Secondary Schools

20th November 2007 - Secondary Schools Fixtures 2007/08
The central list of schools fixtures can be found on the Plymouth City Council website.

19th November 2007 - Young Volunteer Awards 2007
England Hockey introduced its Young Volunteer Awards in the summer of this year. We know that there are an ever-increasing number of fantastic and deserving young people in our sport and we are now looking for nominations to consider for our 2007 Champion Young Volunteers role of honour. If you think you know of a volunteer (aged between 13 and 25 years) that you would like to nominate, please follow this link to England Hockey and scroll down to the nomination form.

September 2007 - Sir John Hunt Hockey Festival
The PHDG's first Primary Hockey Festivals was held in September, with 13 teams competing from the Sir John Hunt Secondary school group. Read the full report by Ben Blundy here.

6th September 2007 - Devon Junior Hockey Handbook 2007/08
The Handbook for junior hockey in Devon for the forthcoming season can be downloaded here Adobe Acrobat, 400Kb.

1st-22nd May 2007 - U13 Centre of Excellence development centre
The PHDG is delighted to confirm the details for this years Centre of Excellent & development. The programme will run at Marjon during May for boys and girls in years 7/8. Schools may select players who they feel match the basic criteria: (County Standard players are not eligible to attend)

The group wishes to coach the most promising players from West Devon & East Cornwall area to be coached over a four week period. Over the years the centre has proved very successful with many players going on to represent their county and more recently the West of England and England.
The Centre of Excellence will run on Tuesday 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd May with all sessions taking place at the College of St Mark & St John and only costs £15.

15th May 2006 - Plymouth Devon Youth Games Team trial
Where: Lipson Community College astro pitch
When: Monday 12th, Monday 19th June, Monday 26th June, Monday 3rd July, Monday 10th July: 6:00-7.30pm
For who: Boys & girls in school years 7 & 8 (Age 11-13)

The first 2 sessions (12th & 19th June), players will be coached and assessed to attend the additional 3 session in June & July. Cost £3 per session.
Schools & Clubs are invited to nominate and promote this opportunity for young hockey players to develop their skills.

In order to attend please complete a registration form and return by Friday 9th June to: PHDG Development Centre, 1 Salcombe Road, Lipson PL4 7NE.

20th February 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.

25th-28th August 2006 - Boys U15 & U17 11-a-side Summer Hockey Festival
The College of St. Mark & St. John (Marjon) is a higher education College in Plymouth and is working with Plymouth Marjon Hockey Club to put on a youth hockey festival in the summer.

The festival will be hosted by Marjon and take place over the August bank holiday weekend, Friday 25 – Monday 28 August 2006. The competition will be open to boys under 15 and under 17 teams.

The weekend will cost £195 per team to enter and £95 per head for players, adults £110 per head(for those teams staying on campus). This cost includes bed and breakfast and two evening meals, the tournament itself, trophies and medals for the winners/runners up and entertainment on the Saturday night along with access to utilise additional sporting facilities at the college.

The closing date for entries will be 28 April.

Download this document (Microsoft Word, 55Kb) which will give you the event and campus details, as well as a booking form.

17th November 2005 - Schools Handbook for 2005/06
Download the 2005/06 schools handbook here (Microsoft Word document, 1.3Mb). It includes details on:

View the poster for senior clubs and details of all the junior clubs in the city.

Wednesday 27th April 2005 - SSCo City Finals 2005.
(all the winners from the festivals throughout the year).
Both the boys and girls finals proved to be very exciting games with Tamerton Vale winning the girls final and Woodfield winning the boys final. Both school are part of the Sir John Hunt Academic Council. Tamerton Vale left it late to take the title with Joanne Griffiths scoring in the last five seconds. Woodfield also left it late to secure the trophy with a goal also scored in the final few seconds. Results from this festival can be found here.

November 2004 - March 2005 - Under 13s and Under 15s hockey leagues
Click here for the U13 and U15 results and tables.

New! April 2004 - DML U13 League & Tournament, Marjons
A round-up of this year's U13 hockey tournament and league can be read here.

Friday 26th March 2004 - U15 7 a-side Boys Hockey Tournament 2004
Read the report here.

Wednesday 18th June 2003
After school Junior Hockey Clubs
After school Junior Hockey Clubs to be set up at Bullpoint and Manadon. The Plymouth Hockey Development Group in Partnership with Positive Futures and the City Council Sports Development Unit invite young hockey players in schools years 4 to 8 of all abilities to the following free sessions.
You will need to wear shin pads and bring a drink. Equipment provided if necessary including sticks.
Come along and have some fun, bring a friend and learn new skills. Competitions, skills, games and prizes to be won.

The aim from the sessions is to set up a permanent club at each venue starting in the Autumn establishing teams at U9s, U11s and U13s for boys and girls.
Bullpoint Astro Turf Pitch - Wednesday 18th, 25th June & 2nd, 9th July - 4.30 to 5.30. For more info contact - Julie Pinch Tel: 350162 or 07876397213
Manadon Astro Turf Pitch - Thursday 26th June & 3rd, 10th, 17th July - 4.30 - 5.45. For more information contact - Jamie Oxley Tel: 07813 666382 or 668198

Wednesday 2nd April 2003
DML Sports & Social 7 a-side U13 Boys Cup & Shield, Marjons
Results of this competition can be found here.

Secondary Hockey Development Programme, Half-term 2003.
To book places on any of the courses please contact Jamie Oxley Direct. Tel: 01752 668198 / 07813 666382 / 636700Ext: 4536 or Email: Jamie@phdg.org.uk

Foundation Umpires Course
Who: Ages 13-18
Cost: £3
Where and when: Plymstock School on Tuesday 1st April and Marjons Wednesday 2nd April, 4pm-5:30pm

Young Leaders Award
Who: Especially for JSLA/CSLA Pupils
Cost: £5 / 4 hour course
Where and when: Plymstock School on Friday 27th March and Marjons Thursday 3rd April, 4—6pm

Player Development Sessions
Players with talent and motivation (Boys and Girls) are invited to attend by their schools at Marjons:
U13 (Yr 7/8 Players) 2-4pm on Friday 14th March
U16 (Yr9/10/11 Players) 4-6pm on Friday 28th March

DML Schools 7-a-side Hockey Leagues

U13 Girls
The winners of the DML U13s league were Ivybridge 'A', runners up were Plymouth College 'A'.

U13 boys
Ran from January to March 2003. Results can be found here.