Juniors

Club junior tournament, Sidmouth

Club junior tournament, Sidmouth

Our Junior Academy has over 150 active members – boys and girls. We offer coaching and competitive team hockey for school years 4-11. Our Junior Academy is the heart of the Club and makes a major contribution to the development of young players to progress to our senior league teams.

We enter age group teams into the Devon Junior Hockey tournaments and recommend that exceptional talent engages in the England Hockey Talent System for coaching and talent development.

Our Club is totally run by volunteers – Club players, parents (playing and non-playing) and other volunteers. They give their time and enthusiasm freely to create the best possible opportunities so that our youngest members can play hockey, train and compete, stay fit and have fun playing a great sport. Volunteers are always welcome – no hockey knowledge is required!

We were named England Hockey’s ‘Club of the Month” as the first club to meet the national Clubmark accreditation standard in 2017. We were pleased to receive our re-accreditation in 2020 and are due for re-accreditation in Jun 2023.

Read more about our approach to coaching and how we encourage youngsters showing potential to engage in County hockey.

We operate at two venues – Sidmouth and Ottery Leisure Centres – alternating between the two each half-term.  We meet in Sidmouth in Sep until the Oct half-term school holiday. Boys – 1000-1100hrs and Girls 1100-1200hrs. We then move to Ottery until Christmas and then flip back to Sidmouth in Jan, etc, until the season end in late Mar annually.

Rustys

Our Rusty’s session takes place at the same time and place as our junior boys’ training session. Led by a qualified coach, Rustys provides an opportunity for those returning to hockey or for those looking to take up the game for the first time. Coaching sessions are mixed gender and are open to everyone to turn up and play.

Sundays 1000-1100hrs, venues as above.

Rustys break for both Sundays in the Devon schools’ Autumn and Spring half-term holidays.

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