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PO Box 852, Cleveland, QLD 4163 - m: 0459 389 511- e: [email protected]

August 3, 2016 DIARY DATES AUGUST 4th - First Aid Course (second session)- 6:30 to 10:30pm 5th to 21st - Olympics in Rio 6th - ROUND 15 - check webpage for details 6th - Under 9 Blue and Gold on roster 6th - HQ Members Strategic Planning Forum 7th - U11 Coulter Shield and Southern Cross carnival at Downey Park 11th - “Special” meeting re uniforms 13th - ROUND 16 - check webpage for details 13th - Under 9 White and Red on roster 14th - U15 Turf Training at Easts Tiger Turf 20th - SEMI-FINAL - check webpage for details 20th - Under 15 Rep Girls on roster 24th - Board Meeting 27th - FINAL - check webpage for details 27th - Under 15 Rep Boys on roster 28th - U15 Turf Training at Easts Tiger Turf SEPTEMBER 3rd - GRAND FINAL - check webpage for details 3rd - Under 7 Rookies on roster 7th - Strategic Planning Meeting - 6.30pm 9th - Senior Presentation at Redlands RSL 10th - Junior Presentation at Bayview State School 11th - U15s FINAL Turf Training at Easts Tiger Turf

SATURDAY OPERATING HOURS CANTEEN - 8:30AM TO 2:30PM FUNDRAISING DESK - 8:30 TO 3:00PM ADMIN DESK - 11:00 AM TO 12:00 NOON or ring Brian on 0408 861 712 Thank you Under 9 Blue and Under 9 Gold you are on roster this Saturday. Please arrive early to help setup the fields and help out in the canteen. See your team manager for details.

Season Runs 9th April to 3rd September

Date Claimers FRIDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER - Seniors Presentation, more info to follow

SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER - Junior Presentation, see attached invitation. Notifications will be sent to each team coaches/managers/captains requesting information regarding your team. Please respond by due dates so that trophies, etc can be ordered in time.

SUNDAY 11TH OF SEPTEMBER 2016—SEEKING: VOLUNTEER BBQ HELPERS AND COOKS If you are interested in helping, please email [email protected] ASAP. Click here for more details.

Notices REMINDER - all Redland Hockey fees and other outstanding amounts MUST be paid in full prior to the commencement of the semi-finals (20/8/16) or players will not be allowed to take the field. For any members with outstanding payments, a statement outlining the outstanding balances will be sent and Brian will be happy to accept payment at the fields this weekend or you can pay by electronic transfer to the bank account. Redlands Hockey Association - BSB 633000 A/c # - 131460669. (Use family name as description) If anyone has any questions in respect of the outstanding fees, do not hesitate to contact Brian on 0408 861 712 or email him [email protected] Get Started Vouchers – Round 8 is fully allocated. First Aid Training continues this week 5th August, LAST week, from 6:30pm to 10:30pm. Don’t forget TO BRING: Positive Attitude and a clear mind, Pen - Black or Blue (No GEL pens or pencils), Notepad, Clothing - Comfortable modest clothing Special Meeting re discussion on uniforms for 2017 (10th year) invitations will go out to data base in due course and EVERYONE is welcome to attend. End of year formalities - as the season draws to a close it is now time to think about who you would like to nominate as coach, Manager or sportsperson of the Year. Click here to see a full list of the awards and email [email protected] with your nominations which will be passed to the relevant committee. The Junior committee have created an invitations in anticipation. Click here to see Manager nomination and Sportsperson of the Year nomination invites.

UMPIRES - Click here to see if you are on umpire duty this week. There has been a number of behavioural incidents recently, please read our codes of conduct for players, spectators, coaches and officials. Click here to view. Finals Format can be found in the 2016 Information Booklet here. We are desperate for helpers to work at our last fund raiser for the year which raises a great amount for RHA: So far we only have 4 volunteers and may have to pass on this opportunity to raise funds if we don’t get more. The Renaissance BBQ, Sunday, 11th of September 2016 from 10:00 -2:30, Renaissance Retirement Village, 36 Bunker Road, Victoria Point. We need volunteers to do 1 ½ -2 hours each. And about 5 people per shift. This could even be a great opportunity for the U15 boys team parents to help raise money for their flights. Please respond ASAP if you can assist Expressions of Interest for State Team Managers are being called for our U13 Boys (Sabres) and U13 Girls (Embers) who will be competing in Perth at the Australian Championships from the 29 September to 8 October 2016. To register your interest, please click on the link - https://teamofficial.eventdesq.com Registrations close Friday 5 August 2016 at 5:00pm

WANTED: Do you need a plumber, electrician, swimming teacher or even a book keeper? Wouldn’t it be great if we could support our members through their businesses. RHA are putting together a registry of members’ businesses. If your business would like to be included please email [email protected] for details. The cost is $20 for the first year and $10 per year thereafter; A very inexpensive form of advertising.

Canteen Thankyou for the u16 Red team that came along and helped out last weekend. This week we have u9 Blue & u9 Gold teams coming in to do their volunteering! Come along and put in some volunteer hours. The more the merrier!!! Don’t forget to visit the canteen early for a yummy bacon & egg roll & put in an order for lunch so you get exactly what you are wanting at the time you want! We will have hot chips, burgers & of course our yummy weekly specials! Check out our FB page on Friday night to see what they will be J Team Fruit Sales - Orders must be received via TEXT by THURSDAY COB each week. 0409 872 707. Orders will be confirmed via reply text. Thanks all Stace

Team Reports

Violet Player of the week and Logan - Encouragement award U16 Maroon Madness played the Gold team this week. Maroon won 3 - 1. Ved Reshamwala scored 3 goals for maroon, and was player of the week. Charlotte Healy received the encouragement award for the week.

Maroon’s , pre game preparations

Senior Men's With only two home & away rounds left timely to provide an update on the Senior Men’s Competition for the year. The first thing to mention is how well our younger players have adapted to playing alongside and against their older counterparts some of whom could be confused as being their grandfathers. They certainly have matched it skill wise (in fact too well some would say) and have the speed and pace that leaves many of us breathless. It’s still good though to see though the Baby Boomers getting up a canter and revisiting yesteryear just one more time. What the oldies lack in speed they more than make up for in experience.

And this leads me to the second point being the longevity of these well-seasoned veterans, each week presents a new set of challenges to them. I mean just to get those aches and pains under control through the liberal application of Nurofen and the numerous heat and gel rubs coupled with hideous amounts of strapping and pain killers

all followed by the weekly appointment with the physio….pheew tired just talking about it.

So the season so far team by team… Gold, last year’s Premiers have been the team to beat all season or so we thought. Up until Round 13 they were doing it beautifully having not lost a game. However the last two rounds have not been kind losing both games. Are the cracks beginning to appear, can they arrest their form slide against “All on Red” this weekend coming, this will be a match to watch. They have the players to go back to back but need to pull it all back together in time. All on Red…considered to have a great blend of youth and experience with good goal scoring capacity these boys when on their game are genuine contenders for the title. The big question for Red is simply a question of how they turn up on the day and play. Rest assured they are tipped to be there again come finals (I mean everyone’s a winner) but they need to get the points against Gold this weekend to strengthen second place. Of interest Red have not beaten Gold this season…interesting.

White Knights are charging, two consecutive wins against Gold and Red make this team one to not cross of your list just yet. To the uneducated a first glance sees a lot of golden oldies who can’t run but don’t be fooled, where speed is lacking skill and experience is plenty. Great to see Paul back on deck and with younger legs in their midfield and attack they are showing why they have a chance. Is there such thing as a dark white horse because these lads are pushing hard for the double chance? Blue Bloods, in summary a year of more downs than ups full of inconsistency…apart from round 1 their season has seen many draws and a crippling inability to scoring goals being their Achilles heel. With two wins in their last three outings and 50% of their YTD goals coming in that period strangely they can still secure a double chance if results go their way but they must win their last two games. Whilst every team will play week one finals the final make up is far from sorted out and with that in mind it makes for a great final two rounds to see who goes where.

Out and About Last Thursday evening a group of RHA members joined in with members from the cricket club and the flyers to participate in a First Aid course run by AWFA. At the end of the course the three clubs will receive a defibrillator that everyone will have access to. The course concludes this Thursday evening.

Rep Update Last Sunday we sent our squad of U15 boys to the Coulter Shield in Sunshine Coast and the U15 girls to the Southern Cross Carnival in Ipswich. Congratulations to both teams and thankyou to the coaches, managers and umpires who attended to the teams.

u15 Southern Cross team... Played so well all day - 2 wins & 2 losses!!!! Congrats girls and our amazing Coach Petra West & Ass Jo Park.

Ladder Update Ladder Round 14 Under 12s

Under 16s

Gold Goblins

34

White Wolves

35

White Tigers

33

Maroon

29

RedBacks

32

Blue Bombers

28

Green Warriors

23

Green Grenades

26

Maroon Typhoons

18

Red Dragons

24

Blue Steel

16

Gold

14

Womens

Mens

Blue Smurfettes

30

Gold Bombers

31

Green Cool Mints

30

All On Red

25

Marauding Maroons

24

White Knights

25

White Diamonds

22

Blue Bloods

23

Red Hot Rocks

19

Gold Fluffy Ducks

19