It was a 7am meet for Romsey Hockey Club Ladies 1s, in their first match of the season. The ferry over to the Isle of Wight enhanced the team bonding and excitement of finally playing again.
On the pitch, Romsey started strong with their first goal in the 11th minute. The ball was carried up the line by wing back (and captain) Beeching, to Adams, who passed it from the goal line into the D. I Ackerman picked up the ball and fired it forcefully into the back of the goal. Not bad for I Ackerman’s debut match!
The second goal followed 6 minutes later when a short corner was won by Romsey. Olingschlaeger ejected to C Jones (Vice captain), who took a straight strike from the top of the D, direct into the right-hand corner.
RHC were feeling energised by a 0-2 lead, but Isle of Wight fought back and were awarded a P-flick shortly after. Goalkeeper Reilly stood tall and dominant in the goal causing Isle of Wight to send the ball over the goal.
Isle of Wight made a fast break and hit a reverse shot from the top of the D. It was a great goal making the score 1-2. Romsey had lots of possession and great runs, with Jenner and Lewis controlling the middle of the pitch.
As Romsey were tiring, Isle of Wight were awarded a short corner, which enabled them to equalise before half time, 2-2.
Half time allowed Romsey to regroup and return to the pitch with vigour. Within the first few minutes we were in Isle of Wights D and C Ackerman was unlucky not to get a goal from her quick thinking, attacking play. Humphreys worked the ball round the D and C Jones (player of the match) scored her second goal of the game, to bring the game to 2-3.
Isle of Wight were awarded several short corners, but the defence were fantastic with an amazing block tackle from Dixon, the speed of J Jones and leadership by Collins. Braund was moving off the ball throughout to ensure a pass was always on.
Romsey held the lead to win the first game of the season.
Manager Cooper was proud of the whole team and they are of him. RHC Ladies 1s are looking forward to their first home match at Ganger Farm at 10:30am on Saturday 1st October.
BU14s First Match of the 2022 Season
U14 Boys first match of the season!
The U14 boys played their first match of the season at Ganger farm against a very strong Salisbury team and although they lost, they played some super hockey and the u12s who played up did not look out of place at all.
There were some super performances all round and for a lot of the lads it was their first match on a full pitch so even more to be positive about.
Well done lads , great match!
Minis’ First Tournament of 2022/23 Season
This weekend saw the U8s and U10s first tournament of the season.
With 2x U8s and 3x U10s teams entered from Romsey, it really shows just how our little town club is thriving.
One under 8s team didn’t lose a game, with 2 draws and 3 wins. Some excellent play by Ted, a save off the line by Louis, super running by Matilda, great defending by Arlo, Sally and Fraser. All 8 goals scored by Elijah who clearly demonstrated his experience today.
We have a lot of new U8s to tournaments this weekend so it was great to see so many smiling children despite the pouring rain!
Debut Friendly at Ganger Farm!
The under 12 boys 1s and 2s played a friendly against Basingstoke A & B, their first on the new home pitch at Ganger Farm.
Great to be back playing hockey on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Fantastic goals by Zach (too many to recall how many!), and Stanley and runs down the wing by Jake, resulted in all wins for the Romsey 1s.
Romsey 2s battled hard against some fast-paced Basingstoke players. Luca scored some super goals and William played well in goal, saving numerous goals.
All in all, great to be back playing hockey and the boys are looking forward to their first league match next week.
Website Migrated
The website has been migrated; the DNS changes may take a few hours to propagate but in principle we’re up and running.
Planned website maintenance
Tuesday 15 October 2019 2000 to 2200
The website will be down tonight to allow it to move to a new hosting service.
The current hosting server has reach end-of-life, and has experienced serious performance issues in recent weeks.
Preparation work has already been done on the new host, and the planned works should be relatively simple and straight forward.
The new hosting service guarantees 99.99% up time, and much improved page load time.
Application of the rules of hockey in England for the 2019-20 Season
Application of the rules of hockey in England for the 2019-20 Season.
The FIH published the new Rules of Outdoor Hockey in December 2018. These took effect internationally from 1 January 2019, but National Associations have discretion to decide the date of implementation at national level. As communicated on 18th December 2018, (click here) England Hockey chose not to implement the changes during the 2018-19 season.
England Hockey can now confirm that it supports the implementation of all the rule changes with the exception of one. Therefore the following (major) changes will be implemented at all levels of the sport in England from the start of the 2019/20 season:
- Removal of Player with Goalkeeper Privileges (PwGKP)
- Amendments to Attacking Free Hits within the 23m
- Defensive Free Hits awarded within the defensive circle
- Amendment to ruling around Attackers entering the circle early at a Penalty Corner
England Hockey has, in recent years, striven to apply a consistent set of rules throughout all levels of the sport, however, the proposed change to 15-minute quarters has caused considerable concern. Since December England Hockey has been considering the full implications of the rule change including research on the impact on game length consultation with officiating bodies and discussions with other hockey governing bodies around the world.
England Hockey has also been liaising with the FIH to understand whether they were reconsidering the proposals in light of the number of countries opting to continue to play halves or opting to move to 17.5 minute quarters (without the clock stopping at Penalty Corners).
The Board of England Hockey met on 16 July and has agreed the following changes:
- To apply 17.5 minute quarters (without the clock stopping at Penalty Corners) to the elite domestic club game specifically: a. All Divisions of the England Hockey Leagues (the Investec Women’s Hockey League and Men’s England Hockey League); b. Tier 1 of the Adult Club Championships.
- For season 2019-20, to leave the rest of the club game played as halves, usually of 2×35 minutes (or shorter formats in the junior game as appropriate).
The implementation of quarters at lower levels will be considered over the course of the 2019/20 season, in light of the experience at the higher levels.
Support will be available for players, coaches, umpires and officials in learning these rule implementations through access to material on the Hockey Hub and this will be shared with Leagues & Umpiring Associations to enhance the learning of their members ahead of the new season.
Due to the variation in rule sets for the domestic game, the Hockey Hub will host both versions of the rules that England Hockey will be playing to during the 2019/20 season. As previously stated, there are a number of changes to the Outdoor Rules. These are all marked with a vertical line in the margin of the Rule Book. The key rule changes are summarised below, but players, coaches, umpires and officials are encouraged to read the full text of the new rules rather than relying on this document.
Key Changes
2.2 – Mandatory Experiment: a team no longer has the option to play with a player with goalkeeping privileges. This means that teams either play with a Goalkeeper, or 11 outfield players
5 – timing of matches to be more closely aligned with the international game as seen at the Vitality Hockey Women’s World Cup or FIH Pro-League. See above / below for further details.
6 – wording change around the start and re-start of the match to reflect the change to quarters in the rule book.
9.12 – Very minor clarification of third party or shadow obstruction during a penalty corner on defenders (and goalkeeper).
11.6 – wording added to this rule to show that Umpires blow the whistle for the start / end of each quarter and for the stopping / re-starting of time around a Penalty Corner.
12.4 – clarification added to the awarding of a Penalty Stroke if the ball hits a piece of equipment lying in the circle and a probable goal is prevented, a penalty stroke may be awarded.
13.1 – A free hit awarded to the defence within the defensive circle can be taken anywhere in their circle OR taken up to 15 metres from the back-line in line with the location of the offence, parallel to the side-line.
13.2 – Additional wording in the guidance concerning the re-start after awarding a Free Hit to the attacking team within 5 metres of the circle they are attacking. The introduction of a quick selfpass for these Free Hits allows the defenders to stay within the circle, within 5m and not interfere with play until the ball can legitimately enter the circle. If there is no quick self-pass, then ALL defenders, regardless of location in the 23m, have to retreat 5m if they wish to legitimately play the ball once the Free Hit is taken.
13.3.g – Clarification on defending team’s responsibilities when defending a Penalty Corner when playing with no Goalkeeper.
13.5 – Removal of previous rule of when a Penalty Corner is finished if time has already lapsed and clarification that if play during a Penalty Corner is stopped because of an injury or for any other reason during the taking of a penalty corner at the end of a quarter or half and a bully would otherwise be awarded, the penalty corner must be taken again.
13.6.e – change to current rule, now if an attacker enters the circle at a Penalty Corner before permitted, the player taking the push or hit from the backline is required to go beyond the centreline and the Penalty Corner is taken again.
13.7.e – if a team has chosen to play with eleven outfield players and no goalkeeper, if they concede a Penalty Stroke then this explains what protective equipment is permitted for the defender.
Original document can be downloaded from https://i.emlfiles4.com/cmpdoc/3/4/2/6/2/files/578167_2019-changes-to-rules-of-outdoor–hockey-press-release-final.pdf
End of Season Party 2019 Photos
Photo proofs from the end of season part, taken by Dave Dodge Photography, are available for viewing here.
https://davedodgephotography.shootproof.com/gallery/9223861/home
AGM 2019
This year’s Romsey Hockey Club AGM will be at 7:30pm at the Phoenix on Monday 29th April.
End of Season Celebrations 2019
Please sign up on Teamo for the End of Season Do. We have a cut off of 8th April unless there are extenuating circumstances. The event fee is £40 per person. This includes a photographer, live band, drink on arrival and 3 course dinner – fantastic value for money. Dress is black tie. Awards will be presented.