Welcome To The Junior Section

Everything in life has a beginning. The Hockey international representing Great Britain in the Olympics had first to pick up a stick, and he or she had to decide that it provided enough fun to want to pick it up again - and again - and again! The aims of the Junior section are simple, but lie at the heart of all that is done:
"The Junior Section of Havant Hockey Club wants each one of its members and his or her family to:
ENJOY playing. 
This means that training, matches and social events should be fun for all.
BE CHALLENGED to improve and to play at as high a level and in as good a team as possible. ACHIEVE success. We want everyone to achieve success in his or her own terms. Not everyone can play for Country, Division. County or Club 1st XI. but all can achieve goals which are at one stage felt to be unreachable."
The Club has an enormous amount to be proud of and the Junior Section is the portal through which a huge number of members join, thereby beginning very long connections with the Club. Therefore, it has always been seen to be vital that the very youngest member of Havant should learn what is expected. Opponents should be well-entertained and should enjoy playing against us. Also on the pitch they should be given every respect as we set out to beat them as well as we can. Havant has one of the largest junior sections in the country; currently there are more than 230 members, but size is not everything. We aim to ensure the continuity of top-quality Hockey for all members.

Contacts

Captain: Howard Pollard
Tel: 023 9247 2064
Email: dentalpractice@msn.com

Director of coaching: Peter Nail
Tel: 01489 578184
Email: PLOGNail@aol.com

Treasurer: Fiona Pollard
Tel: 023 9247 2064
Email: dentalpractice@msn.com

Secretary: Karen Lock
Tel: 01243 376064
e-mail: karenlock77@msn.com

Membership Secretary:
Tina Robinson
Tel:023 9248 2166
e-mail: geoffrobin@aol.com

Under 18 Boys' Manager
Paul Rennie 01243 371320
Prep0810@aol.com
Under 18 Girls' Manager
Andrew and Sue Tilbury
ak.tilbury@ntlworld.com
Under 16 Boys' Manager
Andy Cairns 01730 893798
andy.icairns1@btinternet.com
U/16 Girls' Manager
Penny van Berkel 023 9232 5024 jpdrvanberkel@btconnect.com
Under 14 Boys' Manager
Emlyn Jones 023 9226 1989
emlyn@ic4life.net
U/14 Girls' Manager
Bridgetta Worsley 01329 829097 bridgetta.worsley@btinternet.com
U/12 Boys' Manager
Duncan Alexander 02392 412091 Duncan@healthdirection.co.uk
U/12 Girls' Manager
Alastair Bateman 01243 788834 alandkaren@Talk21.com
U8 and U10 Mixed Manager
Mark Darlington 02392 815517 Markbeccajoshnoah.darlington@btinternet.com

Webmaster for Juniors: James Lavery 01243 370961 jgl@thelaverys.plus.com

Teams

The junior section runs teams and provides coaching at all ages.

- Boys under 18  
- Boys under 16  
- Boys under 14  
- Boys under 12  
- Girls under 16  
- Girls under 14  
- Minis under 8 and under 10
 For further details please contact Howard Pollard at dentalpractice@msn.com

Training Times And Locations

U/8 and u/10 mixed Havant College Sunday 9 to 11am
U/12 mixed HMS Temeraire Mondays 6 to 7.30 pm
U/14 boys HMS Temeraire Southsea Mondays 7.30 to 9 pm
U/14 Girls Havant College Wednesday 6.30 to 8pm
U/16 Boys Havant College Thursday 6.30 to 8pm
U/16 Girls Havant College Wednesday 6.30 to 8pm
Ages of junior players are as at Jan 1st
Training Grounds
Havant College
North Carpark
Barncroft Way
Havant PO9 1QL
HMS Temeraire
Burnaby Road
Portsmouth PO1 2HB
Home matches played at:
Havant College
HMS Excellent, Whale Island, Portsmouth
Admiral Lord Nelson School Dundas Road, Porstmouth

Welcome Booklet

The Junior Section Welcome Booklet is available for download/viewing here. This gives information on:

- The aims of the Junior section
- Rules for players
- Code of conduct for parents
- Child protection policy
- Outline of coaching aims
- Directions to the pitches used for home matches

Membership

If you are interested in becoming a member, please contact the membership secretary. An online membership form is available for download here.

Results

Use the "Fixtures Results" button on the left of this page bar to see the latest Junior section results. A link to the results pages is also on the home page.

Junior Honours

1999-00 Under 16 National Finals Runners-up
2000-01 Under 18 National Champions
2003-04 Under 15 National Semi-finalists
2004-05 Under 16 National Indoor Champions

News

Juniors news is posted on the home page, under the 'Junior News' bulletin area. 
A link to the results pages can also be found there.

Please let James Lavery know if you would like any Junior related news to be posted.