Where? The Balfour Arms, 26 Woolbrook Rd, Sidmouth EX10 9UZ. When? Monday 15th May, 7pm for 7.30pm start (prompt). The Club’s 5th Annual General Meeting is on Monday 15th May 2017, at The Balfour Arms, Sidmouth, 7pm for a 7.30pm start. The AGM is an important opportunity for us to come together as a club, to…
The mixed 7s team played really well today, down at the annual Ben’s Tournament in Dawlish. We won 2 (5-1 and 3-2) and drew 1 (2-2) and, lost 1 (1-5) to the eventual winners, narrowly missing out on the semi finals on goal difference having previously beaten one of the teams from our group that went…
With the work taking place in perfect holiday weather, progress continues at a good pace. The most noticeable progress sees the removal of more kerb stones and work on the pitch surrounds, drainage trench digging, pipe laying and lots of back-filling. There’s no sign of the green carpet yet or, the blue surrounds. It will be…
There’s lots of progress to report today. The shock pad has followed the playing surface to the recyclers. The lower fence panels have been removed and all the kerb stones have been lifted and are ready for removal. You can see on the photos the black base tarmac layer; the contractors have cut trenches into…
The old pitch surface is now rolled up ready for recycling .. Just the black shock pad to go.
The contractors have been busy lifting the surface and removing fence panels. Check out their progress below .. We aim to post regular photos to show you how things are progressing.
SIS Pitches Ltd have arrived this week at the Colin Tooze Sports Centre to start work to refurbish the astro. We took these photos just before the contractor started to lift the surface and dig lots of holes. We intend to publish photos every few days to capture the progress being made. The refurbished pitch will…
Congratulations to Jack Ellison on his promotion to fully qualified Level 1 umpire status following his successful Assessment game on 11th March; this is another useful “string to his bow” and he will no doubt be a valuable asset to the Club next season!
An England Hockey Sessional Coach Award Course has been organised at the University of St Mark & St John, Derrifird Road, Plymouth, Devon. Please click on the link for details about the course content and pre/post-course requirements. The minimum age to attend the course is 18 years of age and the cost is £240 (Coach Membership…
This is what our new pitch will look like! This picture was taken today (10th Mar) of one of two new hockey pitches recently installed by SIS Pitches at Manchester University – SIS have also been selected to do ours. The project has a start date of 3rd Apr and is due…
It’s official! Our Sport England Clubmark certificate arrived today from England Hockey and we thought that you would like to see it. In a covering letter, Sally Munday, England Hockey’s Chief Executive, thanked us for ” .. our commitment and dedication to creating more, better and happier hockey players”. Thanks to all volunteers across the…
Sidmouth & Ottery HC End Of Season Awards evening will take place on Saturday 25th March 2017, 7pm at Sidmouth Golf Club. The evening will comprise of a two course meal and presentation of awards with the usual short end of season speeches; and there is also a disco. Dress code: smart. For tickets please…
Congratulations to our three newly qualified Level 1 Unassesses umpires, Peter Rider, Jane Roberts and Euan Webber (U18) – all with effect from 05/02/2017. They await their England Hockey umpire numbers. Peter Rider recently completed his first league game, on Sat 25th Feb (wasting no time at all!)
East Devon District Council have confirmed this week that the plan for the replacement and refurb of the Ottery All-weather pitch is still on track and is scheduled to commence after the end of the season. Some behind the scenes work is being done to ensure that the project is fully funded.
Our Club is “The Club of the Month” in England Hockey’s CLUB TOGETHER Official Newsletter! To quote from the newsletter: “Sidmouth & Ottery HC, a small club in Devon are the first club to complete the new Club Mark initiative. This is now live for all clubs. Club Mark is the new and improved accreditation…
Congratulations to our U14 Boys’ team who competed at a tournament at Dawlish last Sun PM, 16th Oct. After playing four of the major Clubs in the County, they achieved a stunning clean sweep of wins, scoring 16 goals and conceding only 3: Torbay 0 Sidmouth and Ottery 2 Isca 2 Sidmouth and Ottery 5…
The Club has a new, improved website with a number of new features. Please use it to find all the information you need about your Club. New features include a simple menu structure that presents information in a easy to read way, automated feeds for Ladies’ and Men’s league fixtures and results, a redesigned junior section,…
After making a second application to Sport England back in Jan 2016, it has just been confirmed by East Devon District Council (Press Release) that the bid for the lion’s share of the funds needed to replace the ageing Ottery astro has been successful. This is brilliant news and means that the future of hockey is…