Congratulations to Philippa Plummer, who has been appointed assistant coach of the Wellington U15B girls’ team!

The U13 development squads have been announced: http://www.wellingtonhockey.org.nz/article/2014-u13-girls-and-boys-selections

We congratulate our 10 girls and 5 boys who have been selected for the Wellington U13 Development Programme, and encourage all those nominees who missed out to take up the opportunity to be part of the HUB Development Programmes which will start at the end of July.

A number of specialist hockey clinic are being run in July. Here is the registration form.

Available for all players 7-17 years. The days and times are as follows:

Defending         Tue 8 July   NHS  10.00am – 11.30am
Long Passing      Tue 8 July   NHS  12.00pm – 1.30pm
Drag Flick        Tue 8 July   NHS  2.00pm – 3.30pm  
    (**drag flick participants must be 11 years of age or over)
Dribbling & Elim  Thu 10 July  NHS  10.00am – 11.30am
Goal Scoring      Thu 10 July  NHS  12.00pm – 1.30pm
PC skills         Thu 10 July  NHS  2.00pm – 3.30pm

Small groups of 6-8 maximum is our philosophy to ensure the best possible coaching is available. Each player will be placed in a group close to his/her age and experience.

As usual the coaches will be of great quality, confirming Scott Falconer, Dane Lett, Matthew Symonds & Trent Lett – with back up from Steven Crossett and Jake Smith.

These clinics are a great way to improve and Upskill for any player, including the approaching U11, U13 & 15 rep programmes.

Registration form is attached. Registrations close on Friday 4 July.

Contact the Upskill Hockey Team with any questions: upskillhockey@gmail.com / 021 1755-946

A reminder that the Hockey World Cup is on in the Netherlands this month, and full coverage is on Sky Sport 3 – what a great chance for our kids to see the world’s best players in action, including both NZ teams!

Go here to see the full details of location and timing.

Congratulations to club coaches Julie Schultz & Colette Mackenzie who have been invited to attend the NZ Hockey Advanced Youth Coaching course in April, and have been appointed to coach the 2014 U13B girls team.

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Please click this link to view the latest newsletter: KJHC newsletter 2

See the Independent Herald article on our pre-season training program.

Due to high demand, the pre-season training is fully subscribed. We are, however, maintain a waiting list should we have any withdrawals.