Hockey

Local contact

Lynne Dobison
Relationship Manager - North East & Cumbria
Mobile: 0771 8980511
Email: lynne.dobison@englandhockey.org

National contact

Website: http://englandhockey.co.uk/

Find a club

To find a hockey club near you, use the North East Club Finder

Find a course

To find hockey courses in the region, please seach on North East Course Finder

Olympic sport

Hockey will feature in the London 2012 Olympics. For further details please visit www.london2012.com/games/olympic-sports/index.php

Facility Guidance "The Right Pitches in the Right Places"

These are exciting and challenging times for hockey facility provision. With the opportunities London 2012 and its legacy, the EHB has an opportunity to ensure the facility stock of the sport is secured.

With growing rivalry for space for sports and an increase in the use of Artificial Grass Surfaces, this document aims to educate the end user on the needs of hockey and how to work across sports to ensure we are left with the right facilities, in the right places.

Many existing hockey Artificial Grass Pitches are nearing the end of their useful life as a result of the installation boom of the 90's. Significant investment is needed to update the playing stock and protect our sport against inappropriate surfaces for hockey as a result of the rising popularity of AGP's for a number of sports. Advancements made between pitch sports gives us a great opportunity to secure the future of hockey pitches.

Using this document will enable the user to demonstrate not only a need or justification to secure a hockey facility, but will also improve the ability to access capital funding streams.

For further information please click here http://englandhockey.co.uk/page.asp?section=1143&sectionTitle=The+Right+Pitches+in+the+Right+Places

Whole Sport Plan

Sport England funds national governing bodies to deliver their three outcomes - grow, sustain and excel and provides additional support to help them achieve this. Each sport has developed a Whole Sport Plan that explains how it plans to achieve these targets. This summary also helps partners identify possible opportunities to work together.

The Hockey Whole Sport Plan will be available soon.

Sport factsheets

In June 2008, Sport England published sport factsheets which highlight detailed results from Active People Survey 4 for each of Sport England's NGB 09-13 funded sports and include demographic breakdowns, regional breakdowns and frequency of participation data, providing insight into the profile of sports participants.

Click here to see the Hockey Sport Factsheet 2009-2010

General information

Hockey Nation

England Hockey Boards exciting Olympic Legacy programme. "The Big Dribble" will be coming to Durham on 16 April, Hockey Roadshows involving the hockey Cage or the inflatable pitch, Five Week Frenzy- hockey activity in your area during the games and 3 weeks afterwards.

For more information go to the England hockey website by following this link: http://englandhockey.co.uk/page.asp?section=990&sectionTitle=Hockey+Nation%3A+Be+Part+Of+It

Back to Hockey

Back to Hockey has been developed by England Hockey to enable women and girls, over 16, "refresh, relearn and replay" hockey. Sessions are coach led and cover basic skill development and gameplay. The emphasis of these sessions is on learning new skills and having fun playing hockey with friends. Whether it is about rediscovering sporting abilities you forgot you had or about becoming more active, these sessions cater for all abilities.

If you'd like to attend a Back to Hockey Session in County Durham OR if you'd like to set up a Back to Hockey programme please contact the NE EHB Relationship Manager or take a look at our website page: http://englandhockey.co.uk/page.asp?section=803&sectionTitle=Back+To+Hockey

Rush Hockey

Rush Hockey is the new, flexible, small sided hockey game for adults. It can be played in mixed or single gender teams, indoors or outdoors and on pitches of varying surfaces and sizes. Teams are 5 a side (occasionally 4 a side on a small pitch) with squads of up to 7 players. It is played with a standard hockey stick, but has unique goals and balls. The rules are very simple and the games are self umpired.

Rush Hockey can be played in a league, regular weekly sessions, one off tournaments or by groups hiring a pitch and the Rush Hockey equipment.

It's fast, furious and fun and a great way to get fit!

Rush Hockey will be introduced during Durham County Council week of Hockey commencing Monday 16 April. Contact Lynne for more information or got to our dedicated Rush Hockey Website: www.rushhockey.co.uk

In2Hockey

In September 2011, Mini Hockey was re-launched as a new 2-staged game called In2Hockey. In2Hockey has been designed primarily for 10 to 14 year olds, to help them develop their hockey skills and techniques, and to provide a gradual progression into the 11 a-side version of the game. It can be played as a 7 a-side game with goalkeepers, or introduced as a 6 a-side game without goalkeepers. As per Mini Hockey, it is played on an area the size of half a hockey pitch.

The rules of the 7 a-side game are the same as the rules of mini hockey were last season. A new set of rules have been developed alongside for the 6 a-side game, to help bridge the gap from Quicksticks. The 6 a-side rules gradually introduce three key features of the 11 a-side version of the game - goalkeepers, penalty corners and penalty strokes. The aim is to ease the young players' transition, and also to make the game easier for secondary schools, and non-hockey specialist teachers to deliver.

More information about all aspects of In2Hockey are available at www.englandhockey.co.uk/in2hockey

Quicksticks

Quicksticks is a 4 a side introductory game of hockey, designed especially for 7-11 year olds to play. It can be played on any surface, and uses a larger, lighter and safer ball. The game is designed in a way that makes it easy for teachers and coaches to deliver, even if they have little or no prior knowledge of hockey.

Quicksticks is fun, fast, safe and exciting and has been designed so that teachers with little or no hockey knowledge or background can deliver the game.

This exciting new website has all the information you need to enjoy Quicksticks including the rules, what equipment packages are on offer, how Quicksticks resources can aid delivery, teacher training, and everything you need to organise a Quicksticks festival! Visit www.playquicksticks.co.uk for all things Quicksticks!

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