The Men and Women’s teams both sit atop of their respective leagues and are well placed to push for promotion in the second half of the year. The junior outdoor teams are competing in the England Hockey Tier 1 Championships and the newly formed Midlands leagues. These provide more match play opportunities for our juniors, which has always been a club goal based on our member feedback, and it is great to report that the U14 and U16 boys and girls all qualified for the EH Supra Leagues after Christmas based on their league results in the first half of the season. The U12s continue with Midlands league games post Christmas and, along with the U10s, will have a programme including training games as they work towards the Midlands In2Hockey competition in April 2022.

Appointment of full time Head of Performance
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mark Wadsley as Head of Performance. Mark’s bio, along with details for the rest of the coaching team, can be found on our website:
Meet Our Coaches
Mark brings a wealth of experience from School, University and National Leagues to the coaching team and will be working with Martin Jones on all aspects of the delivery of hockey to all parts of the club. Martin Jones, Head Coach, commented:
“I am delighted that Mark is joining us as we continue to grow our coaching team. Not many can boast such an excellent track record successfully coaching school, university and club programmes so he knows the hockey landscape very well and we are fortunate to have him choose to join Repton HC.
Knowing him as I do from our time together at Beeston, I am sure that he’ll drive us forward and help to enhance the offering for all members, but especially our most talented.
In a busy January, Mark will be able to have an immediate impact as we are the only club to have Men’s and Women’s teams in the National Indoor Premier League and all four junior indoor sides remaining in the National competitions”

Season Highlights:

It was wonderful to see the Sunday morning minis in great flow with their festive hats in the last session before the Christmas break.

Three of the junior teams (U18 Girls, U16 Girls and U18 boys) won the Midlands Indoor competition in December and progressed to the National Super 6s Finals in January. The U16 Boys qualifying match has been postponed to Jan 2022. Repton HC currently holds the National Indoor title for U18 Girls, U16 Girls and U16 Boys and we wish all teams the best of luck for their National Final campaign.
The U14 and U16 teams have progressed to the National Supra Leagues after successful Midlands pool rounds in the first half of the season.
The U18 Boys, U18 Girls, U16 Boys and U14 Boys all progress in the EH Tier 1 Championships in 2022.
The three adult teams are well placed to push for promotion in the second half of the season with some competitive fixtures ahead to maintain their league positions
The Men (Tier 3) and Women (Tier 2) progress to Round 3 of the EH Championships with the next round of fixtures on February 19th
After a 7-0 win away at Lindum the Mixed Vikings progress to Round 3 of the EH Mixed Tier 2 Championships.

January Super 6s:

Repton HC is one of a handful of clubs in the country to have both Men’s and Women's teams in the Super 6s National Premier Division competition. The teams have been training throughout November and December and this year two rounds of the Premier Division will be held at Repton. All matches are on the Club Calendar

Adult Super 6s Premier Division:
8 - 9 January: Women (at Whitgift); Men (at Repton)
15 - 16 January Women (at Repton); Men (at Whitgift)

Junior Indoor National Finals:
15 January U16s
16 January U18s
(at Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton).

Adult League Tables

Women's 1st XI
Men's 1st XI
Men's 2nd XI

Thank you to all those players who completed the online player surveys this week and these will be reviewed over the Christmas break by the senior coaching team.

U12 and U14 Indoor Festival
It was frustrating to have to cancel the U12 and U14 indoor festival at the last minute, but the safety of players, parents, coaches, supporters and Sports Centre staff is a priority. We will endeavour to rearrange this event over the Easter break.

England Hockey Talent Development Pathway.
England Hockey recently issued a helpful Update on new Talent Development Pathway. The redevelopment is designed to increase the quality of hockey and overall player development of a broad group of players, looking to generate future national league players and senior internationals. Repton HC is one of the first cohort of clubs in the country to be selected to go through the Talent Centre accreditation process and develop a Talent Academy application. Mark Wadsley’s appointment ties in well with both of these initiatives and we are pleased to be working closely with England Hockey on the future of hockey talent development.

Reminders and Contact Information.
We would like to take this opportunity to remind all members that Paula Swain is the Club Welfare Officer and can be contacted on welfare@reptonhockey club.com. All relevant welfare information is on the club website and this is the primary source of information on all club matters.
The Committee Members contact details on are the club website Contact pages. Members can contact the relevant Committee member with any issue and I am always available at chair@reptonhockeyclub.com or on my mobile 07703 470620.

As the Committee take a few days break ahead of an extremely busy Indoor season I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their unwavering commitment and dedication to the club and their continued ambition to deliver a first rate experience for all club members.
Thank you to our coaching team who have enthusiastically delivered weekly training sessions and have committed so much time over the weekends to support the teams, across all age groups, in matches at home and away.
Highlights from the season so far can be viewed by members in our 2021 Review Video on the website.

Finally I would like to wish our membership, parents, volunteers, supporters and club partners a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and look forward to exciting times ahead in 2022 for Repton HC.