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10th November 2008 - Harry makes it throught to England assessment camp

The U16 boys and girls squads will take part in further assessment camp activity at Bisham Abbey over the weekend of 21-23 November 2008.  The U18 boys and girls’ assessment camps will be held at HMS Temeraire in Portsmouth on the same dates.

The squad announcements come after the England Hockey Futures Cup at Cannock HC, the new format competition replacing the old boys’ and girls’ U16 and U18 regional tournaments, and following the completion of a High Performance Assessment Camp (HiPAC) for U15s and U17s. 

England Hockey’s National Age Group coaches and managers were present at the Futures Cup to watch the players represent their JRPC clusters as the Pennine Pumas, Mercia Lynx, Saxon Tigers and Wessex Leopards.

The final National Age Group squads for 2009 will be selected from the November assessment camps.

Harry Gibson is the only Devon based player to make the England Training Squad in either sex/age group.

Harry Gibson
Harry Gibson

 
28th October 2008 - Futures Cup Squads
The 16 squads for the EH Futures Cup at Cannock Hockey Club have now been confirmed.

The teams, playing under the names of Pennine Pumas, Mercia Lynx, Saxon Tigers and Wessex Leopards, have been selected from the 12 Junior Regional Performance Centres (JRPCs) that will form a key part of England Hockey's new Single System.

The Pennine Pumas athletes come from the JRPCs at Newcastle, Leeds and North Manchester.  The Mercia Lynx players all hail from the JRPCs at Nottingham/Loughborough, North Birmingham and Oxford while the Saxon Tigers consist of players from Bury St Edmunds, St Albans and Oxted/Tonbridge JRPCs.  The JRPCs at Bristol, Exeter and Winchester have come together to form the Wessex Leopards.

The players were all selected for their respective squads after the 'Tier 1' JRPC activity which involved the Junior Regional Performance Centres in each area playing against each other.

Teams will play at Under 16 and Under 18 in both boys and girls competitions at the tournament, which acts as a selection ground for England's National Age Group Squads as well as providing good quality competition for the athletes.

Wessex Leopards

(Blue ~ Blue ~ Blue)

No. Name Club School
GK  Harry Gibson ECV Hornets Uffculme
GK  Hamish Hall Aldershot and Farnham Weydon 
3 Samuel Hatherley Havant Perins School
4 Ali Parker Gloucester City Dean Close
5 Alex Copestake Bath Buccaneers Bechen Cliff School
6 Oliver Scholfield Victoria College
7 Henry Eastman Leominster The Bishop of Hereford
8 Adam Clarke (C) Guernsey HC Elizabeth College
9 Jamie Miller (VC) Gloucester City Cirencester Kingshill School
10 Luke Emmet Chichester Priory Bishop Luffa School
11 Tom Still Guernsey HC Elizabeth College
12 Jack Pritchard Ottery Crickets Exeter School
13 Tom Atkinson Firebrands Clifton College
14 Ben Mackey Havant Springfield School
15 Daniel Faulkner Havant Portsmouth Grammar
16 Jack Strange Chichester Seaford College
17 Olly Cross Southampton King Edward VI
18 Oliver Sugg Woking Royal Grammar Sch Guildford
Manager Peter Hatherley
Coach Ben Dudley
CCC Calum Giles

Harry Gibson
Harry Gibson

 
24th October 2008 - Snails help fuel Scott's (AKA Stroppers) long ride

ON a diet of horseburgers and snails, and pedalling a bicycle with gears that didn't work, a Cullompton man somehow managed to complete a 500-mile charity bike ride across France.

Scott Struthers was part of a four-man team who tackled the Velo Vosges Challenge, which involved cycling 500 miles in three days.

A total of 70 teams took part in the event, pedalling in relay from close to the Belgian border over the formidable Vosges mountains to the fairytale village of Riquewihr.

Scott said: "The weather on the first day was awful, and within the first 10 minutes the team captain got hit by a car. He was fine, thank God, but the only good bike we had was damaged.

"We went to all the cycle shops but it was beyond repair, so we had to use a £40 bike we had bought from an internet auction website which was meant to be our reserve."

 
The initial day, when the riders covered 190 miles in wet, cold weather, was the toughest, Scott said, but the final day route, though only measuring 150 miles, was also punishing because of the number of steep climbs.

Scott said: "Riquewihr is a small village with two breweries, so there was lots of beer and wine consumed to celebrate getting to the finish.

"Only one person was cycling at a time, so the others piled into the support vehicles and offered encouragement and picked up baguettes and chocolates along the way."

The chance for a taste of France was also one of the reasons Scott was so keen to take part.

"One night I had snails and stingray and the next night I had a horseburger, which was actually really nice. The meat was very tender but it didn't taste like anything I had tried before."

Scott explained that he only became part of the team at the last minute, when someone else dropped out. He said: "I play hockey with Ben Jones and Ben's brother had originally been intending to come on the trip, but when he couldn't make it, Ben asked if I wanted to come. The other three did quite a bit of training and my legs were killing me afterwards."

The cyclists set off from Arras, near Calais, on October 3, and stopped in Reims and Nancy on the next two nights before finishing in Riquewihr on October 5.

Scott has lived in Cullompton for seven years, and is a former student of East Devon College in Tiverton. He said he had relished taking part in the epic ride — to the point where he hopes to put together his own team for a future cross-Channel cycling challenge.

All the team want to say a "very big thank you" to Devon Shirts for providing team T-shirts, complete with the challenge logo. The ride was in aid of Cancer Research and the Wessex Heart Foundation. Donations can still be made at the Cherry Tree in Cullompton, where Scott works

Scott Struthers & Ben Jones
Scott Struthers & Ben Jones
 
April 2008 - Roger Hick's Cycle Ride from Wellington, England to Wellington New Zealand

Roger, who will be raising money for Cystic Fibrosis sufferers and the Fragile X Society, is set to depart on March 14 on his ‘Wellython’, which will take him to the other side of the globe via Europe, the Middle East - including Iran - South East Asia and Papua New Guinea. He aims to arrive in Wellington, New Zealand, by Christmas, and to spend the festive season with his daughter and her family in Napier on the North Island before flying home.

Click here to follow Roger's 'Wellython'

 
12th March 2008 - Westward Financial Management Ltd
ECVH Ladies 3rd team would like to thank Simon Franklin of Westward Financial Management Ltd - Independant Financial Advisors for sponsoring the team.
 
19th October 2007 - ECV Hornets Celebrate
ECV Hornets have had several reasons to celebrate this season and its only just begun.

6 of the junior boys have been sucessful and have been selected to train with the Devon county squad. Max Ansell, Jack Greenall, Rich Hooper and Ollie Maltby are all now working hard to get establi10 November, 2008Harry Gibson have again shown what it takes by being included in the under 15 squad.

The club have several junior sides playing in local leagues across the south and west of Devon. Local boys and girls are welcome to attend our training evenings on Tuesdays at Culm Valley Sports centre. The club pride themselves in being able to promote the sport and provide opportunties for young players to not only improve their skills but to gain experience and qualifications in Umpiring, Leadership and coaching.

Another big reason for celebration is the award from county councillor John Berry of £480.00 to the Club. This money will go towards the purchase of much needed Goalkeeping equipment and training resources.

Our photo shows from left to right,Front Rich Hooper. Back Harry Gibson, Jack Greenall,John Berry, Andy Smith ( youth co-ordinator) Max Ansell and Sam Daymond. Ollie Maltby was not present.

For more information on the club juniors, go to the junior section of our website.
 
22nd May 2007 - Devon Sports Awards
Congratulations to Martyn Harvey who was runner up for young male-coach 2006 Devon Sports Awards.

Martyn would like to thank Andy Smith for nominating him for the award and thank everybody involved with the running and coaching of youth sections.
Chopper Wins Award
 
April 2007 - Hornets Awarded Grant
ECV Hornets are excited to announce that MDDC have recently awarded the club a grant of £400.00 for the Youth Development project which will enable the club to maintain continuing support and equipment for the Junior section.

This funding has paid for two more of our volunteer coaches to obtain Level One Coaching qualification and we are also able to purchase much needed replacement kit. The Club are very grateful to the MDDC for their support'
Mid Devon District Council