ALDERLEY EDGE JUNIOR HOCKEY

A warm welcome to the 2013 / 14 Hockey Season

Next season promises to be as exciting as last  as we look to build upon the successes and make the most of the ever improving facilities at The Edge.

With the success of the GB Hockey teams at the Olympics still fresh in the memory last season, we have seen a huge increase in Junior membership and playing opportunities.

We look forward to seeing all our existing members return and to providing a very warm welcome to new members interested in trying Hockey or Alderley Edge Hockey Club for the first time.

Training details for the Junior section for Summer 2013 are:

Sundays:

•· Quicksticks (mixed under 9’s) – 9.30 am to 10.30 am (Register 9.20am)

This activity runs on right through the summer , every sunday morning 9:30am

Over the next few months we will be finalising the session times for the various age groups for the 2013/14 season.

Last season this was the programme:-

Sundays:

•· Quicksticks (mixed under 9’s) – 9.30 am to 10.30 am (Register 9.20am)

•· Under 11 Boys and Under 11 Girls – 11.30am to 12.45pm (Register 11.25am)

•· Under 13 Girls – 10.00am to 11.15am (Register 9.55am)

Mondays:

•· Beavers / Under 13 Boys – meet 6.10pm finish at 7.45pm 

•· Badgers / Under 15 Boys – meet 6.40pm finish at 8.15pm 

Please can all juniors report to the “Shed at the Edge” to register before going up to the pitch. Parents can enjoy the best cappuccino coffee west of Milan on a Sunday morning at "Sh'eddies" our very own tuck shop with a professional Italian coffee machine.

The training fee for the whole 2012 / 13 season was £50 for Juniors and was payable at the start of the season, if you play on club teams and are over 11 then it's necessary to become a member.This continues to run on a calendar year and will continue to be collected by the Club centrally via invoice. We hope to have a direct debit system in place for 2014.

If you are not a member but want to try Hockey, please come along and give it a go. If you are an under 9 and training with the Quicksticks  squad and not playing matches you are welcome to train without becoming a member immediately but we will charge a training fee of £40 for the period up to the end of 2013 and £40 for the period from January to the end of the  season. Once you know that you wish to continue to enjoy the Club’s facilities we would expect you to the join the Club and be a member.

Membership:-

For Junior hockey membership the cost for 2013 is £75 for 12 months, renewable annually each January. If you join half way through a year we only charge half the fee, pro rata.

Here is the 2013 Junior member Application form:AECC_Junior_Membership_2013.pdf

Please return to:

The Hon. Membership Secretary, Mrs M A Hardy, Green Hollow,

70 Moss Road, Alderley Edge,Cheshire.SK9 7JB

If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact your squad manager or myself

Best wishes from all in the Junior Section.

Andy

Andy Middleton

Junior Chairman

Alderley Edge Hockey Club

E mail : andyaehockey@uwclub.net

tel no . Mob is 07739900641

Information for Children and their parents for the season 2013 – 14

 The ‘Hockey Academy at Alderley’ has been awarded “Clubs First” accreditation by England Hockey Board which confirms the high standards applied to the provision of coaching and matches for our juniors - now in excess of 200 boys and girls.  We coach at THE EDGE HOCKEY CENTRE at The Ryleys playing field on Wilmslow Road, in Alderley Edge .SK9 7QN

The Club is committed to the individual development of all young members and demonstrates a developmental philosophy , provides junior-only coaching sessions weekly throughout the season for different age groups.

The Club provides regular competitive opportunities for the age groups coached and entry into local competition as appropriate.

The coaches responsible for overseeing the junior coaching programme are suitably qualified inline with England Hockey Boards recommendations.

The Club has a Level 2 coach or above as the ‘person in charge’ assisted by Level One coaches per age group,

Alderley Edge strives to be an inclusive club so we value ALL our junior members and aim to give them all a positive, enjoyable and fun hockey experience. I am always available to discuss and listen to feedback from parents.

teams amd matches

For 11-a-side teams, Alderley Edge will run two boys U15 teams (Badgers), and an U13 boy’s team (Beavers), on Saturday afternoons on most weekends throughout the season, apart from school holidays.
U15 Girls who are 13 or above, will be able to play for the Ladies teams also on Saturday afternoons. In addition, Girls U15 and U13 plus Boys and Girls  U11’s will have 7-a-side matches on Sundays, approximately once a month in the Greater Manchester Junior League at Belle Vue, Manchester.
We are also hoping to organise a few additional matches for our U13 girls plus our U11 boys and girls, again on Sunday mornings.

The picture above is the AEHC under 13 girls squad training for the first time on THE EDGE, Sunday 16th October 2011

AEHC run seven Men’s league teams and six Ladies league teams. A large proportion of the Ladies, and the Men's 5th team, comprise mainly teenagers and function as our talent development poolsfor the our top Men’s and Ladies sides.  The ‘Hockey Academy at Alderley’ aims to develop children to the maximum of their ability....from Edgehogs to Wizards and beyond!

We recommend that all juniors are properly kitted out with Club kit 

Juniors kit should be ordered from Kirsty Hughes

Safeguarding and Protecting Young People.

The AEHC Club Welfare Officer is Susan Baker-Brian, contact telephone: 01625 614064, email: susanbakerbrian@hotmail.com

Further information covering all the important policy areas e.g.: Junior Club Rules, Junior Code of Conduct, Parents and Guardians and Spectators code of conduct, Developmental selection policy, Safeguarding and Protecting young people policy and Child Welfare Incident Reporting procedures can be found in this website or obtained from Sue or:

The AEHC ‘ClubsFirst’ Coordinator, Kelvin Briggs, contact home telephone: 01625 584081, mobile: 07825 213205 email:kelvinbriggs@btconnect.com

I would also like to encourage all parents to join the club as social members at a very modest cost. 

We have a great junior section at Alderley Edge but to continue this requires volunteers to help organise,  coach and umpire the kids. We are constantly looking for willing parents who want to get involved, so please I urge you to step forward and invest a little time into our junior hockey – it's great fun and very rewarding. We can help signpost you to England Hockey coaching  and umpiring courses if you wish.

Your kids will never forget their experience – why not be part of it!