Thanks to everyone who attended the recent Junior Celebration Event and congratulations to all the award winners. There have been many notable achievements for our junior teams this season:-
U10 Boys - 3rd in Warwickshire, U10 Girls - 2nd in Warwickshire, 2nd in Midlands, U12 Boys - 2nd in Warwickshire, 6th in Midlands & U12 Girls - 1st in Warwickshire, 2nd in Midlands.
U16 Boys T1 Championship Supraleague National finalists with a fantastic 4th place finish.
Congratulations to the U18 Boys and Girls who were both National T1 Plate winners.
SCHC’s Talent Certification Developer, Henry Harrison, from England Hockey attended Junior Training on 1st March and has given very positive feedback about the club.
Summer Sunday sessions at Vesey from 14th June to July 19th. Information has been sent out via Pitchero.

Senior Section

Congratulations to the Women’s O35s who won the EH Tier 1 Cup Competition for the 3rd successive year.
Summer league is now well underway with 3 men’s and 2 women’s teams competing. Monday evening mixed vets hockey has also started at Lichfield. Good luck to everyone who is playing throughout the summer.
On Saturday 9th May, over 100 hockey players came together for the MT10 ‘10s for Taylor’ tournament raising over £2000 for The Brain Tumour charity.
Summer sessions will run from Sunday 26th July and throughout August 10-11:30am at Vesey, (ages 13+).
League start date for 2026-27 season is Saturday 19th September.
Looking to offer GK-specific coaching for senior players next season.

Socials & Clubhouse

Thank you to everyone who attended The Gala Ball on Saturday 9th May at Aston Wood Golf Club. We are thrilled to share that £2000 was raised for both of this year’s nominated charities - LAM Action (https://lamaction.org) and Grow Family Services (https://www.growfamilyservices.org).
Next year’s Ball is booked at Aston Wood for Saturday 8th May 2026 - put the date in your diary now!
A new ladies toilet, disabled toilet, kitchenette with small store & new boiler have now been completed at the clubhouse. Thank you to everyone involved in securing the funding for and making the improvements.

Discussion Forum

Thank you to everyone who attended the club’s first Discussion Forum in March and for the valuable contributions made. A summary of the discussions is being shared alongside these minutes.
Following the forum, the club is looking to acknowledge volunteers with the option of a voucher enabling on and/or off pitch kit items to be purchased at a discounted price.
A further suggestion has brought about a new award - the Volunteer’s Award - to acknowledge behind the scenes as well as more visible contributions from our volunteers, to be presented at the AGM each year.

Finance, Subscriptions and Kit

A subscriptions proposal will be brought to the AGM, with some categories amalgamated.
We are hoping to have kit available to view and purchase at the AGM. Stock ordered for next season.

Umpires

Thanks to all those who attended the Umpires Forum held in March. The importance of using radios was discussed as well as aerial ball rules among other topics. There is a plan to have an umpire event at the start of each season going over new rules, and for captains/coaches to then disseminate to teams.
There will be a record of games officiated by our umpires which will include the level of the games.

AOB

Flyerz, looking to offer summer weekend sessions and surveying participants for best times and dates.
Back2Hockey sessions will run on 2nd, 9th, 16th August 9-10am at Vesey. Please share with anyone who you think would like to attend.
Sutton Coldfield Community Games, 12 - 5pm, Saturday 11th + Sunday 12th July at Wyndley. Please contact comms@suttoncoldfieldhc.co.uk if you are able to help out on the hockey stand for a couple of hours on either the Saturday or Sunday.

Dates of Core Committee Meetings for 2025/26 Season:-

Mondays 8 September, 6 October; 3 November; 5 January; 2 February; 2 March; 1 June.

AGM: Monday 29 June, 7 for 7:30pm at the Clubhouse. All members welcome.