Iceni Water Partners With Futures Sports

Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin
Iceni Water

Iceni English Natural Mineral Water

Futures Sports is pleased to announce that Iceni Water is now the ‘Official Hydration Supplier’ to our company in 2012.

Iceni will be helping to keep the players at the Futures Sports Hockey Camps hydrated during their stay.

Futures Sports Hockey Camp

Futures Sports Hockey Camp

Water helps our body work to its optimum. It is essential in keeping our skin radiant and supple but also aids our heart and kidney functions in fighting infections and digestion. All in all, a healthy amount of water helps maximise your body’s mental and physical fitness. Maintaining a good level of hydration will help all hockey players get the best from their stay at a Futures Sports Hockey Camp.

Iceni is a new English natural mineral water. Filtered through deep chalk strata it is naturally purified, high in calcium and low in sodium with a clean, refreshing taste.

Iceni Water, is named after the famous East Anglian tribe ruled by Boudicca in 60AD.

This young water is drawn from a continuously replenished aquifer in the heart of our country – so it doesn’t need to travel too far to reach you.

Iceni water is available in 330ml, 500ml, 750ml and 1.5l 100% recyclable plastic bottles at most leading supermarkets.

Hockey Goalees at Futures Sports

Hockey Goalees at Futures Sports

It’s easy to book a place on a Futures Sports Hockey Camp. All major credit cards are accepted and booking can be safely made on line at www.futuressports.com

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GB star Simon Mantell visits Futures Sports

Posted on November 25, 2011 by admin

On Thursday 25th August Great Britain Hockey player Simon Mantell took time out of his busy schedule to visit a 1908 Club member at Moulton College. The 2008 Olympian, along with a number of other GB stars, is an ambassador for the EHB’s premier business club. This visit was to celebrate the success of Futures Sports Camps and the residential hockey projects that they run in the UK.

Simon was accompanied by a member of the England Hockey Board who presented Futures Sports with a commemorative plaque to recognise their 1908 Club Membership. He then spent time meeting the children and young adults who were on Hockey Camp at the college.

Simon Mantell at Futures Sports

Simon Mantell signs a stick for an enthusiastic fan

Northamptonshire based Futures Sports has welcomed nearly 500 hockey players to their summer hockey camps this year with players from all over the UK, Spain. Belgium and Holland. The players are of all abilities with the main focus for the young people to have fun and enjoy their sport. International alumni include England and Great Britain star Georgie Twigg and England Under 21 Ben Arnold who is currently one of the lead coaches on the camp.

The visit recognised the support of The 1908 Club and work that the company has achieved over the past twenty years in its promotion and support of this Olympic Sport.

If you would like to find out more about The 1908 Club and its commercial benefits including gaining access to high profile Olympians for your business event please contact: Richard Fynn, Business Development Manager.
Phone: 01628 897507
Email: richard.fynn@englandhockey.co.uk

Simon Mantell at Futures Sports

Simon Mantell poses with players at a Futures Sports Hockey Camp

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BBC to show England in Europe

Posted on August 1, 2011 by admin

01.08.2011
BBC Sport

 

Great news for hockey fans. The BBC will be showing live all of England’s pool matches from the EuroHockey Nations Championships this month.

Both England’s men and women are in action in Monchengladbach from 20-28 August and supporters will be able to follow both teams via the BBC Sport website and BBC TV red button as they aim to progress from their pools.

It means that fans will be able to see England’s men take on Ireland, the Netherlands and France, and England’s women play Belgium, Germany and Ireland.

Should they progress to the semi finals, those matches will also be shown live on the website and red button.

England’s men’s squad for the EuroHockey Nations Championships was announced recently with the women’s squad set to be announced early next week. If you missed the men’s squad announcement, click here to read it.

Plan your hockey viewing around the fixtures below.

Saturday 20 August: England (women) v Belgium (17:00 BST)
Sunday 21 August: England (men) v Ireland (09:00 BST)
Sunday 21 August: England (women) v Germany (15:00 BST)
Monday 22 August: England (men) v Netherlands (18:00 BST)
Tuesday 23 August: England (women) v Ireland (12:00 BST)
Wednesday 24 August: England (men) v France (12:00 BST)

See all of the men’s EuroHockey Nations Championships fixtures here and the women’s fixtures here.

Visit www.bbc.co.uk/hockey for the BBC’s hockey coverage.

Visit the official EuroHockey Nations Championships pages on the German governing body’s website here

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Harvester joins the team – England Hockey

Posted on June 16, 2011 by admin

Harvester joins the team – England Hockey.

Harvester support England Hockey

The England Hockey Board is delighted to announce that Harvester, the nationwide salad and grill restaurant chain, has become the Official Restaurant Partner of England and Great Britain Hockey.

Alex Danson, a former Harvester employee turned Olympic hockey star, took time out to join staff at the Harvester restaurant in Staines to launch the new partnership.

Harvester joins the team…

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Futures Sports Join The 1908 Club

Posted on June 2, 2011 by admin


The 1908 Club
Futures Sports is a member of the 1908 Club

Futures Sports is pleased to show its support for the England Hockey Board and our international teams by joining The 1908 Club.

Why 1908? Well this was the year that London hosted the IV Olympiad and hockey became an Olympic sport for the first time.

Futures Sports supports the aim of The 1908 Club to afford more young people the chance to benefit from the Single System, irrespective of their circumstances. Through the Junior Development Fund, money from The 1908 Club is reinvested in the grass roots of the sport, helping young people aged 13-17 to develop their hockey talent and achieve their potential.

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Jack Wills sponsors Olympic Hockey Pitch?!

Posted on March 29, 2011 by admin

Artists Impression of the London 2012 Olympic Pitch

The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) today announced that the hockey pitches to be used at the Hockey Centre at the Olympic Park will be blue.  Over 600,000 spectators will be cheering on as the world’s top Hockey players battle it out on blue pitches for the first time ever at an Olympic Games. More here: http://www.fih.ch

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EHB National Youth Panel is recruiting – England Hockey

Posted on March 25, 2011 by admin

The EHB National Youth Panel (NYP) comprises of nine young people aged between 17 and 22 years. They are tasked with assisting the delivery of a number of high profile hockey events and tournaments in the national programme including the SuperSixes, the National Mini Hockey Finals and home based Junior Internationals etc.

Additionally they work with the EHB staff to recruit volunteers, influence the development of high quality resources and build programmes and opportunities for young people in the sport. NYP is very important to the EHB. They are decision makers and they represent all areas of hockey; playing, coaching, officiating, umpiring and volunteering.

The NYP has an influential role in international youth hockey development too. They have a place on the FIH Youth Panel and aim to be represented on the new EHF Youth Panel; scheduled for introduction in 2012.

You can find out more about the Youth Hockey Panel by joining their Facebook forum.

Simply click here to be redirected to the EHB Youth Hockey Forum page.

Are you interested in joining the Panel? Do you have the appropriate skills and experience?  Could you attend three meetings each year (they will be midweek and they are during the day)?  Could you be one of the three young people that we are looking to recruit?

We are seeking three enthusiastic, driven volunteers, ideally under the age of 18 and looking to develop their potential, while supporting others to reach theirs.

Click here to download the application form.

via EHB National Youth Panel is recruiting – England Hockey.

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Coaching Roadshows – England Hockey

Posted on March 25, 2011 by admin

There will be 4 COACHING ROADSHOWS- in the following areas: Pennine Pumas, Mercia Lynx, Wessex Leopards, Saxon Tigers.

Performance Director David Faulkner said: “Over the past 12 months we have been running four High Performance Coaching Clubs, in four geographical areas (Bristol, Manchester, Loughborough and Bisham Abbey) These clubs have been providing additional personal development to our High Performance coaches.

We would now like to support this personal development and EHB award structure by implementing two further groups in each area, a performance group and a development group and help further development of all coaches at a local centre. EHB are looking to further build on their award of National Governing Body of the year for coaching and continually raise the bar in all areas of coaching.”
One of the Key launch topics will be the Coaching Groups launch information.
Dates are as follows:
• Wednesday May 18th Mercia Lynx-  venue Loughborough University
• Thursday May 19th Saxon Tigers –  venue Bisham Abbey
• Monday 23rd May Wessex Leopards –venue Bristol UWE
• Wednesday 24th May Pennine Pumas –venue Leeds

These will all run from 7.45-9.45pm
The programme will be as follows

45 minutes – EHB Coaching Update to cover the following
• EHB Coaching  Window report update
• Coaching groups announcement
• 5 x 4 Coach Model
• Resources

1 hour 15 min approx – Question time on coaching
• Panel to include, Performance Director, Head of Coaching, National Coaching Manager, Performance Coach

To reserve a place at one of these roadshows please contact the following regional offices 2 weeks prior to the Roadshow date. Also send any questions in to the relevant office for answer on the roadshow night.

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Proud to Coach Basic Skills coaching DVD coverProud to Coach DVD #2DVD #1 Basic Skills can be purchased now for only £20 and you can find out more about this vital coaching resource along with information on DVD #2 Advanced Skills & Unit Play by clicking here.

 

 

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FIH Ruling on Face Masks – Update – England Hockey

Posted on March 25, 2011 by admin
The EHB confirmed today that after consulting with the FIH, the following and illustrated facial protection masks do not not meet the requirement of the Rules of Hockey that: “field players … are permitted to wear a smooth preferably transparent or white but otherwise single coloured face mask which closely fits the face when defending a penalty corner.”
Illegal face mask February 2011These masks do not “closely fit the face” and is not “smooth”.
The masks in question are the Obo Face Off 2 (pictured left) and the TK 3 Facemask (pictured below)
Illegal TK 3 face mask
The TK 1 and TK 2 and the Obo FaceOff 1 facemasks as illustrated below are NOTdeemed illegal and MAY be used.
Permitted TK1 face maskPermitted TK2 face maskLegal Obo Faceoff 1
All players, team managers, technical officials and umpires need to be aware that use of the mask is therefore banned in all senior, junior, indoor and outdoor hockey.
Further, the FIH Medical Committee is of the view that the mask poses a potential risk to an opponent in a collision.  It does not therefore meet the further requirement in the Rules that “players must not wear anything which is dangerous to other players”.
All players, team managers, technical officials and umpires are advised of this ban as of today Monday 7th March 2011.
It should be noted that this ban applies across all hockey, senior, junior, outdoor and indoor.
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New Hockey Camps for 2011

Posted on March 25, 2011 by admin

CLUB FS 1517
Too cool for school?
Think you have outgrown hockey camps?
Think again…

Club FS 1517 is strictly for girls and boys aged 15 to 17.

We have an awesome mix of outdoor adventure, parties, leadership and hockey delivered by young staff for young people.

HIGH PERFORMANCE HOCKEY CAMP
The High Performance Hockey Camp is based at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre and is specifically designed for field players aged 14 to 17 who have attained the equivalent standard required to attend a JRPC (Junior Regional Performance Centre).

The programme incorporates elements of a national level performance camp. It is anticipated that England CCC/NAG coaches will deliver the programme which will include individual performance planning, nutrition, strength & conditioning and video analysis.

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