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Northampton Saints (1) v England U18 (3)
Northampton
Saints entertained the England
U18 Boys on 7th March prior to the England trip to Seville.
A well drilled England side took an early lead with clinical presion on the new water-based pitch at Moulton College. A second right on half time saw them comfortably on top of this fast moving match.
However, Saints were not going to roll over. They maintained most of the possession in the second half but found it nigh-on impossible to break down the England defence. Whilst a third England goal sealed the result, a fast break saw Stuart Clarke scythe through to score a super consolation goal.
On the whole a sound Saints performance but they are going to need to close a few holes in their defence before they attempt another assult on the Midlands Premier title.
Northampton Lions & Saints to Merge
Two
of the top Northamptonshire Hockey Clubs have announced their intentions
to merge.The
membership of both Northampton Saints and Northampton Lions have voted
to merge
Northampton Saints, who have recently won promotion to the Womens National League, have struggled to develop a consistant flow of young players. In turn Lions, who recently moved to the Moulton College campus have not been able to retain significant adult player numbers.
Both have concluded that a fully merged club will provide the platform for potentially two National League sides under the banner "Northampton Hockey Club".
The senior sides will retain the name 'Saints' whilst the junior sides will come under the 'Lions' banner.
More information: Northampton Saints
National League for Northampton Saints Ladies
Northampton
Saints Ladies have topped a fantastic season winning outright promotion
to the National Womens Conference League.
They amassed a total of 37 points from 18 matches putting them a staggering 9 points clear of their second place rivals Loughborough Students.
The Club soon hope to announce their coaching staff to take them on their National League journey.
Midlands Region Hockey Womens League Premier 2008/09
Ben Arnold wins Higgins Trophy
BEN
ARNOLD of Beeston
HC kept the Midlands flag flying and came out top in the keenly contested
boys’ award.Ben
also started as a seven-year-old, at Quinton House School, and on Saturday
mornings at Northampton Lions HC. He was a member of
the Northamptonshire county side at U-12, U-13, U-14 and U-15 and represented
the Midlands region in three U-13 tournaments at ages 10, 11 and 12.
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Level 1 Umpiring Course
Unfortunately due to insufficient numbers the course scheduled for March 12th and 19th has been cancelled. Further courses are planned for the future.
To register your interest
for future umpiring courses please email Tom
Sellers at Kettering
Hockey Club.
Level 1 VRQ Coaching Assistant Award
The Level 1 Award is intended to provide the essential skills and knowledge necessary to run a safe and enjoyable session for players to be introduced to the game.
Candidates must be a minimum of 16 years old to attend the course but should understand that they will not be permitted to coach independently.
Level 1 coaches aged 18 and over can obtain insurance and practice in the role of Coaching Assistant alongside a fully qualified adult holding a Level 2 coach award or above.
There are two Level 1 courses scheduled for summer 2009 in Northamptonshire - visit the Futures Sports website for more information.
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