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DATES TOREMEMBER

Nov30 NewLogoPollcloses

Dec12-13 Level2CoachingCourse

Feb13 U8&U10Rosterbegins

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DERWENT STRIKERS HOCKEY CLUB NEWSLETTER

STRIKEFORCENOVEMBER2015

InThisIssue: FROMTHEPRESIDENTAs each year continues, the workingsof a hockey club become moreonerous and complicated. There aremore external (non-Derwent) meetings,more expenses and more competinginterests for the Club. It may not soundvery enticing to “help out”, howeverthe saying many hands make lightwork has never been more apt. I willreturn to this later.

The 2015 Committee has been nothingshort of amazing. The Committeemembers all have a “life” outside theClub, whether it is in the form of work,other activities, children or all three.But as a committee we all worktogether. By way of example whetherit is work or family commitments, I amsometimes unavailable. JennyMiddleton, Kath Fahey or John Harrisstep up without complaint; for that Ithank them. I extend my thanks to theentire committee for their supportduring 2015, for their hard work andsupport of each other.

This type of support can be seenthroughout the Club. AdamClifford/Nick Tremayne have assistedAlistair Addison throughout the seasonwith Premier League Men, when hewas not available. Andy Isles &Cameron Gill assisted other juniorgirls’ coaches when they were notavailable. This assistance is symbolicof our Club ethos. For a club to havecontinuously existed as long asDerwent, it is due to this type ofbehaviour.

This year sees the departure of twolong serving committee members,Emma Harris & Tania Barry.Throughout my tenure as Presidentand prior to that, Emma (when living inTasmania) has been an active memberof the Derwent Committee. Thewonderful 80th celebration held at theBlundstone Arena in July was nothingshort of magnificent. Emma was at thehelm and orchestrated the night. Afterenjoying the night, Emma returned toensure everything was finalised. Iwould like to thank Emma for her hardwork and dedication to the Club andhope to see her around for many yearsto come.

Just on that point, the 80th celebrationwas complemented by the anniversarymagazine. Jo Traynor building on thework of Sandra Orth with Helen Wellsand Paul Ancher put together ouranniversary magazine. This documenttruly encapsulates our snapshots ofour history.

Turning to Tania, who has been theJunior Boys Coordinator for numerousyears. In her tenure, Tania hasoverseen the growth of the Derwentboys with the addition of 1-2 teams, aswell as the introduction of the Under 8& 10 competition (something thatTania holds dear). She has welcomedand introduced numerous new familiesto the Club, working hard with KathWestland. The work of Tania and Kath,makes Derwent the envy of otherclubs. (Continuedon page2)

FromThePresident.........................1

Derwent2016Committee...............3

HockeyTasmaniaNews..................3

AustralianChampionships2016....4

ReminderToVoteOnTheProposedNewLogo........................4

JuniorCorner...................................5

NationalIndoorChampionships.....5

DerwentJuniorSub-Committee...5

2016FrankMacDonaldMemorialWinner...............................................5

DerwentJuniorIndoorTeam..........5

Under8AndUnder10Competitions....................................6

SchoolsChallengeTriathlon..........6

Sponsors...........................................7

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With the departure of Tania and theimminent departure of Kath, 2016 is atransitional year for the junior club.Upon review, the existing JuniorCoordinator roles (one for the boys,one for the girls) have simply becometoo large for two people to do the jobby themselves. In the future, the Clubwill look at having 1 Junior Coordinatorwho will head up a Sub-committee.The Sub-committee will consist of anumber of people who will oversee thenumerous teams, whether it is the U8’s& U10’s or the Under 12/Under 14’s(boys or girls) by way of example.

We are lucky in 2016 both Tania andKath have agreed to oversee a“handover” for the future. In additionTed Taylor has agreed to oversee theaccreditation of our junior coaches. Weare extremely fortunate that threeexperienced people within the club areprepared to secure the success for thefuture of the club in the juniors.

In 2015 the Club focus was on the 80thcelebrations and apart from the BBQ’s(lead by Nat Fahey & Jenny Middleton,for that I thank them) and the raffle,there has been very little fundraising.

The Committee every year consistentlybattle with the finances and what costsare passed onto players/parents. JohnHarris works hard to keep costs at aminimum. Jim Ansell worked hard onthe sponsorship front, to also assist.

In 2015, Jim ensured the renewal ofthe relationship between Millington’sand Derwent for a further 5 years.Without their patronage, costs wouldhave been significantly raised.

Nick Tremayne was integral inrenewing the sponsorship with Princeof Wales Hotel. In addition wewelcomed a new sponsor Turnbullswho are our Junior Sponsor – the firstjunior sponsor in a significant period oftime.

We also added the sponsors, Bob-Jane T-Mart, Littlewood Strawberry &Fresh Local Lamb Farm; TaylorElectrical, Monsoon, Abetz CurtisLawyers, PA design, WonderfulWardrobes, Hockey Nuts, Tempus,Zero Davey, Salamanca Financial,Premium Business Group, Abel Labels& Bug Rid Man. I thank each of themfor their support of the Club.

However we cannot rest onsponsorship alone. We need to fundraise, we need fresh ideas. I call on allmembers of the Club to come forwardwith ideas.

Strength as a Club on the field can bemeasured in numerous ways. One canbe the number of teams. If that is thecase, we have continued to grow instrength. 2015 saw the re-introductionof the women’s veterans. The teamhad a number of players return to thesport and it grew in strength from weekto week.

Another way club measures success isby way of premierships. I do not scribeto that belief. The Club could reachfinals and not obtain one premiership.Senior wise in 2015 we were strong,winning the 4th Grade Women’sPremiership. We also contested nailbiting grand finals in both PremierLeague Men and 2nd Grade Women.

In the juniors the Under 12 Girls,Division 2 were successful in claimingthe Premiership. But that does notmean the other parts of the Club werenot successful. In B-Pool men, for thefirst time in years we have notstruggled for numbers and formerjunior boys have returned and played.

A-Pool women have seen theintroduction of very junior girls toPremier League for future strength,whether it be Claudia Mathewson whoat 15 was playing premier league, afterstarting with the Club at Under 12’s orLouise Maddock who commenced withthe Club in 2015 at the ripe old age of15.

The idea that the success of a clubcannot be measured by premiershipsis no more poignant than in the Juniorranks. One particular club, grades thejunior teams. One team will gothroughout an entire season withoutlosing, the other team in the divisiondoes not win a game. This does notrepresent the belief of Derwent. In thesituations I have raised it results inthere being one large loser – the gameof hockey. One team may end upwalking away from the sportdisheartened by the fact that they arenot considered as important.

Within Derwent junior girls, we werefortunate to have two teams of equalability in each age group. Not all ofthem reached grand finals, howeverthey were all strong and successfuldue to fostering by Kath, Tania and thecoaches. By way of example in theUnder 12 State girls team there were 7Derwent girls, and in the Under 13State Girls, there were again 7 girls.This represented nearly half of thoseteams.

On the junior boys side our Under 12boys reached the finals, the first time insome time and the Under 14 boyswere Minor Premiers. Whilst we did notwalk away with premierships, therewere some very happy juniors withinthe Club.

Different to the past, I will be asking allclub members, in particular thecommittee members to inform theExecutive what they would like theClub to achieve in 2016. Already on thebooks we have fundraising,sponsorship, a new junior structure,the finalisation of the business planand accreditation of the juniorcoaches. We have also had clubmembers come forward and propose anew logo. That logo is on the websiteand I encourage all members to makeyour opinion known.

In conclusion I look forward to the yearto come and wish everyone awonderful Christmas.

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DERWENT2016COMMITTEEThe Derwent Committee for 2016 welcomes some new faces as well as retains some long-serving familiar ones:

New Appointments For HockeyTasmania BoardThe Hockey Tasmania (HT) Board is pleased to announcethat Bob Gregory who was acting as HT interim CEO hasbeen appointed as the new General Manager of HockeyTasmania.

The new position reflects the responsibility of the seniormanager to manage the day to day business of theorganisation whilst the Board provides the strategicleadership.

In other appointments Caroline Rockefeller and AdamClifford have been co-opted as Board members until the2016 AGM and Michael Howarth has been appointed asChair of the Facilities Committee.

These appointments concluded the governance re-organisation of Hockey Tasmania and will allow the Board tofocus on cultivating commercial opportunities.

Level 2 Coaching CourseHockey Tasmania is offering a Level 2 Coaching Course onthe 12th and 13th of December in Hobart. The program isdesigned to train coaches in the essential concepts ofcoaching, including planning and conducting trainingsessions, match-day role, hockey skills and tactics, playingstyles and structures, junior development, communication,risk management, and ethical responsibilities.

It is a comprehensive training program involving seminars,pre and post-seminar requirements, and a practicalassessment. The program is directed towards coachesinvolved in the higher levels of club, school or representativehockey.

Hockey Australia Game Education Manager John Mowat willbe conducting the course which consists of both practicaland theory components. Johnwouldespeciallyliketoencourageanywomenlookingtoconfirmwhattheyalreadyknowwhilstbeingexposedtonewideastoenrol.

For more information or to register click here.

HOCKEYTASMANIANEWS

ExecutiveCommittee

President: Jane Ansell 0409 005 267 couscous-1@hotmail.com

VicePresident: Jenny Middleton 0418 120 651 jenny.middleton@tassie.net.au

Secretary: Kathy Fahey 0418 286 982 kathyfahey02@gmail.com

Treasurer: John Harris 0418 370 384 jharris@bcube.com.au

Senior Men’s Coordinator: Matthew Geeves 0424 278 444 matthew@realscape.com.au

Senior Women’s Coordinator:

Junior Boy’s Coordinator:

Junior Girl’s Coordinator: Kathy Westland 0428 650 842 ktrgwest@bigpond.net.au

GeneralCommittee

Mark Taylor Natalie Fahey Torin Bester

Michael Howarth Jim Ansell Holly Bonde

Alistair Addison Nick Tremayne Bernadette Heyward

Cameron Gill Sarah Castley

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AUSTRALIANCHAMPIONSHIPS2016Below are the details for the Hockey Australia Australian Championships to be held in 2016.

OutdoorChampionships:

IndoorChampionships:

Division VenueLocation DateUnder 15 Boys & Girls WOLLONGONG - Illawarra Hockey Stadium Sat 9/4 - Sun 17/4

Under 21 Men & Women SYDNEY - Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre Sun 10/4 - Sun 17/4

Under 18 Men & Women LAUNCESTON - Northern Hockey Centre Fri 8/7 - Sun 17/7

Country Men & Women DARWIN - Marrara Hockey Centre Sun 24/7 - Sun 31/7

AHL Men & Women PERTH - Perth Hockey Stadium Thurs 29/9 - Sun 9/10

Under 13 Boys & Girls PERTH - Perth Hockey Stadium Thurs 29/9 - Sat 8/10

Masters Men (35+, 40+, 45+) ADELAIDE - State Hockey Centre Sat 24/9 - Sun 2/10

Masters Men (50+, 55+,60+,70+,75+) ADELAIDE - State Hockey Centre Mon 26/9 - Sat 8/10

Masters Women HOBART - Tasmanian Hockey Centre Fri 7/10 - Sat 15/10

Division VenueLocation DateOpen Men & Women WOLLONGONG - Illawarra Hockey Stadium Mon 4/1 - Thurs 7/1

U21 Men & Women WOLLONGONG - Illawarra Hockey Stadium Sat 9/1 - Tues 12/1

U18 Men & Women WOLLONGONG - Illawarra Hockey Stadium Thurs 14/1 - Sun 17/1

U15 Boys & Girls WOLLONGONG - Illawarra Hockey Stadium Tues 19/1 - Fri 22/1

U13 Boys & Girls WOLLONGONG - Illawarra Hockey Stadium Sun 24/1 - Tues 26/1

REMINDERTOVOTEONTHEPROPOSEDNEWLOGODon’t miss out on the opportunity to have your say onwhether to replace our existing Derwent Strikers Logo(shown below) with the proposed new Derwent logo (seenright on both white and blue backgrounds).

Use the link below to vote:http://www.derwentstrikers.com.au/?p=1064

ThePollcloses November30th2015.

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JUNIORCORNER

In 2016 the Club will be restructuringits Junior Coordinator roles. We willbe looking to divide the roles up intoage groups and are asking forvolunteers to nominate for thefollowing positions:

● U8/U10s

● U12/U14 Girls

● U12/U14 Boys

● U16/U18 Girls

● U16/U18 Boys

The new Coordinators will make upour Derwent Junior Sub Committeeand they will be mentored by ourexisting Coordinators in 2016.

If you would like to put your nameforward or have any questions pleasecontact Tania Barry or KathrynWestland.

DERWENTJUNIOR

SUB-COMMITTEE

NATIONALINDOORCHAMPIONSHIPSCongratulations to the following Derwent junior players on selection in the StateIndoor teams competing in Wollongong in Jan 2016:

U15Girls - Lucy Isles (left)U18Boys - Aaron Kitchener (centre) and

Jacob Rugless (right)James Rawson has been named as atrain-on with the U15 boys indoor team.

Our congratulations also go to Aaron Kitchener on his appointment to theUmpiring Panel for the National U15 Boy’s Indoor Championships.

DERWENTJUNIORINDOORTEAMThe Junior Indoor Club Competition has been an 8 week rosterplayed on Thursday nights at the Moonah Sports Stadium. Thisseason five new players have joined our team in the U15 agegroup.

2016FRANKMACDONALDMEMORIALWINNERCongratulations to Olivia Eade(pictured front row second fromleft) who is one of the recipients ofthis years Frank MacDonaldMemorial Prize.

Olivia will travel to the World War Ibattlefields on the Western Frontin April 2016 as part of a StudyTour.

Olivia’s winning essay can be seenhere: https://www.education.tas.gov.au/documentcentre/Documents/Frank-MacDonald-2015-Winner-Olivia-Eade.pdf

DerwentJuniorIndoorTeam:JamesRawson,EwanVickery,ElliottBeswick,JoshuaGatehouse,AaronKitchener(Coach),EmilyKitchener,JavaVickery,LucyIsles,BronteIsaac

Absent:HarrisonLewis,EdenIsaac

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Since October some of our juniors have been participating inthe mixed Under 8 and Under 10 competitions. The gamesare focused on fun and participation and anyone is welcometo come and give it a go!

The next roster for U8s and U10s will commence in 2016 onFebruary 13. This is a great way to introduce hockey tosomeone who has never played before.

If you know a child who may be interested in participatingplease contact our Junior Coordinators - Tania Barry(taniabarry@y7mail.com) or Kathryn Westland(ktrgwest@bigpond.net.au)

Below are some images from the recent U8 and U10 games.

Photos: Hockey Tasmania Facebook Page

UNDER8ANDUNDER10COMPETITIONS

SCHOOLSCHALLENGETRIATHLONSome of our Derwent youngsters were spottedparticipating in the recent Schools ChallengeTriathlon at Bellerive Beach.

TakingupthetriathlonchallengeLeftandCentrephoto:LucyEadefromtheU14&U16girlsRightphoto:TomDobbie(left)fromtheU14boys

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