewarded as Rowan Tejura scored from a broken down short corner 17 minutes into the game. Rotherham never looked likely to get back into the game, setting up a final against favorites and YYHL champions Ben Rhydding.
Slazenger 2 – 1 Ben Rhydding
If Ben Rhydding were expecting to lift the trophy for the forth time in five years, they had not counted on a Slazenger team now playing as a unit, working off the ball and communicating as if they were on a training ground with Steve Wood. Taking the game to the opposition, Slazenger had the best of the opening 10 minutes, even with Isaac sitting out the first 5 minutes.
With Ben Rhydding’s defence being forced to really work for the first time in the day, Slazenger were awarded a series of four short corners which finally resulted in Rowan Tejura scoring his third goal of the day (and the season) with 12 minutes on the clock. Ben Rhydding responded by pressing hard for an equalizer but even though they had already scored 15 goals on the day, they were unable to find a way through to seriously challenge Ralph Toon’s goal.
Again, frequent substitutions played as part as both teams began to tire and it was good to see players stepping into unfamiliar positions and playing their part. After absorbing a lot of pressure, including two outstanding short corner defences from Isaac, Slazenger began to take control again, working the play into the Ben Rhydding shooting circle again and again. With just under 20 minutes on the clock, the ball came to Aidan Hopkinson in the circle. Seeing his route to goal blocked, he used 3D skills to beat the closest defender before flicking the ball into the top corner of the net to give Slazenger a 2 – 0 lead.
Again Ben Rhydding responded by throwing everything they had got at our defence, eventually pulling a goal back with 2 minutes remaining from a very well struck short corner that gave Ralph no chance. If any of the Slazenger players were tired, you would never have known as they worked to deny the ball to the opposition, closing them down quickly and it was appropriate the Slazenger were mounting yet another attack down the right wing when the final whistle was blown.
Roundup
Overall, this was a team performance making it really difficult to pick out any particular players. However, John and I agree that both Matthew Feather and Matthew Stacey deserve to share man of the tournament for their consistent performances in defence and on the right wing respectively. The most improved player was a little easier to choose thanks to an outstanding performance from Elliott Golding.
A big thank you to John Toon for his help yesterday and throughout the season and to our loyal band of followers who once again proved that they are the most supportive supporters in the league. A special mention to Phillip Higgins for warming up the team without being asked (see you on the training field next season!) and to Belinda who turned up from nowhere to look after the boy’s kit in appalling conditions. Thanks also to Steve Wood for his expert coaching and to the Ladies 1st IX for being out sparring partners.
Well done to all the boys who played for the U14 team this season, we couldn’t have got to the play-offs without you.
Finally, congratulations to all the squad. You thoroughly deserved to win yesterday.
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The Junior AGM is tonight (Monday 14th May), 7.30 pm at the Clubhouse.
Everyone is welcome – especially parents who wish to see how the section is run, or seniors who want to get more involved; the more, the merrier!
See you there!
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The Woodkirk Partnership Year 5 hockey tournament will be held at Slazenger Hockey Club on 15th May at 12noon – 3pm. There will be 6 junior school Year 5 teams taking part:
Hilltop Primary
East Ardsely Primary
Westerton Primary
West Bretton Primary
Horbury St Peters Primary
Morley Victoria Primary
Anyone wishing to come down to either support or help are more than welcome. For further information please contact Claire Mills on clairemills33@hotmail.com