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The Welsh Hockey Union recognises the importance of youth development in our sport and is committed to ensuring that opportunities are plentiful, and provision is of the highest standard. There are a number of initiatives currently in place to attract youngsters to our sport, and also to develop the skills of youngsters involved in playing, coaching, umpiring and administrating hockey in Wales. Our Youth Programme was recently commended by the FIH Youth Conference in Chile.

For further information on Youth Development,
contact [email protected]
 

1. EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

WHU Youth Hockey Experience 2008
Amsterdam, March 25th - 29th

Amsterdam Awe for Welsh Youngsters
51 youngsters & 10 WHU staff from Wales and South West England were bowled over by their Hockey Experience during a 3 day camp in Amsterdam during the Easter Holidays. 

Highlights included: Coaching sessions with Stijn van Roosendaal and 120 capped Dutch legend Timme Hoyng at the Dutch National Hockey Stadium; Coaching sessions with WHU Academy Coach Andy Gowman and his team of assistants; a sightseeing canal cruise of historic Amsterdam; and 3 matches against strong youth teams from Huizer Hockey Club. 

The trip was expertly coordinated by WHU youth hockey partner & sponsor Sport Experiences (www.sportexperiences.co.uk). Plans for next year are already underway!

 

 

RAF Development Days 2008
Following the success of our hockey development days in partnership with the Royal Air Force last season, we are once again working alongside the RAF to provide this unique opportunity to players wishing to further develop their hockey skills.

The development day is open to girls and boys aged 11-15 years (school years 7, 8, 9 & 10) and is free of charge, on a first come, first served basis.

To find out more about the RAF Development Days please download more details...

  RAF Camp Invitation Letter (79kb)

  RAF Camp Reply form (66kb)

  Medical Consent Form (26kb)

Places are limited so to ensure a place send in both the reply form and medical form by Monday 21st January.

Read 2006 RAF Development Days report (includes photo gallery.)

Summer Camp
The annual Summer Camp aims to provide opportunities for players from all over Wales and beyond to develop their hockey skills in a fun and social environment. The Camps generally cater for players aged U13 and U16, and the programme will be tailored to meet the needs of the players attending. Players of all playing abilities are welcome to attend. Click here for more information

RAF Inter-UA Tournaments

Under 15's

Under 13's

Click here for more information
 

Global Marathon
This is an FIH driven activity to promote and develop hockey across the World. Every participating nation organizes an event on the same date every year in order to raise the profile of our sport. This year’s Global Marathon will be held on 12th/13th May 2007, and the theme will be released by the FIH over the next few weeks. Clubs are invited to take part in our event(s), or to come up with an event of their own to fit the theme, and feedback a report on their initiative. This could be a great way of ending your season on a high.

View web page report of the 2007 Global Marathon 

View web page report of the 2006 Global Marathon 

  Download PDF report of the 2006 Global Marathon

 

2. GET INVOLVED

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BECOME AN UMPIRE

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3. YOUTH HOCKEY ACTIVATORS

HOW TO BECOME A HOCKEY ACTIVATOR?

Download a history/summary of our Sport Experiences Youth Activator Programme

SPORT EXPERIENCES YOUTH HOCKEY ACTIVATOR RECRUITMENT CONFERENCE 2006

Download conference report 2006

ACTIVATOR REPORTS

FIH World Youth Conference
Reports by Chloe Guy and Jon Elliott

Download FIH World Youth Conference Reports
 

4. DEPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES/EVENTS

If you are looking for youth activator support with initiatives in your hockey club, be it coaching, umpiring, administration, one-off events, etc., e-mail your details to [email protected] and your information will be posted onto the website and sent out to our activators.
 

5. WHAT'S ON IN YOUR AREA?

20th September 2007
Hockey Course a real winner at Llangrannog
The URDD, Wales’s renowned Welsh language youth movement and a key WHU partner organisation, is starting to become a “hot bed” for hockey in Wales. At the “School of Sport” run by the URDD at their Llangrannog Camp during August, some 26 youngsters aged 16+ completed the WHU’s Hockey Organisers Workshop, which gives them the basic skills and knowledge with which to help out at their local hockey clubs, schools or URDD groups. Some 60 children from all over Wales attended the camp as participants, and all of these took part in hockey. To discover more please download the report provided by Helen Thomas, WHU/URDD Hockey Development Officer for Ceredigion.

Download Helen Thomas's report - in English and Welsh (61kb)

 

 

Caerphilly

www.caerphilly.gov.uk/sportsdevelopment/hockey.htm

 

If you’d like to promote your club’s youth activities here, please
e-mail your details to [email protected]

 

 

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