Bishops Stortford Hockey Club

Summer League 2010

Bishops Stortford are currently having a good run in the Broxbourne Summer League, with the Ladies and men's sides top of their respective leagues, and the Mixed in joint first place with St. Albans.

Mike Taylor is currently the Men's leading goalscorer with 15 goals, and Julie McRann the second placed scorer in the ladies with 11.

Here are the current tables as of the 1st July:

Men

Ladies

Mixed

Summer Hockey Match reports w/c 5th July 2010

WGC Ladies put up a strong fight against Stortford Ladies on Thursday evening, but the Bishops Stortford girls managed to overcome them with a 3 – 0 victory. A great ‘keeping display from Jo Newman managed to keep WGC out when they broke through. It wasn’t until the 2nd half that the deadlock was broken with Paula Frenzel deflecting a short corner into the WGC net. Further great attacking play by Stortford lead to Charlotte Dale slotting in Julie McRann’s pass, and Karen Jones arriving just in time (literally) to deflect home a beautiful strike by Paula.

Summer Hockey Match reports w/c 28th June 2010

Stortford Men moved back on top of the table this week with a triumphant victory over Cheshunt. Stortford dominated the whole game from start to finish and never looked like slipping up against weaker opposition. The team showed some excellent link up play and early pressure resulted in two early goals for Mike Taylor. Just before half-time Steve Adlam popped up to slot home right past the on rushing keeper for Stortford to go into half-time with a 3-0 advantage. In the exact same situation as the week before (when Welwyn cam back from 3-0 down at half-time to draw 3-3) Stortford started the second half in aggressive mood not wanting to repeat their previous weeks mistakes. Steve Adlam got his second goal of the match as the heat of the evening started to take its toll on both teams. Cheshunt somehow managed to claw a goal back with ten minutes remaining but Mike Taylor popped up for his hat-trick to thump the ball into the back of the net from the top of the D. Final score 5-1. The Men's next match is against Griffins on 14th July.

For previous results and match reports, please refer to the Fixtures pages (above)

BSHC Players on England Duty

Over the weekend of the 19/20 June, Bishops Stortford had two players representing England in Swansea at Ladies Over 40 and Men’s Over 55 – Pippa Bull captaining the Ladies side and Tim Smith playing for the Men.

The England Over 40s Ladies only missed out on the trophy on goal difference to Scotland without losing a game – coming from behind to beat Wales 2-1 and drawing an exciting, hard-fought game 3-3 with Scotland on Saturday, and then by beating Ireland 5-1 on Sunday who were playing for the first time in the competition.

The England Over 55 Men won their tournament with a 4-0 victory over Scotland followed by a 7-1 trashing of Wales, with Tim bagging a brace of goals against Scotland and 1 against Wales.

This follows Craig Smith’s debut for England Mixed the previous weekend (12th June), who drew 6-6 with the British Army.

UPDATE Bishops Stortford pre-season Tournament

Bishops Stortford Hockey Club, in conjunction with the Herts and Beds Hockey Umpire Association, are running their inaugural men’s tournament over the weekend of the 4th and 5th September 2010. This tournament is primarily aimed at men’s teams playing at division 3/4 SW or equivalent, and is a perfect opportunity for clubs to prepare for the 2010/11 season which commences on 25 September 2010. 9 teams have now confirmed their attendance, with the final side still to confirm.

Games will be played on the two artificial pitches at Bishops Stortford College, with 12 games on the Saturday and the remaining 8 on the Sunday. A BBQ is being provided at our Clubhouse in Cricketfield Lane on Saturday evening for both competitors and club members, with the presentation to the overall tournament winner on the Sunday afternoon, also back at the Clubhouse.

As the tournament is now full please contact Richard Temple for further details or to register yourself on our waiting list.

UPDATE New Overseas Player Appointed

We have now appointed Ryan Kroll as the replacement to Tyson Schubert as our Overseas Player for next season. He is South African by birth and is becoming a naturalized Australian. Although a top Goalkeeper he has transferred his skills to an outfield player, and plays for Perth sometimes in the same side as Grant Schubert, Tyson’s cousin and current Australian International. Ryan comes to us with Tyson and Grant’s recommendation. He is in his early Twenties and is taking a Business Degree with the University of Western Australia.

In conjunction with Bishops Stortford College, BSHC have employed an Overseas player for at least 15 years, with the College providing employment and accommodation for the period of his stay. Unfortunately for the Club, the position has changed at the College, because they have recently employed two top international coaches. As a result they have no requirement for an additional coach affiliated to the Hockey Club.

Please could you let Peter Smith know (p.smith@clementjoscelyne.co.uk) if you would be able to put Ryan up during his stay with us. He needs to be based in Bishops Stortford. Your help would be really appreciated.

I can not emphasise too much the importance of the Overseas player to the Club. He supports and helps our First team in East Premier A, and acts as role model to up and coming young players. In addition one of his major contributions is to provide excellent coaching to our Juniors every Sunday during the season.

Sunday 16th May - BSHC Juniors Triumph in Alliance League Finals

At the official last event of the junior calendar, our junior members triumphed at the Alliance League finals on Sunday @ Chelmsford HC by running out as winners in their Division. The U9s, U11s & U13s were all in action with overall Club standings counting. All age groups performed really well against Brentwood, Havering & Southend - the U13 girls scoring 11 goals in one of their matches! Congratulations to all those involved and thank you for all the support from parents.

Supporters are welcome with free admission for home league games. We are always looking for new players to join our very social, Clubs 1st accredited, club.  Anyone looking to join, can contact Paula Frenzel our membership secretary on 07962 122082 or at bshcmemsec@gmail.com.

Gary Jones has been appointed the new Webmaster. Any website matters can now be directed to him on the bshcwebmaster@gmail.com address.