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DERWENTSTRIKERS.COM.AUSTRIKEFORCEDERWENT STRIKERS HOCKEY CLUB NEWSLETTER

Every year, administrators (volunteers of our club & others) of hockey are workinghard to improve how the game is run. This is a never ending process and wenever get it 100% right. Usually the things that we don’t get right, end up being a“perfect storm”. In the past 2 weeks, I am sorry to have to say that I have dealtwith 2 perfect storms. Both cases (in my belief) lost sight that the aim of thegame is participation.

Why do I raise this you ask? If there is something that you see is being missed,or more importantly have a positive solution/suggestion, please speak up and letus know. We (being the volunteers) simply cannot be everywhere and don’t seeeverything. We LOVE suggestions!

Finals are upon us. I wish the best of luck to all players, whether junior or senior,who are participating. Please come and support all the teams and bring yourloudest voices - GO STRIKERS!

DATES TOREMEMBERSept12 CompetitionsSouth PresentationNight

Sept21 JuniorPresentationNight (BuckinghamRowing Club)

Oct17 SeniorPresentationNight (HockeyCentre)

AUGUST2015InThisIssue:

A reminder that players with outstanding subs (who do not have apaymentarrangementmadewithJohnHarris,ourTreasurer)willnotbeabletoplayANYfinals,attendtheendofseasonpresentationnightandwillnotbepermittedtoplayin2016.

SUBSARENOWOVERDUE

FROMTHEPRESIDENT

SENIORTEAMSINFINALSCONTENTIONWith one round to go in the senior rosters some final four positions are still unde-cided. Let’s get along and support our teams in finals contention:

PremierLeagueMen - 3rd (equal on points with 2nd placed NWG)PremierLeagueWomen - 5th (equal on points with 4th placed Canterbury)1stGradeMen - 4th (2 points behind 2nd placed Diamond Backs)1stGradeWomen - 4th (6 points clear of 5th placed Canterbury with 2 games

to play)2ndGradeWomen - 2nd4thGradeWomen - 1st

FromThePresident..............................1SeniorTeamsinFinalsContention.......1ClubMessages.....................................2WellsGuestCupRetained....................2JohnHarrisCup....................................3PhilGrayMemorialMatch.....................3MouthguardPolicyCompetition...........3ClubCelebrations.................................3‘Jac’ of All Trades.................................3PerpetualAwardNominations2015.....4LifeMembershipNominations..............5HockeyTasmaniaNews........................6JuniorCorner........................................7TheSSAChampionships......................7JuniorGrandFinals...............................8JuniorSemi-FinalMatchReview..........8NationalAppointmentForYoungUm-pire........................................................8JuniorPresentationNight.....................8StateKarateRepresentative.................8HockeyForU8/U10s.............................8Sponsors...............................................9Contacts..............................................11

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AUGUST 2015STRIKEFORCE

CLUBMESSAGES

The major Derwent fundraiser for 2015 is our Club Raffle. Raffle books have nowbeen distributed to Team Managers. Each player will be required to sell onebook. Tickets are $1 each.

Prizes will be drawn at the Senior Presentation Night - Saturday October 17th2015.

AllbooksandmoneymustbereturnedtoTeamManagersbySundayAu-gust30th2015.

Thank you to our generous sponsors for the great prizes on offer:

1stPrize: 1 night stay at Zero Davey Boutique Hotel

2ndPrize: 2 nights accommodation at Pelican Rest

3rdPrize: Replace / upgrade halogen downlights to LED to a value of $360—Taylor Electrical

4thPrize: A Tim Deavin playing shirt signed by the Kookaburras

5thPrize—3 x $100 vouchers B-Jane T-Mart

6thPrize—2 x $100 vouchers B-Jane T-Mart

7thPrize—2 bottles of wine

If you have not yet received your raffle book please contact your team manager.

2015MajorFundraiser-ClubRaffle

FundraisingBBQProgressReport

RightandBelow:ActionfromtheBBQFundraisingdaysatK&DGlenorchy

Thanks to everyone who has giventheir time to support the BBQ Fund-raising efforts held at K&D Glenorchy.To date we have raised $1697.15 forour Club.

The next BBQ will be run by A-PoolMen on Saturday August 29th.

WELLSGUESTCUPRETAINEDDerwent maintained its dominance inthe Premier League head-to-headcompetition against Canterbury toretain the Wells Guest Cup with anaggregate score of 8-4.

Women’s Match:Derwent2(E.Westland,J.Tremayne)defCanterbury1 (C. O’Connor)

SandraOrthMedallist: Holly Bonde

Men’s Match:Derwent6(S.Grice,H.Flassman,L.McCarthy,V.Bowen,N.Tremayne,A.Boulton)defCanterbury3 (K.Hensberg2,W.Lawler)

TonyWilliamsMedallist: AlistairAddison

Above:Medallist-AlistairAddisonwithTonyWilliams

Above:SandraOrthwithMedallist-HollyBonde

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CLUBCELEBRATIONSThe Club would like to congratulateand wish all the best to PremierLeague player Courtney Lovell, whorecently became engaged to her part-ner Chris Boon.

Congratulations also to Mick andHelen Howarth who became grand-parents for the second time on Satur-day August 15th, when little Ivy JaneHowarth was born.

NewArrival:IvyJaneHowarth

‘JAC’ OFALLTRADESMost people know Jacqui Guy as ourrunner extraordinaire, but Jac alsocompetes in multi-sport events andrecently finished 2nd in the IndividualVeteran Female category in the Win-ter Challenge event at Orford.

Jacqui finished the 10km kayak,32km cycle, 15km mountain bike and10km run in 4:50:16.8.

The inaugural Phil Gray Memorial Match was heldon Sunday 16th of August 2015 between Derwentand University 2nd Grade Women, acknowledgingthe selfless contribution that Phil made to bothclubs.

Derwent won the match convincingly 4-1. KarenFagg contributed strongly for Derwent and wasadjudged the Best On Ground.

TheLatePhilGray

PHILGRAYMEMORIALMATCH

MOUTHGUARDPOLICYCOMPETITIONDerwent have submitted an entry in the Mouthguard Competition being run bythe Australian Dental Association in conjunction with Sports Medicine Australia.Seven lucky winners will receive a $1,000 grant to assist with promoting mouth-guard awareness and oral injury prevention.

Competition entry is a two part process:1. Implementation of a strict ‘No Mouthguard - No Play’ Policy.2. Submission of a creative photo showing the new ‘No Mouthguard - No Play’

rules.Photo: Mark Smith

You’re Nicked: Some of our Juniors promoting the ‘NoMouthguard - No Play’ Policy.

JOHNHARRISCUPSaturday 22nd of August saw our Pre-mier League Men battle OHA for theJohn Harris Cup.

In what was a tough physical match,Derwent took the ascendency into halftime with a 2-1 score line courtesy ofgoals from Hugh Flassman andVaughn Bowen.

Not to be denied, OHA came outstrong after the break scoring 2 unan-swered goals to win the match 3-2 andtake home the Cup. ArmWrestle:NickTremaynebattlesfor

Derwent

Photo: Mercury Newspaper

Photo: Jonathon Rees

JacquiGuytakingonthemountainbikeleginapreviousevent.

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The Club is calling on all members to considernominating a person for the following perpetualawards:

AlanPreshawPerpetualTrophyforBestClubMan2014Recipient:JimAnsellAlan Preshaw was a founding member of the DerwentHockey Club and passed away in 1964. The award is for thebest male at the Club who has devoted their time and ef-forts towards the Derwent Hockey Club over a number ofyears.

MichaelHowarthBestClubWomanAward2014Recipient:NatalieFaheyThe award is for the best female at the club who has devot-ed their time and efforts towards the Derwent Hockey Clubover a number of years.

NeilOwenMemorialTrophy2014Recipient:EliseLingNeil played for Derwent Hockey Club A Grade and coachedjunior teams. He was killed in a motorcycle accident at ayoung age while still playing A Grade. First awarded in 1991,this award was originally for a male person who has goneback to junior coaching after playing. The person must putback into the club what they got out of it. In some cases thisaward can be presented to a current player who has put alot of time into junior hockey at the Derwent Hockey Club.With endorsement of Neil’s family, the award is now open toany male or female member of the Derwent Hockey Club.

JackDennis/AdamTannerGoalieAward2014Recipient:NathanFitzpatrickC.J. (Jack) Dennis was one of Derwent Hockey Club’s origi-nal goalies and a founding member of the Club. Adam Tan-ner, who passed away at a young age, was a brilliant younggoalie for Derwent from 1973 to 1990. The award incorpo-rates the shield presented by Jack Dennis. Originally thisaward was presented to a men’s goalie but since amalga-mation can now be presented to either a man or woman.The award is to recognise the achievements of goalies. Thewinner can be either a junior or senior.

PaulFuglsangAward2014Recipient:GaryReedThis award is presented to a male player from 2nd Grade orbelow for their input in their team and club. First awarded in1994.

Outstanding Contribution to Club by Senior Women’sPlayerSecondGradeandBelow2014Recipient:TaniaBarryThe award is to go to a female player from 2nd Grade orbelow for their input in their team and club. First awarded in2004

PaulBlackwoodAwardforBestOverallPerformancebyanUnderageMale2014Recipient:SamGricePaul Blackwood played centre forward for a number ofyears at Derwent. He scored many hauls of goals for theDerwent Hockey Club and was always a club person. Towin this award the person must be eligible for underage but,most probably, will be playing seniors. The most likely per-son to win this award is someone who has represented ourstate or has had an outstanding season for the DerwentHockey Club.

E&SCarmichaelAwardforMostPromisingUnderageFemale2014Recipient:ElizaWestlandTo win this award the person must be eligible for underagebut will be playing seniors. The most likely person to winthis award is someone who has represented our state orhas had an outstanding season for the Derwent HockeyClub. First awarded in 1998.

DeanWilliamsUmpiringAward2014Recipient:AaronKitchenerThis annual encouragement award is to be awarded to anup and coming umpire who displays a willingness to umpireand actively seeks to improve their performance and devel-op their skills.

RodRussell-GreenAward2014Recipient:MichaelHowarthThe Rod Russell-Green Award is the most important awardin the Derwent Hockey Club. To quote the 1980 minutes ofthe DHC committee meeting: “This award is to be presentedto the person who in the opinion of the selection panelshows qualities of the late Rod Russell- Green towards theDHC”. The characteristics cherished in a player are: Quietlyspoken, always contributing to the club, in the background,over a long period of time; and hasn’t sought recognition.

PleaseemailnominationstoJaneAnsellorKathyFaheybythe17thSeptember2015.

Nominationsshouldoutlinethereasonsforthenomination.Allnominationsarestrictlyconfidential.

DERWENTPERPETUALAWARDNOMINATIONS2015

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AUGUST 2015STRIKEFORCEDERWENTLIFEMEMBERSHIPNOMINATIONS

Ifyouknowsomeonewhoyoufeelmeetsthecri-teriafortheprestigiousLifeMembershipawardpleasenominatethem.

The following criteria are a guide for qualification of LifeMembership, the ultimate decision to be made by unani-mous vote of the elected committee. It is anticipated thatthe recipient will have contributed to the club in the follow-ing areas:

● Playedatahighleveloverasustainedperiod.

● Coached,eitherseniororjuniorgradesoverasustainedperiod.

● HeldakeyCommitteeportfoliooverasustainedperiod.

● PersonalcontributionsofundoubtedandsignificantbenefittotheClub(similartotheachievementsofMat-thew Wells – to be used as a yard stick).

● Longterminvolvementwiththeclubinexcessoften(10)years.Doesnotincludeplayingtime.

● Captainteamscontinuouslyoversustainedperiod.

● Managedteamscontinuouslyoversustainedperiod.

● GeneralCommitteeMemberoversustainedperiod.

● Continuousumpiringroleoversustainedperiod.

TermsForConsideration

MinimumQualification: Three of the above criteria to be ful-filled.

Sustainedperiod: 10 or more years involvement.

KeyCommitteePortfolio: President, Vice President, Secre-tary, Treasurer, Senior/Junior Coordinators (can be attainedthrough combination of portfolios)

The above criteria are not automatic grounds for the grant-ing of Life Membership. In determining the candidates’nomination, consideration should be given to a comparisonof existing Life Members achievements. Considerationshould be given to existing Life Members comments andopinions. Life Membership should not be unduly withheldfor worthy candidates.

The person who is nominated is to be of good spirit andcharacter.

Listed below are members who have distinguished them-selves by providing many years of support and service tothe Derwent Hockey Club and thus have been recognisedwith Life Membership:

JaneAnsell

ColinDavis

JackDennis

MargaretEpari

KathyFahey

BrianFreeman

MarkGeeves

BertGinn

JohnHarris

MichaelHowarth

LindsayJohnstone

JennyKenny

BrianMcGuire

AlanPreshaw

KerrySams

AndreaStreet

PhilStreet

MaxTindall

GlennTremayne

MatthewWells

KathyWestland

TonyWilliams

PleaseemailyournominationstoJaneAnsellorKathyFaheyoutliningthereasonsforthenomination.

Allnominationsarestrictlyconfidential.

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AUGUST 2015STRIKEFORCE

Competitions/AdministrativeOfficerAppointedHockey Tasmania welcomes Emily Foster on board as the SouthernCompetitions/Administrative Officer whilst Anita Silva is on maternity leave from24th August 2015 - 29th January 2016.

For all competition enquiries please email Emily either atemily@hockeytasmania.com.au or competitions@hockeytasmania.com.au

HOCKEYTASMANIANEWS

SouthernHockeyLeagueAwardPresentationsCocktailParty

SaturdaySeptember12th20156:15pm-8.15pm

TheOlympiansRoomTasmanianHockeyCentre

Tickets($20)availablefromClubSecretaries/JustHockeyShop

Awards:TimelineandProcessforNominationsNominations are sought for the awards listed below. For Award details and tosubmit nominations email scc@hockeytasmania.com.au by August30th2015.

● DEANWILLIAMSAWARDFOROUTSTANDINGCONTRIBUTIONTOHOCKEY

● CERTIFICATESOFAPPRECIATION

● JUSTHOCKEYCOACHOFTHEYEARAWARD

● UMPIREOFTHEYEARAWARD

● UMPIREENCOURAGEMENTAWARD

Doyouhaveanewsletterworthystory?Let’s celebrate the stories andachievements of our Members bysharing them in our Club Newsletter.

If you know of a Club Member whohas achieved something special oryou have some great Derwent photoslet us know.

Please email the details to:dhcnews@bigpond.com

Have you ordered your limited editionDerwent 80th Anniversary wine packyet? Get in quick to avoid disappoint-ment as only 80 units are availableand at only $50 a pack they are sureto go quick.

These wines have been sourced fromTasmania's Coal River Valley and rep-resent a great way to celebrate Strikervictories or as an addition to the cellarfor future drinking.

For more information contact:

● Matt Geeves(matthew@realscape.com.au) or

● Jim Ansell(james.ansell@police.tas.gov.au)

80thAnniversaryLimitedEditionWineOffer

SEPTEMBEREDITIONDueOutSeptember28th

AllitemsforinclusiontobereceivedbySundaySept20th

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JUNIORCORNER

THESCHOOLSPORTAUSTRALIACHAMPIONSHIPS

TassieUnder16GirlsTeamClaimSilverDerwent were well represented in the Tasmanian teams atthe recent School Sport Australia Championships held inPerth:

U16Girls: Louise Maddock, Miranda Grant, Molly Lewis &Maddison Poke (Captain).

U12Girls: Lilly Ansell, Beth Dobbie, Lauren Canning, TessaKing, Maisy Sansom & Sarah Wilson-Haffenden.

U12Boys: Magnus McCausland.

The highlight of the tournament was the silver medal effortby the U16 Girls. Following wins in the round-robin matchesagainst South Australia, Victoria, NSW and the ACT, includ-ing goals from our very own Molly Lewis and MaddisonPoke, Tasmania earned the right to play off in the gold med-al match against unbeaten Queensland. The girls foughthard, but went down 4-0 in the final.

The U12 Girls had a solid tournament to finish 5th with winsover South Australia (3-1) and draws against the ACT (1-1)and eventual tournament winner Queensland (1-1). Tasma-nia were the only team to score against Queensland duringthe tournament.

The U12 Boys found the going hard and were unable to wina game, however great improvement was made by all play-ers during the tournament.

JUNIORCORNER

SilverMedallists:TheTasmanianU16Girlsteam

OurU12Representatives:(Fromleft)LillyAnsell,TessaKing,SarahWilson-Haffenden,MagnusMcCausland,LaurenCan-ning,BethDobbieandMaisySansom

MirandaGrant MollyLewis MaddisonPoke&MirandaGrant

Photo: Hockey Tasmania

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JUNIORCORNER AUGUST 2015

Please join us in congratulating Aaron Kitchener who has been appointed to theHockey Australia Umpiring Panel for the U13 Australian Championships to beheld in Darwin from September 25th - October 2nd this year.

Photo: Hockey Tasmania

Decisive:AaronKitchenersettoumpireattheU13NationalTournament.

JUNIORPRESENTATIONNIGHT

Get ready to celebrate the Junior2015 Season at the upcoming JuniorPresentation Night

When: Saturday September 21st

Where: Buckingham Rowing ClubMarine Esplanade, New Town

Time: From 6pmJUNIORSEMI-FINALMATCHREVIEWWell done to all of our junior teams for a great season. There has been a lot tocelebrate in 2015, with the majority of our teams seeing finals action.

The Semi-finals were contested last round with the following results:

U12GirlsDiv12v3: DerwentBlue 4 def Uni Black 2

U12GirlsDiv22v3: DerwentWhite 1 drew with Canterbury 1

U12Boys2v3: OHA 1 drew with Derwent 1

U14Girls2v3: Canterbury0 drew with Derwent Blue 0

U14Boys1v4: Derwent 2 def by Canterbury 7

U16Girls2v3: Derwent Blue 1 v DiamondBacks 3

U16Girls1v4: OHABlue 6 v Derwent White 1

U16Boys1v4: NWG 6 v Derwent 0

NATIONALAPPOINTMENTFORYOUNGUMPIRE

STATEKARATEREPRESENTATIVECongratulations to Olivia Farrell, oneof our under 12 girls, who recentlyrepresented Tasmania at the AKFNational Karate Championships inAdelaide.

Olivia had a great time and learnt a lotfrom tough competition.

OliviaFarrellinactionattheNationalKarateChampionships

JUNIORGRANDFINALSCongratulations to both of our U12 Girls teams for making the Grand Final. Makesure you don your Derwent gear and get along and support the future of ourClub.

Sunday30thAugust

U12GirlsDiv1 - OHA Green(1) v Derwent Blue(2) 12pm THC 2

U12GirlsDiv2 - NWG(1) v Derwent White(2) 9am THC 3

HOCKEYFORU8/U10SAges: 6-10 years

When: Saturday afternoons duringTerm 4

For more information please contactthe Junior Co-ordinators:

Boys: Tania Barrytaniabarry@y7mail.comGirls: Kathy Westlandktrgwest@bigpond.net.au

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DERWENT COMMITTEE CONTACTS2015President Jane Ansell VicePresident Jenny Middleton

Mobile 0409 005 267 Mobile 0418 120 651

Email couscous-1@hotmail.com Email jenny.middleton@tassie.net.au

Secretary Kathy Fahey Treasurer John HarrisMobile 0418 286 982 Mobile 0418 370 384Email katheyfahey02@gmail.com Email jharris@bcube.com.au

Coordinators:SeniorMen Mark Taylor SeniorWomen TBCMobile 0418 136 842 Mobile TBCEmail mark.r.taylor@internode.on.net Email TBC

JuniorBoys Tania Barry JuniorGirls Kathy WestlandMobile 0423 632 616 Mobile 0428 650 842Email taniabarry@y7mail.com Email ktrgwest@bigpond.net.au

GeneralCommittee: Jim Ansell Torin Bester Natalie FaheyMobile 0417 569 620 0405 525 927 0400 672 022Email james.ansell@police.tas.gov.au torinbester@hotmail.com nat_fahey12@hotmail.com

Emma Harris Michael HowarthMobile 0409 195 628 0417 386 285Email emma_harris23@hotmail.com michael.howarth@hydro.com.au

Sub-Committees:CorporateSponsor Jenny Middleton John Harris Jim AnsellEmail jenny.middleton@tassie.net.au jharris@bcube.com.au james.ansell@police.tas.gov.au

Nick TremayneEmail nick_13@hotmail.com

RetentionofMen Nick Tremayne Tania Barry Matt GeevesEmail nick_13@hotmail.com taniabarry@y7mail.com matthew@wieldhockey.com.au

Matthew Kiernan Paul Dobbie Mark TaylorEmail matthewkiernan1@hotmail.com paul.dobbie@gmail.com mark.r.taylor@internode.on.net

Fundraising Natalie Fahey Mark Kitchener David IsaacEmail nat_fahey12@hotmail.com mark_kitchener@y7mail.com dgisaac@uniquerabbit.com.au

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