The West of England and South Wales Hockey League are delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with Verde Recreo, specialists in artificial sports surfaces. Bath-based Verde Recreo has been appointed the League’s flagship sponsor. As of 1st July 2018, the League will be renamed “The Verde Recreo Hockey League”. Verde Recreo has built a
Win Free Women’s World Cup Tickets! (oh, and attend SOHC AGM) So, ladies and gentlemen, following our experience last season where we barely scraped enough people to have an AGM, we are resorting to out and out bribery to try and get enough folk to come along to the meeting. The meeting is on Monday 21st May 2018, Kingswood &
The Club Awards were presented at our annual post-season gathering; the event at The Blue Ball Inn, Sidmouth was very well attended. The list of main Awards, including individual teams’ “Player of the Year” selections can be be found on the Awards page. Congratulations to all our winners!
After an unbeaten season on the pitch, Docker’s 5th XI were crowned league champions following their final league game of the season vs Isca! The background to the game is key to understand the significance of situation that unfurled in Cullompton on Saturday. In January, with the league title within grasp and the team 11
Please note that, due to expected adverse weather conditions, Junior Academy, Rustys and Walking Hockeys sessions on Sunday 18th March at Ottery have been cancelled. For the time being, the pitch booking from 1200 to 1400 at Ottery has been retained for the rearranged Ladies’ 1sts fixture vs Teign 2nds, awaiting a decision later today
The league fixtures postponed during “the big freeze” (3rd March) have been rearranged; as it may take a while for all of these to appear on the Men’s and Ladies’ League websites, here they are: Ladies 25th March, 1200 Ottery – SOHC 4 v Okehampton 3 28th March, 1900 St Peter’s – Exe 5 v
SOHC End of Season Awards Night The End of Season Awards Night this year will be held at the Blue Ball in Sidmouth on Saturday 24th March 2018, from 7pm. Limited spaces are available, so reserve them ASAP to avoid missing out. To reserve your tickets you can email me at kate.j.dean@gmail.com, text/ring me on
It is unlikely that things will improve sufficiently at Ottery by Sunday (4th) to be able to safely run the Junior Academy, Rustys & Walking Hockey, even if most of the snow thaws by then. The 1000 to 1200 session is therefore cancelled.
Note that all our fixtures for Sat 3rd March (home and away) have had to be called off and will be re-scheduled in due course.
Please note that the Ladies’ training session for this evening (Tuesday 28th Feb) has been called off.
Congratulations to the Men’s 1sts XI who have won their league, Southern 2, with three games to spare. Their achievement was confirmed yesterday following their 3-1 away win at second place Plymouth Uni A. Manners, Tom Vanstone and Jack Ellison were the scorers. Outstanding!!
GRAMMIES! BAFTAS!! OSCARS!!! – forget all that stuff. Our all important Club Awards evening is set for Sat 24th March 2018, to be held at The Blue Ball Inn, Sidmouth. The price will be £15 a head. More details to follow nearer the time.
Photos of our U10 Girls at Exeter School on Sunday 28th Jan. (courtesy of Laura Parker).
The next Level 1 Umpiring Course in the Exeter area will be on Sunday 18th March 2018 at Exeter Uni; this will be an all day event from 0900 to 1640. Deadline for application is 7th March. Anyone interested can either: contact Mike Dutton for info on the process of online registration (via the England
Do you have a New Year’s resolution to get more active? You might have a relative, friend or neighbour who could come along with you. Do you think you are too old to play a sport? Have reduced mobility? Looking to meet new friends? Just want to try a new sport? Does the hockey you’ve
An England Hockey Sessional Coach Award Course has been organised in Exeter in February half term week. 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 Scheme members), £299 (non
With the first half of the season done, this is an opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Hockey New Year! At this time of year, it is also worth recognising the significant help we receive from volunteers and the hours of work they put into make hockey happen (there
The Ladies’ 1sts took their Devon Cup Quarter Finals against Plym Valley HC to a dramatic shoot-out on Saturday at Ottery. They were trailing 3-1 and managed to claw their way back to draw in regular time, 3-3. After no more goals were scored in extra time, a Penalty Flick shoot-out saw the hosts grasp
A reminder that Walking Hockey will again be up & running (or up & walking!) in the New Year, initially operating at Sidmouth Leisure Centre on Sundays for an hour from 1100-1200hrs. Sessions will continue weekly for an hour at the same time. We’re looking to push activity through sport and to promote a heathy
Congratulations firstly to Guy Rudolph on his promotion to Level 1 Assessed Umpire status following his neutral appointed game on Saturday 4th Nov at Exeter Uni (with DHUA Chief Umpire Coach and Assessor Peter Hammond present); it is a little unusual these days to be successful at the first attempt, but Guy’s new status is