CANTERBURY JUNIOR HOCKEY CLUB

UNDER 16 BOYS  :::  SEASON 2006 - 07  

Newsletter - No  4  -  Nov 26th 2006 

	MATCH REPORTS
	KENT UNDER 16 BOYS LEAGUE  played on Sunday   November 19th  2006  Canterbury u16s vs  Gore Court  u16s played at  Gore Court, Sittingbourne RESULT:  Gore Court 3   Canterbury  4   An excellent team performance from  the Kent League side saw them take a deserved win in their second match of the season. Due to late retirements Canterbury only had 11 players which meant everyone had to play the whole game leaving them shattered and just holding on to the lead at the end. The first goal came early in the game as Joe put the ball into the bottom corner, Tom quickly got  the second putting Canterbury two up, Gore Court then got goals either side of half time to pull level.     Owen Holton pulled Canterbury back into the lead 15 minutes into the second half and Gore Court again quickly equalized leaving it to Richard Smith to put the winner away for Canterbury with 5 minutes to go.  Brock had a very good game making a number of important saves. Posession in mid-field was fairly even, which meant Charlie L-H and Matt had to work extremely hard in defence. The remainder of the Canterbury team Ben Ludlow, Jamie Hemphrey, Toby  and Dominic H-P also all put in solid performances and all played a major part in the result.    SQUAD: Joe Blower, Dominic Hudson-Peacock, Toby Green, Mathew Gwyn, Jamie Hemphrey, Owen Holton, Charlie Lloyd-Hughes, Ben Ludlow,  Brock Smith (GK),  Richard Smith, Tom Whitley      MERCIAN UNDER 16 BOYS PREMIER LEAGUE played on Sunday   Nov 12th  2006 Canterbury u16s vs   Eastcote u16s played at    Eastcote HC, Ruislip, Middlesex   RESULT: Eastcote 1  Canterbury   4       Canterbury  under 16 boys  played well away from home under the expert guidance of coach Wendy Tutton  to secure three valuable points in the highly competitive Mercian under 16 Premier League against a strong Eastcote team. After the long journey the Canterbury boys took time to settle and in particular find their target. Whilst the Eastcote goalie was put under extreme pressure, numerous shots went just wide or were saved. A half time score of 0-0 was a frustrating one for the visitors but Canterbury skipper Ant Bull lead his team from the front with constant committment and encouragement.   However within 5 minutes of the break Ross G-J had fired a fierce shot into the netting and Canterbury visibly relaxed and started to play some controlled passing hockey. Just 2 minutes later Ross started a move which ended in Ollie netting Canterbury's second. Eastcote replied from a penalty corner in the 45th minute and fired up by this strived to achieve the equaliser. However the Canterbury defence of Blowers, Clarkie, BP and JT aided by an extraordinary double save by Diccon kept Eastcote at bay. Playing a commanding game in midfield Andy Suthers with Matt Reeve began to take control again and Canterbury's third goal came when Josh passed wide to Ashers who moved down the right, passd to Bully who raced down the sideline, and hit hard into the circle for Ollie to slot his second and a good team goal. The last goal came 15 minutes from time when from a penalty corner Matt found Ollie on the right post to claim his hatrick and a 4-1 victory.            FOR LOTS MORE PHOTOS and a SLIDESHOW of the match CLICK HERE:  http://www.hdproofing.net/cjhc/galleries/   SQUAD:     Chris Ashenden,  Joe Blower ,  Anthony Bull,  Ben Clarke ,   Ross Gilham-Jones,  Mathew Gwynn,  Ollie Hayward ,  Ben Pape , Chris Podd,  Matt Reeve , Diccon Stubbings GK,  Hugh Smythe ,  Andrew Sutherland  Josh Tutton

	LEAGUE TABLES
	Fixtures Live is a great site and well worth spending a bit of time browsing around We are fortunate that both the Kent League and the Mercian League are on there and our under 16 results are then combined (go to either site, click on Canterbury and up pops all the KL and ML results fixtures for the season!   SEE FIXTURES LIVE AT  http://www.fixs.co.uk/index.asp This gives you every sport and club that participate, choose your sport and explore ! All the England Hockey Cup Competitions are up there too.   MERCIAN U16 PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE as at 25th November 2006      Click on http://www.fixs.co.uk/sportcompsdivs.asp?SportID=10&LeagueID=208 and you can see all the other results in the other 4 Mercian Leagues     KENT LEAGUE U16 TABLE as at 25th November 2006     Click on  http://www.fixs.co.uk/sportcompsdivs.asp?leagueid=309 and you can see all the other results in the two under 16 Kent Leagues

	SENIOR HOCKEY
	Well done to everyone playing senior hockey. We are having some highly encouraging reports filtering our way. Special mention to the following who are playing for senior teams, Andrew Sutherland (who is still only 15) is turning out each week for either the Pilgrims or 3s - Anthony Bull who is playing each week with great committment and strength in the 4As, Hugh Smythe and Chris Ashenden both play regularly for the 4As and Ben (Clarkey) and Ollie between his rugby, have had a few run outs also for the 4as. Joe Blower also has been playing senior hockey for 5s and 6s  Dominic Hudson-Peacock, Ben Ludlow, Rory Thompson, and Tom Whitley all playing for the 6s. Also to Charlie Lloyd-Hughes and Chris Podd (Poddy) who in  between their rugby committmenst have also played the odd game for the 6s. And though he is an under 14, Martin Sutherland is more than holding his own in the 6s too. News has also come down that Brock is played very well for the 6s and is their regular keeper.  Owen Holton had his first game for senior mens in the 6s on 25th November and played well so I have just heard from his skipper. We look forward to Toby Green getting his first run out for the 6s also once his indoor cricket leagues have finished! To all the rest of you and that is a lot keep on playing when invited to play for senior teams. (If I have left anyone out then do please tell me !!)

	OTHER HOCKEY
	Well done to Andrew, Diccon and Ross who represented South East England under 15s at the National Regional tournament in Manchester at the end of October. It was a difficult three days against high quality opposition. At county level the Kent under 16s (with 5 of our group - Andrew, Anthony, Ollie, Matt R, Joe)  have already won the Southern Championships with one match still to play and qualify for the Nationals in 2008 (yes this is not a typo!). For this year group this is the fourth year in succession that they have won the Southerns and this team have not been defeated in 4 years, drawing two and winning the rest. For the under 15s (with 6 of our age group - Diccon, Mathew G, Charlie, Ross, Chris P, Ben P, Jamie  - this season has been tough but the last round of matches ended with them winning both. Elsewhere three of our age group - Andrew, Ollie and Anthony - were selected to play for Canterbury under 18s last week in the under 18 Cup against Old Loughts which Canterbury won 2-1. Many congratulations to all the above.   Also not us forget Adam Sandey who has damaged his ankle severely we wish you a speedy recovery and back playing with the 6s and to Guy Pengelley who was injured playing rugby, came back to hockey traininglast Monday and then strained a hamstring. Get better quick Henry!

	PRESIDENTS DAY - DEC 3rd
	This is next Sunday and there is a feast of hockey. Umpires are needed for the CJHC Mini Tournament. I am sure you can remember competing in it and the fun you had so please consider volunteering to umpire. All names to geordie@polofarm.org soonest CjHC Mini Tournament 8.30am -- Registration, collect T-shirts, meet your manager, team-talks and warm ups! 9.30am -- President’s Day Junior Tournament commences - Water Pitc