Kookaburras 5 India 2 (3-1 half time)

Goals – Aus De Young 2m FG, Aus Turner 10m PC, Aus Abbott 26m FG, Ind Pillay 35m FG, Aus Doerner 42m PC, Aus Turner 43m FG, Ind R. Singh 53m FG

Match Highlights

It was a case of 16 versus 19,000 when the Kookaburras took on India in front of their home crowd in New Delhi at the 2010 World Cup, with the Kookaburras rising to the occasion to win 5-2.

The win keeps the Kookaburras well in truly in the hunt for a semi finals berth, moving them to second place in their pool after Spain suffered a surprise 2-1 loss to Pakistan in the earlier match. Read more »

This year the KEW Junior club will be fielding 15 teams.  This is a massive increase from only 9 teams fielded four years ago – but still less than half compared to Greensborough, Doncaster and Camberwell.

This increase is directly related to our efforts conducting School Clinics, Hook into Hockey and Minkey.  This is all happening again right now – and we need plenty of help in this recruiting effort.

Please examine the following dates and advise me by email of the dates you can help.  If EVERYONE can assist with two of these sessions, then our club gets stronger again.

1. School clinics are kicking off next week; we’ve locked in a couple of schools so far – still trying to get a couple more.  Assistance is needed on weekdays throughout February – starting next Monday 15 February – going every day through to Friday March 13. If you can do a morning session, an afternoon session, or even a full day – that would be a great help.
2. Hook into Hockey starts on Sunday 28 February at 10.00am, and then runs on Tues afternoons at 5.00pm, and Sunday mornings at 10.00am throughout March.

Please respond by email,   joe.hassall@auspost.com.au or phone me on 0418 388 975.

Seeya,

Joey 

Attention all members

Please be advised that the 2009 Annual General Meeting of the Kew Elgar Whitehorse Hockey Club will be held at 7:30pm on 11 February 2010 at The Harp of Erin Hotel, 636 High Street, Kew East.

Club members should be aware that the date of the AGM has changed. It will now be held on February 11. It will begin at 7.30pm at the Harp of Erin Hotel in Kew as previously listed.

Agendas and proxy appointment forms have been posted to members for which we hold current postal addresses.

For those members who have not provided a postal address please find following links to the AGM agenda and proxy appointment forms.  Alternatively please refer the club website at www.kewhockey.com for further details.

2009 AGM Agenda

Proxy form

Lachlan Walmsley
Secretary
Kew Elgar Whitehorse Hockey Club

Following the Aussies securing their 10th Champions Trophy in Melbourne, the Kew Kids starting counting the six sleeps until they would actually meet their Kookaburra heroes, Mark Knowles and Jamie Dwyer.

Mark and Jamie have kicked off “1 & 9 Coaching”; a program bringing their simply awesome hockey talents to the grass roots; the local hockey clubs.  The big emphasis is having fun – Mark’s and Jamie’s coaching program is full of fun and some super secrets of hockey.

So the little KewCumbers gathered at the SNHC last Saturday – and what a fantastic day we all had.  After some intros, the lads got right into the secrets of top class hockey.

1.  Learn from the Best

Mark detailed the techniques of:

• The slap pass
• Hitting hard flat balls
• Trapping into space
• The spin (later re-named the “zoomer”)

Jamie focused in on dribbling skills, especially:

• Ball carrying position
• Head up while dribbling
• Drags, jinks and dinks
• Elimination skills

Following a rotation through Mark or Jamie’s session, the groups could immediately apply their learnings in mini-games.

2.  World’s Best Skills Demonstration

All the kids and parents were called in and the boys demonstrated some truly spectacular hockey skills.  Mark and Jamie thrilled the group with goal shots, chips, flicks and then some serious party tricks.  The main message was “DO try this at home – just NOT INSIDE the house…”

Jamie was asked to demonstrate his spectacular “Toma” goal from the Champs Trophy game v The Netherlands.  Mark quickly emphasised that it was a typical Knowles pass that set it up – so we saw the whole play re-enacted…

FIVE TIMES IN A ROW – BREATHTAKING – ALL UNSTOPPABLE.

Young hockey heads were inspired.  Old hockey heads nodded sagely, caught their breath and noted that:

a) in my day it’s back of the stick,

b) my back is sore just watching, and

b) it was ABSOLUTELY no fluke

The Kew Kids had their turn to show their own tricks – under the watchful eye of the Aussie skipper (Knowles) and the World’s Best hockey player (Dwyer).

This session finished with the biggest game of HOC-TOPUS you’ve ever seen; 40 kids bearing down on Mark and Jamie with their dribbling skills.  Seems that the Kew Kids skills were too sharp for the boys through the first phase – and then Mark and Jamie’s tackling skills seemed to warm up!

Then Jamie tried to take them all on – however he didn’t count on the perfect Eliza B tackle (see the photo).

3.  Q and A

The lads spent some time answering lots of wide ranging questions from the kids, including enquiries re their training program, their beep test results (high 15s, low 16s), their hockey highlights and the most goals Jamie’s ever scored in a match (22).

One very interesting point came out of this Q&A.  Aussie coach Ric Charlesworth has been emphasising to the Kookaburras the incredible importance of the trap, the hit and the slap – especially the trap.  No use having fancy dribbling and shooting skills if you haven’t trapped it.

4.  Hero Time

To wind up Mark and Jamie were wonderfully generous with their time following the sessions, with all the kids making sure they got everything signed, and the Mums and Dads taking hundreds of photos.

What a fantastic opportunity to meet, learn from, and tackle the World’s best players.  Mark and Jamie, seeyou next year and

GO THE KOOKABURRAS IN THE 2010 WORLD CUP

Thought hockey was over for the year? Think Again!

Kew Junior Hockey Club is holding four hockey clinics on consecutive Sunday mornings in November at Elgar Park.

All Kew Juniors and potential Kew Juniors welcome to participate.  Parents and other adults with an interest welcome to observe or ask questions—particularly for Session 2 on the Rules of Hockey.

Program

Session 1: Sunday 8th November 9:30—11:00am

“You’ve paid for it, you might as well use it all ” – Stick skills with every part of the stick.  With assorted talented senior players who can do assorted talented things with hockey sticks.

Session 2: Sunday 15th November 9:30—11:00am

“Was that really five metres?” – The intricacies of the rules—don’t be tricked.  Rules you need to know, uncommon applications, rules you can use to your advantage.  With Pete Hovenden, senior umpire, veterans’ supremo, club legend.  Interested adults very welcome.

Session 3: Sunday 22nd November 9:30—11:00am

“Cumber IQ ” – Strategies and Set Plays—some tactics for playing smarter as well as better.  With club coaches/players.

Session 4: Sunday 29th November 9:00—10:30am (Earlier start due to Champions Trophy that afternoon)

“The Secrets of Hockey” – (rescheduled) Our own Mr Hockey (Joe Hassall)  reveals the skills and attributes needed to be a successful hockey player.

There will be: practice and coaching of basic skills, guest presentations on hockey topics and some informal mixed “scratch” matches across various age-groups.

Make sure to bring: Stick, mouth guard, shin guards, water bottle, a hat and sunscreen (we are Sun Smart), and a coloured shirt and a white shirt (to distinguish teams for the “scratch” matches).

Cost: $5 donation per session, to cover basic expenses.

So if you are an experienced player wanting to refine aspects of your game, a beginner starting out, or anywhere in between, come along, have some fun and exercise on any or all of these Sunday mornings and develop your hockey skills.

Enquiries

Peter Bleakley: peterbleakley@iinet.net.au
Lauren Bleakley: laurenbleakley@iinet.net.au