Please see the President’s report from Le-Vene here:
First Umpire meeting for the year :)
Hello Everyone
hope you all had an amazing season off and welcome back to a much better year than previous!
this year we will have stirling from act helping out when he can with umpire meetings etc when I need a hand, so we are holding so far 2 meetings before the season starts.
FIRST IS NXT SATURDAY THE 12TH OF FEBRUARY
this will cover as below
1. An introduction to umpiring and the rules of hockey
2. What’s new in 2022? New rules and recapping current application of crucial rules.
3. HACT Pathways for officials.
We will be holding these sessions from 10 am – 11 am (!)
11.15 am to 12.15 pm (2)
12.30 pm to 1 pm (3)
Times are approx but start time will be 10 am.
I really hope to see as many people as possible there CLUBS can you pass this around to all members and players get the word out there, please.
This year we will be looking for 2 umpires on each rep side that goes to comps as well ill prob be trying to go to most comps if I can and will be looking at taking up a small team of us, more umpires we have with the training and experience the better the game will be
and we need 6 to 8 umpires who can do capital league, I’m hoping for 4 ladies to join the team and 4 men, we will also do a couple of trips to act every so often to help improve our standards of umpiring, let me know asap if u would like to do cap league
hope to see a decent turnout as we will also be having another meeting on the 5th of march but no agenda for this yet
Kind Regards
Josh Mason
Umpires Director
Hockey Albury-Wodonga Inc.
P.O Box 386, Albury, NSW, 2640
( 0414 017 305| * umpires@haw.net.au
HAW Participation Officer
Good Evening All,
Just a short note to all those that took time out of their schedules to meet with me this week. I am very appreciative of your time and it was great to meet you. For those that I didn’t have time to meet with I look forward to catching up with you soon.
Hockey ACT has this afternoon gone live advertising the HAW Participation Officer role. The role is currently live on Sportspeople and by 10pm this evening it will be live on Seek as well. The sportspeople advert can be found here: https://www.sportspeople.com.au/jobs/67854-hockey-albury-wodonga-participation-officer-hockey-act
The advert is also being promoted on the Hockey ACT Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn page. Can I ask you all to please share the social media posts through your channels. We are trying to spread the word as far and wide as possible so your support would be very much appreciated.
If you are able to promote it through your websites as well we would be appreciative. It is currently on our vacancies page as well: https://www.hockeyact.org.au/news/vacancy-hockey-albury-wodonga-participation-officer/
For your information we hope to conduct interviews for the role on 16-17 November and I will be back in the region the week commencing 15 November.
Thank you for your assistance sharing this information and I hope you all have a great weekend.
Thanks
Rob
Rob Sheekey (He/Him)
Chief Executive Officer
HOCKEY ACT
E rob.sheekey@hockeyact.org.au | M 0417 489 488
A National Hockey Centre, 196 Mouat St, Lyneham ACT 2602
U15 and U18 Representative teams
To all clubs,
If you have any U15 & U18 layers who are interested in Representative hockey, can you please forward these links on to them.
U15’s
https://www.hockeyact.org.au/representative/u15s-act-outdoor-representative-information/
U18’s
https://www.hockeyact.org.au/representative/u18s-act-outdoor-representative-information/
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Round 9 Update
HAW update 9 July to all members
To all HAW members,
At a meeting last night for all clubs it was decided that there would be a change to how we start our games as from today.
Five minutes before the game the umpires and team captains will meet for the toss. They will have a conversation about the upcoming game, ask any questions they have of each other and mention some reminders (for example – do not pick up the ball, spitting is not allowed, respect the whistle and the players). The run on and cheers will still take place to start the game. Remember – no handshaking, only tap sticks.
And please remember all persons entering any HAW hockey field must check in (NSW & Vic). Currently in NSW masks are compulsory to enter the grounds. Only players on the field are not required to wear masks.
And DO NOT come to hockey if you are unwell.
HAW Competition update
To all clubs,
From 11:59pm this evening, Thursday 27 May 2021, Victoria will enter a 7-day lockdown.
This means that, among all other restrictions, all Hockey activities in Victoria must be suspended. As we are a border community and our clubs have members on both sides of the border, this means that we will not have any games this weekend and there can be no training in Victoria. For Albury clubs, they can continue to train but only for their members who live in NSW. This is in force at this stage until to 11:59pm on Thursday 3 June 2021.
In terms of Hockey Albury Wodonga’s competitions, this means that the following competitions will not go ahead during this lockdown period:
- Junior competitions on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 May 2021
- Senior competitions on Saturday 29 May and Sunday 30 May 2021
- Masters competitions on Monday 31 May 2021
- Xypex Spitfires games on Saturday 29 May and Sunday 30 May 2021
Clubs will be notified in the coming days of how we plan to manage the fixtured rounds of Hockey that will not occur due to the lockdown.
At this stage, we intend to restart all Hockey activities on Friday 4 June but this is subject to change.
We will provide further updates as soon as any relevant information becomes available.
HAW
From the Director of Umpires
Dear Clubs,
As I will outline on Monday night please ensure that you communicate to all coaches and captains that Umpires will be advised to, as per FIH rules, to card captains a minimum green for any arguing/ whinging/ complaining from the coach or bench to or at any umpires about the state of umpiring or even just the slightest of come on didn’t you see that!!
WE CANNOT BUILD UP OUR JUNIOR UMPIRES OR SENIORS FOR THAT MATTER IF THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH!!
I’m not saying all coaches/benches are doing this but just letting you all know to get the word out there please BECAUSE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
If you are curious about what rules are being implemented please refer to
Section: * Playing the game (captains) 3.4 pg 16
* Umpiring (Control) 2.3(c) pg 44
This will also be implemented thru players on the field as well!!
THANK YOU
Kind Regards
Josh Mason
Umpires Director
Entry to Dugouts – Reminder!
To all clubs,
With CoVid rearing its ugly head again it is timely to remind ALL teams that we need to be aware of dugout etiquette.
Teams are not to enter the dugouts until the occupying team has left the dugout. Please stand back so the exiting team can get out with some space.
With that in mind, can occupying teams please move swiftly from the field, pick up your belongings and exit in a timely manner.
If the team for the next game wishes to get on the field, then they can leave their bags etc by the side of the field and enter by the northern double gates (at Albury) or the umpires gate (in Wodonga) and start their warm up on the eastern side of the field so they do not interfere with the exiting team.
It is important that this message is conveyed to your coaches, managers AND players.
Also, please ensure all those who enter any HAW facility check in using the QR codes at the entry to the grounds. We do not want to be shut down because we are not complying.
Kind Regards
Cayte Campbell
Sports Operations Manager
Umpires Meeting 24th May 6:30 PM
From: Umpires Director <umpires@hockeyalburywodonga.com.au>
Date: 17 May 2021 at 8:15:05 pm AEST
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject:monday 24th may meeting Starts at 6.30pm
Hey Everyone I am holding an umpire meeting on Monday the 24th of May to go over some RULES that WE are planning on cracking down on and clearing up! Few little things that I noticed while down in Melbourne umpiring over the weekend at country champs. I am hoping that I will get clubs showing up and also juniors who are interested in umpiring and just anyone who is interested in hearing what’s going to start being enforced over the coming weeks! THE MORE THE MERRIER AS THIS WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW.
thanks and hope to see a few there.
I will have paperwork near the entry for people who would like to start doing games and wat grades etc
Kind Regards
Josh Mason
Umpires Director
Hockey Albury-Wodonga Inc.
P.O Box 386, Albury, NSW, 2640
