strike force july 2015
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DHC July 2015 edition of Strike ForceTRANSCRIPT
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FromThePresident.........................180thAnniversaryDinner.................3ClubMessages.................................5ClubCelebrations............................5ABitofClubHistory........................6SuccessOnTheWorldStageForEx-DerwentPlayer...........................6HockeyTasmaniaNews..................7UmpireAbuse..................................7RuleHighlight:.................................7JuniorCorner...................................8ActionFromTheU21Champion-ships..................................................8JuniorStateTeamUpdate.............8JuniorShowsTalentinanotherField...................................................8JuniorHolidayTraining...................9ThankYouJuniors...........................9Did You Know?….............................9Sponsors.........................................10Contacts.........................................12
FROMTHEPRESIDENTLast Saturday night saw the officialcelebration of the Derwent HockeyClub’s 80th year, with our black-tieAnniversary Dinner. The night was agreat success and I would like to ac-knowledge the work done by EmmaHarris, Nat Fahey, Helen Wells, HelenHarris, Jo Traynor, Matt Geeves, JimAnsell, and Paul Ancher to make thenight spectacular, from the tableplacemats, to the anniversary wineand key rings to the yearbook that waspainstakingly put together.
The presence of so many of our lifemembers, past presidents and pastplayers, some of whom had travelledfrom interstate to be there, shows theesteem with which this celebrationwas held within our hockey family.
It has been my privilege to have beenPresident for 7 years. I am just one ofmany presidents this Club has had.And like the ones before me, we areonly caretakers, a small part of thegreat Club, tending to the sport toensure it grows. For a sporting club tohave continuously existed as long asDerwent has is a tremendous achieve-
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CELEBRATING80YEARS
DATES TOREMEMBERSept12 CompetitionsSouth PresentationNight
Sept21 JuniorPresentation Night(Buckingham RowingClub)
Oct17 SeniorPresentationNight (HockeyCentre)
July2015
LifeMemberscelebratingatthe80thAnniversaryDinner:(backfromleft)GlennTremayne,KathWestland,JohnHarris,KathyFahey,PhilStreet,AndreaStreet,MichaelHowarth,JaneAnsell,ColinDavis.(Frontfromleft)BrianFreeman,BrianMcGuire,TonyWilliamsandMarkGeeves.
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CELEBRATING80YEARS
ment. The seeds were sown by ourfounder Allan Preshaw and other likeminded individuals and as the benefitswere reaped and more seeds sown wehave grown to become the strong, in-fluential and respected club that weare today. It is with pride that I saythat I belong to the Derwent StrikersHockey Club.
The Derwent Hockey Club is a placewhere dreams can be reached.Throughout the years, many past andpresent players reach the pinnacle ofthe game by gaining selection in na-tional teams. To these players I extendmy thanks for your continued involve-ment with the club because you havebeen and continue to be an inspirationfor our juniors. But lets not forget themajority, where we can have a run (ifyou still can) on a Saturday, Sunday orWednesday and enjoy the sport.
But the Derwent Hockey Club is morethan just hockey. Once you play withinthe club you gain a connection; a con-nection with those around you which isakin to or can be described as higherthan acquaintances, higher than justfriends but rather, family. When we jointhe Club, young or old, we are children,students, teachers, doctors, lawyers,artists, nurses, builders, from all differ-ent areas of life. It is not long beforethe differences between us, no longerexist and we have a friendship that is alifetime one. When I joined the Derwent
Hockey Club at age 14, thanks toHelen Wells, I had no idea, that I wouldgain the friendships that I did. Friend-ships that got me through the hardtimes, whether it be relationship break-downs or health crisis’s and the goodtimes, lifetime partnerships and chil-dren. One of my closest confidants andwhom I consider more as a sister, thegodmother of my son, is someone Imet through hockey. Without the Der-went Hockey Club I would not havethat relationship.
On the flip side of that are the familieswithin the Club. I have played (follow-ing my mothers footsteps into thegame), my husband played, my daugh-ters play and my son will join the Under8’s at the ripe age of 6 next year –watch out Tania & Kath. My family istypical of so many other families in-volved with the Club and you onlyneed to look at our current junior andsenior membership to see that. Forthose who doubt me I ask you to lookaround you, we have the Wells,Geeves, Fahey, Street, Bennett, Smith,Taylor, Jeffrey and Westland families toname but a few examples. It has beenand I suspect will continue to be thecase that the children of our senior
players will become the senior playersof tomorrow – whether it be a 3rd gen-eration of Addison / Palfreyman, or a2nd generation of Fitzpatrick, Inglis,Strugnell, Fawkner or Bonde. Thestrength of this family involvement orrather the connection is the principalreason why Derwent has become astrong club, both on and off the field.
We have had periods of success,doubts, failures and concerns through-out our life. However, if we continue aswe have throughout those past 80years, I believe that our attitudes, andcommitment to the club's seniors, jun-iors, and veterans teams, and our com-mittee and the future ones will assureus of a future in which Derwent is arespected club on and off the turf.
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HelenWellsandHelenHarrisworkinghardbehindthescenestohelpmaketheAnniversarydinnerasuccess.
“ ButtheDerwentHockeyClubismorethanjusthockey.Onceyouplaywithintheclubyougainaconnection…”
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80THANNIVERSARYDINNERPhotos from Derwent’s 80th Anniversary Black Tie Dinner hosted by John X at Blundstone Arena on Saturday July 18 2015.
Nathan&ReneeFitzpatrick&JennyMiddleton
MattHowell,GaryWebb&DavidRus-sell-Green
HelenWells,JaneAnsell&BernadetteHeyward
JanYaxley&JohnX KathTubb,KathyFahey&JoTraynor Wayne&HelenWells
19921stGradePremiersRe-uniteJohnX&IanParsons MarkGeeves&GrahamCanny
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Jo-AnneByrne&MeredithPyke Phil&AndreaStreet
KathrynTubb&MeganWilliams
Graham&RosemaryCanny GaryReed&GaryWebb
LifememberGlennTremayne,NickTremayne,AmyIkin,Jess&JulieTremayne Someofthememorabiliaondisplay
ColinDavis,DavidWaite&ChristineDavis
IanParsons,KevinKnight&LexiePar-sons
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Congratulations to Aaron, Emily &Hunter Hogan (nee Grant) on the birthof their daughter & sister Harriet onthe 29th June. Wishing you everyhappiness for the future.
The Club would like to congratulateand wish all the best to two of ourmembers who have become engagedover the past couple of months:
● Premier League player NickTremayne and his partner Amy.
● Second Grade player Polly Craneand her partner Tom.
We would also like to congratulateKaren Fagg (nee McNabb) from oursecond grade women on her weddingin April to James Fagg.
CLUBCELEBRATIONS
KarenFaggonherspecialdaywithsomeofthesecondgradewomen.
The Derwent equipment storage shed at the Hockey Centre was cleaned at thebeginning of the year when a stock take was conducted. We are now in the situ-ation where the ground cannot be seen and there is no room to move.
BE WARNED! – If you treat the shed like a tip, the privilege of keeping yourequipment there will be removed. The Committee are conducting spot checksand if equipment is not put away properly, it will be removed and placed outsidethe shed for anyone to take. Please be considerate to everyone within the Club.
WARNINGISSUED:DERWENTEQUIPMENTSHED
15%OffFoodBill*To celebrate The Club’s 80th Birthday, Monsoon Thai Fusion / Thai Veggie Hutt
are offering 15% off your food bill on presentation of this voucher.
* For a limited time
SUBSARENOWOVERDUEPlayerswithoutstandingsubs(whodonothaveapaymentarrangementmadewithJohnHarris,ourTreasurer)willnotbeabletoplayANYfinals,attendtheendofseasonpresentationnightandwillnotbepermittedtoplayin2016.
For those who were unable toattend the 80th Anniversary dinner,but would like a copy of theAnniversary Year Book, there is avery limited number available for$10. It will be first in first served soplease [email protected] if youwish to purchase a Year Book.
80THANNIVERSARYYEARBOOK
CLUBMESSAGES
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SUCCESSONTHEWORLDSTAGEFOREX-DERWENTPLAYERFormer Derwent player, Kerry Hore,has played a key role in Australia’ssilver medal winning performance atthe World Rowing Cup in Switzerland.
Pictured:KerryHore(backrowthirdfromleft)followingthemedalceremonyattheWorldRowingCupinSwitzerland
Doyouhaveanewsletterworthystory?Let’s celebrate the stories andachievements of our Members.
Do you know of a Club Member whohas achieved something special?
Do you have some great Derwentphotos?
Please email the details to:[email protected]
ANewImageAs a result of a disastrous period ofplayer walk outs and the Club’s direfinancial position life member, GlennTremayne, put forward an idea to re-brand the Club to put a positive spinon Derwent’s future.
Glenn and Jo Traynor formed a Sub-committee to research re-brandingoptions. The thought was that a thirdcolour needed to be incorporated intoa new uniform. With design input fromSimon Ancher and assistance fromUniform City a sample uniformfeaturing Yellow/gold was made up.On Uniform City’s suggestion asecond sample featuring burnt orangewas also produced. The Sub-committee took an instant liking to theburnt orange and proceeded to havetracksuits etc made up.
These uniform samples were taken tothe various teams for feedback. Somedidn’t like the new colour scheme.....but majority ruled and version one ofthe orange (which wasn't as burnt as itwas supposed to be) proceeded.
In a bid to attract young players backto the club the sub-committee decidedthat a new name/logo was alsoneeded as part of the re-branding. Acollaborative effort with the subcommittee and Simon Ancher came upwith a rough mockup of a new logowhich was taken to Simon Bevan forsome finessing.......and the rest ishistory.
ABIT OFCLUBHISTORY
There-brandedStrikersLogo.
Have you ordered your limited editionDerwent 80th Anniversary wine packyet? Get in quick to avoid disappoint-ment as only 80 units are available andat only a $50 a pack they are sure togo quick.
These wines have been sourced fromTasmania's Coal River Valley and rep-resent a great way to celebrate Strikervictories or as an addition to the cellarfor future drinking.
For more information contact:
● Matt Geeves([email protected]) or
● Jim Ansell([email protected])
80thAnniversaryLimitedEditionWineOffer
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TrainingTimesAll players and coaches are asked toensure that they vacate the turf by theend of the allotted training times toallow the next team to enter theground on time.
TheFriendsGroundsAll players and coaches utilising theFriends Grounds for training andwarm ups are reminded that shoesmust be cleaned BEFORE re-enteringthe THC at the shoe wash provided atthe tunnel entrance. Shoes are not tobe “bashed” on the forecourt near theJust Hockey shop or walked throughto the change rooms as has hap-pened on occasions in the past.
If the situation does not improve itmay become necessary to re-intro-duce shoe checks prior to groundentry or take away the use of theFriends grounds. Neither of these op-tions are ideal and hopefully with eve-ryone's cooperation won’t be
The Board of Hockey Tasmania re-solved to re-align the Hockey Tasma-nia (HT) Committee Structure with thenew Hockey Tasmania Strategic Plan2015-2017. As such nominations arecurrently being sought for the followingboard committees and working group:
● Events Committee
● Communications Working Group
● Facilities Committee
More information and Terms of Refer-ence are available athttp://www.hockeytasmania.com.au/About-Us/HT-Board
If you are interested in joining one ofthe committees or working groupplease email Hockey Tasmania's CEOBob Gregory:[email protected]
Nominations close Friday 31 July 2015.
CentreManagerNotesHOCKEYTASMANIANEWS
NominationsforBoardCommittees&WorkingGroups
UMPIREABUSETo facilitate umpire development andto increase umpire numbers into thefuture the Club seeks to remind allmembers and supporters that umpireabuse is not ok. We must all work toreduce the abuse.
It’s not ok!
SouthernCompetitions/AdministrationOfficerHockey Tasmania (HT) is the statesporting organisation responsible forthe development, coordination andpromotion of hockey in Tasmania.
This position is primarily responsiblefor providing support in all matters re-lating to hockey competitions in thesouthern region.
This includes the preparation and on-going management of rosters for sen-
ior, junior, school and social winterand summer competitions and admin-istration of all match related informa-tion, player registrations and gameresults.
ForfurtherinformationpleasevisitHockey Tasmania’s websitehttp://www.hockeytasmania.com.au/About-Us/Employment
Applications close Friday 31 July 2015
If a penalty stroke is taken before thewhistle is blown and a goal is scored:the penalty stroke is taken again.
If the stroke is taken before the whistleis blown and a goal is not scored: afree hit is awarded to the defence.
RULEHIGHLIGHT:TakingPenaltyStrokes-DidYouKnow?
JuniorCorner
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July saw our National U21 representa-tives in action.
Sam Grice travelled to Canberra with theMen’s team, whilst Maddie and ElizaWestland enjoyed hometown supportwith the Women’s tournament played inHobart.
The Men’s team finished 5th after defeat-ing South Australia 3-2 in their final.
The Women’s team finished 8th after go-ing down 0-1 to ACT in their final.
Congratulations to Beth Dobbie, whowas elevated from train on to playerin the Tasmanian under 12 girls team.We wish Beth the best of luck.
However we must commiserate theloss of Sophie Rockerfeller from thesame team due to injury. We wish So-phie a speedy recovery for the Under13 tournament
JUNIORSTATETEAMUPDATE
Georgina Fish, one of our under 14girls, showed off her sporting prow-ess recently competing in the semifinals of the Glen Iris Gold Junior Ten-nis Championships in Victoria.
Georgina (seeded 5th at the tourna-ment) finished 4th in the 12 and Un-der Girls singles draw.
GeorginaFishinactionattheGlenIrisGoldJuniorTennisChampionships
JUNIORSHOWSTALENTIN ANOTHERFIELD
MadelineWestland
ElizaWestland
SamGrice
ACTIONFROMTHEU21CHAMPIONSHIPS
MadelineWestland
ElizaWestland
JUNIORCORNER
JuniorCorner
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Although there have been no roster games over the schoolholiday break our Juniors have been busy attending eitherthe Hockey Tasmania’s Winter Holiday Hit Out, practicegames for our Under 12’s and Under 14’s in the first week orour Under 14’s and Under 16’s in the second week with
some special Development Sessions run by our PremierLeague players for our younger Juniors.
A special thank you to Nick Tremayne and his helpers Ste-fan, Will, Aaron and Celeste for running these sessions.
JUNIORHOLIDAYTRAINING
We would like to thank those Derwentjuniors who volunteered to be ballkids for the Under 21 National Wom-en’s Championships here in Hobartduring July.
Eagerjuniorsattendingtheholidaytrainingsessions.
Enthusiasticjuniorsattendingtheholidaytrainingsessions.
Thedevelopmentsessioncoacheswithtwoofouryounggoalkeepers.
SomeofourjuniorsattendingtheHockeyTasWinterHitOut.
THANKYOUJUNIORS DIDYOUKNOW?…Historical records show that a basic form ofhockey was played in Egypt 4000 years ago.
The image to the right is a copy of carvings fromTomb 17 of Prince Kheti dating back to 2000 B.C.
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DERWENT COMMITTEE CONTACTS2015President Jane Ansell VicePresident Jenny Middleton
Mobile 0409 005 267 Mobile 0418 120 651
Email [email protected] Email [email protected]
Secretary Kathy Fahey Treasurer John HarrisMobile 0418 286 982 Mobile 0418 370 384Email [email protected] Email [email protected]
Coordinators:SeniorMen Mark Taylor SeniorWomen TBCMobile 0418 136 842 Mobile TBCEmail [email protected] Email TBC
JuniorBoys Tania Barry JuniorGirls Kathy WestlandMobile 0423 632 616 Mobile 0428 650 842Email [email protected] Email [email protected]
GeneralCommittee: Jim Ansell Torin Bester Natalie FaheyMobile 0417 569 620 0405 525 927 0400 672 022Email [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Emma Harris Michael HowarthMobile 0409 195 628 0417 386 285Email [email protected] [email protected]
Sub-Committees:CorporateSponsor Jenny Middleton John Harris Jim AnsellEmail [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Nick TremayneEmail [email protected]
RetentionofMen Nick Tremayne Tania Barry Matt GeevesEmail [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Matthew Kiernan Paul Dobbie Mark TaylorEmail [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Fundraising Natalie Fahey Mark Kitchener David IsaacEmail [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
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