Pre-Season Edition #2

“The Club” Newsletter
Welcome to Preseason Edition 2 of “The Club”
We are now under 4 weeks from the start of the Winter Season
Club day – H2H, men and women intra club matches
Juniors
Saturday is the last term 1 junior program day and U10 quarter field registration and practice
8.45 AM: Under 10 registration and practice
9.00 AM: The U12/U14 group Term 1 program children will be taken by Ryan Gration
The H in2 H groups will be on the Multi Purpose venues
10.00 am – 10:30 am: We will have fruit and sausages in the clubrooms and a chance
for the Parents to ask questions of the coaches and staff.
Seniors
10.00 am – 2.00 pm Men’s Practice matches
These will be mini games mixed up with players of all levels. Great opportunity to get match
practice and to meet other section members. BBQ will be going and there will be prizes for the mini
games champion team plus we will have a practical umpiring/rules session where our top umpires
will walk players through the new rules as well as highlight how rules are interpreted (such as stick
shielding, obstruction, receiving a high ball etc).
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Women’s Premier League and Reserves matches versus Waverley
4.00 pm – 7.00 pm
Women’s Pennant and Metro Practice matches
Key dates for the start of the Season
Training
Masters training - Monday 23rd and 30th March from 7-9pm
Men/Women as advised by email and on website
Season Dates
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Masters games start Monday 13 April and Wednesday 15 April
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Senior games start Sat 18th/Sun 19th April
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Junior games start Fri 1st/Sat 2nd May
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HookIn2Hockey and u10 Flames Term 2 starts Sat 2nd May
MAJOR SOCIAL EVENTS
MCC Hockey Section Induction night at the ‘G
Friday 10th April 2015
All players are invited to attend the forthcoming MCC Hockey Section
2015 Induction Evening to be held on Friday 10th April 2015 at the MCG.
The evening provides an opportunity for a tour of the MCG, a welcome to
the Hockey Section and its’ relationship with the Melbourne Cricket Club
as well as a social event.
Details as follows:
Players are to meet in the Hans Ebeling Room, on Level 2, MCC
Members’ Reserve at 6.15 pm for 6.30pm.
Finger food will be provided and a cash bar will be available, after
the tour with the evening concluding at approximately 9pm.
Places are limited to the first 100 people who book.
The event is currently open to all players.
Booking is free and can only be done via Trybooking using the
following link:
http://www.trybooking.com/128017
Contact Details: Tammy Foley – tamsynlisa@hotmail.com
More Details to follow
Round 1 Premier League Live Streaming
On Sunday April 19th we have our first Home game for our Men’s and
Women’s Premier League and Reserves teams v Doncaster. The Premier
league games will be live streamed. We are the first of the clubs to have
this and it would be great to get as many people to attend. We are also
going to have our Juniors play between the matches. Please keep this
date free and come and be a part of history.
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Hockey News
Registration and fees
On-line registration has opened. Please register and pay your HV fee to
help us plan for the year and to be covered by the association injury
insurance.
Our 2015 fees details are on our website and you should study them to
plan when you will pay for the different fees levels available.
List grades of all teams in MCCHC
Currently we have the following teams registered to play for MCC
in the upcoming Winter Hockey Season
Mens
Premier League
Premier League Res
Pennant A
Pennant B
Pennant D
Pennant E
Metro A
Metro B
Womens
Premier League
Premier League Res
Pennant A
Pennant B
Pennant C
Pennant D
Pennant E
Metro A
Juniors
Under 16
Under 14
Under 12
Under 10 x 3
Masters
Mens 35A
Mens 35B
Mens 45C
Mens 50A
Mens 50B
Melbourne High School News
Claremont Street Parking – allow extra time
As you may be aware there are significant building works going on around
the school. We have also been informed that there are also significant
sewerage works being undertaken at the Claremont Street gates to the
school. These works have created an increase in traffic chaos. Therefore
we suggest that you allow more time to get to training and especially on
game days. We will keep you up to date with any further changes
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Representatives
Jai Brown (Men's 3rd XI) was an umpire at the recent Mens Under 18
National Championship in April.
Rhiannon Murrie and Janelle Bond have received AIS Officiating
Scholarships for 2015.
The AIS Officiating Scholarship is a pretty exclusive one - only 24 sports
officials from all sports in Australia were awarded this in 2014. The
scholarship includes being invited to a number of seminars held around
the country ( the most recent on the Gold Coast) focusing on psychology,
nutrition and other umpiring-specific professional development.
We look forward to hearing more of their success in upcoming
newsletters.
Rule changes
There will be a number of new rules/changes for the 2015 season
These include:1. Long corners
2. Free hits outside circle
3. Green card suspensions – 2 minutes
4. Breaking at short corners
5. Maximum length of stick
6. Stick above the shoulder – PL and PLR only
These new rules will be explained on club day – we will also keep
people informed through training and via other forms of
communication
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From the latest MCC News
Player Events
We congratulate Nigel Clark (Mens 6ths and Masters) and Cathy on their
recent engagement – Nigel is going to have a busy year having recently
resigned as Managing Director of Momentum Energy – he has taken on
the role of Chief Commercial Officer of the Carlton Football Club.
If you have any events that have occurred recently eg Marriages, births
engagements or significant family milestones etc please email the Red
devil with photos – many thanks
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SPONSORSHIP
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Contact - Joanne Maglieri Branch Manager- St. Kilda, 161-163 Acland Street, St. Kilda, VIC 3182
Tel 03 9032 6300
email stkilda@bankofmelbourne.com.au
www.bankofmelbourne.com.au
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279-283 Burke Road
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Ph: (03) 9885 7050
Email: melbourne@justhockey.com.au
Go the Dees!!! THE RED DEVIL
Remember to go to www.mcchockey.org for any additional information
Melbourne Cricket Club Hockey Section A0051434H ABN 55 412 045 943 is affiliated with, but a separate legal entity to, the Melbourne Cricket Club