Some reminders / news updates for you:

• Please, please, please would all club members to try to recruit new players by what ever means possible - persuading relations / friends or work colleagues to come and join us and give hockey a try. Anybody that want's to try hockey out can come along to training for a taster. This season is going to be particularly tight for players so we need every one's help to try to get our 2 mens and 2 ladies teams out.
• The Social Calendar is taking shape, so some dates for the diary:
  • 7th October (officially our first bar evening at CCC, Chilli &rice meal)
  • 28th October - Halloween Fancy Dress
  • 9th Dec Xmas - Disco
  • February ??date tbc - Quiz
  • 31st March - drink bar dry!
• Club training is scheduled to start on Wednesday 23rd August, 7.30pm - 9pm, on the new pitch at Salesian School. This season we intend to mix mens and ladies together to start with but run two sessions at the same time - an advanced session for more experienced players led by Ian Gadd, and another session for less experienced players / beginners run by Linda Lennard. Training is free so please make use of it!!
• The Junior section / colts (recently re-branded as the TVHC Falcons) are holding an enrolment day on the 17th September 11am-1pm at the new Salesian Astroturf. Junior training will continue then on Sundays from 10am-12pm.
• We have been officially awarded (Mark has the certificate) the 'Bronze Award' by Active Surrey, our first step along the way to achieving Clubs 1st. I believe we are the first hockey club in the area to achieve this. It shows our club to be a safe place to come and play hockey and should start to give us some 'competitive advantage' over other local clubs. Thanks to all involved (Linda L, Mark and Hannah)
• We have officially completed the agreement with Salesian School regarding the new pitch, the fianal document has been signed by both parties. The official opening of all the new sports facilities at the school (including the astro) will be on Thursday 21st September 6pm - 8pm. We hope to have the juniors playing from 6-6.45pm on half the astro (football will be on the other half) before official plaque unveiling and speeches at about 6.45. All are welcome to watch.
• Members of the Executive Committee are due to sign the final completed agreement with Chertsey Cricket Club on Thursday 24th October. Thanks to all involved in getting us this far - Vics, Garf etc!
• For those of you that didn't know, Helen (Bearman) and Dave have a baby girl called Holly - congratulations!
• We are in the process of ordering new kit - watch this space for more information soon.
• Astros bargain. M&M are selling TK AStros for under tenner http://www.mandmdirect.com/ search for product codes: C72TK2 and C72TK1. The first are £7.99 (saving £32.00) the second £9.99 (saving £50.00). The second pair are a lot better. Check the sizing though - they say to get a size bigger as they are slightly smaller than normal shoes. I bought some and had to get a size 10.5 rather than my normal size 9.
• Remember the club website at: http://www.thamesvalleyhockeyclub.com , fixtures are listed here, and remember to try to pop down to the new clubhouse on Thursdays for a drink!

The new Executive Committee meets on the second Thursday of the month at 8pm at our new clubhouse at Chertsey Cricket club, and the Playing Committee on the Saturday before the Exec. Some key contacts for club members are below:

Best wishes all,

On thursday TVHC was awarded the Active Surrey Club Accreditation Bronze award.

• Eligible for financial benefits through CASC - please see Active Surrey Website for this.
• Club Newsletter devised by Active Surrey updating the club on the latest happenings in the County that could affect or benefit them.
• Reduced rates on Active Surrey coach development courses.
• Active Surrey Bronze certificate.
• Active Surrey Bronze poster to display in the club outlining achievements.

A big thank you from all the club goes to Mark Robinson and Hannah Sprake for their hard work in achieving this.

For more information about the scheme go here.

AGM

Hello all,

Thanks to those hardy souls who turned out for this years AGM.

As you can see from the minutes and this years Exec Team we still have a few key positions open which we need to fill so we can enjoy our new home at Chertsey Cricket Club.

If you want to help out please let Bails (the Club Secretary) or Gaddie (Mr Chairman) know and they'll be happy to fill you in on what each job entails or you can read the job descriptions here

JC.