National Roller Hockey Association

Please be aware that the format of the National Training Weekend for May 2008 and future National Training has changed as below:

Saturdays
On Saturdays there will now be 4 sessions, with the Seniors now being trained in Soham.

It will be my decision which session each player attends. The timetable and group list attached shows which session your child should attend and then they should continue to attend this session until further notice.

Sundays
To support the Ladies Seniors with their preparation for the Ladies World Championships, which will be held in Akita - Japan in October, I have decided to continue with their one hour training with the Schoolboys and two hours on their own.

New Players
Any new player will attend Session 1 on a Saturday for assessment, apart from a new Lady player, who will attend the Ladies Development on a Sunday.

Ladies
Due to the increasing numbers of players, Ladies must all attend their designated training on a Sunday, any Lady who wishes to attend on a Saturday must contact me first for availability.

All players must attend the session that they have been selected for. I may invite players to attend an additional or alternate session, but this will be at my discretion to ensure that the players are developed to the best of their ability.

The National Development Plan has been devised in an effort to help in the improvement of the general standard of Roller Hockey in England and can be seen in full on the NRHA Web-site.

Training schedule for Saturday 17th May 2008

Training schedule for Sunday 18th May 2008

Carlos Amaral

Last weekend twenty three teams in six groups took part in the 2008 Inter-regional Championships at the Bushfields Sports Centre in Peterborough. Over the three day bank holiday weekend tournament, regional teams from the North, South and East competed for this years NRHA Inter-Regional trophies. Congratulations to the following winners:- Under 11 Southern Counties, Under 13 Eastern Counties 1, Under 15 Eastern Counties 2, Ladies Eastern Counties 1, Under 17 Eastern Counties 2 and Under 20 Eastern Counties. A thank you goes out to our members who organised this year’s successful event, the referees and timekeepers and finally the players who travelled long distances to take part.

What an amazing weekend!

The competition started out with 14, yes, fourteen teams, for this year’s under 13 competition, but reduced to 12 with the withdrawal of the team from Herne Bay United and a team from Portugal.

In Phase 1, on Saturday, 6 of the teams played a round robin tournament at the Burwell Sports Centre, whilst the other 6 teams, which included a team from Vilassar, Spain, did the same thing at the Ross Peers Sports Centre at Soham.

Both venues had cafeteria facilities laid on, but special mention must be made of the fresh fruit kebabs and the fruitcake at Burwell on Saturday. They were delicious.

At Soham on Sunday all the teams came together for the Phase 2 play-offs and the final phase for all positions.

Twelve teams, with players aged from 7 years to 13 years, together with all the Mums, Dads and other family members, meant that the atmosphere was fantastic throughout the whole day.

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The National Roller Hockey Association would like to thank everybody for their support of the 600 Club as it is one year old and a big reminder that the next draw is on the 17th May with the £150 & £250 draw.
Any new members who wishing to stand a chance of winning either prize need to enroll now.
Any supporters of the scheme whose first year membership expired at the end of April need to renew their membership before the 17th May, if you want to stand a chance of winning.

England Ladies are preparing for the world championships which are being held in Japan. Due to the vast cost of the competition the team have been holding fund raising events. As many of you may have seen at National Training on the Sunday we have had a Cake stall which has been very successful raising £146 so far. So thank you to all our customers and please keep coming back for more. (We already have a few regulars!!)

One of our next ventures is to hold a Tombola at Ardleigh Car Boot Sale on the Bank holiday Monday. With the support of the Team their friends and families we currently have over 170 prizes ranging from board games, dog toys, smellies, chocolates, jewellery, bags, Fiat mouse, £20 restaurant voucher and lot’s of wine. So all the prizes are good let’s just hope the car Booters think the same and buy lot’s of tickets. If it goes well we might do another one later in the year.

We have also been writing to companies asking for help. TBS have donated 16 books for us to use in our fundraising. We are currently trying to think of the best way to get the maximum return on these.

We currently have a sponsored goal event running for the remaining division 2 games this year and Kirsty is currently looking into a sponsored skate

As a Team we really appreciate everyone’s support and contribution of prizes. We will update you on the events as they happen

Thanks everyone for your support.

Thanks Lucy Rivers

The Senior England Ladies Squad continued with their preparation for the World Championships at Peterborough last weekend. They were faced with a tough challenge at the beginning of their session when they played the Schoolboys. The boys kept the pace of the game up testing the girls’ fitness, who had to maintain a tight man to man defence. The schoolboys played well and managed to exploit a few gaps in defence, however the girls had periods of possession and were able to create some great one-two’s in the area, two of which were converted. Overall the score tipped in the boys favour, but the Ladies are already geared up for the re-match next month!

The Ladies Development session was also a great success, with 34 girls in attendance. It was great to see so many promising young players together and gives Ladies hockey in England a rosy future.

The Senior Ladies continue their preparation at the weekend when they compete in Eastern Counties Division Two at Manningtree.

Kirsty Ingham

Congratulations to Derek Bell of Sheffield Wildcats for being selected to referee the 2008 CERS Cup semi final in Dinan France last weekend. Derek has traveled to many countries (expenses paid) over the last twelve months as an International referee, amongst the International tournaments and championships he has reffed at this season are, the 2007 Ladies European championships in Alcorcon Spain, the 2007/8 European league in Vilanova Spain, the 2007/8 CERS Cup preliminary rounds in Blanes Spain and Coutres France. Derek is at the sharp end of International Roller hockey and leading the way for International referees in England. If you are an active referee in the UK and would like to be considered for an International appointment please contact Keith Allen on president@nrha.co.uk

The venue for the 2008 National Cup finals has been announced by the NRHA Executive. Bisley near Woking is home to the National Riffle Association and will be the location of our prestigious annual event. The NRHA Executive recently held their quarterly meeting in one of the meeting rooms at the venue, after a tour of the facilities the rink was given the thumbs up to play host to our big day on 5th July. This 20 x 40 meter rink with a Sport Court floor has seating for approx. 150 and has a cafeteria. Match times will be posted closer to the big day along with directions.

Bushfields Sports Centre
Orton Centre, Peterborough
PE2 5RQ
Tel: 01733 234018

Timetable

Saturday 19 April

09.00 – 11.00 Session 1
11.00 – 12.00 Session 2
12.00 – 13.00 Session 3
13.00 – 14.00 Session 4
14.00 – 16.00 Session 5
15.30 – 18.30 SENIORS (Last Open Session)

Any new player under 13 will be required to attend sessions 1 & 2 for an initial assessment.

Any new player under 15 will be required to attend sessions 4 & 5.

Sunday 20 April

09.00 – 11.00 Schoolboys
11.00 – 12.00 Schoolboys & Ladies Seniors
12.00 – 13.00 Ladies Seniors
13.00 – 14.00 Ladies Seniors & Ladies Development
14.00 – 16.00 Ladies Development
16.00 – 19.00 Juniors

The Development Squad session will be back soon, this has been cancelled at present due to Seniors preparation for the European Championships which will be held in Oviedo - Spain in July.

The National Development Plan has been devised in an effort to help in the improvement of the general standard of Roller Hockey in England and can be seen in full on the NRHA Web-site.

Carlos Amaral
NRHA Coaching Director
0757595565

Saturdays

Due to a high attendance for the last 3 months

January 125
February 116
March 131

I have decided to change the format of the training sessions to ensure we can develop players to the best of their ability.

On Saturdays there will now be 5 sessions in addition to the Seniors. The objective of naming the sessions 1 to 5 is to take into account each players ability as well their age. Therefore the sessions will be mainly shown as below

Session 1 U9 & U11
Session 2 U9, U11 & U13
Session 3 U13
Session 4 U13 & U15
Session 5 U15

It will be my decision which session each player attends. You will be informed initially, by email, which sessions your child should attend and then they should continue to attend these sessions until further notice.

Session 5 will be mainly for U15 as part of project 2010, which is the preparation for the Schoolboys European Championships that will be held in England in 2010.

Seniors training will start at 15.30 with off the rink training.

Sundays

Due to the high attendance at the Ladies session and preparation for the Ladies World Championships, which will be held in Akita - Japan in October, I have decided to split the Senior Ladies from the Development Ladies for 2 hours. One hour to train with the Schoolboys and one hour on their own, for the last hour they will train with the Development Ladies. In this way we will have two hours with the Development Ladies on their own, which will allow us to develop the ladies to the best of their ability.

Carlos Amaral