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1 August 2009

2009 Bayleys Midlands NHL teams announced

Congratulations to Georgia Morton and Keenan McCleery. These two young Midlanders have won the chance to spend the day with their Bayleys Midlands teams as they prepare for Saturdays clash against Auckland.

Results from pre-NHL tournament in Albany 5th-6th Sept

Bayleys Midlands competitive in pre season

Click to see full details of the opening round of the National Hockey League

Midlands Hockey is pleased to release the names of your Bayleys Midlands Men's and Women's teams for 2009. You can view both teams by clicking on this link or by visiting the team page

Midlands coach optimistic his side can reach the top

by IAN ANDERSON - Waikato Times

Midlands Hockey Inc - Golf Day

Tahuna Golf Course
13th September 2009

10:30am - briefing and an introduction to your international guest players for 2009
11:00am - Shot gun start
$100 + GST entry fee for a team of four
To register:
Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with:
1.    Team name
2.    The names of the people that make up your four member team
3.    Contact phone number
4.    An invoice will be emailed to you
Great prizes to be won
Refreshments available on course, followed by complimentary BBQ and prize giving
Golf Day will take place the day after the opening round of the Hockey New Zealand National Hockey League in Hamilton. Come and celebrate with your teams after what is sure to be a successful start to the 2009 NHL.
You can also promote your business with on course advertising. Sponsor a hole for $250.00 + GST (includes team entry fee)
All proceeds go towards supporting your Midlands National Hockey League teams for 2009
Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call him on 0211210098 for further info

1 July 2009

East Men and Women are triumphant

Both Men and Women East teams ended the Bayleys East vs West Series with a win in Hamilton on Friday night. Consequently both teams were awarded with the Bayleys East vs West Cup for 2009.

The series was used as a trial for the Bayleys Midlands National Hockey League teams for 2009.

The Bayleys Midlands squads for 2009 have been released and can be found on the teams page or by following this link

26 June 2009

Series stays alive

A 500 strong Tauranga crowd watched a much improved West men's team draw 5-5 with their East competitors. After losing 4-1 in the first match of the series last week West captain Tony Hopping was pleased with his teams performance. Citing the teams ability to "stick with the defensive structure" the key to the teams improved performance.

Meanwhile the East women reversed their 8-3 loss last week to a 5-0 win over the West team last night. This means that the East and West women are equal on goals for and against going into the last game in Hamilton this Friday 3 July.

The East men hold a plus three goal adavantage, which means the West men will have to perform very well to close this deficit and challenge for the Bayleys Midlands East vs. West Cup for 2009.

The final match of the series will be held in Hamilton this Friday night July 3

Women's match 6.30pm
Men's match 8.00pm

20 June 2009

Stephenson leads East to 4-1 win

Match One of the Bayleys East vs. West Series was a great success. 250 people braved the cool Ngatea night to watch top level hockey, which boasted several Black Sticks and National Hockey League players.

Ngatea resident and recently retired Black Stick, Lloyd Stephenson, captained his East team to an impressive 4-1 win over the West team.

In the Women's match, Kate Mahon predictably played a starring role in her West teams 8-3 win over the East team.

All four teams head to Tauranga this Friday night (26 June) to play the second match of the three match series.

Bayleys East vs. West Series match two:
6.30pm Men
8.00pm Women

Results after match one of the Bayleys East vs. West Series

Men: East 4 - 1 West

Women: East 3 - 8 West

10 June 2009

The following players have been selected to trial for the Bayleys Midlands National Hockey League teams for 2009. For full details of the Bayleys East v West matches please click on the following link and see details on how you can join us at the games

Bayleys East Men		Bayleys East Women
Player	Assn	Player	Assn
Owen Wells	Bay of Plenty	Oriwa Thyne	Bay of Plenty
Tenga Rangitauira	Bay of Plenty	Aroha Thompson	Bay of Plenty
Te Hai Wells	Bay of Plenty	Parekura	Bay of Plenty
Tuterangi Raharuhi	Bay of Plenty	Okeroa Douglas	Bay of Plenty
Regan White	Bay of Plenty	Shiloh Gloyn	Tauranga
Garth Beaumont	Tauranga	Tina Bethell	Bay of Plenty
Tom Lysaght	Tauranga	Cynthia McNabb	Tauranga
Abir Mukherjee	Tauranga	Sam Charlton	Tauranga
Lincoln Churchill - BS	Tauranga	Dani Maunder	Tauranga
Andy Hayward - BS	Tauranga	Gemma Flynn - BS	Tauranga
James Hawley	Tauranga	Abbie Johnstone	Tauranga
Luke Coxhead	Tauranga	Stephanie Prendiville	Tauranga
Stephen Graham - BS	Tauranga	Claire Bell	Tauranga
Barry Watson	Tauranga	Tori Horsley	Tauranga
Nick Quinn	Thames Valley	Bronte Angel	Tauranga
Lloyd Stephenson - BS	Thames Valley	Catrina Carson	Tauranga
Ricky Clark - JBS	Thames Valley	Tambra McGarvey	Tauranga
Todd Bell	Thames Valley	Jess Bagley	Bay of Plenty
	Coach	Gene Reid	Coach
Alan Galletly, Brad Bellamy, Darren Smith			Bayleys Midlands Selectors

Bayleys West Men		Bayleys West Women
Player	Assn	Player	Assn
Paul Parker	Counties/Man	Imogen Neil	Counties/Man
Veeran Morar	Counties/Man	Emma Walter	Counties/Man
Zac Woods	Waikato	Jenna Davis	Counties/Man
Raynesh Smith	Waikato	Cat Finlayson - JBS	Waikato
Nick Ross - JBS	Waikato	Sophie Wickens	Waikato
Hugo Inglis - JBS	Waikato	Kim Tanner	Waikato
Stu Pitu	Waikato	Lydia Velzian	Waikato
Kyle Ostenfield	Waikato	Lymarah Wharerau	Waikato
Matthew Rees Gibbs	Waikato	Kate Mahon - BS	Waikato
Gareth Nuzum	Waikato	Vanessa Koorey	Waikato
Ryan Emirali	Waikato	Michel Rankin	Waikato
Ben Bartels	Waikato	Shannon Cochrane	Waikato
Mathew Luxford	Waikato	Ashleigh Muiguren	Waikato
Tony Hopping	Waikato	Clarissa Eshuis - BS	Waikato
Sandeep Puna	Waikato	Lisa Williamson	Counties/Man
Richard Petherick - BS	Waikato
Casey Henwood - BS	Waikato
Craig Armstrong	Waikato
Craig Hardman	Waikato
Doug Somerville	Coach	Michelle Lock	Coach
Sue Furmage, Hymie Gill			Bayleys Midlands Selectors

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1 June 2009

East v West series

The best club players from throughout the Midlands region will be vying for a spot in the East or West hockey teams

During June and July East meets West in what will be a competitive match-up between Midlands finest players vying for a spot in the 2009 Bayleys Midlands National Hockey League teams. A best of three series played between Bayleys East and Bayleys West will provide the Bayleys NHL coaches with ample opportunity to select their Bayleys Midlands teams for 2009. This series has evolved from the state of origin series introduced last year. Eligibility of players depends on their association of origin. A player with origins from Counties/Manukau or Waikato associations will be eligible for selection in the West team. Players from Bay of Plenty, Tauranga and Thames Valley associations will be eligible for the East team. East's Gemma Flynn (Olympian, Black Stick and Bayleys Midlands player) and West's Kate Mahon (Black Stick and Bayleys Midlands player) are expected to be dominant figures playing against each other in the Bayleys East v West series.

Bayleys East v West Match Schedule:
from 5.45pm



June 19th - Ngatea - Match 1
June 26th - Tauranga - Match 2
July 3rd - Hamilton - Match 3

11 May 2009

Midlands U21 teams end their 2009 campaign

The Midlands U21 teams finished the National tournament in 4th and 5th places. Going into the final round match against Canterbury the Midlands U21 Men's team needed a win by eight goals to secure a spot in the top four. After racing to a four-nil lead the Midlands boys grew tired and could not maintain this form eventually winning four-two. This meant they finished 4th-equal on points but dropped to 5th on goal count back. As a result they played Southern in the 5th/6th classification match. A game that finished in a nil-all draw, placing the Men 5th equal overall.

After a convincing three-one win over Central on Friday the Midlands U21 Women's team needed Auckland to lose to Southern later that night to secure a place in the final. Auckland, playing for a place in the final managed to beat Southern with ease. This forced a rematch between Canterbury and Midlands for the 3rd/4th classification match. Earlier in the tournament Midlands had beaten Canterbury four-two but could not repeat this form as they lost to Canterbury and eventually finished the tournament in 4th place.

For further information and the complete list of results click here

2 May 2009

Midlands U21 off to National tournament

On behalf of the entire Midlands Hockey community, Midlands Hockey would like to wish the Midlands U21 Women's and Men's teams the very best of luck for the Hockey New Zealand National U21 tournament held in Whangarei. The tournament begins tomorrow May 2nd and finishes May 9th.

If you would like to stay up to date with all the latest results and news from the tournament please click here to be transferred to the draw and results page found on the HockeyNZ website.

20 April 2009

The Midlands Quarterly Issue #2, April 2009, will be circulated overnight tonight (April 20th) and will apear in your inbox in the morning!. This quarters newsletter features a profile of Cat Finlayson, a Bayleys Midlands NHL player and Junior Black Stick.

26 March 2009

Midlands under 21 teams named!

Midlands U21 Women’s Squad 2009

Rosie Archer - Counties
Samantha Charlton – Tauranga
Natasha Cotton – Waikato
Catherine Finlayson - Waikato
Gemma Flynn – Tauranga
Shiloh Gloyn - BOP
Tori Horsley - Tauranga
Dani Maunder - Tauranga
Cynthia McNabb – Tauranga  
Viola Scharf – Tauranga    
Kim Tanner - Waikato                        
Oriwa Thyne - BOP
Kathryn Travis  BOP    
Lydia Velzian - Waikato   
Sophie Wickens – Waikato                 
Lisa Williamson - Counties    


17/18th players are:
Abbie Johnstone – Tauranga
Mary-Claire Funnel - Waikato

Coach: Darren Smith
Ass Coach: Lincoln Churchill
Manager: Jenny Travis

Midlands U21 Men’s Squad 2009

Ben Bartels - Waikato
Garth Beaumont - Tauranga
Ricky Clarke – Thames Valley
Ryan Emirali - Waikato
Hugo Inglis - Waikato
Orin Lockyer - Waikato
Tom Lysaght - Waikato
Abir Mukherjee - Tauranga
Gareth Nuzum - Waikato
Kyle Ostenfeld - Waikato
Stuart Pitu - Waikato
Matt Rees Gibbs - Waikato
Nick Ross - Waikato
Raynesh Smith - Waikato
Owen Wells - Waikato
Zac Woods - Waikato


17/18th players are:
Chris Gardener - Tauranga
Tehai Wells – BOP

Coach: Hymie Gill
Ass Coach: Narayan Singh
Manager: Craig Hardman



28th February 2009

Midlands boys reunite at Punjab Gold Cup

Former team mates Casey Henwood (L) and Lucas Judge (R) were reunited in India during the Punjab Gold Cup. Lucas, originally from Australia has recently been selected for the Nethrelands team after spending the last five seasons in Eindhoven playing for top four club Oranje Zwart (Orange Black). Casey and Lucas both played for Bayleys Midlands in the earlier days of the National League and Lucas has not ruled out a return to his New Zealand NHL side.

U21 trail dates have been released. Go to our 'Coming Events' link under the 'Events' menu on the left menu to view full details of the trials, or read brief details below:

Sunday 22nd Feb - U21 Women's 2pm, Men's 3.30pm - Gallagher Hockey Centre, Hamilton

Sunday 1st Mar - U21 Women's 2pm, Men's 3.30pm - Blake Park Turf, Tauranga

Come and support your Midlands Black Sticks as they take on India



Midlands Hockey would like to extend a warm welcome to

now a major supporter and sponsor of Midlands Hockey Inc

January 1st 2009

Midlands Hockey would like to welcome the newest member of the team, Midlands
Santa. Midlands Santa would like to celebrate by offering all other
Midlands Hockey supporters a Christmas special. This is your
chance to own a Bayleys Midlands NHL replica training shirt. Just
like the shirt our NHL Bayleys mens team before they won the
Challenge Shield. Click Midlands Santa for the Christmas special!

The U18 and U16 Midlands Hockey Summer Camp registrations have closed. The U14
(Hatch/Collier) Midlands Camp registrations have been extended to November 30th
and further spots have been created to cater for the demand by players wishing to
attend. You will need to act fast if you hope to reserve a spot!

December 1 2008

Click to take a look at the newly added 2008 Midlands Hockey High Performance Report

URGENT: Due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to bring the start and
finish dates of the U16 Midlands Summer Camp forward by one day. This means
the U16 Midlands Summer Camp will now begin on January 21^st and will end
on January 24^th. All other daily times and schedules will remain the same. If
you are currently enrolled in this camp I need you to urgently email me, Casey
Henwood, if the above date change could pose any problems in regard to your
attendance. If I do not hear from you I will assume that this change of date
causes you no problems and we will expect to see you at the camp on the
morning of January 21^st.

21 October 2008


The Bayleys Midlands Women have been rewarded for their efforts during the recent NHL with 7 players selected for the Black Sticks womens trials held in January. Further details of the trial dates and times will be posted once the information becomes available. Midlands Hockey would like to congratulate the following players on their selection:

Tina Bethel, Shannon Cochrane, Clarissa Eshuis(pic above), Cathryn Finlayson, Gemma Flynn, Kimberley Green, Kate Mahon


16 October 2008

To cap off a stunning year of performances by our Midlands Hockey teams a number of players have recently gained selection into various Black Sticks teams. Midlands Hockey would like to extend congratulations to the following players

Junior Black Sticks Women's Team to play Australia in Brisbane - December 2008
Cathryn Finlayson
Gemma Flynn

Interim Black Sticks Men's squad
Stephen Graham
Casey Henwood
Richard Petherick
Lloyd Stephenson

Black Sticks extended regional training squad
Ricky Clark

1 October 2008

Congratulations to our Bayleys NHL teams who finished 1st and 3rd in the NHL last week

History has been made! For the first time in its 101 years of existence the Challenge Shield belongs to the provinces of Bay of Plenty, Counties/Manukau, Tauranga, Thames Valley and Waikato in the name of "MIDLANDS"






10 July 2008

Play Golf with NZ Olympians and Midlands NHL Hockey players. Be part of the 2008 Midlands Golf Day! Click on Midlands events to register
now, or go straight to the downloads section for a registration form.

2 June 2008

Midlands 2008 NHL mens and womens squads have been named. Click on the NHL tab above to view who they are

1 June 2008

Hi all,

The completion of the regional coaching clinics overall was a huge success. The move away from the 2 day camp into a 3 day live in camp challenged our players to live and breath hockey for 3 full days. Please find below some thoughts about the camps.

Coaching staff:

Darren Smith
Hymie Gill
Lincoln Churchill
Jack Clayton
Craig Hardman
Narayan Singh
Di Te Awa
Aaron Barnsdall
Kate Mahon
Stephen Graham
Sue Furmage
Cathryn Finlayson
Clarissa Eshuis

Midlands U18 Regional Coaching Clinic
Sunday 20 April - Tuesday 22 April
Players: 20 female 18 male

This group of players has some talented players although I would also say that the under 18 age group is looking forward to the crop of under 16 who will come through in 2009. They went about their work well although the ability of some players to apply themselves over the full day and particularly into the final day was interesting. The senior players in this group showed a lack of application which therefore effected the sessions.

Overall the group did train well.

There are some glaring weaknesses. These being:

Distribution skills especially hitting. The style tended to be too upright, loose swings and poor contact on the ball
Poor reverse stick skills particularly hitting and receiving. This limited goal scoring
Inability to link with other players and set up very simple 2v1 opportunities
Ball focused and therefore lack vision
Neglect to scan either prior or when receiving the ball effecting vision
Show too much of the ball when dribbling meaning huge numbers of 1v1 battles and turnover. This is highlighted by back 4 defenders and central midfielders opting to take players on. Often through a lack of vision.
Mobility and flow in receiving the ball
Intensity in their play is low
Static and impatient tackling

ALL THESE WEAKNESSES FLOWED INTO THE UNDER 21 PROGRAMS RECENTLY COMPLETED

Midlands U16 Regional Coaching Clinic
Wednesday 23 April - Friday 25 April
Players: 56 female 58 male

This group of players has some excellent players there is some cream across all 5 of the associations of the region. It is to be noted that a Midlands under 16 team would be very very good. Tauranga, BOP and Waikato all have players who would compete for a TigerTurf spot. Thames Valley have a couple of talented players who show potential. The Counties players who are in the top bracket are already on the move to Auckland which is a worrying trend.

They went about their work well especially because the senior players love hockey and are great trainers. They are all well versed at live in camps and thrive in the environment.

115 players was too many and we will rectify this in the future. However because of the quality of staff and motivation of the players this camp was the easiest to enjoy.

We did have some damage to the hostel over the camp. This was disappointing but we have repaired this at Midlands expense and will move forward. We will put some tighter procedures to ensure this does not happen again.

Overall the group did train well.

There are some glaring weaknesses. These being:

Distribution skills especially hitting. The style tended to be too upright, loose swings and poor contact on the ball
Poor reverse stick skills particularly hitting and receiving. This limited goal scoring
Inability to link with other players and set up very simple 2v1 opportunities
Ball focused and therefore lack vision
Neglect to scan either prior or when receiving the ball effecting vision
Show too much of the ball when dribbling meaning huge numbers of 1v1 battles and turnover. This is highlighted by back 4 defenders and central midfielders opting to take players on. Often through a lack of vision.
Mobility and flow in receiving the ball
Intensity in their play is good particularly in the top groups and players


Midlands U13 Regional Coaching Clinic
Sunday 27 April - Tuesday 29
Players: 33 female 37 male

This group of players has some talented players. I would say there is room for improvement across the region. If we could run this clinic again I would look to have more planned events in the evenings to entertain the children. They have too much energy and are prepared to use it off the pitch rather than on it. We need to accommodate this in our program. This is not the case for 16s and 18s.

Overall the group did train well.

There are some glaring weaknesses. These being:

Distribution skills especially hitting. The style tended to be too upright, loose swings and poor contact on the ball
Poor reverse stick skills particularly hitting and receiving
Very poor ability to recognize and set up very simple 2v1 opportunities
Ball focused and therefore lack vision. All players lead for the ball
Neglect to scan either prior or when receiving the ball effecting vision
Very static tacklers
Mobility and flow in receiving the ball
Intensity in their play is low
Lack the ability to pass and then re-position to receive the ball back again
Often choose the option of just simply whacking the ball. Even when there is no obvious target they are aiming for. This is especially prevalent in the girls

Reports

Reports have been written and have been distributed to the associations. The associations will then distribute to the players. We will also keep a copy and have formed a spreadsheet to monitor our best players.

Representative coaches should be aware of the reports and what players need to work on. They also should be aware of the weaknesses of the region in terms of development. Although they will have their own thoughts we need to see improvements.

Rankings

I have sent the rankings of the players through to Hockey NZ. We have some very gifted players in the under 16 group I'm positive these players will prove too attractive to overlook for the TigerTurf 2008.

We will also rank the top 15-20 players for each age group in boys and girls to continue monitoring them.

Future

Midlands Hockey has been seeking meetings with each region to set up regional training opportunities. This will basically be our top coaches training our best coaches and players. This is part of the plan toward our high performance throughout Midlands.

The live in camps are very important. The players when they make national squads will be comfortable as it will be the same as our camps. The live in camps over the summer will be advertised shortly and we would also like to run the regional clinics in the same format in 2009 with the improvements highlighted.

I'll be checking the Rotorua Boys Hostel over the next month with the plan to utilise this in the future. With BOP looking to install a second water turf it is certainly an option.

I'll also do some checking in Tauranga.

If you have any questions or issues please email.

 

Kind regards

Darren