COLTS

25/07/07 Congratulations to Rob Trem who scored his first goal for Wales today. A Tremmie drag flick into the roof of the net!!!!
23/07/07 A Beeston boys’ U18 team played England Ladies U21s who were training at Highfields this week. Beeston won 4-2 with goals from John Procter and  Richard Gear Evans in the first half followed by two goals from Ben Arnold in the second half. New signing Matt Proctor made his debut for Beeston and Liam Adams moved up to the U18s for the first time.
20/07/07 Beeston Colts Jeremy Caglayan and Izzy Scarle have been selected to act as mascots at the Eurohockey Championships in Manchester in August. Izzy has been allocated one of the men’s semi finals and Jeremy has been allocated play off match for the 3rd/4th group placings.
20/07/07 Notts Boys county trials for U15s (2007) took place at Highfields this evening.
15/07/07 Following the second Notts Boys U13 (2007) trials this evening Rob Procter, Matt Shuttleworth and Jack Simkins have been preselected and Jack has been named Captain. A third trial will take place in September.
09-14/07/07 Nils Lloyd Penny played for Wales U18s at the European Trophy this week. Wales played well in the preliminary matches and qualified for the promotion pool but did not gain promotion.
09/07/07 Beeston announced an exciting new partnership with South Notts College today. The Hockey Performance Programme (HPP) will commence in late September 2007. The College will provide 12 - 20 places on The HPP for students across a variety of full-time academic courses. The students will receive professional hockey coaching at Beeston HC and will represent South Notts College in The British Colleges of Sport East Midlands League on Wednesday afternoons. In addition, the partnership allows college students to access Club training nights at Beeston Hockey Club, both for men and women, Details
08/07/07 Congratulations to: Rob Trem who has been selected to play for Wales U16s; Will Collins  and recent signing David Overton who have both been selected to play for England in the forthcoming Home Internationals.
10/07/07 Today we were very sorry to hear that our club patron, Peter Hannah, has passed away. Peter was a great supporter of the colts and never lost his boyish enthusiasm for the game.   
08/07/07 Will Torr and John Procter organised an U18 Beeston team to play at an U18 tournament at Derby Asterdale. Beeston won all their group matches but lost the SF on strokes after drawing with Lichfield. Beeston’s team also included Sam Cathie, Ed Torr, Rob Procter, Rob Busitill and Matt Bodily.
06/07/07 Notts Boys County Trials for U13 (2007) and Notts U17 (2007) took place at Highfields this evening.
23-24/06/06 Following the Midlands decision not to enter a team in the unofficial UK Boys’ U13 Championships held at Highfields, Beeston linked up with our local neighbours Belper to enter a team called “The Outlaws” this weekend. The team had held several training sessions and in the absence of the Keelings were managed by Jackie Sharpe (Belper) and coached by Roy Marchmant(Belper), Alan Postlethwaite(Beeston) and Pete Shuttleworth(Beeston). The team did remarkably well qualifying for the final by winning their group beating Wales 5-1, Nordest(North West B) 4-0, West 3-1 and drawing with an older team, West of Scotland(3-3). They lost the final to Valkens, a team from the South East who play regularly together, 1-2. The Outlaws were without Charlie Willars in the final as he had been injured in the last group match. Beeston players Jon Allcock, Rhys Stevenson, Charlie Willars, Ali Postlethwaite, Marcus Hooper, Matt Shuttleworth, Jack Simkins, James Powell, Rob Procter and Sam Gospel were joined by 5 Belper players and Chris Proctor of West Bridgford. Marcus scored 12 goals in the tournament!
17/06/06 The Beeston Colts BBQ and Awards evening took place on one of the few dry nights this week with over 200 people attending, approx. £900 was raised for colts’ funds. During the evening Liz Williams presented a new award, The Sid Williams Award for Volunteer of the Year to Joseph Robinson.
Once again the main awards were presented the President of England Hockey, Martin Gotheridge. The top awards went to National Runners Up, Beeston Boys U15s(team of the year) and following in his brother’s footsteps Sam Dixon(player of the year). Full list of awards
10/06/07 Beeston boys retained the U14 title at our own Mini tournaments. Report.
09/06/07 At the Centenary Dinner held at County Hall this evening several colts received club awards for their performances on Saturdays this season: Players of the Year 5th XI = Tom Vickerstaff, 7th XI Dan Gillott; Most Improved Player of the Year = Oscar Evans; U19 Players of the Year = Nils Lloyd-Penny and Emily Hancock; U15 Players of the Year = Rob Trem and Bex Brown.
09/06/07 Beeston Boys U17s played England Boys U16s as part of the club’s centenary celebrations today. Beeston dominated the first half but wasted their chances and the score was 0-0 at half time. In the second half England were more dominant and scored twice from set pieces to gain a two goal lead. Beeston conceded a third goal when they went to a more attacking formation in an attempt to narrow the score line late in the game.  
03/06/07 Both Beeston girls’ teams finished runners up in our own U12 and U14 Mini Tournaments. Report.
03/06/07 Sam Dixon and Ollie Willars played for the full Notts team at the national stages of the county championships. Notts, the reigning champions, were knocked out in the semi finals.
02/06/07 A Beeston boys U18 team took part in the Sikh Union Sixes tournament at Highfields. They won 3 and lost 3 of their matches, narrowly lose out on a semi final place, in this highly contested men’s tournament. The team was Sam Cathie, Ben and Sam Arnold, Matt Seal, Charlie Macildowie, Dan Gillott, Will Torr and Charlie Brooke with guest performances by former Beeston U18 captain and Welsh International, David Griffiths!
29/05/07 The following Beeston players have been invited to the next stage of the Midlands U17 selection process in June. Elite Group(25 players) = Ben and Sam Arnold, John Barr, Charlie Brooke, Sam Dixon, David Jones, Ollie Willars, Will Collins and Ed Torr. Development Group(14 players) = Felix Evans and Rob Trem.
25/05/07 The Midlands U15s left for Holland today, the squad included Beeston’s Liam Adams, Alex Clarke-Dowson, Nick Halliwell, Marcus Hooper, Ryan Smith and Ian Welch.
19-20/05/07 Beeston Boys U15s and U18s played at the National Cup Finals this weekend, a round robin tournament between the final 4 teams in the competition. On Saturday Beeston U18s got off to a disappointing start when they lost 0-3 to Canterbury. They recovered well however and thrashed Stourport 6-2 in their second match of the day. Meanwhile Beeston U15s drew 1-1 with Reading, after taking the lead through a Ross Whiting goal, in a match spoilt by torrential rain.
On Sunday the U15s opened with a 2-1 victory against Bath Buccaneers after letting in an early goal. The U18s gave unbeaten Reading their closest match eventually losing 3-4 after captain Will Torr scored twice from the penalty spot. Beeston U18s eventually finished 3rd, a tremendous achievement for such a young team. In their last match Beeston U15s needed a significant victory over Havant to improve their goal difference but unfortunately won 1-0. Therefore Beeston and Reading finished top on equal points but Beeston were declared RUNNERS UP on goal difference! The U15s had a fantastic season and still have not lost a match in the U15 Cup since 2002.  Full Report.
Beeston U18 Squad: Ben Arnold, Sam Arnold, John Barr, Charlie Brooke, Sam Cathie, Sam Dixon, Oscar Evans, David Jones, Richard Lawrence, Nils Lloyd-Penny, Charlie Macildowie, John Procter, Joe Robinson, Matt Seal, Ed Torr, Will Torr, Sam Ward and Ollie Willars. Management Team: Steve Musson, Ian Ward and Graham Dixon.
Beeston U15 Squad: Liam Adams, Jon Allcock, Nick Charlish, Alex Clarke-Dowson, Jon Gatus, Nick Halliwell, Marcus Hooper, Jon Purkiss, George Osborne, Charlie Scott, Mark Smallwood, Ryan Smith, Rob Trem, Tom Vickerstaff, Ian Welch, Ross Whiting and Charlie Willars. Management Team: Martin Keeling, Ryan Dawson and David Griffiths.
12-13/05/07 Beeston juniors Sam Dixon, Oscar Evans, John Procter, Sam Ward and Ollie Willars played for the full Notts county team in the preliminary round of the County Championships.
12/05/07 Beeston entered 2 teams in the Club 1st U9 National Festival at Highfields. The teams played as European Nations this year and Beeston were France and Holland. Both Beeston teams were unbeaten in the morning and finished top of their groups. The top 2 teams in each morning group formed a new group in the afternoon. In the opening match Beeston France and Beeston Holland drew 0-0 both teams went on to beat Spain(Sheffield Hallam) 1-0 and Germany (Leek) 2-0. Gareth Griffiths was the top scorer in the tournament with 6 goals and Beeston France and Holland were declared JOINT WINNERS.
09/05/07 Beeston have joined forces with Belper to form a team called The Outlaws which will compete at the unofficial tournament called the Boys U13 UK Championships at Highfields on June 23/24th. The Outlaws have been given permission to play some over age players as they will be competing with teams from English regions, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Beeston players in the Outlaws team are Jon Allcock, Sam Gospel, Marcus Hooper, Ali Postlethwaite, James Powell, Rob Procter, Matt Shuttleworth, Jack Simkins, Rhys Stevenson and Charlie Willars.
06/05/07 Team Beeston once again descended on Hinckley for one of our favourite events of the year, the Hinckley Mixed Minis. We entered 2 teams, Gold and White, in each of the tournaments.
In the morning both U11 teams finished 3rd in their groups and so met in the 5th/6th play off match. Ed Sidebottom scored the only goal thus securing victory for the Whites in the Beeston derby!
In the afternoon the U13 teams played in a round robin tournament of 8 teams. Beeston Gold looked unbeatable until they played Beeston White! There was a major upset when Maddie Scott scored the only goal of the game for the Whites after Ella Holloway had successfully dealt with Jack Simkins. Beeston Gold won all their remaining matches to retain become CHAMPIONS. Beeston Whites were pronounced RUNNERS UP after a 3 way tie for 2nd place was decided on goal difference.
In the U15 event both Beeston Gold and Beeston White finished 1st in their groups to qualify for the semi finals. The Whites lost their semi 1-2 to Burton but the Golds won theirs 2-0 against SLYH and then went on to win the final 1-0 and become CHAMPIONS.
29/04/07 The last of the Girls Midland Counties Championships, the U13s, took place today. Katie Hopkisson (Capt) and Freya Crocker played for Notts who finished runners up in their group to Derbyshire and lost in the semi finals to Warwickshire. Derbyshire went on to win the final 2-0 with Lizzie Honarmand scoring one of the goals. Emily Bower played for Leicestershire who were eliminated at the group stage but Emily was selected to attend a Midlands trial; Katie and Lizzie are already in the midlands development squad.

28-29/04/07 Both Notts Boys U15s and U17s played at the Counties National Championships this weekend. This is a round robin tournament between the 5 regional champions.
Notts U15s beat Lancashire 3-2, beat Devon 6-1, drew with Cambridgeshire 1-1 and lost to Hampshire 0-2. They finished on the same points as the runners up but were placed 3rd on goal difference. The Beeston players in the squad were Liam Adams, Nick Charlish, Marcus Hooper, Mark Smallwood, Ryan Smith, Rob Trem, Tom Vickerstaff and Ian Welch.

Notts U17s lost to Norfolk 1-3, beat Lancashire 3-2, lost to Kent 1-2 and beat Gloucestershire 6-0, finishing 3rd. The Beeston players in the squad were Matt Allcock, John Barr, Charlie Brooke, Sam Cathie, Sam Dixon, Felix Evans, David Jones, Chris Price, Matt Seal, Ed Torr, Sam Ward and Ollie Willars.
27/04/07 The following Beeston players have been asked to attend the next selection day for the U17 Midlands squad: Ben Arnold, Sam Arnold, John Barr, Charlie Brooke, Sam Dixon, David Jones, Sam Ward, Sam Dixon (all U17s) and Will Collins, Felix Evans, Ed Torr and Rob Trem (allU16s). Additionally U16s Nick Charlish and Sam Curtis have been called back for final reassessment. The Midlands U15s management have also listed players still in contention for the trip to Holland in May; Beeston players named are Liam Adams, Alex Clarke Dowson, Nick Halliwell, Mark Smallwood, Ryan Smith and Ian Welch. Following her performance for Notts at the U15s Championships Bex Brown has been asked to attend a Midlands U15 trial.
22/04/07 This was National quarter final day in the EH Cup and both Beeston boys’ teams were aiming for a place at the National Finals. The U15s travelled to Leek where they expected a hard competitive match, they were not wrong! Beeston had a Liam Adams goal disallowed after 20 minutes allegedly because the ball had not gone out of the D at the penalty corner. The score was 0-0 at half time and a flurry of yellow cards in the second half saw Beeston reduced to 9 men shortly followed by Leeks reduction to 10! Beeston played with the grit and determination that has seen this new team, only 4 players remain from last season’s cup winners, through to victory in previous rounds. With 5 minutes to go first Ross Whiting and then Marcus Hooper scored and a place at the national finals was secured! Full report
The U18s were drawn at home against Crewe Vagrants and seemed to be in control when John Procter scored. They failed to capitalise on this and let Crewe back in the game, the score at the interval was 1-1. After one of those famous half time talks Beeston emerged a different team and played the fast passing game that the club is known for. Beeston scored 4 goals to make the final score Beeston 5 Crewe Vagrants 1. Full report
Both teams are now through to the National EH Cup Finals at Birmingham University on Saturday 19th / Sunday 20th May. Your support would be very welcome!!
This is a fantastic achievement by Beeston who are still the only club to retain a boys’ Cup(U15s 2005,2006) and the only club to have their name on both trophies having won the U18 Cup in 2003.
22/04/07 Beeston U13 Boys won their first group match 2-0 v Bridgnorth but after conceding a goal late in the game against Trent went on to lose last match against Cannock. Trent and Cannock went through to the semis which they duly won and so met again in the final. Unfortunately for Trent the game this time ended in a draw and they lost the resulting penalty stroke competition. Beeston meanwhile went on to win the 5/6th play off. Several Beeston players were in the Trent team so when they are reunited in the club competitions they will be a formidable team. Several Beeston girls were playing in the Trent girls U13 team and they too lost in the final this time to Lichfield.
22/04/07 We sent teams to play in the North Notts Mixed tournament. The U13 team was a young team as several boys and girls were playing in the Midlands Minis, see above. The team played well and did not lose a match winning the tournament.  The U16 team beat everyone until they played the hosts North Notts, squandered chances and a disallowed goal led to a 0-1 defeat and Beeston finished on the equal points with Mansfield. Although they beat Mansfield 3-0 earlier in the day goals for was the first way of deciding the winner so Beeston managed to finish second!
15/04/07 In the men’s play offs Bowdon beat Belper 11-0 on aggregate to win promotion to the National Premier League, Belper are relegated to Div 1.
15/04/07 The following Beeston players were asked to attend the second midlands U17assessment day for the Regional Championships in October:
Ben and Sam Arnold, John Barr, Charlie Brooke, Nick Charlish, Will Collins, Sam Curtis, Sam Dixon, Felix Evans, David Jones, Richard Lawrence, Dom Leckie, Ed Torr, Rob Trem, Sam Ward and Ollie Willars
15/04/07 Beeston Boys U11s played friendly matches against L’boro Tn they won all four 15 minute games, 3-1, 3-0, 4-0 and 5-0. Ben T was top scorer with 7 goals. The team were Jeremy Caglayan, Ben and Tom Nevill, Ollie Atkin, Tom Gorman, Ben Trembling, Josh Leadbetter, Gareth Griffiths and Ed Sidebottom and were coached by Mary Nevill.
14/04/07 Beeston Boys had their last training session before they compete at the Midlands Championships next Sunday. They will be coached by Alan Postlethwaite.
14/04/07 Beeston Boys U18s were asked to provide the opposition in a warm up game for Wessex Leopards one of the 3 England Ladies teams who will take part in the Super League this summer. The Leopards had 8 full England internationals in their team. Beeston played without Nils Lloyd Penny who was training with Wales U18s and lost Ben Arnold a former England U16 through injury after 10 minutes. The boys played very well and provided slightly hotter opposition than expected for the Leopards. Beeston won the first 25 minute session 2-0 with goals from Matt Seal and Sam Ward; they won the second 25 minute session 1-0 with a goal from Charlie Macildowie and despite conceding an early goal won the third 15 minute session 2-1 when Sam Ward scored twice to complete his hat trick. David Jones brought off some excellent saves but the score line did not flatter Beeston, this was an excellent performance. The rest of the squad was Ollie Willars, John Barr, Sam Arnold, Richard Lawrence, Oscar and Felix Evans, Will and Ed Torr, John Procter, Sam Dixon and Charlie Brooke. The Management team were Graham Dixon, Martin Keeling, Steve Musson and Ian Ward.
13/04/07 Congratulations to Marcus Hooper who was a member of the Midlands U14 Squad that won the Regional Championships held at Highfields. Charlie Willars travelled with the team as non playing reserve.
02&03/04/07 The Hockey Leaders Course at Highfields has been postponed.
01/04/07 The Notts Development Squad Assessment Day and subsequent coaching sessions has been postponed.
01/04/07 Mansfield have cancelled today’s Junior NoDe League matches.
30/03/07 Today we were very sorry to hear the sad news that Steve Doo had passed away. Steve was a Beeston player for many years and a regular helper at colts’ coaching sessions until ill health prevented him doing so this season. Our condolences go to his sons Josh and Connall who both attend colts and their sisters Emma and Bethan and the rest of the family.
28/03/07 Trent College U16s won the National Schools Cup today on penalty strokes after a 3-3 draw with Langley Park. Beeston’s Charlie Smith converted the winning stroke after Charlie Brooke scored 2goals and Dominic Leckie 1 during the match. The other Beeston players were James Dexter in goal, Felix Evans, Ollie Macildowie, Chris Price and Mark Smallwood.
28/03/07 Beeston MK beat West Bridgford 3-1 in the U15 League.
25/03/07  Last normal training session of the season
21/03/07 Beeston DLB beat Newark 6-5 in an end to end thriller in the U15 League.
18/03/07 Following their performances at county level the following Beeston players were invited to the first midlands U15 assessment day for the Regional Championships in October Liam Adams, Alex Clarke Dowson, Mark Smallwood, Ryan Smith, Ian Welch, Tom Vickerstaff and Nick Halliwell.
18/03/07 In the 1/4 and 1/2 National Finals in the Schools’ Cup Trent U14s (Jack Chambers, Rory Macildowie, Thierry Way, Josh Greaves, Matt Shuttleworth and Simon Webster) lost 1-3 to Kings School, Chester in the 1/4s; Repton U18s (Richard Lawrence) beat Birkenhead 3-1 in the 1/4s before losing 0-1 to Kingston GS in the 1/2s; Trent U16s (James Dexter, Chris Price, Charlie Smith, Mark Smallwood, Felix Evans, Charlie Brooke, Ollie Macildowie & Dominic Leckie) beat Red House 11-1 in the 1/4s and Portsmouth GS 8-0 in the 1/2s to qualify for the National Final later in March.  
18/03/07 In the mini (U12G/U11B) matches of the NoDe friendly league relocated from Derby Asterdale to Beeston, Beeston won all 3 matches beating Buxton 2-0, Chapel 3-1 and derby 4-1. Jeremy played in goal for the first time and played very well, the rest of the team was Ben and Tom Nevill, Ollie Atkin, Ben Trembling, James Shires, Tom Gorman and Ed Sidebottom. Mary Nevill coached the team.
10/03/07 Beeston U11 Boys and Girls teams played at a friendly mini hockey tournament at Repton School. The girls, coached by Helena Honarmand, won 2, drew 1 and lost 1 match. Livvie, Lily and Jess scored the goals. The team was Izzie Scarle, Hayley Chaplin, Catherine Booth, Jessie Honarmand, Carissa Dean, Ellie Howard, Livvie Hopkisson and Lily Kitts. The boys, coached by Kris Elston, won 4 and lost 1 match. Ben scored 10 goals, James and Ollie 3 each and Gareth 1. The team was Aran Abbiss, Rowan Elston, James Shires, Ben Trembling, Josh Leadbetter, Cellan Griffiths, Ollie Atkins, Tom Gorman and Gareth Griffiths.
10/03/07 Notts U17 and U15 Boys won both their matches today against Warwicks and Shrops to become Midlands Champions. They will now represent the midlands in the National Championships at East Grinstead HC in April. Beeston players in the U17 squad were John Barr, Charlie Brooke, Sam Cathie, Sam Dixon, Felix Evans, David Jones, Richard Lawrence, Chris Price, Matt Seal, Ed Torr, Sam Ward and Ollie Willars. Beeston players in the U15 squad were Liam Adams, Nick Charlish, Marcus Hooper, Mark Smallwood, Ryan Smith, Rob Trem, Tom Vickerstaff, Ian Welch and Charlie Willars. Other Beeston players in action were Will Collins (Leics U17s) , Nick Halliwell and Sunil Kumar (Leics U15s), George Osborne and Alex Clarke Dowson (Derbys U15s) and Sam and Ben Arnold(Northants U17s).
10/03/07 At the Girls’ Midlands Championships Beeston’s Jenny Burke, Rosie Farish and Charlotte Goodman played for Notts U17s who lost in the semi finals; and Beeston’s Bex brown, Holly Brown and Madi Smith played for Notts U15s who lost on penalty strokes to Derbys in the final!  
07/03/07 Beeston Boys MK won their Notts U15 League match against South Nottingham 7-0 with Ross Whiting scoring 5 goals. This was a good performance by the team as 5 players were making their debut in the league.
07/03/07 Beeston Girls played their last match in the Notts U15 League against Southwell Brincs. Beeston lead 2-1 at half time but were unable to contain the strong SBU team in the latter stages of the match and eventually lost 2-6.
06/03/07 Beeston Boys U15s have been drawn to play Leek away on Sunday April 22nd in the Quarter Finals of the EH U15 Cup.
05/03/07 Beeston Boys U18s have been drawn to play Crewe Vagrants at home on Sunday April 22nd in the Quarter Finals of the EH U18 Cup.
04/03/07 Both Beeston boys’ teams were drawn to play at home in the last 16 of the England Hockey Cups. The U18s played first against Bowdon HC who finished 3rd in the cup last year. Beeston always looked in control of this match, Sam Ward opened the scoring in the 4th minute and added a second from a penalty corner 10 minutes later. At the start of the second half Oscar Evans made a bid for the Goal of the Season award when he scored one of the most spectacular goals ever seen at Highfields! He beat 5 Bowdon defenders with some quick footwork and slick stick skills before roofing the ball into the back of the net. Oscar’s celebration was almost as spectacular as his goal! Nils Lloyd Penny converted a short corner 2 minutes later and a place in the National Quarter Finals was assured, the final score was Beeston 4 Bowdon 0. This was a confident performance by a talented Beeston squad against a club with a proven record in national competitions.
The wind and rain did not improve for the U15s game against a gritty Bridgnorth team. Ross Whiting scored for Beeston in the 18th minute before Marcus Hooper put in his bid for Goal of the Season with a deflected goal from a pass made by Ryan Smith. Beeston did not keep their two goal advantage for long and the score at half time was 2-1. Bridgnorth came out strongly at the restart and scored almost immediately, unsettling Beeston for a ten minute period. Captain Robert Trem and experienced midfielders Mark Smallwood and Ian Welch slowly helped the team regain control of the match and a penalty corner conversion by Rob put Beeston back in front. Victory and a National Quarter Final place was sealed by another contender for Goal of the Season when Ross made absolutely sure of scoring into an empty net after brilliant passing by Mark and Marcus left the Bridgnorth goalkeeper stranded. The final score was Beeston 4 Bridgnorth 2.
04/03/07 In the junior (U14G/U13B) matches of the NoDe friendly league in Long Eaton only Beeston and Derby Asterdale took part. In the 3 matches Beeston won 5-1, 3-0 and 6-1.
03/03/07 Beeston Boys U13s played a friendly mini hockey match against Foremarke Hall, the scores in the 4 quarters were 1-1, 1-1, 2-0 and 2-2.
03/03/07  Click here to see the diary for March/Early April
28/02/07 Trent College U14s finally played and beat Oakham School to become Midlands Schools Champions and therefore qualify to play in the national ¼ finals.
27/02/07 Beeston DLB recorded their first victory in the U15 league, beating South Nottingham 3-1. Beeston’s goal scorers were Adam Hinchley, Rory Macildowie and Tom Kirkwood.
17/02/07 In the mini (U12Girls/U11Boys) matches of the NoDe friendly league at Highfields Beeston beat Chapel 3-0, Buxton 1-0 and drew 0-0 with Burton.
There were 4 different scorers for Beeston, Cellan, Ben, Omar and Ollie.
16/02/07 Congratulations to Marcus Hooper, who has been named in the Midlands U14 squad to play at the Regional Championships in April, Charlie Willars has been named as a reserve.
15/02/07 Congratulations to Holly Brown and Will Collins who are playing for England U16 Girls and Boys respectively in a series of matches this week. Holly scored her first goal for England today!
14/02/07 Beeston DLB lost 0-7 to Mansfield in the U15 League.
13/02/07 Today we were very sorry to hear the sad news that Sid Williams, one of the cofounders of Beeston Hockey Colts had passed away.
11/02/07 Beeston players are also successful with their schools: Trent U14 Girls ( Maddie Smith and Ella Holloway) have won the Midlands Championships and reached the round robin finals of the National Schools Championships to be played in March; Repton U18 Boys (Richard Lawrence) and Trent U16 Boys ( Charlie Brooke, Chris Price, James Dexter, Felix Evans, Ollie Macildowie, Charlie Smith, Dominic Leckie and Mark Smallwood) have won the Midlands Schools Championships and therefore qualify for the National quarter finals in March; Trent U14 Boys ( Rory Macildowie, Josh Greaves, Thierry Way, Jack Chambers, Matt Shuttleworth and Simon Webster) have reached the Midlands Final and await to hear who they are to play.
11/02/07 Another great club effort today as we hosted the Notts Girls Minis and fielded 4 teams. In the morning our main U11 team again went out on penalty stroke to the eventual winners this time it was Ranby House School in the semi finals! Beeston remained unbeaten and did not concede a goal. Our U11 development team played well finishing 3rd in their group. In the afternoon both our teams finished 3rd in their groups our main team losing out on a semi final place goal difference. The development team had two good victories against Nottm Hghflds and Southwell Brincs.
09/02/07 The following players have been invited to attend the initial selection session for the midlands U17s on February 18th: Ben Arnold, Sam Arnold, John Barr, Charlie Brooke, Sam Dixon, David Jones, Richard Lawrence, Dom Leckie, Sam Ward, Ollie Willars, Nick Charlish, Will Collins, Sam Curtis, Felix Evans, Ed Torr and Rob Trem.
08/02/07 We received kit bags, balls, captain’s armbands and a goalkeeping helmet from Tescos today, many thanks to everyone who contributed vouchers.
07/02/07 The U15 League match between Beeston MK and Players was cancelled due to bad weather.
04/02/07 Both Boys and Girls Counties were in action again today. Notts boys U17s continued their winning ways with victories over Staffs and Worcs, Beeston players in the squad were John Barr, Charlie Brooke, Sam Dixon, Felix Evans, David Jones, Richard Lawrence, Ollie Macildowie, Chris Price, Matt Seal, Ed Torr, Sam Ward and Ollie Willars. Notts boys U15s beat Worcs but lost to Staffs, Beeston players in the squad were Nick Charlish, Marcus Hooper, Charlie Scott, Ryan Smith, Rob Trem, Tom Vickerstaff, Ian Welch and Charlie Willars. Other Beeston players in action were Will Collins and Chris Powell for Leics U17s, Nick Halliwell and Sunil Kumar for Leics U15s, George Osborne and Alex Clarke Dowson for Derbys U15s and Sam Arnold for Northants U17s. The Girls counties played friendly matches Katie Hopkisson, Freya Crocker, Bex Brown, Ella Holloway, Maddie Smith and Charlotte Goodman all played for Notts at various age groups.  
31/01/07 Beeston Girls U15s drew 0-0 with Ashfield in the Notts U15 League.
30/01/07 At the main Notts Sports Review of the Year for 2006 Beeston Boys U15s were placed in the top 3 for Junior Team of the Year but failed to take the title this year. Beeston Men’s 1st Team however were named Senior team of the Year.
28/01/07 Beeston Boys U18s travelled back to Sheffield Hallam where last year they came unstuck in “a game of two halves” 1-2! This year they again dominated the first half Capt Will Torr scoring after 10 minutes and Sam Dixon scoring a second 5 minutes later. Beeston failed to score again and had to withstand another Sheffield fight back in the second half. David Jones made sure that this time Sheffield only scored once and so Beeston reversed the previous year’s score line to win 2-1.
Beeston Boys U15s had their first home tie, against Belper. Belper played a very defensive game and it took Beeston 45 minutes to score when Ali Prince hit the target. George Osborne scored Beeston’s 2nd and last goal 15 minutes later. Belper never troubled Beeston’s strong defence. Both Beeston’s teams have been drawn at home in the next round of the cup on March 4th. The U18s play Bowdon at 2pm and the U15s play Bridgnorth at 3.30pm, please come and support.
24/01/07 Marcus Hooper, Ali Postlethwaite and Charlie Willars have been invited to the final selection training for the Midlands U14s at Lilleshall in February.
24/01/07 The U 15 League match between Beeston MK and Beeston DLB was cancelled due to bad weather.
21/01/07 The NoDe mini matches due to be played today were cancelled.
21/01/07 A supreme club effort at the Notts Boys minis today with Beeston coaches, umpires, players and parents all helping to make the event run smoothly. Both Beeston U11 teams missed out on semi final places on goal difference only and the Beeston U13 development team competed well. Beeston U13s however blossomed in the competition winning all 4 of their group matches scoring 11 goals and conceding none. The Beeston boys went on to beat Ashfield 3-0 in the semi final and South Notts 4-1 in the final to become Notts Champions.
20/01/07 On the second day of the National Indoor finals Beeston U18s beat Havant HC 4-3 but lost to the eventual winners Ipswich School 1-8 and were therefore eliminated at the group stage. However Beeston U16s beat Whitgift School 6-3 and Ipswich School 5-4 and finished on equal points with Millfield but with an inferior goal difference. They played the winners of the other group, Sevenoaks HC who were unbeaten in their group matches, in the semi finals. In a close contest Beeston lost 2-3, Sevenoaks went on to lose the final to Perse School a team they had beaten earlier in the competition!
19/01/07 On the first day of the National Indoor finals Beeston U18s lost to Millfield 2-8 and Egglescliffe School 4-5; Beeston U16s also lost to Millfield School 1-7 but beat Bowden HC 3-0.
17/01/07 Beeston Girls U15s were awarded a 3-0 victory against Nottm Highfields in the U15 League because Nottm Highfields unfortunately failed to turn up.
15/01/07 At the Notts Junior Sports Review of 2006 evening Beeston Boys U15s were short listed for the Junior Team of the Year Award. Beeston Boys U15s won this prestigious award last year. This years winners will be announced at the main Sports Review evening on January 30th, Beeston Men’s 1st team have been nominated for the Senior Team of the Year.
15/01/07 Congratulations to Jonathan Purkiss who has been selected for the East U14s and Marcus Hooper, Ali Postlethwaite and Charlie Willars who have all been selected for the Midlands U14s for their training squads. The playing squads for the U14 Regional Tournament in April will be selected from these training squads.
14/01/07 In the week 4 junior (U14Girls/U13Boys) matches of the NoDe friendly league hosted by Nottm Highfields Beeston beat Nottm Highflds A and B 4-0 and 7-0 and beat West Bridgford 1-0 but lost to Belper 0-3. Top scorer for Beeston was James Powell. The U11 girls had a special training session in preparation for the girls’ minis in February.
14/01/07 Both Notts Boys and Girls counties were in action today.
Notts Boys U15s won all their matches beating Leics 5-2, Derbys 1-0 and Northants 7-0, Beeston players in the squad were Robert Trem, Marcus Hooper, Charlie Willars, Nick Charlish, Tom Vickerstaff, Ali Postlethwaite, Charlie Scott, Ryan Smith and Ian Welch. Notts Boys U17s also won all their matches beating Derbyshire 1-0, Leics 6-2 and Northants 7-2, Beeston players in the squad were Sam Cathie, Sam Dixon, Sam Ward, Charlie Brooke, Sam Curtis, Chris Price, Matt Allcock, Matt Taylor, Tom Hubbard, David Jones, Ollie Willars, Ed Torr and Matt Seal. Sam Arnold played for Northants U17s, Chris Powell and Will Collins for Leics U17s and Nick Hallliwell for Leics U15s. These matches are League matches which determine the Midlands Champions who will play at the Nationals in April.
Katie Hopkisson and Freya Crocker played for Notts Girls U13s and Emily Bower played for Leics U13s. Bex Brown and Alice Shuttleworth played for Notts U15s and Charlotte Goodman, Jenny Burke and Rosie Farrish played for Notts U17s. These were all friendly matches.
11/01/07 Congratulations to Will Collins and Holly Brown who have both made the final 20 from which the England U16 boys and Girls squads will be selected.
10/01/07 Beeston DLB lost 0-5 to West Bridgford in the U15 Club League.
07/01/07 Beeston boys played friendly mini hockey matches against Peterborough HC. Beeston fielded 2 teams at each age group, U11 and U13, in preparation for the Notts Mini Hockey Championships.
07/01/07 A Beeston boys U18 team provided the opposition for the England U18 girls who were training at Highfields. 3 periods of 25 minutes were played with Beeston winning 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2.  
06/01/07 The U 16 girls competed at the Midlands Indoor Championships where they beat Cedars Sch but lost to Sutton Coldfield HC and Dame Alice Harper School.
02/01/07  Dates for you diary
June 17th - Colts BBQ
June 9/10th - Club Centenary Celebration - A Beeston boys team will play England Boys U16 on June 9th at 4pm
02/01/07 Training restarts Jan 14th 9-11 am; BUT there will be no training on Jan 7th, Jan 21st, nor Feb 11th.
17/12/06 The county U18s were in action at Highfields in their one day championship. Derbys, Leics and Worcs did not compete so the event became a round robin tournament. Notts won all their matches and so became Midlands Champions. Beeston players in the Notts squad were David Jones, Sam Cathie, John Barr, Will Torr, Ollie Willars, Sam Dixon, Sam Ward, Charlie Brooke, Ed Torr, Joe Robinson, Felix Evans and Charlie Macildowie. Sam Arnold played for Northants.
10/12/06  Beeston Boys’ U15’s beat Leicester in the second round of the EH Cup 14:0 away at Leicester. Not to be out done Beeston Boys’ U18s also win 14-0, at home to Mansfield in their second round match. The girls were not so successful, the U18s lost 1-3 away at Kingston upon Hull in round 3 of the Cup and the U15s lost 2-4 to Leeds in the first round of the Plate. Report
10/12/06 In the week 3 mini (U12Girls/U11Boys) matches of the NoDe friendly league hosted by Ashfield Beeston continued their unbeaten run. They beat Burton 3-1 and Ashfield 1-0. Ben Trembling scored all Beeston’s goals. Disappointingly Ashfield curtailed these matches because they needed the pitch for their U15 cup game.
9/12/06 This Sunday, December 10th will be the last normal Sunday coaching before Christmas.
We will resume Sunday coaching on Sunday January 14th and will be sending out a newsletter over Christmas.  However some of the younger boys will be invited to special training sessions on Sunday Dec 17th and Sun Jan 7th in preparation for their county tournament on Jan 21st. The girls' will have sessions later in January as their county tournament is not until February 11th.
THE NEW KIT INCLUDING HOODIES AND T SHIRTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM ABOUT 10AM ONWARDS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
ITEMS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ORDERED WILL BE PUT ASIDE FOR COLLECTION.
26/11/06 In their first National Cup matches of the season this year Beeston Girls U18s beat North Notts 6-0 but Beeston Girls U15s went out on penalty strokes after drawing 2-2 against Southwell Brincliffe Utd (SBU), the U15s will now compete in the National Plate competition. Report   
19/11/06 Beeston Boys started their National Cup campaigns today. Beeston U18s won convincingly away at Loughborough Sharks 13-1. Beeston U15s National Champions for the last 2 seasons had only 2 players left from last season but they broke the club scoring record by scoring an amazing 24-0 win at Kettering. Report
19/11/06 Beeston’s Ella Holloway and Maddie Smith played for the victorious Trent College U14 team at the Midlands Schools Championships, they will now go on to compete at the National Championships in March.
18/11/06 Beeston Girls U13s drew 2-2 with Foremarke Girls U13s in a friendly mini hockey match.
15/11/06 Beeston U18 Girls had their first taste of indoor hockey at the Notts Championships, they lost 1-7 to  the winners Nottm Highfields then drew 2-2 with Nottm High School. Nottm High School finished runners up on goal difference and therefore qualify for the Midlands preliminary round. Beeston’s Emily Hancock and Becky Paffard were the High Schools star players we wish them good luck in the next round.
13/11/06 Congratulations to Holly Brown who has been selected to travel with England U16s to Portugal in January.
12/11/06 Notts performed well at the Midlands County Championships.
In the U14s Notts lost to Staffs in the semi finals but beat Derbys to finish 3rd overall, Leics finished 5th. Beeston players involved were Jon Allcock, Josh Greaves, Marcus Hooper, Rory Macildowie, James Powell, Matt Shuttleworth, Jack Simkins and Charlie Willars all Notts; Alex Clarke Dowson and George Osborne both Derbys and Brad Prince Leics.
In the U16s Notts went through on strokes against Shrops then beat Staffs in the final to become MIDLANDS CHAMPIONS, Leics finished 3rd. Beeston players involved were Charlie Brooke, Nick Charlish, James Dexter, Sam Dixon, Felix Evans, Richard Lawrence, Chris Price, Ed Torr, Rob Trem, Tom Vickerstaff, Sam Ward and Ian Welch all Notts; Will Collins,Chris Powell and  Ali Prince all Leics.
12/11/06 In the week 2 Mini (U12Girls/U11Boys) matches of the NoDe friendly league held at West Bridgford Beeston continued their unbeaten run. They beat Buxton 7-0, Worksop 4-2 and West Bridgford 4-1. Top scorers were James Shires with8 goals and Ben Trembling with 6 goals. This week we sent an all boys team.
07/11/06 Beeston Girls competed at the County U16s Indoor Championships tonight. They beat Nottingham Girls High School 7-0 and Toothill School 5-1 to become County Champions. Holly Brown scored a hat trick in each match! The other goal scorers were Rosie Farish 3, Jenny Burke 2 and Bex Brown. The girls will now go forward to the Midlands Qualification Round. The Beeston Squad was Charlotte Goodman, Hannah Price, Lorna Rowley, Holly, Rosie, Jenny and Bex.  Peter Langley and Mike Price coached and Steven Twist umpired.
The High School team also qualified as runners up and were captained by Beeston’s Lucy Stevenson, Grace Morledge also played.  Photo
29/10/06 In the week 2 Junior(U14Girls/U13Boys) matches of the NoDe friendly league were held at West Bridgford.  Beeston continued their unbeaten run. They beat West Bridgford 4-0, Burton Eagles 5-0, Dukeries 10-0 and drew with Worksop in a curtailed last game 0-0. Congratulations to Robert Procter who scored a double hat trick in one game and to Travis Merryweather who also scored a hat trick. This week we sent an all boys team.
29/10/06 Congratulations to Will Collins who has been given an England trial following the Boys Divisional Championships. Will and fellow Beeston players Robert Trem and Ed Torr were in the Midlands U15 Squad that finished 2nd and Ben Arnold, Sam Dixon, David Jones and Will Torr were in the Midlands U17 squad that finished 3rd. Ben, Sam and David have already played for England U16s.
22/10/06 Congratulations to Holly Brown who has been given an England Assessment following her performance for the Midlands U15 squad that won the Divisional championships. Holly is the first Beeston female junior who has been given a trial. Well Done!
17/10/06 The draws have finally been made for the cups and we have 4 away draws!
November 19th Boys U18s Loughbro Sharks v Beeston
                     Boys U15s Kettering v Beeston
November 26th Girls U18s North Notts v Beeston
                     Girls U15s Southwell Brincs(SBU) v Beeston
16/10/06 Lauren Moors, former Beeston U18 captain and Beeston Colts Player of the Year is now at Durham University and playing in their National League team. Durham 1sts are currently 2nd in the Women’s National North Division.
16/10/06 Beeston Colt Ben Arnold and First team player Chris Seddon have been selected for a new England U19 training squad to prepare for the European championships in 2008.
15/10/06 In the Week 1 Mini (U12 Girls/U11 Boys) matches of the NoDe Friendly League held at Chesterfield Beeston beat Chesterfield and North Notts, Buxton did not play. Ben Trembling scored a hat trick in each match!
08/10/06 Notts did very well at the boys’ East Midlands County Championships winning both titles:
Notts U16s beat Derbys, Leics and Northants U16s easily, the squad included 12 Beeston players: Liam Adams, Charlie Brooke, Nick Charlish, Sam Dixon, Felix Evans, Richard Lawrence, Matt Taylor, Ed Torr, Robert Trem, Tom Vickerstaff, Sam Ward and Ian Welch. There were also Beeston players in the Leics U16s squad who finished runners up (tbc), they were Will Collins, Nick Halliwell, Chris Powell and Ali Prince.
Notts U14s beat Derbys and Northants and came back from 0-3 down to Leics to earn a 3-3 draw, the squad included 10 Beeston players: Jonathan Allcock, Josh Greaves, Marcus Hooper, Rory Macildowie, Ali Postlethwaite, James Powell, Matt Shuttleworth, Jack Simkins, Thierry Way and Charlie Willars. Beeston players Alex Clarke Dowson and George Osborne played for Derbys who were runners up and Brad Prince played for Leics who finished 3rd.
Notts U16s and U14s, Leics U16s and Derbys U14s will now play against the qualifiers from the West Midlands to decide the Champions of the Midlands at each age group. These matches will be played at Cannock on Sunday November 12th.
07/10/06 The new playing kit has now arrived from Tempest Sports, extras such as maroon hoodies, navy sweatshirts and packs of T-shirts have also been ordered and will arrive in due course. Please visit the main club website www.beestonhockeyclub.com for more details. Kit can be purchased from Steve Brooks (steve.j.brooks@ntlworld.com or 07720-392486) on Saturdays and at colts coaching on alternate Sundays.
01/10/06 In the Week 1 Junior (U14 Girls/U13 Boys) matches of the NoDe Friendly League held at Chesterfield, Beeston beat Chesterfield and Buxton and drew with North Notts. After missing almost the whole of last season through illness Robert Procter celebrated his return by scoring 4 goals.
19/09/06 Most of the Boys’ Counties have now selected their U14 and u16 squads. The following Beeston players have been selected:
Notts U16 = Charlie Brooke, Sam Curtis, James Dexter, Sam Dixon, Felix Evans, Richard Lawrence, Ollie Macildowie, Chris Price, Charlie Smith, Matt Taylor, Ed Torr, Sam Ward, Liam Adams, Nick Charlish, Charlie Scott, Mark Smallwood, Alex Sotheran, Rob Trem, Tom Vickerstaff and Ian Welch; Leics U16 = Nick Halliwell, Sunil Kumar, Chris Powell and Ali Prince; Notts U14 = Jon Allcock, Josh Greaves, Marcus Hooper, John Howard, Rory Macildowie, Ali Postlethwaite, Thierry Way, Charlie Willars, James Powell, Jack Simkins and Matt Shuttleworth; Leics U14 = Brad Prince; Derbys U14 = Alex Clarke Dowson and George Osborne; Lincs U14 = Jonathan Purkiss.
Many apologies if this list is not complete.
16/09/06 Beeston Girls’ U13s took part in the Foremarke Hall Minis, they played 4 matches drawing 2 and losing 2.
12/09/06 Congratulations to Holly Brown who has been selected for the Midlands U15 squad to play at the Divisional Championships in October. Holly will still be eligible to play at this age group next year.
11/09/06 Congratulations to Ed Torr, Rob Trem and Will Collins who have been selected for the Midlands U15 Squad to play at the Regional championships in October.
10/09/06 Beeston U16s beat North East U15 divisional team 4-3.
05/09/06 Former Beeston U18 captain Ali Wilson,who has rejoined the club for this season after a short spell at Loughborough Students, has been called up to play for England at the World Cup!
03/09/06 Beeston boys’ u18s play Midlands and North East in a pre-season warm up!
The new look Beeson Boys’ U18 squad played in a triangular match against a Midlands U15/17 squad and the North East U17 regional squad on the first Sunday of the season. Although a few players were unavailable Beeston had new signings Ben and Sam Arnold and David Jones on duty. The NE beat the Midlands in the first match in a fairly tight contest.

The second match saw Beeston take on the Midlands. Matt Seal opened the scoring for Beeston after 5minutes and the home side extended their lead playing fast passing hockey to 3-0 with goals from Sam Ward and Charlie Brooke. At the half hour the Midlands finally got the ball past David Jones before Ben Arnold re established Beeston’s 3 goal lead just before half time. After the interval the Midlands scored twice to narrow the gap between the teams but Beeston replied with a second goal from Matt seal and a clean strike from John Procter from a penalty corner. The final score was Beeston 6 Midlands 3.

Beeston then stayed on the pitch and played the North East almost immediately. The North East started strongly and had scored 3 goals within 10minutes as Beeston began to falter. However the Beeston team recovered and gradually got to grips with this full divisional team that had been training through the summer conceding only one more goal before the interval. In the second half manager Martin Keeling continued to switch his team in order to try out various formations etc for the forthcoming season. The final score was Beeston 0 North East 6.

This Beeston squad is extremely strong and is underpinned by several U16s who are double national champions. Selection will be very competitive and the extended squad numbers over two dozen players which will be the envy of most other clubs in the country.

The squad for these matches was: David Jones, Darren Smith and Sam Cathie(GKs), Will Torr (capt), John Procter (Vice Capt), Ben and Sam Arnold, Oscar Evans, Matt Seal, Ollie Willars, Richard Lawrence, Caleb Mierkalns, Sam Ward, Sam Dixon, Charlie Brooke and John Barr.
3/09/06  Colts Sunday training re-starts at 09.00 at Highfields
28/08/06 Beeston boys’ U15s retain Cannock Mini Hockey title. Report and photos.
25/08/06 Congratulations to David Griffths, a Beeston player since the age of 7yrs, who has been selected to represent Wales at the Celtic Cup in France.
08/08/06 Congratulations to Will Torr, Sam Dixon and recent signings Ben Arnold and David Jones who have been selected for the Midlands U17 squad for the Regional Championships in October. Charlie Macildowie has been named as a reserve.
Congratulations also go to Katie Hopkisson who has been selected for the Midlands Development squad at the age of 11yrs.
24-28/07/06 Beeston Colts provided the ball boys and girls for the U18 Boys’ Home Internationals held at Highfields. Well done!
21//8/06  Club 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 29th August 2006.  The Ladies section will train from 7pm to 8pm on the Water Based pitch on Thursday evenings, starting 31st August 2006.  Training is open to all members and is free of charge.
17/06/06 Many thanks to the colts who volunteered to be coached at the Level 2 coaches assessment at Highfields, we got a special mention in the Midlands Newsletter!