Hi all

We are already a third of the way through the season and I hope everyone is enjoying their hockey. With the league starting so early, it had felt like a slightly strange to the season but with the weather turning and the clocks going back, it now fells like we are finally into the full swing of things. There have been some great results throughout the club and I hope that continues. The Friday night games continue to be a great success and we have a big one coming up, with the men’s 1s playing the men’s 2s on the evening of Friday 20 November, The bar will be open and it would great to get a good crowd out can give them a fantastic atmosphere to play in.

You will hopefully have seen the details for the Dinner and Dance are now out and tickets are on sale. It is great to have this event back in the calendar and I hope to see as many of you there as possible.

I will take this opportunity to remind everyone of (and to introduce to all those new to the club to) the Hundred Club and Pitch Squares.

The Hundred Club is a quarterly prize draw with prizes of £300, £150 and five of £50. Entry is £5 per ball per month and you may have more than one entry in the draw. To enter simply contact Chloe Foster (chloefoster@hotmail.com) to let her know you want in and how many balls you wish to have entered into the draw. You will need to set up a monthly standing order of £5 per ball to the club’s account (TSB, account number 02177568, s/c 77-68-49), preferably going into the club’s account around the 15th of each month. The standing order should start in the first month of each quarter (so January, April, July or October).

Finally, we still have a few final pitch squares to sell to complete the pitch. We are at roughly 80% complete and it would be great to have one final push and get all the squares sold. Once the sales are complete, we have plans to produce a lasting way of acknowledging those that have bought squares and contributed to the new pitch in that way. Whilst the pitch remains in great condition and the need to replace it is still some years away, the contribution the pitch square sales have made to the fund is fantastic and we will ensure the contributions are properly recognised and celebrated.

Good luck to all those playing in the coming weeks and go well.

Tom Cawcutt
Chairperson