COLTS

26/06/06 Congratulations to Sam Dixon and recent signing Ben Arnold who have been selected to play for England u16s in the Eurohockey Championships to be held in Dublin in July.  

25/06/06 The Beeston Colts BBQ and Awards evening was a great success with 300 people attending and approx. £1000 was raised for colts’ funds. During the evening Sid Williams co-founder of Beeston Colts and Peter Hannah Beeston’s Patron were made Honorary Life Members of Beeston Hockey Colts.
In addition to the annual awards DofE certificates and Stix Skills certificates were also presented.
The main awards were presented the President of England Hockey, Martin Gotheridge. The top awards went to National Champions, Beeston Boys U15s(team of the year) and their captain Sam Ward(player of the year). Full list of awards

23-25/06/06 Beeston’s Marcus Hooper and Bradley Prince were in the Midlands squad that won the UK Boys’ U13 championships held at Highfields this weekend.

17&24/06/06 8 Beeston colts have completed the new England Hockey Youth Leaders Award. Awards and Honours.

18/06/06 Beeston girls finish 4th in U12 and 3rd in U14 at our own mini hockey tournaments. Report.

11/06/06 Beeston boys win both the U12 and U14 titles at our own mini hockey tournament for the first time since 1999. Report.

2-3/06/06 Former Beeston Colts U18 captains Stephen Lawrence, David Griffiths and Adam Dixon help Beeston win a thrilling 2 leg play off against Old Loughtonians at Wakefield 6-5 to win a place in the Premiership next season. This puts Beeston back in the top 10 men’s teams in the country. Current juniors Alex Collins and Sam Dixon were also in the squad.

17/05/06  At the main club AGM 9 colts won awards for their performance in the adult teams on Saturdays. See awards page.

15/05/06  Former Beeston Colt and current Men’s 1st team vice captain, David Griffiths, has been voted the National League Division 1 Player of the Season 2005/06. This is the second time that David has won this coveted award.

13/05/06  7 Beeston girls played for Trent College U16s in the National Plate Final held at Highfields. They lost a close match 2-3 to Tiffins.
Beeston fielded 2 x U9 mixed teams at the National Club 1st Olympic festival at Highfields. We played as Pakistan and Holland. See Report

10/05/06  Congratulations and thanks to James Powell who entered and won the competition in the first issue of the new hockey magazine PUSH. James wrote a poem about why The Bees needed new hockey sticks. He has won 11 new Mercian Swordfish hockey sticks for the club!

08/05/06  The following Beeston players have been selected by the Midlands to play in Holland in May: Will Collins, Ed Torr, Rob Trem, Nick Halliwell, Ali & Brad Prince, Ryan Smith, Ian Welch and Marcus Hooper. Unfortunately Ryan has subsequently broken his collarbone at school so will miss out! We wish Ryan a speedy recovery and good luck to the Beeston boys who will tour.

07/05/06  Beeston Girls lost their National Plate Semi Final on penalty strokes after drawing 3-3 away at Old Loughtonians. See Report.

30/04/06  Team Beeston sent 5 teams to the Hinckley Mixed Minis despite the Boys U15s being absent, see below. Beeston retained the U13 Title. See Report.

28-30/04/06  Defending National Champions, Beeston Boys U15s, retained their title in style taking maximum points in the new round robin finish to the cup. Beeston are still the only club to have won both boys’ trophies (U18 2003, U15 2005 & 2006) and are now the only club to retain a boys’ trophy. See Report.

22-24/04/06  10 Beeston players represented Notts U15s at the National Counties championships in Bath. Notts finished 3rd out of 5 teams.

14-17/04/06  Sam Dixon and Alex Collins represented England U16s and U18s respectively in a Junior International Tournament in Germany.

8-10/04/06  Beeston’s Ian Welch captained the Midlands U14s at the Regional Championships held at Highfields. Other Beeston colts in the squad were Nick Halliwell, Ali Prince and Ryan Smith. The Midlands finished 5th out of 7 teams.

02/04/06  Beeston Boys U13s finished a disappointing 5th at the Midland Minis. See Report.
Beeston Girls U15s win away at Alderley Edge to reach the National Plate Semi Final on May 7th. However Beeston Girls U18s lose their National Quarter Final 6-7 on sudden death penalty strokes after drawing 2-2 with Matlock. See Reports.

01//04/06  Beeston men’s 1st team win away at Belper to earn a place in the play off match to return to the National Premier League. The play off is over 2 legs with the aggregate score to count. It will be at Wakefield on Saturday June 3rd 4.00pm match and Sunday June 4th 1.30pm match. All support will be very welcome!
The Wakefield HC pitch is at College Grove Sports Ground, Wakefield WF1 3RR. Directions: M1 junction 41, follow signs to city centre then pick up signs for Wakefield Rugby Club which will take you right to the pitch.

26/03/06 The last regular colts coaching session until September is this Sunday. Other events and activities are planned over the summer.
Beeston Boys U13s play Belper in preparation for next weeks Midlands Mini Hockey Championships at Cannock.

19/03/06 Beeston Boys U15s thrash Alderley Edge 8-2 to reach the new round robin end to the National Club Cup to be held at Canterbury. See Report. Beeston Girls U15s win 3-1 away at Bridgnorth to reach the National Club Plate Quarter Finals and not to be outdone the Girls U18s easily beat Leek 6-0 to reach the National Club Plate Quarter Finals. See Reports.

18/03/06 Two Beeston U9/10 teams travelled to play Foremarke Hall School in friendly 7-a-side mini hockey matches. Beeston provided Foremarke with their stiffest opposition of the season, a great achievement for Beeston who were playing their first matches together and for some of our players their first ever matches!

16/03/06 Trent College easily beat Church Stretton in their postponed Midlands final to retain the title. Beeston players in the squad were John Barr (capt), Felix Evans, Dominic Leckie and Charlie Brooke. Trent will now play at the National 1/4 and 1/2 finals at Rugby school on March 26th.

15/03/06 Beeston DLB finished their U15 matches with a 9-0 victory over Newark HC. Adam Corbett and Jimmy Tristram both scored hat tricks.

12/03/06 A Beeston girls select team provided opposition for SBU U13s who have qualified for the Midland Minis.

12/03/06 At the Midlands Schools Finals Worksop College beat Repton in the U18 final when Ashley Harris scored a sensational drag flick from a penalty corner awarded seconds before the final whistle to make the score Worksop 3 Repton 2! Other Beeston players in the Worksop team were Will Lee (capt), Caleb Mierkalns, Sam Ward, Ollie Willars and Sam Dixon. Worksop now play at the National 1/4 and 1/2 finals at Belle Vue Manchester on March 26th.The U16 final (Trent College) was postponed due to the weather.

5/03/06 Beeston were well represented in the county matches this weekend.
Bex Brown, Holly Brown, Jenny Burke and Rosie Farish played in the Notts Girls U15s who lost on penalties in the Midlands semi finals.
John Procter (capt), Will Torr, Oscar Evans, Matt Seal, Darren Smith, Charlie Macildowie, Sam Cathie, Ollie Willars, John Barr and Ashley Harris all played for Notts Boys U17 who finished 2nd in their Midlands Championships.
Sam Dixon (capt), Sam Ward, James Dexter, Rob Trem, Nick Charlish, Ian Welch, Chris Price, Ed Torr, Charlie Brooke and Felix Evans all played for the triumphant Notts U15s who beat every county in the Midlands by at least 4 goals and only conceded 1 goal in their last match when the title was already won. They now go on to represent the Midlands at the Nationals in Bath in April when they will play the county champions of the North, South, East and West. The U17 Girls Championships were cancelled and will now be played on March 26th.

26/02/06 No normal colts coaching due to National Girls’ Schools Championships being held at Highfields. U11 Mixed and U13 Boys teams travelling to Peterborough for mini hockey games.

23/02/06 Congratulations to Sam Dixon who has made the last cut of the England  under 16 squad and will now go to Nuremburg for the 4 nations tournament at Easter.

19/02/06 Boys U15s reach national Quarter Finals of the EH Cup. Girls U18s and U15s reach the Last 16 of the National EH Plate. Report.

15/02/06 BeestonMK U15 Boys retain their  Notts Club League title with one match still to play. Report.

09/02/06 The following Beeston players have been invited to the first selection trials for this years Midlands U15 squad: Nick Charlish, Felix Evans, Ed Torr and  Robert Trem.

08/02/06 Ryan Smith has now been selected for the Midlands U14 squad, congratulations!

05/02/06 Friendly match v Oundle School Girls’ U14s who have qualified for the National Schools finals to be held at Highfields on February 26th.

05/02/06 Sunday Coaching as normal. New T shirts, designed by Jack Howard, will be on sale for £10 from Graham Griffiths.

01/02/06 Ian Welch, Ali Prince and Nick Halliwell are named in the Midlands U14 squad and Marcus Hooper and Bradley Prince are named in the Midlands U13 squad. congratulations to them all.

29/01/06 Beeston U13s win County Championships see report

29/01/06  No colts coaching today.

23/01/06 Beeston boys’ U15 national cup winning team were named Junior Sports Team of the Year at the Nottinghamshire Sports Review of the Year on Monday January 23rd 2006. The awards ceremony was held at a new venue, The East Midlands Conference Centre, and was attended by more than 500 people from all over the county and from all different sports disciplines. The team had been short listed the previous week from over 30 nominations at the Junior Sports Evening when the team was represented by Captain John Barr, Chris Price and Ed Torr. These boys plus Charlie Brooke, the man of the match in the final and Matt Seal were on duty again at the main awards ceremony. The other teams short listed were all national champions at their sports so the competition was intense. Bearing in mind that Beeston Boys’ U18 national winning cup team were awarded team of the year for 2003, the first time hockey had ever won any award, team manager Martin Keeling did not expect another award so quickly for the sport. He need not have worried however as Beeston Boys U15s were announced as THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE JUNIOR SPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR 2005, another great double for Beeston HC!
Just to remind you of the squad: John Barr, Charlie Brooke, James Dexter, Sam Dixon, Felix Evans, Ashley Harris, Richard Lawrence, Alex Leeson Brown, Ryan Mason, Nathan Middleton, Chris Price, Matt Seal, Ed Torr, Rob Trem, Sam Ward & Ollie Willars.  22/01/06 Boys’ County Week 1: Notts U15s had two emphatic wins against Shropshire 5-0 and Northants 7-0 and an under strength Notts U17s drew against Staffs 1-1 and beat Shrops 1-0. There were 9 Beeston players in each of the county squads.

22/01/06 Sunday coaching will be held at normal. Practice afterwards for Boys’ minis next week.

19/01/06 The following Beeston players have been invited to the first selection trials for this years Midlands U17 squad:Oscar Evans, Charlie Macildowie, John Procter, Matt Seal, Will Torr, John Barr, Charlie Brooke, Sam Dixon, Ashley Harris,Richard Lawrence, Dominic Leckie, Sam Ward and Ollie Willars.

18/01/06 Beeston Boys U16s reluctantly have to withdraw from the National lndoor Championships because of several boys being unavailable due to school commitments!

16/01/06 Beeston Boys U15 National Cup winning team are shortlisted for the Junior Team of the Year 2005 at the preliminary Notts Sports Review of the Year Awards evening.

15/01/06 Beeston U11 Girls  lose county final on penalty strokes for second year running! Beeston Girls u13s finish 3rd in their round robin county tournament. Young umpires gain experience at championships. Report and pictures.

15/01/06 No coaching due to Girls County mini hockey championships.

11/01/06 Beeston U15 Girls retain their  Notts Club League title with maximum points. Report.

08/01/06 Colts Sunday coaching restarts. Practice afterwards for Girls minis next week.

18/12/05 Boys U18 Midland Counties Championships cancelled due to bad weather.

17/12/05 Beeston Boys U16s finish runners up at Midlands Indoor Championships and the U18s are semi finalists. Report.

11/12/05 Beeston Boys U15s win their R3 cup match at Peterborough but the U18s lose narrowly at Sheffield. .Report.

6/12/06 Alex Collins and Sam Dixon have been selected for the England U18 and U16 Training Squads respectively.

5/12/05 As a result of their performances at the Boys Counties Championships the following Beeston players were invited to u14/13 Midlands trials on 11/12/05 : Ian Welch, Liam Adams, Mark Smallwood, Ryan Smith, Nick Halliwell, Ali Prince, Brad Prince, Marcus Hooper, Ben Morris, Charlie Willars and Ali Postlethwaite. In addition Nick Charlish, Rob Trem and Ed Torr will be asked to Midlands U15 trials in due course.  

4/12/05 Notts Boys u14s win Midlands Title. Beeston Players: R.Trem(Capt), I.Welch, N.Charlish, R.Smith, M.Hooper, B.Morris, C.Willars, M.Smallwood, L.Adams and A.Sotheran. Leics U14s finished 3rd. Beeston Players: A&B.Prince, N.Halliwell and A.Postlethwaite.
Notts Boys U16s finished a very disappointing 4th. Beeston Players: J.Barr, O.Willars, A.Harris, S.Dixon, S.Ward, C.Brooke, E.Torr, C.Price, J.Dexter, F.Evans

27/11/05 Beeston Boys U13s win Mansfield mini hockey tournament. Report.
Beeston Girls U13s play friendly 7a side matches against Southwell Brincliffe HC.

23/11/05 Midweek U15 League has started. Report.

20/11/05 All 4 National Club Cup matches were played despite the weather. Both the boys U15 and u18 teams won but the Girls U15 and u18 teams lost putting them in the plate competition. Full reports.

20/11/05:  Due to freezing weather, this mornings training had to be cancelled, though it was possible to play the games in the afternoon.  Please check emails and this if similar weather occurs as Martin and Judith will send out cancellation information by email if at all possible.

13/11/05 Notts BoysU14 and U16 teams won the East Midlands Championships taking them into the Midlands semis. There were 9 Beeston players in the U14s and 8 Beeston players in the U16s. Leics Boys u14s were runners up and also qualified there ewere 4 Beeston players in their squad..

20/11/05:  the Tesco Sports voucher offer has now closed.  We will be very happy to receive any vouchers you have left.

05/11/05:   Following the recent Divisional Championships Alex Collins (U18) and Sam Dixon(U16) have been invited to attend England training camps later this month congratulations to both of them.

Beeston Hockey Club on the BBC:  Check out this Beeston Hockey Club website on the BBC - includes video and audio clips.  Listen to Griff, check out the first team match reports.
www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/sport/beeston_hockey_club/index.shtml

15/10/05 Hockey Skills Elite Coaching Academy at  Beeston H C: This is a new venture for the club and aims to offer excellent coaching to a group of 20-30 juniors, both boys and girls, who have been selected because of their potential as hockey players. The academy aims to aid the progress of players and to bridge the gap between junior training sessions on Sunday and progress to the higher adult Beeston teams which play on Saturday. The first group of juniors have been selected and the Academy started on October 14th. Further blocks of coaching will be offered in the New Year.
The setting up of the coaching academy has been an ambition of the club for sometime. We now believe that we have the correct coaches to plan and lead the coaching sessions, they are:
Nick Clark --- Beeston Hockey Club Men’s 1st Team coach, Nick has a proven record as head coach at National League level, is a Level 3 coach and in the 1990’s was involved with coaching the England under 16s, 18s and 21s.
Steve Wood --- Beeston Men’s 1st Team Captain, is a level 2 coach who has undertaken assessments of players at International level.  These lead coaches will be assisted by 2-3 club coaches at each session who will be there to help and to improve their own coaching skills.  This is an exciting new development at the club that we believe will be of great benefit to both the juniors and Beeston HC.

England v Ireland International:  Highfield, Wed  Nov 9th; televised!  More details can be found in the news section at www.englandhockey.co.uk.  Final score 4:0 to England.

Tesco Sports Vouchers:  Beeston Colts have registered with the Tesco Sports voucher scheme and we will be happy to collect any vouchers you wish to donate at the Sunday training session.  Further information is available at http://www.tescosport.com/

England Hockey Club Cup 2005/06 Round 2 Sunday 20th November
Boys U18s : Beeston v Derwent; Girls U18s : Belper v Beeston; Boys U15s : Lichfield v Beeston; Girls U15s : Beeston v Leicester (Fyffes)

NEW SEASON STARTED: The first training session of  the 05-06 year was held on Sun Sept 11th at the new start time of 09.00, with the slightly increased subscription of £3 per session.