Tamworth Hockey Club News Articles

Tamworth celebtate Club First honour

Tony Banks — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:37:45 +0000

TAMWORTH Hockey Club has received national recognition from the England Hockey Board after being awarded ClubsFirst accreditation.

That is a scheme for clubs who can demonstrate that they are working towards minimum operating standards.

Hockey clubs achieving the ClubsFirst award are recognised as working towards providing a safe, effective and child-friendly hockey environment.

All clubs achieving ClubsFirst also achieve the Sport England Clubmark accreditation.

The award means Tamworth Hockey Club are in the best-possible position to take advantage of the expected surge in interest in the game when the London 2012 Olympics take place – and also the current resurgence of the national team at European and international levels.

The process of achieving ClubsFirst status took the whole of last season.

The two-stage accreditation procedure meant the club had to produce an assessment file which contained all the policies and procedures required to obtain the mark.

"We are the only club outside of the national hockey leagues in Staffordshire to obtain this "

It also had to undertake an assessment day on 5 May 2010, judged by Nisar Chaudhry, an England over-40s player.

Jez Holloway, chairman of Tamworth Hockey Club, said: "After a lot of hard work from all members we are pleased to announce we have achieved ClubsFirst accreditation.

"We are the only club outside of the national hockey leagues in Staffordshire to obtain this.

"We are now aiming to set up a School Sports Partnership (SSP) with Rawlett High School as a result, as well developing our close relationship with QEMS through Neil Gough (head of PE)."

Find out more about ClubFirst here.

New sponsors secured for Tamworth Hockey Club

Tony Banks — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:54:27 +0000

TAMWORTH Hockey Club has secured exciting new sponsorship deals for the 2010/11 season for both the men's and ladies teams.

Gaytons Bakery, based in Grendon since 1919, will be sponsoring the ladies section and have brought all new away kits for the first, second and third ladies teams.

The men's hockey section will be sponsored by Farol and Link-Central.

Link-Central have brought the men's section all new home shirts for the current season.

They provide short and long-term vehicle hire for business and private customers and are based at the Lichfield Industrial Estate in Tamworth.

"We're extremely happy to have secured sponsorship deals for this season."

Jeremy Holloway, chairman of Tamworth Hockey Club, said: " We're extremely happy to have secured sponsorship deals for this season.

"The new deals have meant we can provide our teams with new shirts.

"It will also help to raise the profile of hockey here."

Tamworth Hockey Club are always on the look out for new players and sponsorship opportunities.

Pictured: David Gayton, of Gayton Bakery, with daughter Alex who plays in the Ladies Second Team

Tamworth Hockey Club signs up to Fitness Festival

Tony Banks — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:43:32 +0000

Tamworth Hockey Club will be participating in the first ever Fitness Festival in the Castle Grounds, Tamworth.

Plans for this summer's first Tamworth Fitness Festival have been gathering momentum with many of the town's sporting clubs, activity-based groups and schools getting involved.

The event is due to take place in the Castle Grounds on Saturday, June 4 and organisers are now in the process of formulating a timetable for the day, which will promote sporting clubs and encourage health and fitness.

Staffordshire PCT, Stoneydelph Boys Football Club, Cottage Farm, Tamworth Amateur Boxing Club, RM Cycling and Tamworth Cricket are also involved.

"We are now in the process planning things for the day – we want to make this a real community games event."

The Lambs, plus Tamworth's cycling, volleyball and rugby clubs, are also signed up. And, to make the day a real community event, the likes of Tamworth Male Voice Choir, NRG Steetdance, Tamworth Zumba and Tamworth Fire Station will also be involved.

"The interest in the event has been fantastic," said one of the organisers, Helen Foster.

"So many clubs have asked to get involved that we will be using both sides of the Castle Grounds.

"We are now in the process planning things for the day – we want to make this a real community games event.

"We are working with the motto: 'Live local, play local and support local.'

"This day will be a great opportunity for Tamworth folk and sports clubs to interact."

If you are interested in playing hockey, or finding out more about the sport come and speak to some of our players on the Tamworth Hockey Club stand in the Castle Grounds.

Tamworth Hockey Club is now on Twitter

Tony Banks — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:59:05 +0100

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THC gears up for Fitness Festival

Tony Banks — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:11:40 +0100

Tamworth Hockey Club is all set to join a celebration of the town's sport and leisure scene takingplace on Saturday 4 June as the inaugural Tamworth Fitness Festival kicks off.

The sporting spectacular, which takes place in the Castle Grounds, is the start of Tamworth's build up to the Olympic Games.

It was devised to generate interest in sport and promote a more healthy lifestyle.

The idea for the day, which kicks off with a charity fun run, has been embraced by a host of sporting clubs in the town.

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Tamworth Football Club as well as the town's boxing, rugby, volleyball and American Football clubs are among those taking part.

Tamworth Cricket and Hockey Club — who are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year — will also be in attendance.

BMX Crusaders, Commando Fitness Kung Fu Club, Mercia Judokwai Club, the Peel Road Runners and Spital Tennis and Bowling Club will all be there.

Stonydelph Boys FC, Cottage Farm, Tamworth Amateur and RM Cycling are also involved alongside the Lambs and Tamworth's cycling, volleyball and rugby clubs.

The day will also see a host of clubs take part in demonstrations, with Boogie Bounce and Zumba among the activities.

There will be entertainment from NRG Streetdance and Tamworth Male Voice Choir.

"We are looking forward to a fantastic, activity-packed day," said organiser Helen Foster.

"We have used the motto 'live local, play local and support local' in the run up.

"We want to make this a really Tamworth-centric event and show the public all the great fitness and sporting things going on under their noses.

"Hopefully, the day to be an opportunity for Tamworth folk and sports clubs to interact.

"It's a chance for clubs to sell themselves and generate interest from potential new members or supporters.

"At the same time, we want to use the day to promote healthy lifestyles and 'get active' schemes.

"We are hoping to make it into a really fun day and hopefully the weather will be kind to us and we can enjoy a fantastic event."

The event has the support and backing of Tamworth Borough Council.

Tamworth borough council's sports and leisure manager Neil Mason said: "We decided to have a build up to the Olympics a year before.

"This is the biggest event and it should be a good day and a huge event for us.

"We have registered it as a community games on the Olympics website.

"As it builds up to the Olympics, we will be doing more and will be looking at doing local community events."

SnowDome Fitness is offering the chance to win a free spa and fitness day to everyone who visits them on the day.

They are hosting all the Fitness Festival's gym challenges which will be taking place every hour on the hour from 11am in the main arena with great spot prizes to be won.

The Snowdome will also be sponsoring an Orienteering Club quiz where all successful entries will have the chance to win a three-month membership at SnowDome Fitness.

Runners still have time to take part in Saturday's half-mile fun.

The "wacky races" run costs £2 to enter, in advance, or £3 on the day. The cost for children to enter on the day is £2.50.

Money raised will go to charities including St Giles Hospice and the Sharon Fox Cancer Centre in Tamworth.

Men's Summer League Review

Tony Banks — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:03:42 +0100

The summer league saw a mixed bag of results with the club using this as a good opportunity to give some younger players more experience of men’s hockey and in the latter matches, also an opportunity to get first team players fit and ready for the start of the season. The team finished the season in mid table in with 10 points from 9 games.

The first game saw a very youthful team take on Stafford at home and Tamworth cruised to a 7-2 victory over a veteran Stafford side. Performances from Ryan Brisco and Nick Martin were particular highlights. With Dave Belson scoring twice and Brisco, Martin, Simon Miles, Will Housen and Ian Wagstaff all getting their names on the score sheet.

The fixture at Coventry & Coventry Uni the following week saw a much different outcome with Tamworth having to field a heavily under strength team against a Cov team who still had most of their 1st team Uni players available.

Despite the 13-4 scoreline the team showed a lot of spirit after an 8-0 half time scoreline. Goals from short corners were scored by Ian Wagstaff and Tom Sperrink with Dylan Waldren scoring from open play, but the highlight of the game, from a Tamworth perspective, was a breakaway goal starting with Ian Wagstaff with the ball in Tamworth’s 22 and resulting in Callum Taylor converting with a cool finish.

Lichfield were Tamworth’s next opponents and having taken a 2-0 lead it was disappointing to finish with a 2-2 draw with an outstanding contribution from Robert Trevasse in midfield marking Lichfield’s key man out of the game. Ian Wagstaff scored an unstoppable short corner and Ryan Brisco scored his second of the season to give Tamworth a more than deserved point.

Bloxwich fielded a strong team in the 4th game of the summer league and ran out 7-1 winners. Despite a couple of first team players returning to bolster the defence Tamworth were shown up for lack of fitness and discipline and having fallen 4-0 down in the first half it was always going to be difficult to recover from. Tom Hancox scored Tamworth’s consolation goal in the second half but this wasn’t enough to spark a recovery.

The best team performance of the season came away at Sutton where Tamworth came out on top with a closely fought 3-2 win. Excellent displays from both George and Ben Popple were ably assisted by Nick Martin and Tom Hancox, who produced his best performance to date, and the hard work up front from Callum Taylor and David Cook produced a deserved win. Goals came from Hancox , Cook and Tom Sperrink.

The return leg at Stafford saw them field a much changed and stronger side and Tamworth edged it with a 1-0 win, with Tom Sperrink scoring the only goal of the game midway through the 2nd half. The team were indebted to James Miles for his MOM perfromance as he pulled off a string of saves and bailed out the defence when faced with 5 or 6, 1-on-1 situations. Dylan Waldren and Simon Miles also produced tireless displays to keep pressure on the opposition.

The first team turned out for Tamworth against a re-enforced Lichfield team, with a handful of their 1st team players included, and the extra class in front of goal they demonstrated proved the difference. Despite a 5-2 defeat there were encouraging signs with Nick Martin excelling in attacking midfield and Ryan Briscoe showing a great touch and turn of pace. Having been 3-0 down at half time to get 2 goals in the second half from Tom Sperrink and Tom Hancox was an encouraging improvement and had chances been converted in front of goal the scoreline may have been tighter.

Tamworth faced top of the table Bloxwich, who will be new opponents for the 1st team in the season proper. After conceding early on Bloxwich scored again just before half time against a young Tamworth side and were eventually beaten 5-0 by a strong Bloxwich team as the game became more and more stretched in the second half. The defence had to withstand a huge amount of pressure and Dan Rhodes coped well with a lively front line and Will Houson showed a lot of promise on the right wing.

Sutton beat Tamworth 8-4 in a disappointing result for the home side. After conceding early Tamworth managed to recover to 3-3 by half time after Tom Sperrink capitalised on the Sutton goalkeeper misjudging an aerial and converting Dylan Waldren’s excellent run and cross to the back post. Ben Acheson ensured parity at half time when converting a slick short corner routine. Tamworth had chances to move ahead but credit to Sutton who converted lengthy spells of pressure into goals in the second half, Jack Corden making his return to the team in goal made a number of impressive saves to maintain some respectability to the scoreline. Ian Wagstaff did score a consolation goal midway through the second half after being teed up by David Cook however Tamworth could not convert regularly enough to affect the overall result.

Calling all new hockey players!

Tony Banks — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:28:28 +0100

Tamworth Hockey Club's annual club open day will be taking place on 3 September 2011 at QEMs Astro Pitch, Tamworth.

Players from our three ladies teams and four men's teams will be in attendance to meet new players and any returning players to the club. There will be some organised games of hockey taking place throughout the day and it will be the perfect opportunity to find out more about playing hockey in Tamworth.

This year we will be joined by Footsteps Treatment Clinic, who will offering free sports massages on the side of the pitch, and providing more information on discounted rates for Tamworth Hockey Club Members.

The Ladies section will be playing from 12pm until 2pm, and will then be followed by the Men's section who will play from 2pm until 4pm. Players of all ages and abilities are welcome. Please bring your hockey sticks if you have one, if not there will be some spares available on the day!

We look forward to seeing you there. For further information please use the contact form on our website and a member of the team will get back to you.

Tamworth Hockey Club secures spicy new sponsor

Tony Banks — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:06:12 +0100

Tamworth Hockey Club Men’s Third team have a secured a spicy new sponsor for their new season, Jelali International Restaurant, in Aldergate.

THC Men’s thirds, who have just begun the new hockey season in the East Midlands First Division, will be lining up in all new kit provided by Jelali Restaurant.

Mike Davies, Captain of the men’s third team, said: “I’d like to thank Jalali International Cuisine who have kindly paid for our new away kit, so when we are on our travels, we’ll not just play like a team but we’ll also look the part too! Tamworth Hockey Club is always keen to build community relationships and this is just one example of where we are doing that.”

Since opening its doors in 1996, JelaliInternationalRestauranthas established an excellent reputation in Tamworth for simply having excellentIndian food around with an unmatched service. Mr Shiraj, the owner, is alwaysthefirst to meet and greet his guests who over the years have become very good friends.

Mr Shiraj, said: “Over the years, Jalali has helped many local community organisations with donations and sponsorships. I am very happy to have sponsored Tamworth Hockey Club and I wish them the best of luck for the coming season and hope to see a trophy inside the Jelali one day!”