Hey all,Just a reminder to ask your coaches to consider this course, which is an important part of our strategic plan to raise the profile of hockey in our region. As of this morning, only 4 (four) participants had signed up. This is massively disappointing, and does not tally with the verbal feedback I have been receiving.This is not enough people to justify running the course. Obviously the last thing we want to do is cancel the course, but unless the numbers pick up over the next week, say, that’s probably going to be the move we have to make.I would also like to re-iterate the call that was made by the clubs last year that all our coaches need to be qualified at the appropriate level going forward. We are doing all that we can to facilitate this by hosting this course locally rather than asking our coaches to travel to Melbourne.Hopefully we can boost those numbers in the next few days!Many thanks,Doug.Douglas Agar
Development Director
Hockey Albury-Wodonga Inc.
P.O Box 386, Albury, NSW, 2640
( (02) 6041 3417 | ( 0410 887 069 | * development@hockeyalburywodonga.com.au
Level 1 Coaching Course
2018 Marshals
To all clubs,
Just a reminder to have your marshals organised for the first round. A big thanks to “Mr Sparkie” who has continued to sponsor the vests for us.
The Marshalls will be in use for the 2018 season from round 1. Please remember to organise a person for each game that your club is participating in.
The vests will be with:
- Albury – at the canteen
- Wodonga – at the canteen (or hanging in the umpires dugout)
- Corowa – with United
- Wangaratta – with Wangaratta
- Beechworth – with Beechworth
Please ensure that when the game is finished that they immediately go back to where they came from for the next team to use.
Remember that the Marshals must:
- be 18 years of age or older;
- wear the vest as this readily identifies them as your Marshall;
- walk around the field used throughout the match and ensure they are clearly visible to Spectators, and are in an appropriate spot for monitoring off-field incidents and behaviour;
- the Marshall must, if it is safe to do so, remind spectators of their obligation to comply with the HAW Code of Behaviour and issue any reasonable direction
- If any spectator fails to comply with the Marshalls reasonable directions, the Marshal should contact their Club for further assistance. If required the Club official representative is to contact the police or relevant emergency services for support;
- not engage in any verbal or physical altercations;
- not consume alcohol or smoke while acting as a Marshall;
- not, unless it is safe to do so, approach opposition Spectators behaving inappropriately and must instead approach the opposition Marshall to resolve any issues.
Further details are in the policy on the HAW web
If there are issues then the appropriate form on the web is to be filled in and sent to admin@haw.net.au (or put in the results box)
The form to report any issues (which ideally will not be needed) can be located at http://www.haw.net.au/Information/Rules-Policies
Regards
Cayte Campbell
Sports Operations Manager
Training for 2018 start of year
To all clubs training on the Albury and Wodonga fields
Training for many clubs is starting in the next week or two. Please be aware that all training on the HAW synthetic fields should be conducted with the goals on the sides on the field to help preserve the field condition. If you are going on to train and they are at the ends, please move them to the sides.
When the season starts
- Norths (AHC1) and Magpies (AHC2) will be responsible for moving the goals to the side of the field
Until the Wodonga field is ready
- Wodonga (AHC1) and Beechworth (AHC2) will be responsible for moving them back
Once the Wodonga field is able to be used
- Spitfires/Strikers (AHC1) and Falcons (AHC2) will be responsible for moving them back
- Beechworth will be responsible for moving the goals before training on Tuesday night and Wodonga for moving them back after their training finishes.
Thanks for your assistance with this.
Regards
Cayte Campbell
Sports Operations Manager
Umpires 2018
Hi all clubs,
This has been sent to all umpires on my list but I am sure there will be some in your clubs that are not on the list.
Can you please forward this to all potential umpires and have then return the form to umpires@haw.net.au before Tuesday so we are prepared for the first round.
Cayte Campbell
Sports Operations Manager
Come and Try Day!
Wombats, Norths, Falcons and Magpies Hockey Clubs will be holding a Come and Try Day at the Albury Hockey Centre this weekend.
Attendees will be able to try Hockey in a safe environment with experienced players in a variety of activities and competitions.
It starts at 11:00am this Saturday the 24th and will run until 3:00pm.
Interested participants can call Andrew on 0428 618115 or email alburymcmillans@gmail.com
Nominations for HAW rep are open
Hoi all clubs,
HAW Rep trials will run be on Saturday 24 March at Albury
U13 girls and boys at 3pm
U15 girls and boys at 4pm
U17 girls and boys at 5pm
If you make the team, there is a cost of $110 per player plus uniform. There will be a no cost to trial.
This form must be completed and submitted to HAW before 22 March. Any issues please contact the HAW office.
The form can be found here: Rep Nomination
Nominations for coaches and managers can be found here: Officials nomination and these can be sent to the HAW office at admin@haw.net.au
Regards
Cayte Campbell
Sports Operations Manager
Junior training starts tonight!
Junior training starts tomorrow night, on Grd 2 at 5.30pm.
It is compulsory for all Junior players to wear Shin guards and Mouth guards at both trainings and games.
Also compulsory is the Hockey Victoria (HV) Registration. No member is covered by insurance until they are registered.
Norths registration forms will be in the Umpires dugout for you to fill in and the eftpos machine will be there also.
Looking forward to seeing you all there.
Gay Harvey
Great Umpire Opportunity for HAW
To all clubs,
The 2018 season is approaching and we are in planning stage for all aspects of the year including umpires.
We are very lucky to have Stirling Sharpe from Hockey ACT coming to visit us on Saturday 17 March. He will be delivering some umpiring courses for us. Stirling is the Umpiring and Coaching Development Coordinator for HACT and he umpires at local, national and international level, so this is a great opportunity for our local umpires to learn from someone with a wealth of experience.
Course 1 – New and Beginner Umpires 2pm-3pm
Stirling will present a course to assist new and beginner umpires to better understand the role and how to do it.
Course 2 – Intermediate Umpires 3.30pm-4.30pm
If you have umpired for a while then this is the course for you.
Course 3 – Capital League Umpiring 5pm – 6pm
If you are aspiring to umpire at the highest level locally, we would like you to make the most of this opportunity to talk with Stirling about how Capital League will work this year from an Albury umpiring perspective.
Please canvass your members. If each club could please send at least 3 representatives to the first two courses, and one to the Capital League course. Of course more are welcome.
Could clubs please respond to admin@haw.net.au by Monday 12 March with the names of their club members who will be coming along.
And can you please canvass your members for any new or returning umpires who would like to be on the umpire email list for this year and send their names to umpires@haw.net.au.
Remember that without umpires we do not have a game.
Regards
Cayte Campbell
Sports Operations Manager
Administration & Operations | Hockey Albury-Wodonga Inc.
P.O Box 386, Albury, NSW, 2640
( (02) 6041 3417 | ( 0417 688 852 | * admin@haw.net.au
Updates from the HAW President and Secretary Meetings:
Presidents and Secretaries meeting
Presidents and Secretaries,
I’d just like to let you guys all know that I’m transitioning into the Athlete Development role which Sharyn has recently left. I’m sure I’ll see most of you at the upcoming P&S meeting anyway, but I’d just like to take this chance to set out my stall for the coming year.
First of all, Hook In2 Hockey and Schools Hockey are both looking good due to the hard work of Sharyn, Jade and Cayte, as well as our teams of coaches. Hopefully both programmes are as successful as they possibly can be this year…
Secondly, I would like to re-iterate the importance of getting all your coaches qualified at the appropriate level as soon as possible. Your currently unqualified coaches should, at the very least, be completing the online component of the Community Level qualification. This qualification is free, and from my point of view will be non-negotiable for all HAW coaches this year. The practical component of the qualification can be signed off on by a club President, coaching co-ordinator, or Level 1 or 2 coach. I’ll also be more than happy to help out personally if any of you need an extra assessor. HAW are currently working on a Level 1 course for late April. Coaches must have completed their Community Coaching course in order to be eligible for Level 1, so you should really get onto it asap. Community Coaching is a free qualification, the theory component is all online, and there is nothing in there to catch anybody out. I’ve had a few students at Scots complete the course without any hassle, so there should be no reason why all our coaches can’t do so by season’s start.
Thirdly, linked to the point above, I’m attaching some resources related to athlete warm-ups. Hockey Australia has endorsed the FIFA 11+ as the preferred warm-up for all athletes, and I would like to pass on that endorsement to your clubs. (See attachments below) Injury prevention may not be something that many of our younger players think about, but I think that it’s important to get these foundations in place for our players as they progress into our Senior ranks.
tl;dr This year I’ll be focusing greatly on coaching qualifications and the quality of experience for all our players.
Many thanks,
Douglas Agar
Development Director
Hockey Albury-Wodonga Inc.
P.O Box 386, Albury, NSW, 2640On 14 February 2018 at 16:57, HAW Operations Manager <admin@hockeyalburywodonga.com.au> wrote:Hi all,
This year’s Presidents and Secretaries dates are as follows:
- Wed, 14 Mar
- Thu, 17 May
- Wed, 20 Jun
- Tue, 07 Aug
Another date for your calendar is Monday 19 November for our AGM.
As requested last year I have shared the dates around training nights so the night does not just impact one club.
All meetings will begin at 6.30. If you misplace this email the dates can be found on the web under “Calendar” and are also shown in Clubhouse bookings in that area.
I will send a reminder about a week beforehand for each of them.
Thanks
Cayte Campbell
Sports Operations Manager
Administration & Operations | Hockey Albury-Wodonga Inc.
P.O Box 386, Albury, NSW, 2640
( (02) 6041 3417 | ( 0417 688 852 | * admin@haw.net.au
Attachments:
CCA Enrolment Form for Albury Association ( March 2018)
To all Clubs,
We have an excellent opportunity to access the talents of the Ciriello coaching academy again this year.
Beechworth have coordinated a clinic with the Lou Ciriello coaching academy.
It will be happening in Albury on March 4th.
Please pass these details onto your players
The enrollment form is attached and to secure a position please fill out the enrollment form and send credit card details to:
lou@ciriellocoachingacademy.com.au and bobby@ciriellocoachingacademy.com.au
Regards
Cayte Campbell
Sports Operations Manager
Attachments:
Norths Hockey 