COLTS

02/08/09 Greg Nolan and David Overton played for England against an Asian Select team. The match followed the full England match v India in which Ali Wilson and Adam Dixon played.
22-24/07/09 Beeston junior Greg Nolan scored on his debut for England U16s as they beat Wales 6-0, England went on to beat Ireland and hosts Scotland 3-1 to win the Home Nations tournament.
22-24/07/09 Beeston juniors Yasmin Haywood (England) and Wiz Mumby (Wales Capt.) have played in the Home Nations tournament. Although Wiz scored for Wales beating Yasmin in goal for England she was unable to stop Wales losing the match 3-5. England won the tournament by beating Ireland 1-0 and Scotland 4-0.
19/07/09 Beeston U14 Girls won the Lichfield minis today by winning all their matches scoring 8 goals and conceding 1. Congratulations to Martha B, Kate S, Alicia M, Imogen H, Alice D, Dani P, Ellie H and Orla B.
19/07/09 Former Beeston U18 captains Adam Dixon and Ali Wilson were part of the England team that beat The Netherlands 3-2 at Bisham today.
19-25/07/09 Former junior Sophie Robinson has been in action for Wales again this time at the Eurohockey Nations Trophy. Wales reached the semis where they lost on golden goal to Italy but a goal from Sophie meant Wales beat France in the 3rd/4th play off. Wales will now play in the next World Cup qualifying tournament but miss out on promotion to the Championship competition for 2011.
08-13/07/09 Shona McCallin has won a bronze medal with England at the U18 Girls Eurohockey Championships. England won their group but lost to The Netherlands in the semis before going on to beat Belgium in the 3rd/4th play off. George Scott played for Scotland at the U18 Boys Championships they finished 7th and were relegated to the Trophy competition for 2011.
11/07/09 A Beeston U14 Boys team played at the Lichfield minis, the young team finished 5th.
08-11/07/09 Yasmin Haywood has played for England U16s against Germany in a series of matches. England lost 1-5 and 2-4; the middle match was abandoned due to a flooded pitch.
08-10/07/09 Matt Parker has played for England U16s in a series of matches against Germany. England gradually improved losing 1-2 and 0-3 before winning the last match 5-3.
06-11/07/09 Beeston’s U18 Captain, Rob Trem, was in action for Wales at the U18 Boys Eurohockey Trophy competition. Wales reached the semis where they lost 1-0 to Ireland but easily won the 3rd/4th play off against Austria. Unfortunately only the top 2 teams are promoted to the Championship competition for 2011.
30/06-03/07/09 Beeston men’s Ali Wilson, Martin Jones and Adam Dixon played for England in a series of matches v Pakistan at Cannock. England lost the first 2 matches and drew the third 1-1.
27-28/06/09 Beeston U13 Girls took part in an 11-a-side tournament at Leicester this weekend when they took on teams from Germany as well as locals Leicester and Ashby. Beeston finished 3rd behind Club zur Vahr from Bremen and Mariendorfer from Berlin. Natalie Hardwicke, Jane Currie and James Hopkisson coached and managed the girls. The squad changed each day and 20 girls were given the chance to play in this new addition to our fixtures calendar.
26-28/06/09 Beeston juniors David Overton and Matt Parker played for England U16s v Ireland U16s over the weekend. England won 3-1 and 2-1 but lost the third match 1-2. Matt scored the winner in the second match.
26-28/06/09 Beeston junior Yasmin Haywood made her debut for England in a series of matches against Ireland. England won the first match 3-2 when Yasmin played in goal but drew and then lost the subsequent matches.
26-28/06/09 Beeston ladies Sophie Robinson played for Wales in the Celtic Cup when they beat Scotland and drew with Ireland and France to finish runners up.
20-21/06/09 Beeston U18 player of the year George Scott played for Scotland against England and Ireland over the weekend. George scored against Ireland in their 2-2 draw but Scotland lost the second match 3-4 and lost both matches against England.
19-21/06/09 A squad of players from Beeston and Belper played as The Outlaws in the UK U13 Boys Festival at Highfields this weekend. The boys played very well and qualified for the final. However they were prevented from playing in the Final when the West put in a complaint about overage players. The Outlaws have competed for 3 years at this tournament and originally agreed to play when the Midlands failed to field a team on the condition that they could play overage players to compensate the fact that the team was only drawing from 2 clubs and not a whole region. It was a great disappointment to the managers, coaches, parents and boys that the organiser and tournament director failed to keep this agreement. However the boys played 5 competitive matches and took the disappointment in a sporting manner. Beeston’s Alan Postlethwaite, Chris Mayfield and Steve Taylor helped coach and organise The Outlaws team which included 8 Beeston players.
19-20/06/09 Beeston Colt’s Player of the Year 2009, Shona McCallin played for England U18s against Ireland U18s in preparation for the Eurohockey Youth Champs in July. England gradually improved losing 0-3 then drawing 2-2 and finally winning 4-1.

13/06/09 Beeston U12 girls travelled to Lichfield for their minis today. The girls were unbeaten in the 6 team round robin tournament beating Burton, Cannock and 2 Lichfield teams and drawing with a 3rd Lichfld team. The victorious team Phoebe B, Liv H, Eleanor T, Lauren, Olivia D, Anna T, Charlie H, Hayley c and Zoe C made it back to Highfields in time for the Colts BBQ and Awards evening.
10-14/06/09 Congratulations and thank you to everyone who helped Beeston host men’s and women’s internationals at Highfields this week. The home crowd were rewarded on Weds when 4 Beeston men played for England against Australia; Adam Dixon, Martin Jones, George Pinner and Ali Wilson all played in a 9 goal thriller resulting in a narrow win for the Aussies!
07/06/09 We hosted the Girls’ Beeston Minis today, well done and thank you to everyone who helped on such a horrible wet and windy day! In the morning the girls finished 2nd in their group after beating Rutland B and Lichfld and drawing with Peterbro; they went on to win their semi on penalty strokes after drawing with Rutland A but lost to Peterbro when they met again in the final. Well played Meggie J, Liv H, Sophia L, Hayley C, Gina L, Lauren, Grace H, Olivia D and Zoe C who stepped in at the last minute when a member of the team called in sick.
In the afternoon Beeston fielded 2 teams in the U14 competition. Beeston Bees finished 5th with a playing record of won 2, drew 2 lost 2. The team were mainly U13s so did well to compete with the older girls. Beeston Bees team: Izzy S, Ellie H, Beth D, Dani P, Lily K, Hannah L, Katherine T, Katie H and Orla B. The Beeston Gold team won their group by beating Rutland A, Peterbro, Newark and drawing with Lichfld. They went on to beat Belper 1-0 in the semis and Cannock 1-0 in the final to win the tournament. Congratulations Martha B, Rebecca B, Helen s, Ciara B, Kate S, Alice D, Maddie H and Jade S.
06-07/06/09 Former NHHC junior and current Beeston Ladies player, Sophie Robinson, was in the Wales team that narrowly lost 2 matches to Belgium this weekend.
04-19/06/09 Former junior Ben Arnold has been busy at the U21 Men’s World Cup in Malaysia. England struggled in the difficult climate and finally finished 16th. Ben who is only 19 will be hoping to play in the next World Cup in 2011.
04-07/06/09 Beeston men’s goalkeeper George Pinner finally gained his full England cap at the Hamburg Masters having played for GB last year. Unfortunately for George England lost to Germany, Australia and The Netherlands! Former Beeston junior Adam Dixon was also in the squad.
31/05/09 Following their success at our own minis the same U12 Boys team played at the Lichfield minis. Beeston won their group by beating Lichfld and Stafford and drawing with Burton. They beat another Lichfld team in the semis before meeting Burton again in the final when Elliot Wragg scored the winning goal for the Bees!
31/05/09 Beeston fielded an U15/16 team against the unofficial touring team the UK Lions who were training at Highfields. It gave the boys a run out together. Beeston won the 3 periods of play 5-0, 4-0 and when Leo swapped with David in goal 3-2. David scored the less said about Leo in goal the better!!!
23-24/05/09 Notts U21s played at the Nationals this weekend they beat Sussex 2-1, Cornwall 6-0 and Combined Services 10-1 but their 0-1 loss to Essex meant that they finished National Runners Up. Leo Watton was added to the squad that won the Midlands Championships on 03/05/09.
22-24/05/09 Ben Arnold was in action again this weekend against The Netherlands U21s as England Men’s U21s prepare for the World Cup. England drew 2 and lost 1 of the matches.
16-17/05/09 The National Youth Festival and Men’s and Women’s EH Cup Finals were held at Highfields this weekend.
Congratulations to Travis Merryweather who was chosen to take part in the Youth Leadership Challenge at the Festival.
Beeston fielded 2 teams in the U9 “Go Wild” Festival which had an animal theme this year. We competed as the Panthers and the Giraffes but also played the Owls fixtures when a club withdrew late on the Friday. Our Panthers were exceptional and pounced on all their opponents winning all 7 matches they played scoring 17 goals and conceding none. The younger less experienced Giraffe team improved significantly with each of the 5 matches they played. The teams jointly won the Jasper team of the tournament award, well done to all the youngsters who played! Martin D, Freddie H, Seb W, Henry C, Connall D, Garen B, Will V, Amelia A, Niamh E, Nina A, Bradley W, Bethany S, Jack S, Felix S, Michael H, Joe L, Emma G, Harris A, Tom W.
Beeston juniors provided the ball patrols for the EH Cup Finals which saw Beeston men fail to retain the cup, losing 1-3 to Reading.
10/05/09 We hosted the Boys’ Beeston Minis today, well done and thank you to everyone who helped on such a lovely sunny day. In the morning the U12s played in a 7 team round robin tournament. They won 4 matches easily against West Bridgford, Rutland B, Peterbro and Lichfield and drew with Rutland A. This meant that they had to beat Belper in the last match to win the tournament. Ed Sidebottom scored the only goal making Beeston the winners!
Congratulations Jack S, Tom G, James B, Sam A, Yiannos K, Ed S, Elliot W and Adam F. England U18 International Will Collins, a former Beeston Colt, was training down at Highfields and presented the boys with their medals. In the afternoon the U14s played in a 9 team tournament. Beeston won their group by beating Peterbro B and Rutland A and drawing with Leek and Lichfield. Unfortunately they lost the semi 1-2 to Peterbro A but won the 3rd/4th final 2-0 against Lichfield to finish 3rd. Well played Jordan H, Josh W, Kartar S, Alex B, Tom M, Will T, Luke C, Chris P and Ollie A.
09-10/05/09 Former Beeston junior Adam Dixon gained his first full England cap against Olympic and World Champions Germany this weekend. England lost the first match but drew the second 3-3. Beeston’s Ali Wilson and Martin Jones also played for England.
09/05/09 At Beeston HC Annual Dinner several juniors received club awards for their performances for the club’s adult teams. As a result of their performances in adult league hockey the following players were voted player of the year by their teams: 3rd XI Ian Welch, 5th XI Jonathan Purkiss, 7th XI Richard Cartwright, 8th XI Peter Grant, Ladies 4s Bryony Haggart, Ladies 5s Claire Musson, and Ladies 5As Alex Kalisz. 
Jack Simkins was named Men’s U15 Player of the Year and  
Wiz Mumby and Ciara Bamford were named Ladies U19 and U15 Players of the Year respectively.
08-09/05/09 Shona McCallin played for England U18 Girls in a series of fixtures against Germany in Cologne. England were beaten twice but drew the third match 1-1.
08-09/05/09 Liam Adams made his debut for England Boys U18s this weekend in a series of fixtures against Wales at Beeston’s home ground Highfields and Rob Trem captained Wales. Unfortunately for Rob England won both matches!
Coming hot on the heels of the Easter Four Nations Tournaments the fixtures are a continuation of both squads’ preparations ahead of this summer’s Euro Hockey Youth Nations Championships, which take place from 6-11 July in Nivelles, Belgium.
07-10/05/09 Following a series of matches against Germany U21s Ben Arnold, Beeston Colts Player of the Year 2008, who has been named in the England U21 squad to play at the Men’s Junior World Cup in Singapore and Malaysia in June 2009. 
03/05/09 Notts U21 Men won the Midlands Championships by beating Warwicks 3-2, Staffs 3-0, Shrops 2-1 and Leics 2-0. Former Beeston juniors Sam Cathie, Ollie Willars, John Procter, Charlie Brooke, Richard Lawrence, Sam Arnold (injd) as well as current U18s Rob Trem, George Scott, Ian Welch, Liam Adams and James Dexter were in the successful Notts Squad. Notts will represent the Midlands at the National Championships at Dereham on 23/24 May.
29/04/09 England Hockey has made the following announcement:
“After five years of research and planning, England Hockey is set to take the next step in implementing the Single System, with the announcement today of 12 Junior Regional Performance Centres (JRPC).  These centres form an integral part of the Single System Player Pathway and will open with their first training sessions in June this year. After an extensive tendering process, involving nearly 60 sites, England Hockey is delighted to announce that the 12 venues for the JRPCs are as follows:
JRPC Centre (Venue)
Newcastle (University of Durham)
Leeds (University of Leeds)
Manchester (City of Manchester – Belle Vue Site)
Nottingham/Loughboro (Highfields Sports Club = Beeston HC)
North Birmingham (Cannock Hockey Club)
Bury St Edmunds (Culford School and Bury St Edmunds Hockey Club)
St Albans (Merchant Taylors’ School)
Oxford (Oxford Consortium – Oxford Hawks Hockey Club/Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University)
Winchester (Trojans Hockey Club)
Oxted (Tonbridge School)
Exeter (University of Exeter)
Bristol (University of the West of England)
The first session for the Centres will be on Saturday 27 June 2009, as part of the JRPC Tier 1 activity for the U15 to U18 age groups. This activity leads to possible selection for the England Hockey Futures Cup and High Performance Assessment Camps (HiPACs) and the opportunity to be selected for England at U16 and U18 level.”
Beeston HC /Highfields Sports Club, together with Nottingham Trent, Nottingham and Loughboro Universities, has already been named as the East Midlands National Performance Centre. NPCs provide daily contact / coaching for the top 100 players aged 18 – 23 who will combine their training with education or employment. 
26/04/09 Beeston U11 Girls and Boys represented Notts at the Midlands Minis. The young Beeston boys’ team were beaten in all 3 of their group games by Prep Schools Bromsgrove, Newcastle and Bilton Grange. They then beat Beachborough School 2-0 with goals from Elliot Hibell to finish 7th. Bilton Grange went on to beat Bromsgrove in the final. The girls’ team lost to Bedford High 0-1, beat Northampton High 1-0 and drew with Beachborough 0-0 and Belper 1-1 narrowly missing out on a semi final place placing them 5th overall. Beeston also provided young leaders for the tournament which was held at Highfields for the first time. These leaders assisted the Midlands Youth Panel they were: Michael Bevington, Emily Bower, Tom Fletcher Wilson, Yasmin Haywood, Jordan Homer, Katie Hopkisson, Stuart Kirk, Eve Linnington, Megan Morgan, Madi Smith, Alex Tolson, Anna Wilding, Emma Young, Ciara Bamford, Duncan Tarrant and Travis Merryweather. Leo Watton was a young umpire at the tournament.
24/04/09 Congratulations to Liam Adams who has been called into the England U18 squad for the matches to be played against Ireland on May 9th.
23/04/09 Beeston’s Rob Trem, Mark Smallwood, Matt Parker and Charlie Willars were in the Worksop College U18 team that lost 2-3 to Dean Close in the National Boys’ Schools Final today.
23/04/09 A Beeston boys’ team played Grosvenor U13s in preparation for the Midlands Minis on Sunday. Beeston won all 4 quarters however their team contained U14s in order to give Grosvenor a difficult match. Jack Smedley, Ashley Britton, Ollie Atkin, Tom Mayfield, Josh Wainwright, Alex Butler, Tom Gorman and Henry Fetcher Wilson played for Beeston. Bees Jack McCann, Ed Sidebottom, George Major, Tom Stephens and Emile Larsson are in the Grosvenor U13 team.
20/04/09 Worksop College drew 4-4 with Tonbridge today and went on to win on penalties to qualify for the U18 National Boys’ Schools Final on Thursday.
19/04/09 We sent U14 and U16 girls’ teams to the Charnwood Sileby Tournament in Leics. The U16s were coached by Steve Musson; they lost to South Leicester 1-3 but beat Lichfield 3-2 and Charnwood 10-0 to finish runners up. Harriet Livesey scored 10 goals; the rest of the squad was Alex Kalisz, Claire Musson, Katie Elcock, Eve Linnington, Cassie Jordan, Emma Young and Emma Williams. The U14s were coached by Paul Willars; they beat South Leicester 3-0, Lichfield 1-0 and Charnwood 5-0 to win the tournament. Clare Steele was top scorer with 6 goals; the rest of the team was Martha Baker, Evan Gillott, Rebecca Parker, Alicia Merryweather, Kathryn Threadgold, Charity Davies and Hannah Lisley. Bryony Haggart and Emily Bower travelled as umpires.
19/04/09 Martin and Judith Keeling, Natalie Hardwicke and Jane Currie set off at 6.15am with a coach full of U13 players and a few parents to a tournament in Surbiton returning at 8.45pm!!! Luckily the weather was glorious and the players had a good time. The Girls team in the Cup reached the semi finals by beating Wimbledon 4-0 and Wycombe 4-1 but losing to Kingston Grammar 1-3. In the semi final they lost to St Georges 0-1 and in the play off to Marlow HC on strokes after a 0-0 draw to be placed 4th. Natalie coached the team which was Issey Scarle, Maddie Heeley, Hayley Chaplin, Liv Hopkisson, Jade Sheppard, Lily Kitts, Katy Howie and Georgia Guirguis. Maddie was top scorer with 5 goals. The Boys team in the Cup also qualified for the semi finals by beating Ashford 1-0, Sunbury 4-0 and drawing with St Georges 1-1; they lost to Marlow HC in the semi finals who went on to win the tournament and the South regional mini title the following week. Due to time constraints they did not play their play off game against St Georges so were placed =3rd.Martin coached the team which was Emile Larsson, James Shires, Aaron Hibell, Will Taylor, Ed Sidebottom, Ethan Williams, Tom Gorman and James Byrne. The Girls team in the plate lost 1, drew 1 and won 1 in their group, lost on strokes in their first play off match but won their second play off match on strokes. Due to the complex nature of the tournament no one was very sure where they finished! Jane coached the team which was Sav Fishel, Maddie Pendergast, Gina Low, Anna Thornton, Alice Elliot Foster, Grace Hopkins, Charlie Hubble and Zoe Chaplin. The Boys team in the plate had to wait an extra 40 minutes as their tournament was delayed due to the non arrival of one of the teams, they eventually played a round robin format; they  won 1 drew 1 and lost 3 matches. Rob Britton coached the team which was Jeremy Caglayan, Henry Fletcher Wilson, James and Tom Barton, Henry Macildowie, Simon Steele, Yiannos Kozakis and Cellan Griffiths.
19/04/09 Beeston did not send a team to the Mini NoDe league fixtures at SBU today due to other commitments.
18-19/04/09 At the National Counties Championships Madi Smith played for Derbyshire Girls U17s who beat Bucks 2-0, Suffolk 4-3, Dorset 2-0 and drew with West Yorks 1-1 to become National Champions; Holly Rainford, Kim Leiper and Elice McNair played for Derbyshire Girls U15s who lost to Somerset 1-2, Kent 0-2 and Bucks 1-2 but beat South Yorks 1-0 to finish 4th. Notts U17 boys finished 3rd by losing to Cheshire 1-2 and Hampshire 2-4 on the first day but beating Devon 4-1 and Essex 4-0 on the second day. The team contained 13 Beeston players Nick Halliwell, Ian Welch, Tom Vickerstaff, Liam Adams, Matt Proctor, Matt Parker, Charlie Willars, Ross Whiting, Mark Smallwood, Marcus Hooper, George Osborne, Rory Macildowie and Joe Egglenton.  
10-13/04/09 The junior international teams were in action over Easter. England U16 and U18 Girls played their European 4 Nations Tournament at Highfields. Shona McCallin played for the U18s who finished 3rd.
England U16 and U18 boys travelled to Seville. David Overton and Matt Parker played for the U16s who finished 2nd.
Scotland and Wales played a series of matches. Rob Trem, Wales, and George Scott, Scotland, played against each other with Wales winning 2 of the 3 matches. George scored his first goal for Scotland in the third match between the teams.  Wiz Mumby played for Wales U16 girls who won 1 and drew 2 matches against Scotland.
10-13/04/09 Beeston provided the ball patrols at the internationals held at Highfields which also included Ladies U21 matches between England and Spain. The following Beeston girls helped Emily Bower, Katie Howie, Kim Leiper, Kirsty Sharples, Ciara Bamford, Holly Rainford, Issey Scarle, Maddie Sharpe, Madi Smith and Brooke Butler. Thanks also to Kirsty and Holly’s mothers and Brooke’s father who helped supervise the girls.
07/04/09 Beeston Boys U16s played England Girls U18s in preparation for the U18 Girls 4 National Tournament at Highfields over Easter, The boys sprinted into a 3 goal lead at the interval with a hat trick from Matt Hooper. The girls did not give up however and drew level at 3-3 on the hour. The boys were determined to win and scored the winner through Leo Watton 8 minutes later. The new self pass rule was used much to the boys delight, some of them will never feel the need to pass now!! Beeston Nick Halliwell, Charlie Willars, Joe Egglenton, Jon Purkiss, Jack Simkins, Matt Shuttleworth, Leo Watton, Marcus Hooper, James Gunthorp, James Powell, Alex Clarke Dowson, George Osborne, Matt Proctor, Rory Macildowie and Marcus Wright.
05/04/09 The Junior matches in the NoDe league were cancelled by hosts South Notts.
01/04/09 David Overton, Jon Purkiss and Greg Nolan played for Lincs U16s in the East County matches, Lincs lost to Norfolk 2-8 but beat Herts 6-1.
30/03/09 It was the last regular girls’ only coaching session until September this evening.
29/03/09 Beeston U11 boys competed at a mini tournament in Lincoln against county teams from the East region; Beeston beat Lincs 6-0, Essex B 2-1, drew with Essex A 0-0, Herts 1-1 and lost to Norfolk 0-2 to finish 3rd. James Glover coached the team who were Jeremy Caglayan, Sam Apoola, Alex Cargill, Elliot Hibell, Gareth Griffiths, Yaz Kasuji, Andrew Lewyckyj, Ben Sharples and Tom Nevill.
29/03/09 We sent U16 and U13 Mixed teams to a 7 a side tournament at North Notts today. The U13s coached by Rob Britton won all their matches scoring 19 goals and conceding none to win the tournament. Beeston U13s Issey Scarle, Maddie Heeley, Dani Page, Ashley Britton, Ollie Atkin, George Edwards, James Shires, Rowan Elston and Yiannos Kozakis. Ashley was top scorer with 7 goals. The U16s coached by Paul Willars won all their matches scoring 24 goals and conceding none to win the tournament. Beeston U16s Yasmin Haywood, Sophie Aspinall, Ella Holloway, Charlie Willars, Matt Parker, Leo Watton, Alex Clarke Dowson, Jon Purkiss and Joe Egglenton
29/03/09 In the rearranged U15 Boys county matches Notts U15s bt Worcs 4-1 and lost to Staffs 0-2 to finish 4th; Derbys finished 3rd . See 8/3/09 for Beeston players involved.
29/03/09 It was the last regular colts coaching session until September this morning.
25/03/09 In the last matches of the U15 League BeestonGold girls beat SBU 9-0 to take the title with BeestonBees finishing runners up! Holly Rainford scored a hat trick.
22/03/09 In the rearranged U17 Boys county matches Notts maintained their unbeaten record despite their squad being reduced to 13 due to national training and schools festivals. Notts beat Staffs 3-1 and Worcs 2-1 and now qualify for the Nationals weekend in April. Derbyshire finished 7th and Leicestershire finished 5th. See 8/3/09 for Beeston players involved.
22/03/09 It was the turn of the younger Beeston Girls to play for their counties today in the U13 and U14 Midlands Championships. Katie Hopkisson played for Derbys U14s who finished 5th; Notts do not compete in this competition. Hayley Chaplin captained Derbyshire to the Midlands U13 title other Bees in the team were Liv Hopkisson, Isabel Scarle, Sophia Lewyckyj and Lily Kitts. Dani Page, Georgia Guirguis, Olivia Dadge and Katie Howie played for Notts U13s and Carissa Dean played for Leics U13s.
22/03/09 In the East David Overton, Greg Nolan and Jon Purkiss played for Lincs U16s who lost to Essex 4-6 and Suffolk 1-2 placing them 4th in the East Championship.
20/03/09 Trent U14s drew away at Millfield School 0-0 in the National semi finals of the National Boys’ Schools competition but then lost on penalty strokes. See 4/2/09 to see the Beeston players involved.
19/03/09 Congratulations to Wiz Mumby who has been selected to play for Wales U16 Girls in a series of matches against Scotland over Easter.
15/03/09 In the Mini (U11B/U12G) matches of the NoDe Friendly League hosted by Boots HC our girls’ team Beat North Notts 4-0 and Boots 6-1. Natalie Hardwicke and Jane Currie coached the team which was Sav F, Liv H, Sophia L, Lauren, Grace H, Gina L, Alice E-F, Ellie T and Hayley C. Liv was top scorer with 4 goals.
15/03/09 Beeston Girls were in action for their counties today at the U15 and U17 Midlands Championships. Derbyshire won both titles, Madi Smith played for the U17s and Holly Rainford, Kim Leiper and Elice McNair played for the U15s. They now go on to play at the Nationals weekend in April. Notts U15s lost on strokes in the semi finals to Worcs having won 1 and drawn 3 in their group matches, Notts U17s won 1, lost 1 and drew 1 in their group, Leics U15s won 1, drew 2 and lost 1 in their group. See 11/01/09 for the Beeston girls involved in these county teams.
15/03/09 Beeston Boys U15s travelled to Cannock to day with a full squad as Matt Shuttleworth returned from injury. This did not last long! Luke Cosford had to come off after 10minutes and Jack Simkins had a recurrence of his back injury. Beeston took the lead through Sarbpreet but Cannock equalised almost immediately and scored what proved to be the winning goal shortly into the second half. Even with the injuries Beeston could have won this match so it was a disappointing end to our Cup campaigns this season. Cannock went on to finish 2nd at the National Finals weekend. Beeston Sam Steel, Rhys Stevenson, Simon Webster, Tom Fletcher Wilson, Rob Procter, Luke Cosford, Jack Simkins, Alex Smith, Alesandro Congiu, Sarbpreet Singh Hundal, Sam Gospel, Richard Cartwright, Matt Shuttleworth, Chris Proctor, Will Taylor and Mike Bevington.
12/03/09 Update on the Boys’ Schools competition:
In the National Quarter finals Worksop U18s beat Egglescliffe 4-1, Bedford U18s lost to Tonbridge 1-10, Trent U16s lost to QEGS on penalties after a 2-2 draw and Trent U14s bt Rossall Sch 2-1. See 4/2/09 to see the Beeston players involved.
11/03/09 Congratulations to Shona McCallin, Girls U18s and Matt Parker and David Overton, Boys U16s, who were named in the England squads for the European 4 Nations Tournaments to be played over Easter weekend.
11/03/09 In the last boys’ match of the U15 League BeestonBees drew with Mansfield 1-1placing them 4th, BeestonGold retained the title.
08/03/09 In the National Girls Schools finals Shona McCallin and Bex Brown played for their school Repton who retained the U18 title; the team was coached by Beeston’s GB international Martin Jones.
08/03/09 In the U15 and U17 Boys’ county matches Notts U15s bt Shropshire 5-1 and lost to Warwicks 1-3 and Notts U17s bt Shrops 4-1 and Warwicks 2-1.
Derbys U15s bt Shrops 2-1 and Warwicks 2-1; Derbys U17s bt Shrops 1-0 but lost to Warwicks 1-3; Leics U17s bt Staffs 3-2 but lost to Worcs 1-2. NOTTS U15s Jordan Homer, Chris Proctor, Rob Procter, Matt Shuttleworth, Jack Simkins, Tom Fletcher Wilson, Will Taylor, Tom Mayfield, Sam Steel. NOTTS U17s Nick Halliwell, Tom Vickerstaff, Ian Welch, Mark Smallwood, Ross Whiting, Matt Proctor, Matt Parker, Marcus Hooper, Rory Macildowie, George Osborne, Will Root, Joe Egglenton, Liam Adams. DERBYS U17s Leo Watton, Alex Clarke Dowson LEICS U17s Toby Howard. DERBYS U15s Alex Smith.
The Girls Counties played friendly matches today.
08/03/09 In the Junior (U13B/U14G) matches of the NoDe Friendly League our boys team travelled all the way to Buxton to discover that they were only playing Buxton! In deteriorating weather conditions they beat Buxton 3-0 all 3 goals were scored by Ashley Britton. Rob Britton travelled with the team which was Jack S, Ashley B, James B, Will J, Josh L, Yiannos K, Henry F-W and Ed S.
08/03/09 In the East region James Gunthorp played for Cambs U17s who lost to Essex 3-4 and drew with Norfolk 2-2. Previously Cambs had a 3-0 w/o Suffolk, drew with Lincs 2-2 and beat Herts 6-1 placing them 3rd in the East Championships.
05/03/09 Update on National Schools’ competitions: Beeston boys continue to progress with their schools in the regional stage of this competition (see 04/02/09 also): Worksop College beat L'bro Gr in the U18 Midland Final when Tremmie scored a drag flick to put Worksop 4-3 ahead in the final minutes of the match. Bedford bt Watford Gr in the U18 East Final; Trent bt Bromsgrove in the U16 Midland Final; Trent bt Oakham in the U14 Midland Final. All Regional Champions progress to the National Quarter final stage of this knock out competition.
04/03/09 In the all Beeston Boys U15 League match tonight BeestonGold beat BeestonBees 6-1.
01/03/09 It was a busy day in the Junior Cups and unfortunately a disappointing one for Beeston!
The U18 Boys played Stourport at home in R4(last 16). Despite taking the lead when Tremmie converted a penalty corner after 26 minutes the team failed to capitalise on their superior possession. Stourport equalised early in the 2nd half and won 3-1 on penalty strokes after the game ended in a 1-1 draw. Stourport went on to qualify for the National finals weekend where they finished 2nd. This was a last age group match for: Ed Torr who was playing only his second match back after his horrible knee injury, Ollie Macildowie who pulled his back in the warm up and so did not play today, Felix Evans, James Dexter, George Scott and Robert Trem. The rest of the team were Nick Halliwell, Liam Adams, Ian Welch, Tom Vickerstaff, Matt Proctor, Ross Whiting, Mark Smallwood, Matt Parker, Leo Watton and Marcus Hooper.
The U15 Boys were also drawn at home, versus Timperley, in their R4 (last 16) match. Once again the team were not at full strength with Matt Shuttleworth on the sidelines. Despite an early goal from Timperley Beeston gradually took control with 2 goals from Jack Simkins and 1 from Sam Gospel before the interval. Mike Bevington and Chris Proctor added to the Beeston total in the second half, giving a final score of Beeston 5 Timperley 1, putting Beeston through to the National Quarter Finals. Beeston Squad = Sam Steele, Rhys Stevenson, Simon Webster, Tom Fletcher-Wilson, Rob Procter, Luke Cosford, Jack Simkins, Alex Smith, Alesandro Congiu, Sarbpreet Singh Hundal, Sam Gospel, Richard Cartwright, Chris Proctor, Will Taylor and Mike Bevington.
Meanwhile Beeston U15 Girls who had eliminated Matlock, Belper, Cannock and Leicester were rewarded with an away fixture against the reigning National champions, Wakefield, in their National Quarter Final! The match was tight but when Beeston went 1-2 down in the second half the girls had to chase the game for an equaliser which led to a 3rd goal for Wakefield. This team have done superbly well this season and will look forward to competing together again next year in the new U16 age group. Wakefield went on to retain the National title and Belper were the losing finalists in the Plate. Beeston Squad = Martha Baker, Emily Bower, Rebecca Boston, Maddie Sharpe, Helen Starkey, Katie Hopkisson, Eve Linnington, Megan Morgan, Ciara Bamford, Kate Sotheran, Maddie Scott, Olivia Hodgkinson, Charlotte Mills, Kim Leiper, Holly Rainford and Elice McNair.
26/02/09 Congratulations to George Scott has been named in the Scotland U18 Squad for this season.
25/02/09 Both Beeston Girls’ teams were in action in the U15 League tonight. BeestonGold bt Newark 13-0 with hat tricks from Ciara Bamford and Rebecca Boston; BeestonBees bt Ashfield 7-0 with a hat trick from Clare Steele.
22/02/09 In the Mini (U11B/U12G) matches of the NoDe Friendly League hosted by South Notts today our mixed team drew with SBU 1-1, beat SBU 1-0; beat South Notts 3-0 twice. David and Tom Vickerstaff travelled with the team which was Olivia H, Olivia D, Will V, Andrew L, Alex C, Yaz K, Matt F, and Henry E. Will was top scorer with 3 goals.
22/02/09 In the East region Lincs U16s drew with Cambs 2-2, David Overton, Jon Purkiss and Greg Nolan played for Lincs.
21/02/09 Beeston U13 Boys played Foremarke in a set of friendly matches losing 0-1, 0-2 and 3-4. James Sh and Aaron H played for their school and the Beeston team was Will P, Ed S, Harry L, George E, Ben N, Will T, Connor S and Hugo K.
15/02/09 Beeston U18 Girls played Leicester in R4 of the U18 cup match which was postponed from last week and relocated to Highfields as Leicester’s pitch was still unplayable. In a cracking match Leicester led 2-0 at half time but the Bees pulled level with goals from Sophie Aspinall and Gemma Foulkes and even had chances to win the match before the final whistle was blown. The resulting penalty stroke competition proved equally tense with Beeston taking an early advantage but Leicester coming back to draw 2-2 after 5 strokes. Leicester went on to win in the first round of sudden death penalties. The Beeston girls were naturally disappointed but should be proud of reaching this stage in the cup with such a young team, only 3 of the squad are too old to play next year. Leicester went on to qualify for the National finals weekend where they finished 4th; Matlock Baileans who were beaten by Beeston in R2 went on to be runners up in the Plate competition.
Beeston Squad: Yasmin Haywood, Helen Cartwright, Siobhan McLeod, Leigh Ann Taylor, Bryony Haggart, Nat Parker, Gemma Foulkes, Wiz Mumby, Madi Smith, Laura Clarke, Ella Holloway, Rosie Farish, Vicki Monk and Sophie Aspinall.
14/02/09 Leicester U15 girls withdrew from their R4 match v Beeston tomorrow so Beeston U15 Girls are through to the National Quarter Finals!
08/02/09 SNOW! The following coaching, matches and tournaments were cancelled:
Colts Coaching 9 -11am
U13/14 Girls County Matches
U15/17 Boys County Matches
NoDe Junior League at West Bridgford
Beeston Girls U15 R4 (last 16) cup match home v Leicester
Beeston Girls U18 R4 (last 16) cup match away v Leicester
04/02/09 Update on the Boys Schools competition, several Beeston boys were successful with their schools at county level:
Notts U18 = Worksop College, Rob Trem, Sam Dixon, Mark Smallwood, Matt Parker and Charlie Willars; Leics U18 = Loughborough Gr. Ian Welch, Tom Vickerstaff and Chris Powell; Derbys U18 = Repton, Richard Lawrence; Beds U18 = Bedford Sch, George Scott. Derbys U16 = Trent College, Matt Proctor, Joe Egglenton, Rory Macildowie, Thierry Way, Josh Greaves and Matt Shuttleworth; Notts U14 = NBHS, Dominic Coyne; Derbys U14 = Trent College, Simon Webster, Chris Proctor, Alex Butler, Kartar Soar, Josh Wainwright and Harry Major. County Champions go on to compete at the Quarter Final stage of the Regional section of this knock out competition.
01/02/09 It was County week 1 for the boys today. The boys’ midland counties play U15 and U17 round robin competitions over 3 Sundays,  today, Feb 8th  and Mar 8th. The Champions go on to represent the Midlands at the National Championships on April 18 /19th. The following Beeston boys played for Midlands County. NOTTS U15s Jordan Homer, Chris Proctor, Rob Procter, Matt Shuttleworth, Jack Simkins, Tom Fletcher Wilson, Will Taylor, Tom Mayfield, Sam Steel(ill). Notts U15s beat Derbys 4-3 and Northants 3-0 but lost 2-3 to Leics. NOTTS U17s Nick Halliwell, Tom Vickerstaff, Ian Welch, Mark Smallwood, Ross Whiting, Matt Proctor, Matt Parker, Marcus Hooper, Rory Macildowie, George Osborne, Will Root, Joe Egglenton, Liam Adams. DERBYS U17s Leo Watton, LEICS U17s Toby Howard. Notts U17s beat Derbys 2-1, Northants 4-1 and Leics 6-0; Derbys lost to Leics 0-1 and Northants 0-1; Leics beat Northants 3-0.
30/01/09 Beeston were finalists in 3 categories at the Notts Sports Review of 2008 tonight: Junior Team of the Year (Boys U15s), Senior Team of the Year (Men’s 1st Team) and Club of the Year. On a night when Rebecca Adlington and her fellow swimmers took the trophies Beeston finished in the top three in the Club and Senior Team categories.
28/01/09 In the all Beeston girls fixture at the U15 league tonight BeestonGold beat BeestonBees 2-0.
25/01/09 In the Mini(U11B/U12G) matches of the NoDe Friendly League hosted by Matlock today our boys’ team beat Ashbourne 8-0, Matlock 9-0 and Buxton1-0. Sam A scored 7 goals, Andrew L scored 5, Ben 3, Freddie, Alex and Yaz also scored.
25/01/09 After the tension and excitement of the National Indoors Beeston hosted the Girls’ County minis today and entered 5 teams!! In the morning BeestonBees played well and finished 3rd in their group; BeestonGold beat Hollygirt B 4-0, Newark Otters 4-0 SBU 2-0 and Grosvenor Sch 6-0 to win their group.;they went on to beat Newark Beavers 2-1 in the semi final. The final against Ranby Hse Sch ended in a 1-1 draw but BeestonGold won 2-1 on penalty strokes to become Notts Champions for the first time. Photo
In the afternoon BeestonBees finished 4th in their group but struck form in their 7/8th play off beating Samworth Academy B 5-0; BeestonWhite qualified for the semis with wins against BeestonBees and Samworth A; BeestonGold won their group beating Samworth B 7-0, Ranby Hse 1-0 and SBU 3-0. The Beeston teams met in the semis with the Gold team winning 7-0.In an exciting final BeestonGold lost 1-2 to Newark HC to finish runners up. Several Beeston girls will be in action for their school Trent College at the Derbyshire Minis in March. Beeston U11s and Newark U13s will go on to compete at the Midland Mini Hockey Championships to be held at Highfields on April 26th.
23-24/01/09 Both the boys’ and girls’ U16 teams played at the National Indoor Finals this weekend. On Friday the girls beat Bowdon HC 2-1 and lost to Harleston Magpies HC 0-2 and the boys beat Bowdon 6-0 and ThePerse Sch 8-6. On Saturday the girls beat Taunton Sch 2-1 and lost to Horsham HC 3-5 placing them 3rd in their group. Harleston Magpies went on to beat Horsham in the final. The boys lost to Millfield Sch 3-4 before beating Portsmth Gr Sch 2-1 to finish top of their group. In the semi final they lost to the eventual champions Whitgift Sch 4-11, they were the only club team to reach the semi finals of either the boys U16 or U18 competition. Beeston Girls Yasmin Haywood, Maddie Sharpe, Holly Rainford, Katie Hopkisson, Wiz Mumby, Eve Linnington, Ciara Bamford, Kim Leiper, Madi Smith, Emily Bower, Sophie Aspinall, Gemma Foulkes. Beeston Boys David Overton, Sam Steel, Matt Parker, Charlie Willars, Greg Nolan, Marcus Hooper, Leo Watton, Joe Egglenton, George Osborne, Matt Proctor, Alex Clarke Dowson.
21/01/09 Both boys’ teams were in action in the U15 League tonight. The BeestonGold team beat Mansfield 4-0 with goals from Josh Gundry 2, James Powell and Mike Bevington. BeestonBees beat South Notts 4-2 with goals from Will Taylor 2, Tom Mayfield and Marcus Wright.
19/01/08 Liam Adams has been invited to attend an England U18 training session in February.
18/01/09 Beeston hosted the Boys’ County minis today as well as entering 4 teams; it was a great effort by the club. In the morning our BeestonBees development team did remarkably well only conceding 1 goal. Placed 3rd in their group they then drew 0-0 with Grosvenor Sch in the 5/6th play off match. Our U11 BeestonGold group qualified for the semi finals by beating Players 7-0 and drawing 1-1 with Grosvenor and Newark. They reached the final on penalties after a 0-0 draw with Boots. They met Newark again this time winning 1-0 with a goal from Gareth Griffiths to become Notts Champions! Photo In the afternoon the tournament had a round robin format with the BeestonGold team finishing runners up to Grosvenor and the BeestonBees team finishing a creditable 4th. Photo Several Beeston boys will be in action for their school Trent College at the Derbyshire Minis in March.
Beeston U11s and Grosvenor U13s will go on to compete at the Midland Mini Hockey Championships to be held at Highfields on April 26th.
18/01/09 Girls County friendly matches were played today.
14/01/09 BeestonGold Boys played West Bridgford in the U15 League tonight. Beeston took the lead when Matt Shuttleworth scored from the penalty spot and continued to dominate the match scoring a further 2 goals from matt Shuttleworth and Rob Procter  before West Bridgford pulled one back; the final score was BeestonGold 3 West Bridgford 1.
11/01/09 In the Junior (U13B/U14G) matches of the NoDe Friendly League hosted by Monarchs today our boys’ team beat Matlock 3-0, Monarchs 8-0 and West Bridgford 3-1. Ed S scored 6 goals; Ashley B scored 5, Ollie A 2 and Joseph F-B 1. The other members of the squad were Jack S, Josh L, Maaz C and Simon S.
11/01/09 Girls County friendly matches were played today. The counties (10) play U13, U14, U15 and U17 friendly fixtures January – March then there are one day Championships in March. The winners of the U15 and U14 team and Derbyshire field an U13B team that plays friendly matches only. Details of the Beeston Girls selected for county squads are
 U13s (Tournament March 22nd) NOTTS:Georgia Guirguis, Olivia Dadge, Dani Page and Katie Howie.
 LEICS:Carissa Dean.DERBYS As:Isabel Scarle, Brooke Butler, Hayley Chaplin, Livvie Hopkisson, Lily Kitts and Sophia Lewyckyj. DERBYS Bs:Pip Ryder.
 U14s(Tournament March 22nd) DERBYS:Katie Hopkisson
 U15s(Tournament March 15th) NOTTS:Madi Heeley, Maddy Scott, Kate Sotheran, Eve Linnington, Alicia Merryweather, Rebecca Boston, Martha Baker, Ciara Bamford, Megan Morgan, Olivia Hodgkinson, Caitlin Shewell Cooper, Hannah Lisley. Academy players Charlotte Mills, Maddie Sharp.
LEICS:Emily Bower, Helen Starkey.DERBYS:Kim Leiper, Holly Rainford, Elice McNair
 U17s (Tournament March 15th) NOTTS:Sophie Aspinall, Bex Brown, Gemma Foulkes, Yasmin Haywood, Siobhan McLeod, Wiz Mumby, Hannah Purslow, Leigh Anne Taylor, Ella Holloway.LEICS:Helen Cartwright.DERBYS:Madi Smith.
This list may not be complete so please email m.keeling@talk21.com with any additions or amendments that should be made.
10/01/09 Congratulations to Ben Arnold who has been named as the winner of the Higgins Group UK Youth Hockey Boys Award for 2008. The Higgins Awards recognize the outstanding boy and girl in youth hockey in the UK at age 18 and under.  Ben will receive his prize at the annual Hockey Writers’ Club presentation ceremony which is being held at the Royal Thames Yacht Club, Knightsbridge, London, on Tuesday, 27th January 2009. Ben has been part of the GB men’s U21 squad that won the Bronze medal at the Australian Youth Olympics.
16/12/08 Beeston HC was named “Sports Club of the Year” at the Broxtowe Sports Review of 2008 tonight.
15/12/08 Congratulations to Rob Trem who has again been selected for the Wales U18 Squad for 2008-9.
14/12/08 At the Midlands U18 Boys County Tournament today, Notts won the title in style beating Staffs 5-2, Shrops 7-0 and Warwicks 4-2. Ollie Macildowie scored 4goals against Staffs and 7 in total. Beeston players in the victorious team were James Dexter, Liam Adams, Matt Proctor, Mark Smallwood, Ross Whiting, Ollie Macildowie, Tom Vickerstaff and Ian Welch. This was the last tournament for county coaches Eileen Hartley and Graham Sully who have given years of service to Notts County hockey. We thank them on behalf of all the Beeston Colts through the years who have benefitted from playing county hockey.   
14/12/08 U18 County Championship with Beeston players Ian Welch, Ross Whiting, Tom Vickerstaff, James Dexter, Liam Adams, Mark Smallwood, Matt Proctor, Nick Halliwell, and Ollie Macildowie.  Notts played and beat Shropshire (7:0), Staffordshire (5:2), and Warwickshire (4:2) to come first.
10/12/08 Beeston girls Pheobe Badcock, Pip Ryder, Paige Gillott, Liberty Gascoine, Zoe Chaplin and Harriet Pickering were all part of The Elms U11 girls team who competed at the Independent Prep School Championships today having won the Northern Regional Championships.
07/12/08 Colts was cancelled this morning due to a heavy frost. If you are in doubt about the weather please phone 07790477741 after 8.30 am. The NoDe league Mini fixtures at SBU were also cancelled.
07/12/08 At the Boys Midland Indoor Championships today Beeston U16s won their group by beating Leicester 12-0, Warwick 7-0 and Cannock 1-0. They too met Belper in the semi finals beating them 5-2 and the boys went on to win the final 4-2 against Bromsgrove School to became Midlands Champions. Beeston have now won the U16 Boys Midlands Indoor title for the last 3 years. The boys also play in the Nationals on January 23rd and 24th. The squad was David Overton, Matt Parker, Charlie Willars, Matt Proctor, Joe Egglenton, Greg Nolan, Marcus Hooper, Leo Watton and George Osborne. In the afternoon a depleted U18 team played well but were eliminated at the group stage. The squad was Nick Halliwell, Tom Vickerstaff, Charlie Brooke, Chris Powell, James Gunthorp, Alex Clarke Dowson and Ross Whiting. Richard Lawrence played for Repton BoysU18s and Shona McCallin and Bex Brown played for Repton Girls U18s both these school teams qualified for the Nationals.
06/12/08 At the Girls Midlands Indoor Championships today: Beeston U16s won their group by beating Kenilworth 4-1, The Chase 3-0 and Sharnbrooke 2-0. They played Belper in the semi final, the match ended in a 0-0 draw but once more the Beeston goalkeeper, this time Yasmin Harwood brought off a great save. Belper went on to miss their remaining 2 penalties so Beeston won 1-0 without taking their last penalty!! Beeston beat Sharnbrooke again in the final this time 3-0 to win the Midlands U16 Indoor title for the first time. They now play in the Nationals on January 23rd and 24th. The squad was Yasmin Haywood, Madi Smith, Gemma Foulkes, Emily Bower, Sophie Aspinall, Kim Leiper, Katie Hopkisson, Ciara Bamford, Megan Morgan, Eve Linnington, Maddie Sharpe and Wiz Mumby (photo).The coaching team was Natalie Hardwicke, Jane Currie and James Hopkisson and Tim France was their umpire. Well Done Girls; Belper have been Midlands Champs for the last 4 years going on to become National Champions for the last 2 years and National Runners up the year before. The last team to beat Belper at the Midlands  was The Grove School Notts with Kate Ball and Sophie and Sianne Robinson in their team!
03/12/08 Congratulations to Greg Nolan, David Overton and Matt Parker (Boys U16) and Shona McCallin (Girls U18) who have been named in the England National Age Group squads for 2008-9.
01/12/08 When the results came out on the England Hockey website today Beeston are the only club in the country with all 4 of their junior teams left in the last 16 of their cups!! This is a truly magnificent achievement. Well done to everyone involved. The next fixtures are not until Feb 8th when Beeston U15 Girls are at home to Leicester and Beeston U18 Girls are away to Leicester. The boys play on March 1st when Beeston U18 Boys are home to Stourport and Beeston U15 Boys are home to Timperley. Incidentally should the girls win they will play their quarter final matches that day too and should the boys win their quarter finals are on March 15th.
30/11/08 All 4 junior teams were in action in R3 of their cups today. As the results filtered back to Highfields where the Beeston Boys U15s were playing Stourport the day got better and better. Beeston U18 Girls won away at Rutland  6-0, Beeston U15 Girls won away at Cannock 2-1 (photo) and Beeston U18 Boys won away at Mansfield 5-0! Oh and Beeston U15 boys won at home to Stourport 5-1!
26/11/08 The Girls U15 match BeestonGold v SBU has been postponed at the request of SBU.
25/11/08 In their Zonal Midlands Indoor matches tonight the Beeston Girls U16s lost to Olton 2-1, beat Sutton 7-0 and Litchfield 1-0 to qualify for the Midlands Indoor Championships.
24/11/08 A group of Beeston juniors from years 9,10 and 11 were treated to a coaching session by internationals Adam Dixon and Ben Arnold while their parents attended a presentation given by Beeston sponsors Webs Furniture Training about the apprenticeship opportunities they can offer .
23/11/08 Colts was cancelled this morning due to a heavy frost. If you are in doubt about the weather please phone 07790477741 after 8.30 am. The NoDe league Junior fixtures at Buxton were also cancelled.
23/11/08 At the Midlands Championships today; Notts Boys U14s lost their semi final to Staffs but beat Leics to finish 3rd. Beeston’s Ollie Atkin, Aaron Hibell, Will Taylor, Tom Mayfield, Ed Sidebottom, Alex Butler, Chris Proctor, Jack Smedley, James Shires, Luke Cosford, Josh Wainwright and Kartar Soar played for Notts, Alex Smith played for Derbys and George Edwards played for Leics. Notts Boys U16s lost their semi final on penalties to Staffs and then lost to Derbys to finish 4th. Beeston’s Jack Simkins, Matt Shuttleworth, Rory Macildowie, Tom Fletcher Wilson, Marcus Wright, George Osborne and Joe Egglenton played for Notts, Leo Watton played for Derbys and Toby Howard played for Leics.
20/11/08 In their Zonal Midlands Indoor matches tonight the opposition proved too strong for the Beeston Girls U18s and they were eliminated from the competition.
16/11/08 In the rearranged U18 cup matches Beeston Girls beat Matlock Baileans 4-0 with goals from Shona Mc, Sophie A (2) and Vicki M. Beeston Boys beat Belper 4-0 with goals from Mark S, Leo W, Liam A and Ross W.
16/11/08 In the Mini (U11B/U12G) matches in the NoDe Friendly League held at Derby Asterdale today we fielded a boys U11 team. Beeston beat Burton 2-0, North Notts 9-0 and Derby Asterdale 7-0. Well done Baden, Sam A, Gaz, Andrew L, Seb C, Freddie H, Matthew F, Yaz and coach Charlie Culverwell! Sam was top scorer with 8 goals.
13/11/08 Beeston U16 girls retained the Indoor County title tonight beating NGHS 3-0.

09/11/08 We were singing in the rain at Beeston today! The Beeston v Bowdon Men’s National League match had to be abandoned shortly after halftime when even our water based pitch became too wet! Beeston were leading 1-0 but must now start all over again on Saturday at 4pm BEE THERE 4 THE BEES! Entry is free.
The Girls U18 cup match against Matlock was also postponed, they will play next Sunday. Meanwhile at Belper the pitch once more gave way to the mighty Derwent and our U18 boys will also have to return to play their match next Sunday.
Earlier in the day the U15 teams had played their cup matches. The Boys U15s travelled to Uppingham School where they played a strong Rutland team. The bees were buzzing though and went 3-0 up in the first 18minutes. This meant that all the squad members were given pitch time and Beeston won the match 5-0 with goals from Jack Simkins, Liam Webster and a hat trick from Sam Gospel.
The Girls U15s played Belper who have an impressive record in the U15 Cup since its introduction in 2003; winning it  in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and finishing runners up in 2007 and 2008! Our girls played with determination drawing the match 1-1. The match was still tied after 5 penalty strokes, each team scoring 3 but in the first round of sudden death penalties Katie Hopkinson scored and Belper did not!!! Beeston go through to Round 3. You may be wondering why Belper did not win or finish runners up in 2003.… a certain Beeston HC beat them in the second round! Well done to both U15 teams let’s hope the U18s can match your results when they eventually get to play!
08/11/08 Congratulations to David Overton, Matt Parker, Greg Nolan and Marcus Hooper (Boys U16) and Shona McCallin (Girls U18) who have been named in the England training squads for an assessment weekend in November. Well done to Liam Adams who has been named as a reserve for the Boys U18 training squad.   
05/11/08 Beeston U18 Girls became Indoor County Champions when NGHS withdrew from the competition!
05/11/08 BeestonBees Boys played West Bridgford in the U15 League tonight. Our development team did well to hold Bridgford to a 1-1 draw at half time with a goal from Travis Merryweather. However in the second half Bridgford scored 3 goals in the space of 10 minutes and the final score was Beeston 2 West Bridgford 5.

30/10/08 Last season’s Beeston boys U15s supply 2 out of the 4 captains in the U16 EH Futures Cup at Cannock this weekend; Matt Parker will captain Mercia Lynx whilst Greg Nolan will captain Saxon Tigers. Other Beeston players selected to play in the tournament which replaces the old regional/divisional tournament are Mercia Lynx U16G Gemma Foulkes and Liz Mumby, Mercia Lynx U16B Marcus Hooper and Charlie Willars, Saxon Tigers U16B David Overton, Mercia Lynx U18G Shona McCallin, Mercia Lynx U18B Liam Adams. A good performance in The EH Futures Cup can earn the players an England assessment so we wish them all good luck!
29/10/08 South Nottm withdrew from their match with BeestonGold boys in the U15 League tonight and BeestonBees girls had to wait for their opponents Newark who were held up in traffic. The wait was worth it though as our young development team won the match 2-0.
26/10/08 In the Junior (U13B/U14G) matches of the NoDe Friendly League held at Beeston today our boys’ team beat Buxton 2-0, Monarchs 6-0 and drew with Belper 1-1. Will J, James B, Aaron H, Ollie A all scored 2 goals each and Ben N also scored. GK Jack S was solid in goal in his first appearance for Beeston and Will T played intelligently at the back. The  other members of he squad were Cellan and Yiannos.
19/10/08 A Beeston U11 mixed team played in a mini hockey tournament at Belper. The team drew 0-0 with Belper Blues and beat Matlock Monkeys 1-0, Duffield Meadows 4-0 and St Anselm’s B 1-0 to qualify for the semi finals. The semi final ended in a 1-1 draw with St Anselm’s A winning on penalty strokes. The 3rd /4th play off between Beeston and St Anselm’s B ended in a 0-0 draw. The Beeston team can be proud that they did not lose a match all afternoon. Well done, Will P, Ben S, Sam A, Jasper S, Matt F, Andrew L, Zoe C, Olivia D and Pip R.
19/10/08 Notts boys played well in the East Midlands County matches today. The teams were decimated by the combination of JRPC training and half term. However the U14s won all their matches beating Northants 9-0, Derbyshire 6-0 and Leicestershire 5-2. Beeston’s Ollie Atkin, Aaron Hibell, Tom Stephens, Henry Fletcher Wilson, Will Taylor, Tom Mayfield, Ed Sidebottom, Alex Butler and Chris proctor played for Notts and Alex smith played for Derbyshire. The U16s beat Northants then lost to Derbys 0-2 before beating Leics 2-0 Beeston’s Jack Simkins, Matt Shuttleworth, Rory Macildowie, Tom Fletcher Wilson, Marcus Wright, George Osborne and Sam Steel played for Notts, Leo Watton played for Derbyshire and Toby Howard played for Leics. Both Notts teams qualify to play in the Midlands semi finals at Cannock on Nov 23rd.
15/10/08 This year Beeston have entered 2 teams in both the Boys and Girls Notts U15 League. In their first matches the girls’ teams played superbly well. BeestonGold beat Ashfield 8-0 and not to be outdone BeestonBees beat last year’s champions SBU 8-0. Top scorers of the night were Ciara B and Beth D who each scored 5 goals for their teams!
12/10/08 In the first Mini (U11B/U12G) matches of the NoDe Friendly League held at Beeston today we fielded 2 mixed teams. BeestonGold beat SBU 3-0, North Notts 6-1 and BeestonBees 2-0. BeestonBees beat SBU 2-0 and North Notts 2-0 before losing to BeestonGold. Well done to all the Beeston players Baden, Sam A, Gaz, Andrew L, Seb W, Freddie H, Pip, Olivia D, Hayley C, Brooke, Ben S, Matthew F, Yaz, Alex C, Will V, Connall and Sophia.
09/10/08 Ben Arnold has been named in the U21 England training squad for the Junior World Cup in Singapore and Malaysia in June 2009.
05/10/08 This year’s Junior Cups got underway today; Beeston Girls won 5-0 away at Matlock Baileans, Beeston Boys won 14-0 away at Chesterfield, Beeston Boys beat Leicester Westleigh 6-0 at Highfields and Beeston Girls U18s had a bye to R2.
30/09/08 Congratulations to the following players have been selected for the Mercian Lynx U15 squads for the HiPAC to be held on Oct 26-28: Mercia Lynx = U15G Ciara Bamford, U15B Chris Proctor and Jack Simkins. The following players have been selected for the training squads for the EH Futures Cup: Mercia Lynx = U18G Shona McCallin, Dani McLean, U18B Liam Adams, James Dexter, U16G Sophie Aspinall, Gemma Foulkes, Liz Mumby, Yasmin Haywood, U16B Marcus Hooper, Matt Parker, Charlie Willars. Saxon Tigers = Greg Nolan, David Overton.
28/09/08 A Beeston girls U18 team played Rutland today in a friendly match. Missing their JRPC players the teams were fairly evenly matched with Rutland winning 3-2.
28/09/08 In the first Junior (U13B/U14G) matches of the NoDe Friendly League held at Buxton today our boys’ team beat Buxton 14-0 and South Notts 4-0. Will T and Ed S scored 5 goals each, Ethan W scored 4, James S scored 3 and Yiannos 1. The remaining members of the squad were Jeremy C, Aaron H, and Ben N.
25/09/08 Ben Arnold has been selected in the U21 GB training squad for the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney in January 2009.
15/09/08 The following players have been selected for their JRPCs to play in the cluster tournaments on Sept 21&28: U18G Shona McCallin, Dani McLean, U18B Liam Adams, James Dexter, Felix Evans, Rob Trem, Ian Welch, Ross Whiting, George Scott, U16G Sophie Aspinall, Gemma Foulkes, Yasmin Haywood, Elizabeth Mumby, U16B Joe Egglenton, Marcus Hooper, Matt Parker, James Powell, Jon Purkiss, Leo Watton, Charlie Willars, Greg Nolan(indoor player), David Overton, U15G Martha Baker, Ciara Bamford, Olivia Hodgkinson, Katie Hopkisson, Maddie Sharpe(academy player), U15B Chris Proctor, Matt Shuttleworth, Jack Simkins and Josh Wainwright.
07/09/08 The following Beeston players have been asked to attend JRPC assessments today and next week: U18G Dani McLean, U18B Liam Adams, James Dexter, Felix Evans, Matt Proctor, Ed Torr, Rob Trem, Ian Welch, Ross Whiting, George Scott, U16G Sophie Aspinall, Gemma Foulkes, Yasmin Haywood, Elizabeth Mumby, U16B Joe Egglenton, Josh Greaves, Marcus Hooper, Matt Parker, James Powell, Jon Purkiss, Leo Watton, Charlie Willars, Greg Nolan(indoor player), U15G Martha Baker, Ciara Bamford, Olivia Hodgkinson, Katie Hopkisson, Maddie Sharpe(academy player), U15B Chris Proctor, Matt Shuttleworth, Jack Simkins and Josh Wainwright.  
07/09/08 Sunday training restarts
02/09/08 Also Beeston players George Scott played for Scotland and Rob Trem played for Wales at the UK Schools Games..
02/09/08  Four England U18 Beeston Players won Gold Medals at the UK Schools Games on the weekend of the 30th August.  Well done.  See photo by clicking on this link.
24/08/08 Beeston took part in an event at the Nottingham Tennis Centre to mark the handing over of the Olympic Flag to London for the 2012 Games. Ben Arnold, Charlie Brooke,Sam Cathie, David Overton, George Scott, Rob Trem, Ian Welch and Ollie Willars represented Beeston.
29/07- 01/08/08 There was no European competition for the National U18 teams  this year. At the Homes Nations Tournament in Cardiff Charlie Brooke and Sam Dixon played for England, George Scott played for Scotland and Rob Trem played for Wales; Ireland won the the tournament!! Shona McCallin played for England Girls U18s who lost to Scotland on penalties in the Final.
20-26/07/08 Ben Arnold was elevated from England U18s to the U21 squad to play in the European Championships, they finished 5th. Ben will be aiming to stay in the squad for next year as they have now qualified for the World Championships. Rob Trem played for Wales U21s in the European Trophy where they were placed 5th.
08-13/07/08 David Overton played for the England Boys U16s who finished 5th at the Eurohockey tournament. Shona McCallin played for the England Girls U16s who won the silver medal at their European tournament.
29/06/08 Adam Stevenson took the Beeston Boys U14s to the Lichfield minis today and came back with another trophy! Well done Rhys, Jack, Matt, Rob, Tom, Hugo, Marcus, James and Sam.
27-29/06/08 Congratulations to Rob Trem who played for Wales U21s in the Men’s Junior Celtic Cup.
26/06/08 Beeston Boys U17s played England Womens U21 team  at Highfields tonight as part of the women’s preparation for the European Championships. Beeston, without Rob Trem, Ed Torr, Will Byas and Ollie Macildowie, held the women to a 2-2 draw.  The boys were reduced to a squad of 12 on the night when Matt Proctor had his finger broken! The women went on to win the bronze medal at the Euros.
24/06/08 Former Beeston U18 captain and current men’s 1st team player, Ali Wilson,  was named in the GB squad for the Olympics today.
22/06/08 At the Beeston BBQ and Awards evening Ben Arnold was named Player of the Season, The Steve Doo Award was presented by Steve’s children to Will Vickerstaff and  The Sid Williams Award was presented by Liz Williams to Matt Bodily . There was nothing to choose between the Boys U15 and U18 teams so they were named joint winners of the Team of the Season Award. We were pleased to entertain the Mayor of Broxtowe, Sue Wildey, as our guest, she presented Beeston with our Grant Aid cheque from Broxtowe Borough Council and stayed on for the whole evening to present the awards to our juniors. During Martin’s review of the year speech the covetted Navigator of the Year Award was won by Alan Postlethwaite and Ed Torr retained the Haircut of the Year Award. A full list of award winners can be found elsewhere on the website.
22/06/09 Ben Arnold, Sam Dixon, Charlie Brooke, Sam Cathie and Ollie Willars were all at an England U18 assessment day today.
22/06/08 James Hopkisson took our U12 girls to the Lichfield minis today . Despite being without our top scorer from our own minis earlier in the summer, Maddie Heeley, the team still beat Belper, Worcester, Burton, Cannock and Lichfield City and drew with Lichfield District to win the tournament! Well Done Brooke, Livvie, Ellie, Beth, Sophia, Jessie, Dani, Katie and Hayley.
20-22/06/08 Beeston joined forces with Belper to enter an Outlaws team for a second year at the UK U13 Boys Festival held at Highfields. Beeston colts Rhys Stevenson, Alex Butler, Kartar Soar, Chris Proctor, Josh Wainwright, Tom Mayfield, Will Taylor and Ali Postlethwaite played for the Outlaws who finished 5th. Alan Postlethwaite and Ali Moore were part of the coaching team.
15/06/08 Beeston held our own U12 and U14s Boys Minis today. In the morning BeestonGold U12s won 3, drew 1 and lost 1 to finish 3rd and BeestonWhite U12s won1 and lost 4 to finish 5th. In the afternoon BeestonWhite won 3 and lost 3 to finish runners up but did not play well as a team. The youger BeestonGold team won 2, drew 1 and lost 3 to finish 5th.
13-15/06/08 Congratulations to Matt Shuttleworth and Jack Simkins who were part of the Midlands U14 squad  of 16 that took part in a pilot HIPAC weekend at Lilleshall. (HIPAC= High Performance Assessment Camp)
08/06/08 At Beeston’s own U12 and U14 Girls tournament our teams performed well. In the morning BeestonGold U12s won their group by beating Newark Beavers, Lichfield A, SBU and Sheffield. The younger team, BeestonWhite, finished 3rd in their group drawing all 4 of their matches 0-0 against Newark Otters, Lichfield B, Doncaster and Cannock. BeestonGold went on to beat Cannock 1-0 in the semis and Lichfield A 1-0 in the final. This is the first time that Beeston have won their own girls tournament; well done Izzy, Beth, Livvie, Sophia, Maddy, Jessie, Ellie, Katie and Dani, not forgetting coach Natalie Hardwicke. In the afternoon the U14s were below strength but BeestonGold still finished a creditable 3rd in their group then beat Doncaster 2-1 to finish 5th. BeestonWhite finished 4th in their group then beat Lichfield B 3-0 to finish 7th.
06/06/08 Congratulations to Sam Cathie and Ollie Willars who have been invited to attend an England Assessment day later in June.
18/05/08 Although Beeston did not qualify for the National Minis this year Trent College U13 boys finished 3rd with Beeston colts Chris Proctor, Alex Butler, Josh Wainwright and Simon Webster in their team.
18/05/08 England Hockey announced today that Highfields will host the 2010 Women’s Champions Trophy between July 10th and 18th. If you would like to volunteer to help at this major international event, only the Olympics are more important, then please contact Judith and Martin.
17/05/08 Beeston, now merged with NHHC, fielded 3 teams but played as 4 countries  in the U9 Beijing Festival which formed part of  the National Youth Hockey Festival held at Highfields. Unlike previous years the teams played only group matches and therfore no winners were declared. BeestonSwitzerland played 4 matches and won them all; they also played 3 matches as BeestonIndia and won those too! They scored 17 goals and only conceded 1. Well done Baden, Gareth, Tom, Andrew, Josh, Zoe, Paige, Niamh and Natalie! Beeston Australia played 4 matches winning 2 and drawing 2; they drew one match as BeestonIndia. BeestonCanada our youngest team did not have such impressive results but they all played well too.
17/05/08 In the afternoon Beeston juniors acted as ball gatherers in the Women’s and Men’s EH Cup Finals which were held at our home ground Highfields for the first time. Leicester won the Women’s Cup before all our attention turned to the men, Beeston were playing Bowden! The Bees built up a 3 goal lead before Bowden pegged them back to 3-3. The winner was scored by captain David Griffiths. A lifelong member of Beeston HC David first played for the club when he was 7yrs old in the county U11 mini hockey tournament. The ecstatic home crowd watched Beeston lift the cup for the first time in their 101 year history.  Current U18s Ben Arnold and Sam Dixon were in the squad as well as former colts David Griffiths, Steve Lawrence and Adam Dixon.
09-11/05/08 TeamBeeston were on their travels once again, this time the U15 and U18 boys  made their way to Canterbury to take part in the round robin finale to the National Cups. Beeston were the only club to take 2 boys teams. We had a very successful Saturday; the U18s won both their matches by 2 goals to 1 against Reading and Harleston Magpies with goals from Ben Arnold and Charlie Brooke each time. Good job Doc Martin was on hand as Ben was stitched up beside the pitch in the Harleston match. Luckily he was able to continue unlike Felix Evans who was injured after the first match and took no further part in the tournament. The U15s won their only match of the day against Deeside Ramblers 3-0 with goals from Josh Greaves, Marcus Hooper and Ali Postlethwaite. On the Saturday evening we were top of both tables and might have already been crowned U18 champions but for a last minute equaliser scored by Bowden to secure a 3-3 draw with Reading in the final match of the day! Sunday morning started badly with the U15s conceding a goal against a competitive High Wycombe team in the first half after Matt Parker had hit the post. Beeston failed to equalise and lost 0-1 their first defeat  in  5 years in this competition! The U18s started tentatively against Bowden, a match that they only needed to draw. Bowden were awarded a goal after a goal mouth scramble and the Beeston boys lost their way for 10 minutes. Bowden took full advantage of this and scored a second goal before the interval. In the second half the Bees swarmed into the attack and Ben Arnold scored. Despite a relentless onslaught by Beeston Bowden’s defence held out and the final score of Bowden 2 Beeston 1 meant Beeston were runners up in the National Cup. The U15s played well in their last match knowing the national title was already beyond their grasp. Two goals from Marcus and one from Matt Parker gave them a 3-1 victory over Canterbury and secured the National runners up spot.
National Runners Up in both U15 and U18 Boys Cups is still something to be very proud of and we congratulate our squads.
U18s Squad = Sam Cathie, Rob Trem, Sam Arnold, Richard Lawrence, Ollie Willars, John Barr, Ed Torr, Ben Arnold, Sam Dixon, Charlie Brooke, Per Pink, George Scott, Chris Powell, Ian Welch, Felix Evans, David Jones and Chris Price.  Managed and coached by Adam Dixon, Graham Dixon and Paul Willars.
U15s Squad = David Overton, Jack Simkins, Rory Macildowie, Joe Egglenton, Charlie Willars, Matt Parker, Greg Nolan, Jon Purkiss, Matt Shuttleworth, Josh Greaves, George Osborne, Marcus Hooper, Ali Postlethwaite, Chris Proctor, James Powell, Jon Allcock, Toby Howard. Managed and coached by James Keeling, Martin Keeling and Ryan Dawson.
04/05/08 Beeston competed in their favourite summer tournament today, the Hinckley Mixed Minis. TeamBeeston took 6 teams, two in each age group and the format this year was round robin in all age groups. In the morning BeestonGold U11s won all their matches and hence the tournament, scoring 14 goals without conceding one! Their hardest match was versus BeestonWhites who in turn won 2 and lost 2 matches to finish 3rd.
In the afternoon BeestonGold U13s were also unbeaten, winning 5 matches and drawing 1 to win their tournament. They scored 15 goals but conceded 1!  Meanwhile BeestonWhites won 2, drew 2 and lost 2 placing them 4th. BeestonGold U15s completed the hat trick by remaining unbeaten winning 5 matches and drawing 1(with BeestonWhite) to win their tournament. They scored 20 goals without reply! BeestonWhites finished 3rd with 2 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss.

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