WEST HERTS HC - DEVELOPING HOCKEY IN WATFORD...
With its' 1st XI's playing in the top tier of the East Leagues, and with six mens and four ladies teams in all, West Herts aims to provide hockey for all standards of player, man and woman, boy & girl-regardless of age.
We share an excellent astroturf pitch with Watford Boys Grammar school, and provide junior hockey coaching sessions on Sundays, beginning with Under-11s; all our coaching is with fully CRB checked coaches.
The men's teams, along with the ladies 1st XI, all play in the "NE14hockey" East league, with the rest of the ladies teams competing in the 5 Counties league.
Our ambition ultimately, is to acquire National League status for both mens and ladies 1st XI's; regardless of the outcome of that mission however, the emphasis is always on providing fun both on and off the field.
The club is working towards "Clubs 1st" status, and making excellent use of local authority funding to take hockey into junior and senior schools to broaden interest in the game in the Watford area.
We play all year round and indoors as well, with teams competing in the Southgate league in the summer months, plus a mixed seven-a-side tournament of our own, with several local clubs joining West Herts' own members at this novel and high scoring form of the game. The men's indoor side made it into the National competition in 2009.
We're not averse either to playing the game abroad (and maybe sampling a beer or two); in recent years we have sent teams to Dublin, Lier in Belgium, Kiel & Travemunde in Germany, Rotterdam and Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Barcelona, and Verona, but no matter where we play the emphasis is on having fun, and enjoying the tremendous sociability and cameraderie that can be found in the sport of Hockey- why not come and join us...
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Below: James Holliday takes a tumble against Beeston in this season's EH Cup clash.
The 1's put in a very creditable performance but eventually went down 6-1 to the NHL side.
CLUB RESULTS DIGEST
| TEAM |
OPPONENT |
RESULT |
SCORERS |
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MENS I
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BISHOP'S STORTFORD (h)
|
3-6
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|
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MENS II
|
-
|
DNP
|
-
|
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MENS III
|
CHESHUNT I (H)
|
0-4
|
- |
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MENS IV
|
VAUXHALL II (H)
|
6-0
|
|
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MENS V
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POTTERS BAR II (A)
|
2-4
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ARCHER A, PEERS
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MENS VI
|
ROYSTON V |
6-3 |
NORTON 2, HOPWOOD, MUNSON, SAVAGE, TILL |
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LADIES I
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DEREHAM I (A)
|
1-3
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|
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LADIES II
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VAUXHALL CHILTERN I (H)
|
3-2
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HAMBLETON, MONTGOMERY, PERRY |
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LADIES III
|
ST. NEOTS |
5-1 |
BRADLEY 3, DUNSMORE, FULCHER |
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LADIES IV
|
SAFFRON WALDEN |
6-1 |
ALDRIDGE 2, COHEN 2, MURRAY, SHARMAN |
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MENS I (SUNDAY)
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY I
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3-4
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U15 BOYS (SUNDAY)
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lUTON
|
3-5
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HUNTER-WARD, COLTMAN, CROSS a
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EAST LEAGUE DATES FOR 2009/10
MEN: 26/9-12/12 & 16/1-20/3
LADIES: 19/9-12/12, 9/1-6/2 & 27/2-20/3
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WHAT'S ON?
20th March Club Annual Dinner
Tickets available soon £35 adults, £20 juniors from your team captain
...and remember
Club members can now secure a financial reward for West Herts if they purchase equipment from Gilmour Sports. 5% of your order value will be paid to us on quotation of the code below:
LOYALTY CODE: CLBS415 ________________
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