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14th September 2008
Robinson scoops Player of the League Award
Sophie Robinson, Wales Senior International, has been awarded the Player of the League Award for the England Hockey League North Division Two for the 2007/2008 season.

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9th September 2008
Young Welsh Umpires Impress at UK Schools Games
The WHUA and WHU’s new young umpire development programme started to bear fruit at last month’s UK School Games in Bath/ Bristol, when 5 members of this fast track development programme acquitted themselves very well.

Read Carolyn Llewellyn's report

6th September 2008
Irish Internationals
Wales recorded a double over Ireland with the Men winning 3-2 and the Women 2-1. A penalty corner from Huw Jones on the stroke of half time preceded two goals from the visitor's Jason Lynch before a brace from Olly Cooper saw the Men home. The Women also took a lead into half time through Captain Carys Hopkins before Michele Harvey drew level with a penalty corner. Alys Brookes scored the winning goal with 11' remaining.

In Sunday's matches Wales Men drew 2-2 (goals from Olly Cooper and Huw Jones) with the Women going down 4-5 (goals from Dawn Mitchell, Beth Fisher, Carys Hopkins and Sophie Robinson)

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5th September 2008
The Sports Council for Wales 2008 Coach of the Year Awards
Nominations for the Coach of the Year can now be made with application forms for the various categories together with full details available by clicking below.

This is your chance to recognise the dedication and commitment shown by your coach so don’t hesitate too long as the closing date is 26th September. Download more information and a Nomination Form below:

 Award information      Nomination Form

4th September 2008
Welsh Umpires receive FIH Umpiring Gradings
The WHU and WHUA are delighted to announce that Jaime Hindle has been awarded his FIH badge and Will Drury has been promoted to the FIH's Promising Outdoor Umpire Grade 1 list. Our congratulations to both members.

1st September 2008
Men’s Competitions 2008/9
Entries are now invited for the Men’s National Club competitions for this new season.

 Full details, including an entry form, are available by clicking here

30th August 2008
August 2008 'Club Circular' now available

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29th August 2008
UK School Games Starts today!
Wales U-18 Boys and Girls start their campaigns today with all matches to be played at the University of West of England, Bristol.

Click here for match reports and UKSG website link

26th August 2008
WHUA AGM
All WHUA members should note that this years AGM will be held on Sunday 21st Sept at Brynafon Country House, Rhayader commencing at 11:00 prompt with a light lunch being provided after the meeting.

22nd August 2008
WHU Golf day
As a forerunner to the International weekend over 6th & 7th September, the WHU has organised a golf day for the afternoon of 5th September at Llanishen GC, Cardiff.

 All are invited to attend with full details to be found on the application form available by clicking here (28.5kb Adobe PDF document)

15th August 2008
WHU Activities Coordinator Beth Fisher visits the Beijing Olympics
Beth's got tickets for the last group matches and semi-finals in the hockey and is keeping her fingers crossed that she'll be watching a GB team!

Click here to read Beth's Beijing blog

1st August 2008
Organise a Club Development Day and receive £200 towards it!
Thanks to support from Prudential Assurance and Sportsmatch Cymru, the WHU are able to grant each successful applicant (club) £200 towards the costs of staging a “Development Day.”

Click here for more details and application form

1st August 2008
U-18 Four Nations Tournament
Ireland Boys and Scotland Girls took the honours in the tournament with Ireland beating England 2-1 and Scotland beating the same opponents 3-0 on penalty strokes after the match finished 0-0. Wales Boys beat Scotland 2-1 to take 3rd place whilst Ireland Girls overcame Wales 4-1 to leave the hosts in 4th place.

Click here for the Boys results
and here for the Girls...

31st July 2008
U-18 Four Nations Tournament
Both England squads qualified for the final play-offs in 1st place following victories over Scotland by 5-2 (Boys) and 1-0 (Girls). They will play Ireland in the Boys final and Scotland in the Girls  following Ireland's defeat of the Welsh teams by the identical scoreline of 3-1. Both Welsh teams will be out to prove a point in their final matches tomorrow so as to finish the tournament on a high.

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and here for the Girls...

30th July 2008
U-18 Four Nations Tournament
England's Girls continued their high scoring in beating Ireland 6-1 although their Boys drew their match 2-2. The all Celtic clash saw Wales Boys come out on top with a narrow 2-1 victory against Scotland although the Scots Girls proved too strong for the hosts with a crushing 8-1 win.

Click here for the Boys match reports and results
and here for the Girls...

30th July 2008
U-18 Four Nations Tournament
England showed their mettle in yesterdays clashes with Wales with their Girls winning 4-0 and their Boys 1-0 although Wales ran them close in the latter encounter. In the other matches Scotland Girls beat their Irish opponents 2-0 whilst the Boys result went to Ireland 2-1.

Click here for the Boys match reports and results
and here for the Girls...

28th July 2008
Ladies Welsh Cup competitions
Entries are now invited for next season’s Welsh Cup Competitions.

Full details of the various changes together with dates and an entry form can be downloaded below.

 2009 Entry form covering letter (31kb)

 2009 entry form (30kb)         2009 dates (24kb)

 

 

 

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