Leadership & Youth Forum

14th April 2008 - Junior Hockey Volunteers Wanted
Sign up to be a junior hockey volunteer and leader age 13 plus. This will involve attending a one day training course which will develop your skills and confidence to become a hockey leader. Once you have attended the one day course on the 21st May you will be invited to support at a range of events including the Primary Mixed Hockey Festival, Primary Development Centre Festival and Hockey Family Fun Day.

Download the letter Microsoft Word document, 549Kb and the application form Microsoft Word document, 549Kb.

January 2008 - Update
The youth hockey forum's role is to support the development of the sport in Plymouth and ensure that the game is being developed in line with the views of young people.

The group will take a lead in helping to run major events like the Primary Mixed Hockey Festival, Hockey Fun days while supporting the developments of junior & youth opportunities in schools & clubs.

To become a member of this group please contact Ben Blundy.

Members of the group

PHDG Support from Chairman - Jamie Oxley - jamieoxo@hotmail.com

15th May 2006 - Leadership Development opportunities
For pupils in years 7-11

Young Volunteers Required. Must have an interest in Hockey. To help run the largest Primary Hockey Festival in the Country on either the 8th or 9th June Held at Marjon. Time 8.30am to 3.30pm. If you can help Umpire, Manage the tournament or Run mini events then please contact: Simon Fenwick 07989 400504 or email Simon.fenwick@devonport.co.uk Permission will be required from your school to attend.

Young Umpires Award. Interested pupils with a basic knowledge and interest of the game are invited to undertake their young umpires award in years 7-10. No Cost. To register any pupils please contact Jamie Oxley. Fully supervised day so need for staff support. Date 8th June 9-3pm Marjon. Limited places.

Hockey Leadership Award. The new Hockey Leadership award is delivered in 3 stages.
a) Umpiring - 8th June 9-3pm Marjon
b) Management - Date of module to me confirmed – more info on site when confirmed.
c) Coaching - 2 twilight sessions – 4-6pm Wednesday 14th and 21st June (Plymouth College, Mutley)

If you have completed A & C and are currently undertaking your Sports Leaders Award once you have completed this award you will gain your Hockey Leaders Award.

2nd May 2006 - Youth Forum update
A meeting was held on 26th April and the following points were discussed. Thanks to Sinead Kelly for these details.

We spoke about school reps. Ivybridge = Sinead & Steve. DHS =Jim & Dave. John Kitto = Leigh. Plymstock = Reece. Eggbuckland = Charlotte Allatt. Lipson= Mark Smith & Bethany Ash. Tavistock, Heles and Devonport: undecided.

Creating posters to promote this league and let members within each school know about it. On the poster you will need to include the following information:

  1. Will start June/July
  2. Will only be £2.50 per match, this will go towards pitch hire and a PARTY for the end of the league. Matches will be played on a weekly basis.
  3. All matches will be played within the Plymouth area
  4. For both boy and girls of all abilities, ranging from beginners through to County/West
  5. For years 8, 9, 10 and 11
  6. Spread the information to friends.
  7. It is a FRIENDLY hockey league!!!!!!!!
  8. Use bright colours and pictures of hockey to make it more appealing and noticeable.
  9. 9. Include logos of the Local Network Fund, Devon Community Foundation and DML devonport. You should find them on this website.
Also to promote this league you need to tell your friends to spread the word, select someone or a few people in each year group to spread the word in their year. And if you're a school rep talk about it in assemblies for the neccessary year groups. Arrange a meeting date for each year seperately, this would probably be easier, for example YEAR 8= sports hall on TUESDAY 2nd MAY at 1:30pm YEAR 9= sports hall on WEDNESDAY 3rd MAY at 1:30pm etc... At this meeting you need to make a note of people interested, so their names, year group, and email will need to be taken down.

Tell them to listen out for a note in the daily bullitin or a notice on the sports board for the next meeting you will have with them.

Give them a rough indication of when it will be though, and don't leave it too long because they're bound to forget!

After you have had a meeting with each neccessary year group you need to work out rough teams and if you don't have enough people or too many to make up a team get in touch with me or one of the other school reps because it's likely they'll be in the same position too.

REMEMBER: Keep the teams fair, a few from each year group and no more than two county players per team and it's 11 a side.

This needs to be done and organised as soon as you possibly can so we can get the teams sorted and the kit ordered and the league underway!!!!!!!!!

GOOD LUCK and if you are having and troubles let me no and i'll do my best to help.

The provisional date for the next meeting is WEDNESDAY 24th MAY, but Jamie will be intouch about that. At that meeting we will need you there plus the captain of each of the teams, we will check teams and sort out kit.

MAKE SURE YOU GET THE HOCKEY LEAGUE INFORMATION AROUND YOUR SCHOOL and keep emailing me on your progress.

15th March 2006 - Hockey Leadership Conference
The PHDG is delighted to announce that a Hockey Leadership Conference is going to be run in Plymouth on Wednesday March 15th at the College of St Mark & St John. The target group is boys and girls in years 9-11. The aim after the conference is to set up a Youth hockey Forum to help develop the sport. The newly qualified leaders will be give the challenge of setting up a new U16/U15 boys and girls fun league running in late spring and early summer.

A poster for the event can be downloaded from the England Hockey website (or by clicking here)

More details & an application form can be downloaded here.