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Congratulations to Ben Mills who was selected recently for his first overseas international umpiring appointment.  He has just returned from umpiring the Boys Under 18 – 4 Nations Invitation Tournament in Valencia, Spain. The tournament was over the Easter weekend 28 March to 2 April involving teams from Holland, Spain, Germany & England. He has umpired alongside the other young umpires from these countries. He has had a very good report from the Umpire Manager at the event.  

Belper Boys successful season

U16 Girls reach Regional Finals

INTERNATIONAL. WOMENS DAY. COUNTY FESTIVAL. SATURDAY 9 MARCH 2013. 12.00pm – 4.00pm. TUPTON HALL SCHOOL.   Belper Junior Girls and mini hockey are supporting this event at Tupton Hall School, Tupton, near Chesterfield   See attached Int Womens Day Flyer for details or follow this link.

  Belper U16 Girls travelled to Wolverhamton to take part in the EH Regional Indoor Finals on the 9th December.  The top two teams qualify for the national finals.   Belper got off to a flying start in the first game against Lichfield with Helena slotting the ball home within the first four minutes of the game.  Lichfield struck back almost immediately to level the game and went ahead scoring from a penalty corner.   At Read more…

Boys Section Newsletter – Jan 2013

Dear All,  Please could you pass on thanks from the Management Committee, to all members of your section who helped make Bonfire Night so successful. The weather helped but it was nice to see so many club members from all the sections pulling together in a very nice family atmosphere. The profit from the evening was £4,869, which shows what can be achieved by making use of our outstanding venue and facilities for the benefit Read more…

Alex Robey represented Mercia Lynx at the 3 day U17 HiPAC at Leeds University. The HiPAC aims to give players in the U15 and U17 age groups first-hand experience of an international training camp environment, in preparation for potential future involvement in a National Age Group Squad (NAGS). Dominic Bennett (U16), Jacob Bullock, Toby Hooker, Ellie Miles and Kathryn Lane (all U18) have been taking part in the Futures Cup Tournaments at Cannock Hockey Club. Read more…

  All Please see Amber Valley Planning Department – Application for Synthetic Pitch at Belper Sports Centre: http://www.ambervalley.gov.uk/environment-and-planning/planning/development-management/planning-applications/view-a-planning-application.aspx Belper Sports Centre, without consultation with any other Sports Clubs, have applied for Planning Permission to convert the existing Redgras Pitch to a Synthetic Football Pitch, commonly known as a 3G Pitch. As we all know – this type of pitch (long fibres, fully filled with rubber crumb…) is fantastic for football (training only, no matches can Read more…

  EH Men’s Cup  2012-13 Round 3   Belper v Woking   Sunday 28 October 1.30pm start   Come and support the lads EH Cup