The Club is please
to announce that an extra hour of training time on Wednesday
evenings at Copleston has been secured for the 2009-10 season
(starting 2nd Sept)
Ladies
training is from 7.00 – 8.30pm
Mens
training is from 8.30pm – 10.00pm
It has been club policy to book the extra hour,
if at all possible, and this has become available and returns us to
the training time that we had for many years at Copleston.
Calling all members with nothing to do August Bank Holiday (2009)...
Tour to Barnstaple? - Aug Bank Holiday 2009
Why not join the Mighty Mallards on tour in the lovely North Devon
town of Barnstaple?
Arrive Friday set up camp, have a "few" beers, followed by a choice
of Indian or Chinese, both less than 100yds away or cook on site.
Perhaps a pleasant stroll down the river Taw or visit the town
itself, even have a "few" more beers! Or check out the disco and
entertainment provided in the sports hall.
There are three tournaments, Men's, Mixed and Ladies
The hockey, on grass and astro, starts Saturday morning and goes on
all day 'til about 5pm. There is a themed disco Saturday evening with
Fancy Dress optional and even dress optional from some reports!
The local pub serving good ale is less than 100yds away too! (Next
door to the Chinese and Indian retail outlets)
Hockey resumes on Sunday am, with semi finals and finals around tea
time. Trophies are presented, and then you can leave or stay
until Monday, which will mean another round of beers no doubt!
Last year this all came to the sum of £50 (excluding Beer and Curry
money but we did have egg and bacon rolls served first thing by a
club supporter) and included the tour shirt and socks, sombrero and
maracas! Even the toilets were cleaned out regularly as well!
What could be better as the English Summer wanes ......
If interested please reply to Dave Charles
hockeydmc@yahoo.com. The tournament is run by North Devon Hockey
Club and it will be the 25th in 2009.
http://northdevonhockeyclub.co.uk/
Thanks, Dave