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05/05/08  BEESTON MEGA MONDAY - at 2pm Beeston face their biggest game of the season against Havant in the HA Cup Semi Final.  A win would see Beeston through to the finals on 17th May at Highfields..  A BBQ will be running from 12pm on the balcony of the Stick & Pitcher, with live music after the game.  Adults £2, kids 1£.
29/04/08 Congratulations to Sam Dixon who has been asked to attend an England U18 selection.
28/04/08 Following trials Matthew Shuttleworth, Jack Simkins and Chris Proctor have been selected by the Midlands to attend 3 further training sessions. A squad of 16 U14 players will then be selected to attend a HIPAC camp in June.
27/04/08 The U11 and U13 boys played at the Midland Minis today. Beeston U11s played well but the matches were short and goals were rare! They drew 1-1 with Coventry and NW and 0-0 with Rutland before losing 0-1 to Great Houghton. In the 5th/6th play off they drew 1-1 with Bromsgrove School placing them =5th. The U13s started against Trent College with Bees buzzing on both sides the result was a 0-0 draw! Beeston went on to beat Ludlow 2-0 and draw with Bromsgrove 0-0 to qualify for the semi finals. A 1-1 draw in the semi final  against Cannock led to a mammoth penalty stroke competition which Beeston won on sudden death 10-9! Waiting for them in the final was Trent College! Another 0-0 draw between the teams led to another penalty shoot out which unfortunately this time Beeston lost 1-2.  We wish Bees Simon Webster, Alex Butler, Josh Wainwright and Chris Proctor and the rest of the Trent team good luck when they play in the National Minis Finals at Highfields in May. PHOTOS
26/04/08 We arranged an U9 intraclub tournament today including girls from NHHC. Some of the players will go on to the U9 festival. However the entries have been restricted to 1 team per club this year.
23/04/08 Beeston Girls played their last game in the U15 league; an emphatic 5-0 win over Ashfield meant that Beeston finished runners up in the league to SBU.
20/04/08 Beeston boys U11s and U13s travelled to Peterborough to play friendly matches in preparation for next week’s Midland minis. The U11s drew with Peterbro 1-1, lost to Rutland 0-2 and beat a combined team 4-0. The U13s beat Peterbro 1-0, drew with Rutland 1-1 and beat Saffron Walden 4-2.
20/04/08 Keith Chaplin took an all girl team to play in the last of the Mini NoDe League matches. The girls,beat Burton Girls 5-0, drew with Burton Boys 0-0 and beat a mixed Worksop team 3-0.
20/04/08 Katie Hopkisson captained Derbyshire U13s to the Midlands title. Jessie Honarmand and Issey Scarle were also in the Derbys squad. Beth davys and Alicia Merryweather played for Notts U13s and Emily Bower played for Leics in the U14s Championships.
19&20/04/08 Notts U15 and U17s played in the National Counties Championships at Highfields. Both team finished 3rd. Nick Halliwell, Tom Vickerstaff, Liam adams, Rob Trem, Felix Evans, Ian Welch, Ed Torr, Ross Whiting, Ryan Smith, Nick Charlish, Mark Smallwood, Matt Proctor and Ollie Macildowie played for the U17s; Tom Fletcher Wilson, Rory Macildowie, Jack Simkins, Josh Greaves, Matt Shuttleworth, Matt Parker, George Osborne, Marcus Hooper, Joe Egglenton, Charlie Willars and Chris Proctor played for the U15s.
18/04/08 Beeston U18 played a friendly match against Hampshire U17s who as Champions of the South were at Highfields to play in the National Counties Championships the following day. The match was a 3-3 draw.
16/04/08 BeestonMK boys team beat South Nottm 4-0 tonight to become champions of the U15 League again. The margin of their victory meant that the development team Beeston Gold leapfrogged over South Notts to finish in 3rd place! Beeston Girls lost a close match 0-1 to the NHHC academy team.
09/04/08 Due to half term an understrength Beeston Girls struggled against a strong SBU team in the U15 League tonight, losing 1-6.
08/04/08 Congratulations to Ben Arnold .who has been included in the England U21 training squad.
06/04/08 Beeston Boys U15s beat Ipswich 4-3 and Beeston boys beat Bath buccaneers 4-2  to reach the National Cup Finals weekend to be held at Canterbury HC on May 10th and 11th. Beeston are the only club to have teams in both the boys events; it is the second year running that we have achieved this!
See separate report and photos.
01/04/08 Beeston HC members voted to merge with Nottingham Highfields HC at an EGM tonight. NHHC members have already voted to merge and have agreed to the newly merged club to be called Beeston HC. NHHC share the facility with Beeston and currently field 5 Ladies teams, in the National (North), Midlands and Notts Leagues. Next season this means there will be 8 Beeston Ladies teams giving the junior girls a comparable player pathway as the boys. The new club will increase the coaching and playing expertise available to all the juniors. It is an exciting venture for all members.
01/04/08 Successfully re-accredited following an independent Nominated Officer visit and subsequent verification of the club assessment file, Beeston Hockey Club (EH id: 1070) has been recognised as working towards providing a Safe, Effective and Child Friendly club environment, and as such has been re-awarded the England Hockey ClubsFirst Accreditation.  Well done Judith!!  We are the fourth club nationally, and the first in the Midlands to be reaccredited.
30/03/08 The Boys County Midlands Champions were decided today in week 3 of the round robin matches.Notts U15s (Y.O.B. 1993 or later) beat Worcs and Staffs comfortably 9-2 and 6-1 to retain the Midlands title not to be outdone Notts U17s(YOB 1991 or later) drew with Staffs and  were awarded a 3-0 victory over Worcs (who could not raise a team), to retain their Midlands title. Both teams contained a considerable number of Beeston players. Notts U15s and U17s will represent the Midlands in the National Counties Championships to be held at Beeston’s homeground Hghfields on April 19th and 20th.
21/03-24/03/08 David Overton(U16), Ben Arnold(U18) and Charlie Brooke(U18) are playing for England in the 4Nations Tournament in The Netherlands this weekend. Ian Welch was unavailable for selection due to injury.
16/03/08 This morning was the last regular Sunday morning coaching until September.
16/03/08 The Mini matches in the NoDe league at Derby Asterdale were cancelled.
14/03/08 Foremarke Boys U11s and U13s won the Prep Schools Midlands Championships, their U13 team went on to lose the National Final on penalty strokes.
14/03/08 In the National Q/Finals of the Boys Schools Cup Trent U14s beat QEGS (Wakefield), champions of the North, 6-0; Trent U16s lost to Langley Park, champions of the South East, 0-4 and Worksop beat Richmond, champions of the North, 7-1.
10/03/08 National Quarter Final News!
Beeston U15s have at last got a home draw! They will play their National Quarter Final against Ipswich HC on Sunday April 6th at Trent College push back 11.30am.
Beeston U18s have also been drawn at home. Their National Quarter Final is against Bath Buccaneers HC, whose U15s were at the National Finals weekend last year, at Highfields on Sunday April 6th push back 3.30pm.
ALL SUPPORTERS WELCOME
THE TEAMS ARE JUST ONE MATCH AWAY FROM QUALIFYING FOR THE NATIONAL FINALS WEEKEND AT CANTERBURY IN MAY.
09/03/08 In Round 4 of the EH Club Cup today both Beeston Boys’ teams were in action. The U15s continued to be drawn away this time to Derwent. Beeston played below their usual form against a tough Derwent team. The Bees took the lead after only 4 minutes however Derwent equalised minutes later to put pressure on the away team. Beeston’s superior play took them to a 4-1 lead at the interval. In the second half Derwent scored from  a penalty stroke and then the  Bees took control the final score was Derwent 2 Beeston 7.
The U18s were drawn at home to Coalville Town HC who regarded themselves as potential giant killers of the cup, see www.coalvilletownhc.com.uk. Alas for them it was not to be as the first time that they touched the ball was when their goalkeeper picked it out of the back of the net. Luckily for Coalville with schoolboy internationals David Jones, George Scott, Ben Arnold and Ian Welch and German regional player Per Pink all missing they were spared the full might of the Beeston U18s! However such is our strength in depth the team still swamped Coalville playing the fast flowing style of hockey that has become Beeston’s trademark. The Bees scored at will and were 9-0 up at half time. After the interval the Beeston defence relaxed and Coalville, to their credit, never gave up scoring 3 goals in the second half to Beeston’s 11. The final score was Beeston 20 Coalville Town 3.
09/03/08 Beeston Girls U11s and U13s played friendly matches arranged by Nottm Highfields today. The girls won all their matches convincingly. The Junior matches in the NoDe League at Derby Asterdale were cancelled.
07/03/08 In the Boys Schools Cup Midland Finals Trent U14s bt Bromsgrove U14s, Trent U16s drew with Bromsgrove U16s but lost on penalty strokes and Worksop U18s bt Uppingham U18s. All 3 teams go on to the National Quarter Finals.
05/03/08 West Bridgford withdrew from tonights match with BeestonMK giving the Beeston boys a 3-0 victory and 5pts. The development team, Beeston Gold continued their good form beating South Notts 2-1 with goals from Sam Gospel and Rob Procter. Provided Beeston MK beat South Notts in their last match they will win the league. If they win by 3 clear goals or more our development team, BeestonGold, will finish 3rd!
02/03/08 The Boys Midland Counties were in action again today in week 2 of the round robin matches that will decide the qualifiers for the Nationals. Notts played well. The U15s (Y.O.B. 1993 or later) beat Worcs and Shrops comfortably.  Charlie Willars, Joe Egglenton, Marcus Hooper, George Osborne, Chris Proctor, Matt Parker, Jack Simkins, Matt Shuttleworth, Josh Greaves and Tom Fletcher Wilson all played for Notts and Toby Howard and James Powell played for Leics. The U17s (Y.O.B. 91 and 92) beat Shrops and drew with Worcs. James Dexter, Nick Halliwell, Liam Adams, Tom Vickerstaff, Rob Trem, Felix Evans, Ed Torr, Tom Hubbard, Ryan Smith, Mark Smallwood, Ross Whiting, Matt Proctor and Nick Charlish all played for Notts. Ian Welch was unavailable due to injury. Both Notts U15s and U17s remain unbeaten with Warwicks and Staffs still to play.
02/03/08 The Trent College U13 teams played at the Derbyshire Minis today. Both their girls and boys teams contained a significant number of Beeston players and both reached finals against Belper HC which ended in draws. The boys won  and the girls lost on penalty strokes!
01/03/08 In the Boys Schools Cup semi finals Trent U14s bt Fernwood U14s, Trent U16s won and Worksop U18s beat Trent U18s in a highly competitive match!
27/02/08 BeestonMK beat Newark in the U15 League 16-0, Matt Parker scored 4goals; both Josh Greaves and James Powell scored hat tricks; Ali Postlethwaite and Marcus Wright each scored twice and the remaining two goals were scored by Jonathan Purkiss and Rory Macildowie.
24/02/08 Several of our girls were in action today at the Midlands Counties Championships. Notts U15s were very unlucky to lose their semi final on penalties to Leics who went on to win the title by beating Beds in the final and therefore qualify for the Nationals. Derbys U15s lost to Beds in the semis. Ella Holloway played for Notts and Maddie Smith played for Derbys. Bex Brown, Grace Morledge and Alice Shuttleworth played for Notts in the U17s Championship which was won by Derbys.
24/02/08 In the Mini NoDe matches hosted by Matlock today our all girls team beat Matlock and Burton but lost to an all boys Belper team. Team= Issey S, Livvie H, Hayley C, Robin H-C, Jessie H, Anna C, Gina L and Paige G.
20/02/08 BeestonGold, our development team played extremely well in their U15 league match to beat West Bridgford 5-0 and pick up 4points for a win and a bonus point. The Beeston girls match v Ashfield has been postponed until later in the season.
17/02/08 The Boys county matches due to be played today have been postponed until March 30th and the County U19 tournament on that date has been cancelled.
17/02/08 In Round 2 of the Girls Plate competiton our teams found the opposition too strong; the U18s lost 0-4 away at Leek and our U15s lost 0-10 away to a very good Leicester team.
16/02/08 Colts coaching has again been cancelled tomorrow as a severe frost has been predicted.
14/02/08 The Boys’ Schools Cup has reached the Midland stages, several teams still in the competitions feature Beeston Colts! In the U14s Trent (Derbys) bt Loughbro Gr (Leics) in the quarter finals; they will play Fernwood(Notts) in the semi finals. In the U16s Trent (Derbys) beat Nottingham High School (Notts) in the quarter finals, Oakham also reached the quarters but their result is not known. In the U18s Trent ( Derbys) will play Worksop (Notts) in the Semi Finals. We wish all the Bees well and may the best teams win!
10/02/08 The Boys Midland Counties were in action today in week 1 of the round robin matches that will decide the qualifiers for the Nationals. Notts were very successful! The U15s (Y.O.B. 1993 or later) beat Derbyshire 6-0, Leics 14-2 and Northants 16-0.  Charlie Willars, Joe Egglenton, Rory Macildowie, Marcus Hooper, George Osborne, Chris Proctor, Matt Parker, Jack Simkins, Matt Shuttleworth and Josh Greaves all played for Notts and Toby Howard played for Leics but James Powell was unavailable. The U17s (Y.O.B. 91 and 92) beat Leics 6-2 and Northants 4-0; Derbys did not enter a team. James Dexter, Nick Halliwell, Liam Adams, Tom Vickerstaff, Rob Trem, Felix Evans, Ed Torr, Charlie Scott, Tom Hubbard, Ryan Smith, Mark Smallwood and  Ross Whiting all played for Notts. Ian welch, Matt proctor and Nick Charlish were either injured or unavailable.
10/02/08 Colts coaching had to be cancelled today as the frost did not clear as quickly as predicted apologies to all those who had a wasted journey.
10/02/08 The hosts, Ashfield, have cancelled todays Junior NoDe League matches due to be played today.
04/02/08 The draw for Round 4 (Last 16) of the cup was made today and the U15s are again away, this time at Derwent HC (Wirksworth) and the U18s are at home against Coalville. The ties will be played on March 9th.
03/02/08 In Round 3 of the EH Club Cup today saw both Beeston Boys’ teams in action. The U18s played Brigg at home and were never in any danger taking the lead after only a minute when Charlie Brooke scored the first of his 4 goals. Richard Lawrence scored a hat trick of drag flicks and the final score was Beeston 7 Brigg 0. The U15s were again drawn away this time to Belper. The Bees started sluggishly, letting Belper have several shots which were easily saved by David Overton in the Beeston goal, before Matt Parker scored in the 6th minute. Marcus Hooper scored Beeston’s second before halftime. The superiority of the Beeston team took it’s toll on Belper in the second half with a hat trick of goals from Matt Parker and a spectacular volley from James Powell to take the score to Beeston 6 Belper 0. The team were warmly entertained in the Belper clubhouse after the game and we look forward to our clubs uniting as The Outlaws in the U13 Championships at Highfields again this summer.
30/01/08 Beeston Girls played Ashfield in the U15 League tonight. This was another close and competitive match which finally ended 2-2 . Beeston goals were scored by Claire Musson and Emily Bower.
27/01/08 Team Beeston swung into action again today, with help from Nottm Highfields, as we hosted the Girls County Mini Hockey Championships. The U11s played in the morning. BeestonJH, coached by James Hopkisson, won their group by drawing with WB/Monarchs 0-0 and beating Nottm Highflds 3-0, St Peters 4-0 and BeestonPW 4-0. Runners Up in the group were BeestonPW coached by Paul Willars they beat WB/Monarchs 1-0, Nottm Highflds 2-0 and St Peters 2-0 but lost to BeestonJH. The development team BeestonPW went on to lose their semi final against Newark otters 1-5 but this was an excellent performance by this team it is the first time we have had 2 teams in the semi finals. Disappointingly BeestonJH could not convert possession into goals hitting the woodwork several times and were beaten by eventual champions, Ranby who scored a breakaway goal to win the match 1-0. In the afternoon the U13s were in action. With 8 girls in cup tied by Trent College we were not at full strength but the BeestonJH team finished runners Up in this round robin competition by beating Newark Beavers 2-1, Nottm Highflds B 5-0, Nottm Highflds A 1-0 and BeestonPW 2-0; drawing 1-1 with Ranby Hse and only losing to the eventual champions Newark Otters 0-4. The development team found the opposition tougher but still beat Nottm Highflds B 2-0 and drew 0-0 with Nottingham Highflds A, finishing 6th. Many thanks to the coaches, parents and older juniors who helped at both the Boys and Girls County Mini Championships this year.
Although no team qualified for the Midlands this was the best all round performance by our girls at these championships. We await with interest to hear how Trent College U13s get on in the Derbyshire minis on March 2nd!
27/01/08 The hosts SBU have cancelled the  mini NoDe League matches due to be played today.
25/25/01/08 Beeston Boys U16s travelled to the National Indoors Finals weekend at Aldersley after  4 indoor coaching sessions from australian international danny Brennan. Up against schools with specialist indoor coaches and several months of weekly training behind them Beeston’s indoor inexperience was always going to be a handicap. On Friday they drew 2-2 with Preston HC after leading 2-0 with only a few minutes to go then lost 1-3 to  Ipswich School. Saturday started with a Beeston win against Exeter School 4-2 before the boys naivety to indoor hockey showed in a 0-6 defeat to Kingston Grammar School. However the experience of playing indoor hockey at this level will have progressed the boys skills and they will be back to try again next year; half the squad still qualifies for the U16 age group. Beeston Squad Nick Halliwell, David Overton, Rob Trem, Ian Welch, Matt Proctor, Tom Vickerstaff, Greg nolan, Matt Parker, Marcus Hooper, George Osborne, Liam Adams and Ryan smith.
The U18s will take no comfort in the fact that Bromsgrove School lost the National Final on penalty strokes. Beeston U18s were denied a chance to qualify for the Nationals after losing their closely fought group match 2-3 to Bromsgrove in a midlands tournament organised with no crossover semi finals.
23/01/08 Beeston Gold, our boys’ development team had a tough match tonight against Mansfield in the U15 league. The Beeston boys played with determination and lost 1-4 to the stronger experienced Mansfield team. Beeston’s goalscorer was Tom Kirkwood one of the 2 overage players allowed under the new rules this season.
20/01/08 The following Beeston players have been selected to attend Notts Development training:Josh Robinson, Chris and Rebecca  Parker, Ben Carr, Henry Fletcher Wilson, Josh Wainwright, Ed Heath, Tom, Richard and James Barton, Alex Butler, Kate Elcock, Emily Hopkins, Georgia Miszewska, Catherine Booth, Ali Wilding, Travis Merryweather and Gabby MacSweeney.
13/01/08 With the Boys County Minis taking place at Highfields James Hopkisson took an all girl team to the Junior NoDe League matches hosted by Monarchs HC. The girls beat Monarchs 3-0 and Chesterfield 2-1 but lost to Boots 0-3. Team = Ruth H, Livvie H, Kate S, Kelsey T, Alice D, Emily H, Eve L and Maddie Sc . This was a pleasing performance by the girls as most of the team were U13s or younger.
13/01/08 Team Beeston moved into action at the Boys Mini Hockey Notts Championships today. Club members, senior and junior, helped with the umpiring, coaching and organisation of the tournament. In the morning Beeston MK beat St Peters 1-0 in the final to win the U11 title for the first time since 2005. The U11 development team, coached by Tim France, finished a creditable 5th. In the afternoon the U13 tournament was a round robin formatt culminating in a match between the unbeaten Grosvenor and Beeston MK teams. With a superior goal difference Grosvenor, U11 champions for the last 2 seasons, only needed a draw. Beeston played very well containing the previously high scoring Grosvenor team and took the lead with a goal from Tom Mayfield. Will Taylor made certain of a Beeston victory when he scored the second goal with only a minute to go. Beeston have now won the U13 title for the last 7 years and 9 times in 10 years! The U13 development team, coached by Kris Elston,  also played very well finishing 4th. The victorious U11 and U13 Beeston teams will now represent Notts at the Midlands Minis on April 27th.
10/01/08 Beeston’s Ian Welch and David Overton were named in the England U16 squad due to play in Dublin at Easter, unfortunately David is unavailable so will not play in that tournament.
09/01/08 Beeston’s Adam Dixon was named in the England squad to play in the Eurohockey Indoor Challenge at Sheffield. Adam, another former Beeston U18 captain, was the England captain when they played Scotland before Christmas.
09/01/08 In the Boys U15 League tonight BeestonMK beat BeestonGold 7-3. All members of team Beeston played well!
07/01/08 Beeston’s Ali Wilson and George Pinner have been named in the GB squad to tour South Africa in January. Ali is a former Beeston U18 captain and George played against Beeston in national competitions as a junior, that’s what made him such a good goalie!
06/01/08 With England U16 boys using Highfields today regular colts coaching had to be cancelled. However we arranged U16, U15 and U14 boys friendly matches against Oakham School. Beeston won all 3 matches with some very good performances. The scores were U16s Beeston 7 Oakham 1, U15s Beeston 6 Oakham 1 and U14s Beeston 6 Oakham 1.
16/12/07 Although frost prevented colts coaching at Beeston today the pitches at Cannock were playable for the Boys Midlands U17(yob 1990 or later) Championships. Notts fielded 13 Beeston players Sam Cathie, John Barr, Sam Arnold, Chris Price, Ollie Willars, Charlie Brooke, Ian Welch, Felix Evans, Sam Dixon, Dan Gillott, Rob Trem, Ed Torr and Liam Adams. Notts reached the final by beating Northants 6-2, Warks 1-0 and Derbys 3-0. However the pitches at Cannock were frozen and so the final between Notts and Leics was cancelled and the counties shared the title.
09/12/07 As Notts only entry both Beeston teams qualified for the Indoor Hockey Midlands Championships today. The U18 boys were coached by Beeston 1st team players Tom Skinner and James McBlane and managed by Graham Dixon. The team played well in their first match beating Princethorpe 6-0. Although 2 teams qualified for the Nationals from this event because the organisers did not include crossover semi finals the crunch match was a group match against Bromsgrove. This was a high quality competitive indoor match but unfortunately Beeston lost 2-3! Beeston went on to win their next match against Adams Grammar 5-2 but qualification for the Nationals was now impossible. Hopefully next year crossover semis will be played to ensure that the best 2 teams go forward to represent the midlands at the Nationals. The U16 boys were coached by Danny Brennan, an Australian indoor international who is playing for Beeston in the Men’s National Premier Indoor league this season, and managed by Martin Keeling. The U16 team were novices to the indoor game but learnt quickly winning their group by beating Repton 5-2, losing 1-2 to Lichfield and beating Princethorpe 7-0. With a place at the Nationals guaranteed they went on to beat Bromsgrove 3-1 in the final to retain their Midlands title. U18s= David Jones, Sam Dixon, Ollie Willars, Ben and Sam Arnold, Ed Torr, Per Pink and Sam Ward (guest). U16s= David Overton, Rob Trem, Ian Welch, Liam Adams, Tom Vickerstaff, Marcus Hooper, Ryan Smith and Matt Proctor.
The U16s will compete at the National Championships later in January. The squad will be coached by Danny Brennan and Tom Skinner and managed by Martin Keeling.
09/12/07 In today’s Mini NoDe League matches at Beeston both our boys  and girls’ u11s played. The boys  drew with Burton 0-0, lost 0-1 to Newark and drew with the girls 0-0. The girls beat Newark 4-2, lost to Burton 0-1 and drew with the boys 0-0. Boys= Jeremy C, Yiannos K, Tom G, Tom B, James B, Cellan G, Henry M, Henry F-W and Gareth G(g). Girls = Brooke B, Livvie H(3), Sophia L, Hayley C, Robyn H-C(g), Grace H, Olivia D and Gina L.
05/12/07 In their first match in the U15 League BeestonGold our boys development team drew 1-1 with Newark. This was an excellent performance by our young team as Newark made full use of the overage player rule! Sam gospel scored Beeston’s goal.
29/11/07 George Scott missed out on the 25-0 win in the cup last weekend to attend a Scotland assessment. However it was well worth it as George has been selected for the Scotland U18 squad, well done!
28/11/07 In the first matches of the U15 league Beeston (Boys)MK bt Mansfield 3-1 and Beeston (Girls)MP lost to SBU 1-2. Teams and Report.
27/11/07 In the draws for the EH Cup Beeston U15 Boys were drawn away to Belper and Beeston U18 Boys were drawn at home to Brigg. These ties are to be played on Feb 3rd 2008.
Having lost their first matches in the EH Cup our girl teams went into the EH Plate, both were given byes in Round 1. However we are awaiting the draw for Round 2 which is due to be played in the middle of half term Feb 17th 2008!
27/11/07 Reluctantly Beeston U16 Girls were withdrawn from the Midlands Indoor Championships due to be held on Saturday December 1st as too many of the seniors players were unavailable due to school commitments! This is a continuing problem for clubs when official hockey events are held on Saturdays!
26/11/07 Following their performance at the England assessment camps Ben Arnold and Charlie Brooke were selected for the England U18 squad and David Overton and Ian Welch  have made it into the next assessment for the England U16 squad. well done to all of them!
25/11/07 Colts coachng had to be cancelled today due to a fixture overload at Beeston! Even then there was no room for Beeston boys U15s who played their match at Trent College!
The EH Junior Club Cup R2 results were as follows:
Boys U15s  Beeston 15 West Bridgford 1
Boys U18s Beeston 25 Long Sutton 0
Girls U15s Beeston 0 Matlock 0, Matlock won 3-2 on penalties.
Girls U18s Beeston 1 Kingston upon Hull 3.
Reports, Teams and Photos.
25/11/07 In today’s Junior NoDe League matches at Beeston our boys U13s beat Newark 6-0, drew with Mansfield 1-1 and lost to Burton 0-2. Jordan Homer again played well in goal  and Ed, Chris and Ben made encouraging debut’s for the team. Tom Mayfield was the top scorer. Beeston= Jordan H, James S(2g), Ethan W, Will T, Ed H, Chris P, Tom M(3g) and Ben C(2g). Thanks to James Keeling and Tim France who organised not only our team but also all the matches on what was a very busy day at Beeston!
21/11/07 Beeston Girls U16s were left with only 2 matches in their Midlands Zonal round when, understandably, Cannock HC were unable to travel to Nottingham High School for the midweek early evening start! Despite last minute problems with availability Beeston beat NGHS 2-1 and Woverhampton High School 5-0 to win the zonal round. NGHS with Beeston’s Bex Brown, Viki Monk and Imogen Bachra also qualified for the main Midlands Championships. Beeston= Grace Morledge, Emily Bower, Jenny Burke, Madi Smith, Katie Hopkisson, Alice Shuttleworth and Ella Holloway. Thanks to David Griffiths who gave up his time to coach the team.
20/11/07 Beeston Girls U18s found the opposition too strong at the Midlands Zonal round held at Repton school tonight, losing to Belper, Nottm highflds and Repton. The girls made a tremendous effort to get to Repton in time to play some travelling directly from a school game at Wellingborough! Stafford school were unable to travel that night and had to withdraw! Beeston= Becky Morley, Hannah Price, Tori Broughton, Amy Skoyles, Charlotte hopkins, Jo Taylor, Lucy Stephenson and Rosie Farish. Thanks to Adam Dixon and Stephen Twist who gave up their time to coach and umpire.
19/11/07 Congratulations to the following girls who have been selected for county squads: Hayley Chaplin(Derbys U13B), Jessie Honarmand(Derbys U13), Alicia Merryweather and Beth Davys(Notts U13), Maddie Smith(Derbys U15), Ella Holloway(Notts U15), Laura Mehigan, Grace Morledge, Bex Brown and Holly Brown(Notts U17). We are not told by the county coaches who has been selected so if we have missed anyone please let us know!
18/11/07 In today’s Mini NoDe League matches at West Bridgford Beeston boys U11s beat Burton 1-0, Worksop 2-0, WB A 6-0 and WB B 4-0. Six different players scored; Yiannos was top scorer with 5 goals. Cellan took ill after the first match but luckily brother Gareth was on hand to step in! Beeston= Jeremy C, Yiannos K(5g), Tom G(g), Tom B(2g), James B(2g), Cellan G, Henry M(2g), Sam A and Gareth G(g).
18/11/07 Beeston’s George Scott captained Lincs U17s in the final matches to decide the East’s county represenatives at the Nationals in 2008. Lincs U17s beat Essex 3-1 and Suffolk 7-1 and altough they finished on equal points with Cambridgeshire had an inferior goal difference so were placed 2nd.
11/11/07 At the Midlands Girls Schools Finals today Trent U14s( Madi Smith, Ella Holloway, Eve Linnington, Maddie Scott and Katie Hopkisson) narrowly missed out on a place at the National Schools Championships when they lost on penalty strokes to Oundle in the final.
11/11/07 At the Boys Counties Midlands Finals today the county teams fielded the same Beeston players as on October 14th. Notts U15s underperformed and lost to Staffordshire in the semi final but finished 3rd by beating Derbyshire in the 3rd/4th  play off. Notts U13s were in the 5-8th play off matches and won both their matches against Warwickshire and Worcestershire to finish 5th. The Midlands play U15 and U17 matches, using a Jan 1st 2008 qualification, in the New Year to decide which county will represent the Midlands at the Nationals in 2008.
11/11/07 Nottingham Highfields HC(NHHC) organised girls friendly mini matches today. Beeston played at all 4 age groups. The U9s had their first taste of matches playing NHHC twice winning 1-0 and losing 0-1; the U11s beat SBU 4-0 and NHHC 2-1; the U12s drew with NHHC A 0-0 and beat NHHC B 2-0; the U14s drew 0-0 with SBU and NHHC A and beat NHHC B
2-0. Kris Elston, James Keeling, Joe Robinson, Lucy Stephenson, Bex Brown and Rob Trem helped manage, coach and umpire the teams. U9s= Bethany Sharples, Zoe Chaplin(g), Megan Homer, Niamh Elston, Niamh Cullen, Louise Allsop, Nina Apoola and Lizzie Sidebottom. U11s= Emily clifford, Olivia Dadge(2g), Pippa Ryder, Fiona Procter, Eleanor Tatlock, Kirsty Sharples(g), Alice Colquhoun, Shambavi Alagarswami and Robyn Harrison-Church(3g). U12s= Izzie Scarle, Maddy Heeley(g), Jessie Honarmand, Beth Davys, Catherine Booth, Ellie Howard, Carissa Dean, Livvie Hopkisson(g) and Hayley Chaplin. U14s= Linzie Bolus, Issey Morledge(g), Emily Bower, Alicia Merryweather, Maddy Kelly, Freya Crocker(g), Kate Sotheran and Kelsey Taylor.
09/11/07 Katie Hopkisson has been selected for Derbyshire U13s A team and Izzie Scarle, Maddie Heeley, Sophia Lewyckj and Livvie Hopkisson have been selected for Derbyshire B team.
06/11/07 Beeston girls played very well at the County Indoor Championships this evening. Beeston U16s, the defending champions, let a 2 goal lead slip against Nottm Highfields eventually drawing 2-2 and beat Nottm High School 1-0 to retain their title. Under the rules of the competition Bex Brown and Viki Monk had to play for their school,Nottm High School, who finished 2nd. Both teams go forward to the Midlands Zone round on November 21st. Beeston U18s drew 0-0 with Nottm Highfields and beat Bilborough 4-0 and Nottm High School 4-0. Beeston finished runners up to Nottm Highfields on goal difference but will still progress to the Midlands Zone round on either November 20th or 21st. Lucy Stephenson had to play for Nottm High School but following their elimination is now able to play for Beeston. Adam Dixon and Stephen Twist helped Mike Price coach the teams. Beeston U16s = Grace Morledge, Holly Brown(g), Jenny Burke(2g), Madi Smith, Emily Bower, Katie Hopkisson and Gabby MacSweeney. Beeston U18s = Becki Morley, Tori Broughton (4g), Jo Taylor (3g), Hannah Price, Charlotte Hopkins, Amy Skoyles and Rosie Farish (g).
06/11/07 In the EH Junior Club Cup R2 draws today Beeston were given 4 home ties to be played on November 25th: U15B v West Bridgford, U15G v Matlock, U18B v Long Sutton and U18G v Kingston upon Hull.  
05/11/07 Rob Trem and George Scott have been given assesment s for Wales U18s and Scotland U18s respectively.
04/11/07 Beeston U15 boys played a friendly against Belper today. The Bees were 8-0 up after 20 minutes enabling coaches martin and James Keeling to experiment with the team; the final score was Beeston 10 Belper 3. Beeston = Jon Allcock, Charlie Willars, Jack Simkins, Joe Egglenton, Rory Macildowie, Josh Greaves, Matt Parker (4g), Ali Postlethwaite (g), George Osborne (g), Jon Purkiss, Marcus Hooper (3g), Toby Howard (g), Chris Proctor and James Powell.
28/10/07 In today’s Junior NoDe League matches at Newark Beeston boys U13s beat Newark twice(4-0 and 4-0), beat Monarchs Girls U15s (1-0) and drew with monarchs Girls U15s (0-0). Jordan Homer played very well in goal and the top scorer was Kartar soar with 4 goals. Beeston = Jordan Homer, Kartar soar (4g), Alex Butler (3g), Ben Nevill, Will Taylor (2g), Joe Saleh, Dan Gleeson and Tom Shipley.
26-28/10/07 Beeston were well represented at the Boys Regional Championships for the 7 regions SE, SW, N, S, E, W and Midlands.
Ben and Sam Arnold, John Barr, Sam Dixon, David Jones and Ollie Willars all played for the Midlands U17s.  Their playing record was  won 4, drew 1 and lost 1 which gave them the same points as the SW but with an inferior goal difference the Midlands were placed 2nd! Ben Arnold and Charlie Brooke have been given England U16 assessments following these championships.
Ian Welch, Matt Parker and Liam Adams played for the Midlands U15s. Their playing record was also won 4, drew 1 and lost 1 but this time the SW were clear winners. The Midlands and the NE finished on the same points and goal difference but having scored fewer goals the Midlands were placed 3rd! David Overton played for the East U15s who finished 4th. Ian Welch and David Overton have been offered England assessments and Liam Adams is on the reserve list following these championships.
20-22/10/07 Holly Brown scored 3 goals for the Midlands U15s at the Regional Championships this weekend. The Midlands retained the U15 title by beating the 4 other regions, North, South, East and West. Holly has been given an England U16 assessment following these championships.
15/10/07 You have already collected several 100 Tesco vouchers so keep up the good work. Last year we cashed in our vouchers for 4 kit storage bags and a GK helmet. Vouchers can be handed to Judith or Martin or put in the box at the bar.
14/10/07 At the Boys  East Midlands County Championships today Notts U13s fielded the same 9 Beeston players as in the Festival and added Robert Procter who was not available last week. Notts drew with Derbys 1-1, beat Northants 10-0 and lost to leics 1-3 finishing a disappointing 3rd. Notts U15s added Liam Adams to the 10 Beeston players selected last week, they beat Northants 12.0, Derbys 2-0 and Leics 2-0 to finish 1st, they will have to play with more discipline however if they are to win the Midlands Championships in November.
14/10/07 In the first matches of the Mini NoDe Friendly League at Highfields today Beeston boys U11s beat North Notts 3-0, Buxton 1-0 and Chesterfield 4-1. Beeston= Jeremy Caglayan, Tom Gorman, Gareth Griffiths, Cellan Griffiths (2g), Ben Sharples (3g), Yiannos Kozakis (g), Henry Fletcher Wilson and Henry Macildowie(g). Will Pearson, Tom and James Barton kindly agreed to play for North Notts so that they had a team.
12/10/07 Emily Bower has been selected to play for Leics U14s this season. We do not know who has been selected for Notts and Derbys yet.
07/10/07 At the Boys Midland County Festivals:
Notts U13s beat Warks and Worcs but lost to Staffs. Notts selected 9 Beeston players : Jack Simkins, Patrick Cutmore, Sam Gospel, Chris Proctor, Matt Shuttleworth, Tom Fletcher Wilson, Rhys Stevenson, Will Taylor and Sam Steel. Jake Trembling played for Derbyshire.
Notts U15s beat Warks, Worcs and Staffs.Notts selected 10 Beeston players Joe Egglenton, Nick Halliwell, Marcus Hooper, Matt Parker, Matt Proctor, Charlie Scott, Tom Vickerstaff, Ian Welch, Charlie Willars and Ross Whiting.
George Osborne played for Derbys and James Powell and Sunil Kumar played for Leics.
Jonathon Purkiss, Gregg Nolan and David Overton played for Lincs U15s who lost to Norfolk 3-4 and beat Herts 7-0. George Scott played for Lincs U17s who beat Norfolk 3-2 and Herts 1-0.
03/10/07 Beeston Men’s 1st team squad are seeking individual sponsorship this year. Beeston Colts have sponsored captain David Griffiths who has been a Bee all his life. David first played for Beeston  in the county minis when he was 7 years old, he now coaches regularly on Sundays and at the Academy and is the 1st team captain and a Welsh International. Should you or your company wish to sponsor a Beeston National League player then please contact team manager Graham Griffiths  on 07976551030 or at beestonhockey@hotmail.com .
02/10/07 The EH Men’s and Women’s Cup Finals will be held at Highfields this Summer during the Youth Festival weekend which also incorporates the National Mini Hockey Finals and the Club 1st U9 festival. The U15 & U18 Girls’ and Boys Cup finals weekend will return to Canterbury on May 10/11th and the U15 & U18 Girls’ and Boys’ Plate finals will be at Guildford the same weekend.
01/10/07 Congratulations to the following Beeston players who have been selected to play at the Regional Championships in October:
Holly Brown - Midlands U15 Girls.
David Overton and Gregg Nolan - East U15 Boys
Ian Welch, Matt Parker and Liam Adams – Midlands U15 Boys
Ben and Sam Arnold, Sam Dixon, David Jones, John Barr, Charlie Brooke and Ollie Willars – Midlands U17 Boys.
30/09/07 In the first matches of the Junior NoDe Friendly League at Chesterfield today Beeston boys U13s beat North Notts 2-0, Buxton 5-0 and Chesterfield 3-0. The team was coached by Tim France and James Keeling.
Beeston= Sam Steele, Tom Mayfield (g), Will Taylor (g), James Shires (2g), Ethan Williams, Alex Butler (g), Josh Wainwright (3g) and Kartar Soar (2g).
30/09/07 A Beeston boys team provided opposition for the Midlands U15 regional squad who were training at Highfields today. Beeston won 5-2 with goals from Sam Curtis and Felix Evans and a hat trick from midlands reserve Marcus Hooper! Beeston = Sam Cathie, Chris Powell, Chris Price, Sam Curtis, Felix Evans, Ollie Macildowie, George Scott, Ed Torr, Rob Trem, Ryan Smith, Tom Vickerstaff, Matt Proctor and Marcus Hooper.
Ian Welch, Matt Parker and Liam Adams were playing for the Midlands.
24/09/07 Beeston’s England U21 goal keeper George Pinner has been called up to the full GB squad to prepare for Olympic qualification. Good news too for Adam Dixon, a Beeston player since he was 12 years old, who has been called up to the full England squad.
23/09/07 Several Beeston girls went down to Loughborough University today where they joined up with Nottingham Highfield juniors to take part in a physiology study being carried out for England Hockey. Lorna Rowley performed particularly well and Ella Holloway was noted for her speed. The other girls who took part were Emily Bower, Katie Hopkisson and Eve Linnington.
15/09/07 Beeston Girls played at the Foremarke U13 tournament today. They qualified for the semis by drawing with Foremarke A 0-0 and beating both Ranby Hse and Grace Dieu schools 1-0. The girls lost to Belper on golden goal after a 0-0 draw and were equally unlucky in the 3rd place play off when they played Bromsgrove. The final between Belper and Foremarke A was also a 0-0 draw!!! Beeston = Izzie Scarle, Katie Hopkisson, Kelsey Taylor, Kate Sotheran, Alice Doleman, Ellie Frost, Alicia Merryweather and Marie Shaw.
06/09/07  The adult Ladies section will train from 7pm to 8pm on the Water Based pitch on Thursday evenings, starting September 6th.
02/09/07 After today’s Midlands training session Ian Welch, Liam Adams and Matt Parker were selected for the U15 Midland’s squad for the Regional Championships in October. Nick Halliwell and Marcus Hooper were named as reserves. Well done to them all!
02/09/07  Regular training at Highfields restarts for the new season.
01/09/07  Steve will be at the club on Saturday September 1st at 1pm for anyone wishing to buy kit.
Steve Brooks: steve.j.brooks@ntlworld.com, 01509-820360, 07720 392 485
01/09/07 Having lost to Bath Buccaneers (who made the national finals weekend with us) on penalties in the Boys U15 Cup last year, Southampton HC arranged a tour to the Midlands. By the time they played us they had already beaten Cannock and Belper easily. Beeston were without 9 of their U15 squad from the National Finals weekend and fielded 7 new players on the day. They played some lovely hockey against a team that were older and had played as a team for some time. The final score was Beeston 2 Southampton 2. Beeston’s goals were scored by Josh Greaves and Rob Trem. It was a pleasing performance as 8 of the Beeston team can play in this year’s U15 Cup. Beeston= Nick Halliwell, Rob Trem, Liam Adams, Tom Vickerstaff, Nick Charlish, Matt Proctor, Marcus Hooper, Charlie Willars, Jonathan Purkiss, Josh Greaves, Greg Nolan, Matt Parker, Joe Egglenton and Toby Howard.
28/08/07  Training starts next week for players who are involved in Saturday adult  teams.
The Men's section will train on the Sand Based pitch between 8-30pm and 10pm on Tuesday evenings, starting from the 28th August.
25/08/07 Izzie Scarle and Jeremy Caglayan were representing Beeston HC as mascots at the European Championships in Manchester today.
18/08/07 Congratulations to Sam Dixon and Ben Arnold have been asked to attend an England U18 training camp later this month.
12/08/07  Check out the 2006-07 news archives to catch up on everything that happened over the Summer break.