No club training at Kurrawa tonight.  Next training at Runaway Bay this Friday 23 February.

We will see all our Under 15/17 juniors at Runaway Bay 5 – 6pm;  Senior Women 6 – 7pm;  and Senior Men 7 – 8pm.

Thunder & Lightning!

Storm season has had its way with the start of training for Under 15s and 17s and Senior players.  No training tonight due to risk of lightning strike at Nikki Hudson Hockey Centre.

Under 11s and Under 13s are still on tomorrow morning, and so are senior women’s trials on Sunday.

Season training and match information has been updated with the most current information available to us from the training venue at Nikki Hudson Hockey Centre, Runaway Bay and Gold Coast Hockey Association.

Field availability is limited and creates a lot of challenge until we return to Labrador Tigerstix at Gold Coast Hockey Centre on 11 May after the Commonwealth Games organisers have packed up the additional hardware needed for the Commonwealth Games.  However with careful organisation, all juniors and seniors will still have a full season of hockey without the need for midweek games after March.

Like most other activities on the Gold Coast, we appreciate your patience as we all try to do our best to provide hockey for the kids.  Details for Juniors can be viewed on the Juniors 2018 Season Overview page.

Details for Seniors can be viewed on the Seniors 2018 Season Overview page.

Congratulations to Corey Weyer and Dylan Wotherspoon on their Kookaburras squad selection.
Dylan and younger brother Blake joined Labrador Tigerstix in 2017 to play in our BHL1 team and with their team mates and coaches, helped the team to go all the way to the grand final in Brisbane, but unfortunately the team was unable to get the win on the day.
Corey and his younger brother Tate have played with Labrador Tigerstix since they started as juniors. Corey has played with underage Australian teams previously but played his first matches for the Kookaburras senior Australian team at the Festival of International Hockey held in Victoria last year. The club is very proud of both Dylan and Corey’s achievements, and will miss them when they move to Perth in mid January to train with the Kookaburras squad. Keep up the training Corey & Dylan, and best wishes for upcoming selections and matches.  We hope to see you both playing at the Commonwealth Games in April!

All interested coaches are requested to complete our online nomination forms by Tuesday 19 December 2017 using the following links:
Junior Development (Cubs, Rookies, Tigerstix Tens) approx 4 years – 10 years:
Junior Development Coaching Nomination form

Graded Juniors Under 11s – Under 17s and Senior Teams:
U11 – Senior Team Coaching Nomination form

Junior Development Coaches for 2018
For anyone who is planning to coach one of our Junior Development teams (Tigerstix Cubs, Rookies or Tens) there will be two weekend sessions (approximately 1 – 1.5 hrs each) prior to the start of the Junior Development season. At this stage it is proposed that these will take place on Saturday 24th February and Saturday 3rd March (Times and Venue to be advised). We would really like you to attend these as it will make your coaching experience more enjoyable. Please complete the above Junior Development Coaching Nomination form ASAP as Bruce is already looking at the organisation of 2018. If you have any queries re coaching a Junior Development team please contact Bruce on juniordev@labradorhockey.org.au.

Coaches Under 11 – Senior Teams
Labrador Hockey Club is continuing to develop and upskill all our coaches and have conducted Monday Night sessions to accredit our coaches to Level 1 with Brent Livermore and Darren Fowler. For those who haven’t been able to attend these but who are planning to coach any Labrador team (U11 – Senior levels), a Level 1 Coaching Course will be held in the New Year. This will be a total of approx. 6 hours either on a weekend or over a couple of weeknight sessions. Details will be sent to all coaches who nominate.
Please complete the online U11 – Senior Coaching Nomination Form above ASAP as Coordinators are already starting to organise coaches for 2018. If you have any queries please contact one of the following:
U11, U13 – u11mixedcoord@labradorhockey.org.au
U15, U17 Juniors – juniorscoord@labradorhockey.org.au
Senior Men – menscoordinator@labradorhockey.org.au
Senior Women – womenscoordinator@labradorhockey.org.au

School Coaches 2018
Your Club is seeking expressions of interest for School Coaches who will be employed from February 5 to 23, 2018. The successful candidates will be responsible for delivering our Junior Hockey Schools Program to Labrador Hockey Club allocated primary schools. Ability to work enthusiastically, independently, apply for a Working with Children Blue Card (if not currently held), have your own transport and being available during school hours are the essential criteria for being appointed to one of the available positions. To lodge your Expression of Interest or to request further information, email Bruce on juniordev@labradorhockey.org.au.

Congratulations to Kandice Olivieri and Brooke Anderson members of the Qld Country Women’s Team winning Gold in Townsville; and to Sam Basile, Jeremy Stephens and Phil Dumpleton who played for Qld Country Men’s Team winning silver at the championships.

Link to the news at Hockey Qld  http://hockeyqld.com.au/

Great article in the Gold Coast Bulletin this week as we host Easts at home this Saturday 10 June!

We officially return to training at Labrador Families’ Field this week.  See Information for Players/Training.

Weekend’s matches below – home matches in bold.  Junior matches Friday night:

5.35pm U15B v Burleigh  AND  U15G v Burleigh on Western field

8.15pm U17G v Roosters Orange  AND  U17B v Roosters on Western field

Junior matches Saturday:

7.45am U11 Black v Burleigh Blue  AND  8.15am U11 Labrador Teal v Burleigh Orange at Runaway Bay

9.00am – 11.30am Tigerstix Cubs, Rookies & Tens

9.30am U13B v Burleigh at Runaway Bay

10.45am U13G v Mudgeeraba at Runaway Bay

11.40am U11 Labrador Red v Labrador Gold

Followed by matches for the BHL teams who host Easts on the Labrador Families’ Field.

1.00pm BHL2 v Easts

2.30pm BHL1 v Easts

Followed by:

4.00pm Div 3M Black v Div 3M Gold  AND  Div 3W Black v Roosters on Western field

8.30pm Div 4W v Mudgeeraba 

SUNDAY MATCHES:

10.00am Div 2W Gold v Mudgeeraba  AND  Div 2M v Roosters Blue on Western field

1.00pm  Div 1M v Mudgeeraba

2.30pm  Div 1W v Roosters on Western field

4.00pm  Div 2W Black v Capri

Div 3W Gold have the BYE