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November 2011 National Training Weekend

nrha — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:41:32 +0000

Under 17 Open Sessions (Project 2012)
Last month we started the open session for the assessment of players as part of the preparation for U17 European Championships 2012. Any player who currently attends level 4 or level 5 on Saturday, and born in 1996 and 1997 are eligible to attend this open session. As we did for for the preparation for 2011, players MUST still attend the Saturday session, as well as the Sunday open session. Players who have not previously attended National Training and would like to be a part of the open session, must contact me prior to attending, as they will be required to attend Saturday as well as Sunday.

Under 20 Open Session (2012)
This month we start the open session for the assessment of players as part of the preparation for U20 European Championship 2012. Any player born in 1993, 1994 and 1995 are eligible to attend the U20’s open session.

Please can you let me know if you are attending NTW in October or not as soon as possible.

Player Group
Group Timetable

Christmas Camp
Players wish to attend the Christmas Camp can register at this month National Training as part of the continuing development of English roller hockey.
This will also be an opportunity to assess players for Project 2012 prior to announce the “Reduced Squad” in January 2012.

World Under 20’s Very competitive game

nrha — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 09:19:30 +0000

England 2 Angola 5 (Half-time 1-1)

England and Angola started the game respected each other with both teams playing restricted man to man pressuring the man with the ball.

In the first 10 minutes we were not sharp enough missing most of the times the player in the front of the goal then we called a time out to correct this problem which created many more goal opportunities in the goal area. Fair result at half-time.

In the second half England started very well creating clear cut goal chances unfortunately they were not converted and Angola scored on the counter attack, the first 2 goals put the score at 1-3. Then our job became more difficult as we were playing a very experienced team with 3 players playing in Portugal league and one in the Spanish league as well as the majority of their team being in their last year Under 20’s.

Goal scorers:

Josh Taylor – 1 goal

Sam Norton – 1 goal

Worlds Under 20’s One of the favourites Argentina showed their quality

nrha — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:22:36 +0000

England 0 Argentina 9 (Half-time 0-7)

England found very difficult to cope with the speed and ball control of the Argentinians which resulted with us conceding 6 goals in the first 10 minutes. Time out was called to address the positioning of our players on the rink especially in defence. The team absorbed the information very well and only conceded in the last 10 seconds of the first half the 7th goal from penalty spot.
At half time we re-enforced the need to defend the restricted area pushing the Argentinians to play from outside, we also asked the players to work for each other more off the ball and to ensure that we minimized goals scored from our area.
So, the second half England showed different attitude, more consistent defending with more second tackles and more ball possession creating good goal opportunities which unfortunately were not converted (including a penalty).
We have finished 3rd in our group which was expected however we did have a good showing of our potential in this competition.
Knock out stage will start on Thursday and we are looking forward to play USA at 11:30 hours and we are confident of a good result.

Euro Under 17’s A lesson to learn

nrha — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:14:15 +0000

England 2 Andorra 4 (Half-time 0-2)
A bad performance in the first half against a well organize team with an outstanding player who scored all their goals which cost us the game.
We knew that playing Andorra would not be an easy game as they are a club participating in Cataluña league as well as most of the players played in last year’s Europeans in Northampton.
At half-time we spoke to the players to re-enforce the instructions given in the tactical meeting earlier as in the first half the players were panic too much and never got settled into the game.
We started second half with different attitude players look to work more for each other in carousel attack but unfortunately the Andorra captain managed to break through and score a great individual goal. As we about carry out substitutions to make a more aggressive attack the team on the rink reacted well scoring 2 goals, one from a brilliant counter attack and one from a long shot. At 3-2 we called time out and we have made a decision to full pressure Andorra this result in 3 clear opportunities which unfortunately we missed and with increased space they managed to score one more goal with 1 minute to go.
Although we are in here with full team of debutants we need to learn how to stop individuals to make sure we can win more games as we are more than capable. Also we nee to work for the future even more on reaction capacity, hard and faster passing as well as the power in our shots.
Goals score:
Max Dunand – 2 goals

Euro Under 17’s great individual skills by the Italians beat a confident England team

nrha — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 06:28:36 +0000

England 2 Italy 7 (Half-Time 0-3)

England started the game as usual, defending with restricted man to man and pressure on man with the ball, in order to explore the counter attack. We created a couple of good goal opportunities, however as Italy couldn’t get through they resorted to using long shots which unfortunately gave them the first 2 goals which were deflected on way to the goal. At 2-0 down our objectives for this game had changed and the team had to take more risks to win the ball that resulted in more ball possession for us, on other hand we gave them more space which with their individual skills they managed to pull away from us.
The good point was that with our increased ball possession we forced Italy to make 10 team faults and we managed to score from the direct free hit and also from a good attack move.
Goal scorers:
Scott Neville & Jack Tucker

EURO UNDER 17’s FINE PERFORMANCE DESPITE THE RESULT

nrha — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:07:32 +0000

ENGLAND 0 PORTUGAL 10 (Half-time 0-5)
As expected our team improved from the first game, with the nerves gone and we were more consistent in defence, two fine goalkeeping performances, more ball possession and good attack moves creating great goal opportunities.
Portugal probably one the best 2 teams in this competition pressed us full rink all game, despite their constant pressure we still managed to break away for long periods of the game due to our players moving well off the ball using the set up moves from our intensive training.
Although the result looks heavy on paper this is not a true reflection of how the game was played.
In the first half we conceded an early goal but the players reacted well with good restricted defending, which allowed us to create counter attacks with good goal opportunities. When we failed to take these opportunities, Portugal could use their speed to break in counter attacks against us which resulted in further 4 more goals.
At half-time we calmed down the players and adjusted our positions on the rink when defending and attacking. As a result of this we held Portugal for 9 minutes without conceding and created clear goal scoring opportunities. In the final 6 minutes we conceded a further 5 goals due to the tiredness of our team.
I am pleased with the improvement from the first game and I have to say that we probably have created more goal opportunities in this game than in any previous years.
I am a bit disappointed with the refereeing as we should have had 2 penalties and direct free hit, I believe referees with less experience find hard to make penalise the top teams.

National Training for August

nrha — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:43:29 +0000

Please find below the “Time Table” and “List of the Players” for August National Training Weekend which takes place in Bushfields, Peterborough on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st of August 2011.

Please be aware that the September National Training will be on the first weekend 3rd & 4th September 2011 due to Under 17 Europeans, Worlds Under 20 and Seniors.

Carlos Amaral NRHA coaching Director said “I have still not received completed new registration forms from all players and would appreciate them at the August National Training. I will send an email to the players that I haven’t received the new Registration Form”.

Please ensure you advise Carlos before August 19th if you are unable to attend your session.
Player Groups
Group Timetable

New Website

nrha — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:20:38 +0000

New Website now live…please log onto

www.englandrollerhockey.com

A fantastic day of Roller Hockey and a final farewell to the Pier

nrha — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:09:09 +0000

Photo by Gordon Morrison

Saturday 23rd July saw six fantastic games of Roller Hockey, the final ones to take place at the historic Pier. After a full day of games, a capacity crowd were treated to an exciting match between Herne Bay United Kings and Middlesbrough. The Kings were determined to even the scores after narrowly losing out to Middlesbrough for the Premier League title. Neither team were willing to give any space and with the scores tied at 3-3 at full time, both teams went into a battle for the golden goal. HBU Kings were the eventual winners with the final goal, in the final match being scored by the Kings Joe Singleton.

Scores for all the matches were:

Under 11’s HBU 5 – 2 Plymouth
Under 13’s HBU 1 – 13 Invicta
Under 15’s Invicta 10 – 3 Ely
Under 17’s Peterborough 5 – 2 Bury
Ladies Blues 4 – 3 Reds
Seniors HBU Kings 4 – 3 Middlesbrough (golden goal)

Following the last match, awards were presented to the winners of each national league:

Premier League Champions: Middlesbrough

National Division 1 Winners: Houghton Regis

After which the players of the year were awarded their trophies:

U11 - Matthew Baker (Kings Lynn)
U13 - Lewis Greenwood (RHC Invicta)
U15 – Scott Neville (Cottenham)
U17 – Sam Norton (Bury)
U20 – Nick Flint (Peterborough)
Senior – Owen Stewart (Middlesbrough)
U15 Lady – Heather Dunand (Ely)
Senior Lady – Emily Rawlinson (Bury)

The Henry Crystal Trophy for outstanding contribution to Roller Hockey was presented to James Taylor.

Finally, Keith Allen, President of the National Association said a few words about how important The Pier had been to Roller Hockey and it’s contribution was marked by a one minute applause from the crowd. A moving moment for players and spectators alike.

Congratulations to all the winners and well done to everyone who took part and contributed to a fantastic Cup Finals day.

NRHA Cup Finals 2011

nrha — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:13:44 +0000

Photo by Gordon Morrison

The NRHA Cup Finals is on Saturday 23rd July at the Pier Pavilion Herne Bay and this is for the very last time as it is being demolished in September.
The first Cup Final of the day starts at 10.30am and the last one starts at 4.45pm.
After which the presentations will take place.
We are also having as much Roller Hockey memorabilia as we can get, on display in the Cafeteria by way of a tribute to the Pier.
Anybody wishing to bring items of interest are more than welcome.

A reminder to all that the NRHA AGM is taking place on the 24th July at the Enterprise House Conference Centre, The Links, Herne Bay, Kent. CT6 7CQ starting at 10am.