Weston HC Junior Section Newsletter - Thursday 4th of September
Dear Parents,
I hope you all had a lovely summer break and I am delighted to welcome you all back to Weston HC for another fun and exciting season ahead. It’s always wonderful to see our pitch full of amazing junior players all enjoying their hockey. I would like to take the opportunity also to welcome all our new members and I hope you will enjoy your experience with us.
CLubzap
The club has moved from Clubforce to Clubzap, please download the app and sign up to Weston HC. Here you can pay for the club membership and keep up to date with the latest news within the club. Our aim for the junior section this season is to use Clubzap for training announcements and match information for each team reducing our reliance on Whatsapp, please bear with us as the parent managers set this up in the coming weeks.
HI Insurance
Please ensure you have Hockey Ireland insurance for the season ahead to cover your insurance and this allows you to play Leinster leagues also. https://hockey.ie/membership/
Team Selection
Our 6th class to 4th year juniors are currently being assessed, this allows all players the opportunity to try out for teams. Our coaches are working hard selecting these squads, this certainly is a challenging task and a lot of time is put in to ensure your daughter is placed on a team suitable to their level & ability. We hope to have squads finalised by the end of September and any queries or concerns please direct them to the coaches.
Our aim is always to create a fun, positive & challenging experience for every player. The first league games start back on Sunday 5th of Oct and in the coming weeks your parent manager will communicate the match calendar for the season ahead.
Second hand Weston clothing sale
Committee member Melanie Moore is organising a pre-loved weston kit sale on Sunday 21st of September & Sunday 5th of October time tbc, please drop in any gear you may have to the equipment room in the Clubhouse or give it to your parent manager.
October Hockey Camp
We will be running a Halloween hockey camp from Tues 28th to Fri 31st of Oct, Juniors 10am to 1pm and seniors 2pm to 4pm each day. More details to follow.
Goalkeepers training
We will be running goalkeeper training again this season, finalising a few details at the moment. Our parent volunteer Evonne Kinsella has kindly offered to help with the GK gear this season.
Older Boys Section
Our u12, u14 and u16 boys train every Friday from 7:45pm to 9pm, this season they have seen big numbers arriving at training, which is fantastic, new members are always welcome. Contact for boys at the club is committee member Adrian Moughty e: amoughty@hotmail.com.
Minis/Fun 4s/Super Sixes
Thank you to all our new & current parent volunteers who will run the Sunday sessions, appreciate your time and help as without you these sessions would not happen.
Club Children’s Officer
The CCO is Melanie Moore please contact childwelfareweston@gmail.com with any concerns or any issues regarding U18 players. The club safeguarding statement can be found on the notice board in the clubhouse.
Portadown Tournament
In August some u15’s took part in the Portadown tournament for the first time. It was a great experience for the girls involved as they got to play some of the top NI teams and congratulations to Jess Stanley who won Goalkeeper of the tournament.
Leinster u16s
Finally I would like to congratulate Annabelle Mooney and Amber O Sullivan for making the Leinster U16s panel. I would also like to wish Sean Butler, our Minor 1 coach all the best with Leinster South East U16s. We are all super proud of your achievements.
Please email me anytime if you have any queries on westonhcj@gmail.com, for now wishing all our girls a fantastic season ahead of hockey, friendships and fun on and off the pitch! Yours in sport,
Margaret Kennedy
Weston Junior Coordinator
Dear Parents,
I hope you all had a lovely summer break and I am delighted to welcome you all back to Weston HC for another fun and exciting season ahead. It’s always wonderful to see our pitch full of amazing junior players all enjoying their hockey. I would like to take the opportunity also to welcome all our new members and I hope you will enjoy your experience with us.
CLubzap
The club has moved from Clubforce to Clubzap, please download the app and sign up to Weston HC. Here you can pay for the club membership and keep up to date with the latest news within the club. Our aim for the junior section this season is to use Clubzap for training announcements and match information for each team reducing our reliance on Whatsapp, please bear with us as the parent managers set this up in the coming weeks.
HI Insurance
Please ensure you have Hockey Ireland insurance for the season ahead to cover your insurance and this allows you to play Leinster leagues also. https://hockey.ie/membership/
Team Selection
Our 6th class to 4th year juniors are currently being assessed, this allows all players the opportunity to try out for teams. Our coaches are working hard selecting these squads, this certainly is a challenging task and a lot of time is put in to ensure your daughter is placed on a team suitable to their level & ability. We hope to have squads finalised by the end of September and any queries or concerns please direct them to the coaches.
Our aim is always to create a fun, positive & challenging experience for every player. The first league games start back on Sunday 5th of Oct and in the coming weeks your parent manager will communicate the match calendar for the season ahead.
Second hand Weston clothing sale
Committee member Melanie Moore is organising a pre-loved weston kit sale on Sunday 21st of September & Sunday 5th of October time tbc, please drop in any gear you may have to the equipment room in the Clubhouse or give it to your parent manager.
October Hockey Camp
We will be running a Halloween hockey camp from Tues 28th to Fri 31st of Oct, Juniors 10am to 1pm and seniors 2pm to 4pm each day. More details to follow.
Goalkeepers training
We will be running goalkeeper training again this season, finalising a few details at the moment. Our parent volunteer Evonne Kinsella has kindly offered to help with the GK gear this season.
Older Boys Section
Our u12, u14 and u16 boys train every Friday from 7:45pm to 9pm, this season they have seen big numbers arriving at training, which is fantastic, new members are always welcome. Contact for boys at the club is committee member Adrian Moughty e: amoughty@hotmail.com.
Minis/Fun 4s/Super Sixes
Thank you to all our new & current parent volunteers who will run the Sunday sessions, appreciate your time and help as without you these sessions would not happen.
Club Children’s Officer
The CCO is Melanie Moore please contact childwelfareweston@gmail.com with any concerns or any issues regarding U18 players. The club safeguarding statement can be found on the notice board in the clubhouse.
Portadown Tournament
In August some u15’s took part in the Portadown tournament for the first time. It was a great experience for the girls involved as they got to play some of the top NI teams and congratulations to Jess Stanley who won Goalkeeper of the tournament.
Leinster u16s
Finally I would like to congratulate Annabelle Mooney and Amber O Sullivan for making the Leinster U16s panel. I would also like to wish Sean Butler, our Minor 1 coach all the best with Leinster South East U16s. We are all super proud of your achievements.
Please email me anytime if you have any queries on westonhcj@gmail.com, for now wishing all our girls a fantastic season ahead of hockey, friendships and fun on and off the pitch! Yours in sport,
Margaret Kennedy
Weston Junior Coordinator
