WELCOME TO NORWICH DRAGONS HOCKEY CLUB
NEWS ARCHIVE
Dragon's School Hockey Sessions Roaring Success
Norwich Dragons Hockey Club members Mike Banham and Hazel Medler provided hockey coaching sessions for over 100 Norwich school children last term and aim to continue through the remainder of this school year. Using England Hockey's 'Quicksticks' hockey sets supplied by the Norwich School Sport Partnership, children in Year 5 at Cavell and Lakenham Primary Schools have already benefited from the free sessions, with Bignold Primary being added to the programme this term.
The coaches and teachers, as well as the children, enjoy the sessions which provide the youngsters with an opportunity to experience hockey, in many cases, for the first time. After the 8 week programme at the school the children have the option to continue receiving coaching through the Young Dragons sessions at Lionwood School, run by other volunteers from Norwich Dragons Hockey Club. It is also hoped that the experience gained by the teachers will enable them to continue to offer hockey as a sporting option for the youngsters at school.
Commenting on the Programme, Mike Hardy, President of Norwich Dragons Hockey Club said, "The work that Mike and Hazel are doing is a superb example of the enthusiasm the Club has for growing the Olympic sport of hockey in the Norwich area. With a new Hockey Centre proposed for the Hewett School site later in 2010, we aim to bring hockey to many more members of the community in the lead up to 2012. Through the work with the schools as well as the Young Dragons sessions we hope several youngsters will be inspired to take up the game and perhaps we will find a future Olympian amongst them!".
Further details of the school sessions are available from Hazel Medler at hazelmedler@btinternet.com or for the Young Dragons coaching sessions contact Natalie Beal at nat_beal@hotmail.com or visit the websitewww.norwichdragonshc.co.uk.
It is with great pleasure that we can announce on 3rd February 2010, England Hockey confirmed our ClubsFirst accreditation in recognition of the work we are doing to create a safe, effective and child friendly hockey environment. This makes us one of just 6 Clubs in Norfolk and 24 in the East Region that have gained such accreditation and puts us firmly into the spotlight with Sport England and England Hockey. A big thank you to everyone that played their part in making this happen, especially Mike Hardy, without whom none of this would have happened.
The Club's policies, codes of conduct and procedures that support the accreditation can be found on the Club Policies page of the website.
One of the key points to remember is that any concerns or issues relating to safeguarding and protecting young people should be referred immediately to Natalie Beal (Club Welfare Officer), Angela Murgatroyd (Deputy Club Welfare Officer) or Hazel Medler (Club Development Officer), all of whom have been trained to deal with such matters.
Young Dragons Tournament: 24/01/2010
Three teams were entered into a tournament held at Pelis last Sunday. Read all about the fantastic efforts made by each team by clicking on the links below.
Level 1 coaching opportunity
We have a great opportunity for members to achieve their Level 1 Coaching Award in Norfolk, at Kings Lynn. We may be able to secure some funding to support members wishing to achieve this qualification. Please click here to download more information. If you are interested please contact Mike Hardy by January 29th.
FITF Tour
Where: Old Loughts Hockey Club, Loughton, Essex (just down the M11)
When: 28-31st May (the bank holiday weekend)
What: A hockey tournament with the emphasis definitely on fun (and snakey b)
How much: Initial cost of £60pp
Accommodation: Camping (but hotels are available nearby)
Open to: Anyone! As long as you're not a bloke (sorry chaps!)
Click on this link for further details FITF
or see the photos from previous tours here.
or talk to some of the survivors, including myself, Nat, Izzie, Louise and Heidi, amongst others.
Places for teams are on a first come first served basis so we'll need to get in quick. If you could let Sue know as soon as possible if you're interested that would be much appreciated.
Lottery Draw: 12/12/2009
2nd prize £300 Jodie and Richard (ticket no. 1031)
3rd prize £150 Ian Acteson (ticket no.701)
Following the disappointment of the cancellation of the Rudd Tournament at Greshams, Norwich Dragons arranged a friendly Boys U11 three way 'round robin' with Norwich City HC on Sunday 6th December.
With a Squad of 9, the young Dragons, kitted out in their red shirts and green socks, were full of enthusiasm, despite the initial poor weather and the semi-flooded pitch!!
Manager Steve put them through their paces with a thorough warm-up in preparation for their first game against a Norwich City A Team. Despite their inexperience, the young Dragons held their own for long periods of the game. With Josh in goal, pulling off a string of excellent saves, the boys held the scores level for sometime - ultimately Norwich City's experience counted and they scored 3 quick goals, but the Dragons battled hard.
The second game, against a Norwich City B Team, who had played together for some considerable time, saw the Dragons start to find their passing game. Under the guidance of Steve, they started to work together as a Team and were unfortunate not to score with Lee, Sam and Stanley combining well. Defensively Adam, Scott and Connor were tackling strongly and held the more experienced Norwich City Team at bay. With good contributions by Jordan and Ollie the team secured a 0-0 draw. Overall this new team learnt a considerable amount in these two short games, and are already looking forward to their next adventures on the hockey pitch in 2010!
An historic day for Norwich Dragons Hockey Club, saw their Under 11's Girl's Team take part in their first competitive Tournament at Harleston Magpies Hockey Club on Sunday 22nd November.
The mini Dragons, kitted out in their new shirts, took to the field for their first game against Pelicans and were very unlucky to come away with a narrow 1 - 0 defeat.
As the tournament progressed, the Dragon's started to gain in confidence and began passing the ball around well as a Team. Some great defending from Laura, Katie and Alex, plus some excellent stops from Keeper Carmel, saw the Dragons get the first point against Dereham B's with a Nil - Nil draw.
The young Dragon's then faced some tough opposition and despite a few defeats, they kept their spirits high and kept working hard for each other. They were rewarded for their efforts in their penultimate game against Watton. Some quick thinking and great individual skill by Marcy and Lotte, excellently supported by Izzie, resulted in two quick goals by Marcy and saw the Dragons take their first three points with a well deserved 2 - 0 victory
Unfortunately, the last game saw the heavens open and the wind blow (even the National League game on the other pitch was suspended due to the horrendous conditions!!). Despite this the Dragon's still came off the field smiling :-).
Whilst not challenging for the top places, the Dragons did amazingly well to come away with 4 points in their first ever competitive games.
A huge thanks to all who took part - Capt. Marcy, Lotte, Izzie, Alex, Katie, Laura and GK Carmel. You did the Dragon's proud and the future of the Club looks very bright!
Saturday 14 November saw two of Laura Hammond's big dreams come true.........
Firstly she managed to deliver a hugely successful Auction of Promises for Norwich Dragons Hockey Club raising over £4000, and secondly, and probably more importantly, she scored a hat-trick of penalties in front of a delirious crowd in the Barclay End at Carrow Road!
Thanks to Laura's enthusiastic organisation of the event, Norwich Dragons Hockey Club raised a substantial sum at their auction of promises, which took place at Carrow Road on 14th November. Led by charismatic auctioneer and mens first team captain Edward Smith, 49 lots were sold to the highest bidders, with the top item, VIP tickets to the Latitude festival, fetching £320. Among the other items were a flight in a light aircraft, a job lot of manure and the chance to take penalties on the Carrow Road pitch (which clearly Laura won!). Carried away by Mr Smith's persuasive patter many bidders found themselves digging deep into their pockets, one even having his bidding card confiscated by his wife after several large bids were accepted.
Even the famous Norwich Dragons HC mascot 'Dragon' bought a ticket for the event and strutted his stuff on the dance floor!
Funds were boosted by a further £100 thanks to a 'Guess How Many Bubblegums' in a two foot tall Bubblegum machine donated by AGF Marketing. Game organisers Nat Beal and Sue Cullum had to remove a number of bubblegum balls to make the guessing difficult.
Mike Hardy, Norwich Dragons President said of the event,
" Everyone at the club is delighted to have raised so much money, all of which will go towards the fund for the new community hockey centre which we intend building at the Hewett School. We still have a long way to go and are looking for further sponsorship but events like this give everyone a boost. Lots of people within the Club worked very hard to make this event happen but I would particularly like to thank Laura Hammond, for her work behind the scenes, as well as assisting Ed during the Auction. We also had great support from TW Gaze Auctioneers & Valuers, Norwich City Football Club and Discostew on the night, as well as the very generous auction lot donors and bidders. THANK YOU ALL!"
List of Donors:
Festival Republic via Rich Smith
Sheila George
Broadland boat club via Lois Metcalf
Norfolk Ski Club via Sarah Wagstaff
O2 Academy via Laura Sutton
Carlsberg via Laura Sutton
R Ellis and Son via Han Roney
Louise Davis
Hazel Medler
Weston Park Golf Club via Andrew Cross
John G Plummer & Associates via Andrew Cross
Brian Robertson a pilot friend via Andrew Cross
Norwich City Football Club
Becs Dungay - RD Sports
Ramada Hotel Norwich via Nicky Harrison
TWGaze Auction Rooms via Ed Smith
Izzie London
Caroline Wolfe
Yesterday’s World Great Yarmouth via Claire Baker
G A Tallowin & Co. via Han Roney
Tim Hammond
Stuart Canvas
Fitness First
Swarovski
Image Hair Design
Nando’s
Pizza Hut
Curry’s
Eastenders
Coronation Street
Anglia Fleet Limited
Haribo
Kettles
What Next Candy
Crawfords
Tangerine
A G F Marketing
J Farquhar
Skipper Alex Browne
Auction of Promises Catologue Available For those of you NOT going to the Auction of Promises, your fellow Club Members need your help! Play your part by bidding for items. See the catalogue available here for details but quite simply:
Either fill in the absentee bid form in the back of the catalogue and return to Ed Smith via a Dragons Hockey Club member or post to the address on the form:
Or e-mail your bid to dragonshockeyclub@yahoo.co.uk incluing your Name, Address, Contact Number, Lot number, description and bid price.
Just make sure you bid more than everybody else and you'll be successful !!
Payment of Auction Bids:
Please bring along either Cash / Cheques* to pay for successful Auction 'Lots' (*payable to NDHC).
For non Club Members, please ensure we have a cheque guarantee card.
Timings of events, dress code, location etc.
This is a black tie dinner so your best frocks / Suits / DJ's etc will do the trick!!
Event will be held at Norwich City Football Club, Top of the Terrace Suite, Carrow Road.
Order of Events: 8pm - Doors Open (no earlier due to football match). Time to get to the bar and get your drinks ordered.
8.20pm - Guest to be seated
8.30pm - Dinner to be served
From 10.15pm - Auction to commence (during coffee)
From 11pm - Disco - dependent upon conclusion of Auction
Close 1am - Wend our weary way home....or go clubbing!!
Thanks to the generosity of the donors, all monies taken for the Auction lots will go directly to the new pitch fund.
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JDCs at Hobart High School, Loddon
If you are interested in the programme of Junior Development Centres (JDCs) taking place during November and December for under 13 to under 17 age groups, please see the Active Norfolk website for details.
Norwich Dragons Hockey Club are hosting the Loddon JDC (u13 & u14 Girls & Boys) in November and December and have worked hard to make this happen because we see ourselves as being a key part of this process in the future. Our involvement will also help the Consortium's bid for funding for the new pitch from England Hockey.
For those interested in understanding what the JDCs are intended to do, please read the quick guide below. If you have children with some competitive experience either at schools or clubs and you want to register them for a JDC, please refer to the Active Norfolk website.
A big thank you to the coaches that have made our hosting of the Loddon JDC possible!
Click here for a quick guide to JDCs.
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Mens Indoor Tournament
Congratulations to Dereham who won the Men's Indoor Tournament held at Town Close School on October 25th. Dereham were undefeated until their last game and won the tournament with Norwich City coming 2nd.
Auction of Promises Update
We're getting more auction items every day but a selection of items we have include...
A pair of VIP Latitude Festival Tickets
14 signed Eastenders photographs
Fitness First 3 month membership & personal trainer voucher
Teeth whitening treatment
Aromatherapy massage
2 ft bubble gum machine
3 course Sunday lunch at the Ramada Hotel.
Digital camera
....plus many many more and a full list will appear here soon. A huge thank you to all those who have donated items for your generosity and support.
Tickets are priced at £35 each for this black tie event, which includes a 3 course dinner and disco, to be held at Carrow Road on November 14th, 8pm til 1am, so please do support your club and come along. It's open to all so please tell your friends, family, neighbours and work colleagues. We are not restricted by numbers so the more the merrier.
Dragons win Indoor Tournament Congratulations to the Ladies Dragons team who won the inaugural Indoor Tournament last Sunday, October 4th. The men's tournament is to be held on October 25th so let's hope they can match that achievement and bring home the trophy!
QUIZ - Saturday 17th October 2009.
Following the disappointment of the cancellation of the Rudd Tournament at Greshams, Norwich Dragons arranged a friendly Boys U11 three way 'round robin' with Norwich City HC on Sunday 6th December.
With a Squad of 9, the young Dragons, kitted out in their red shirts and green socks, were full of enthusiasm, despite the initial poor weather and the semi-flooded pitch!!
Manager Steve put them through their paces with a thorough warm-up in preparation for their first game against a Norwich City A Team. Despite their inexperience, the young Dragons held their own for long periods of the game. With Josh in goal, pulling off a string of excellent saves, the boys held the scores level for sometime - ultimately Norwich City's experience counted and they scored 3 quick goals, but the Dragons battled hard.
The second game, against a Norwich City B Team, who had played together for some considerable time, saw the Dragons start to find their passing game. Under the guidance of Steve, they started to work together as a Team and were unfortunate not to score with Lee, Sam and Stanley combining well. Defensively Adam, Scott and Connor were tackling strongly and held the more experienced Norwich City Team at bay. With good contributions by Jordan and Ollie the team secured a 0-0 draw. Overall this new team learnt a considerable amount in these two short games, and are already looking forward to their next adventures on the hockey pitch in 2010!
An historic day for Norwich Dragons Hockey Club, saw their Under 11's Girl's Team take part in their first competitive Tournament at Harleston Magpies Hockey Club on Sunday 22nd November.
The mini Dragons, kitted out in their new shirts, took to the field for their first game against Pelicans and were very unlucky to come away with a narrow 1 - 0 defeat.
As the tournament progressed, the Dragon's started to gain in confidence and began passing the ball around well as a Team. Some great defending from Laura, Katie and Alex, plus some excellent stops from Keeper Carmel, saw the Dragons get the first point against Dereham B's with a Nil - Nil draw.
The young Dragon's then faced some tough opposition and despite a few defeats, they kept their spirits high and kept working hard for each other. They were rewarded for their efforts in their penultimate game against Watton. Some quick thinking and great individual skill by Marcy and Lotte, excellently supported by Izzie, resulted in two quick goals by Marcy and saw the Dragons take their first three points with a well deserved 2 - 0 victory
Unfortunately, the last game saw the heavens open and the wind blow (even the National League game on the other pitch was suspended due to the horrendous conditions!!). Despite this the Dragon's still came off the field smiling :-).
Whilst not challenging for the top places, the Dragons did amazingly well to come away with 4 points in their first ever competitive games.
A huge thanks to all who took part - Capt. Marcy, Lotte, Izzie, Alex, Katie, Laura and GK Carmel. You did the Dragon's proud and the future of the Club looks very bright!
Saturday 14 November saw two of Laura Hammond's big dreams come true.........
Firstly she managed to deliver a hugely successful Auction of Promises for Norwich Dragons Hockey Club raising over £4000, and secondly, and probably more importantly, she scored a hat-trick of penalties in front of a delirious crowd in the Barclay End at Carrow Road!
Thanks to Laura's enthusiastic organisation of the event, Norwich Dragons Hockey Club raised a substantial sum at their auction of promises, which took place at Carrow Road on 14th November. Led by charismatic auctioneer and mens first team captain Edward Smith, 49 lots were sold to the highest bidders, with the top item, VIP tickets to the Latitude festival, fetching £320. Among the other items were a flight in a light aircraft, a job lot of manure and the chance to take penalties on the Carrow Road pitch (which clearly Laura won!). Carried away by Mr Smith's persuasive patter many bidders found themselves digging deep into their pockets, one even having his bidding card confiscated by his wife after several large bids were accepted.
Even the famous Norwich Dragons HC mascot 'Dragon' bought a ticket for the event and strutted his stuff on the dance floor!
Funds were boosted by a further £100 thanks to a 'Guess How Many Bubblegums' in a two foot tall Bubblegum machine donated by AGF Marketing. Game organisers Nat Beal and Sue Cullum had to remove a number of bubblegum balls to make the guessing difficult.
Mike Hardy, Norwich Dragons President said of the event,
" Everyone at the club is delighted to have raised so much money, all of which will go towards the fund for the new community hockey centre which we intend building at the Hewett School. We still have a long way to go and are looking for further sponsorship but events like this give everyone a boost. Lots of people within the Club worked very hard to make this event happen but I would particularly like to thank Laura Hammond, for her work behind the scenes, as well as assisting Ed during the Auction. We also had great support from TW Gaze Auctioneers & Valuers, Norwich City Football Club and Discostew on the night, as well as the very generous auction lot donors and bidders. THANK YOU ALL!"
List of Donors:
Festival Republic via Rich Smith
Sheila George
Broadland boat club via Lois Metcalf
Norfolk Ski Club via Sarah Wagstaff
O2 Academy via Laura Sutton
Carlsberg via Laura Sutton
R Ellis and Son via Han Roney
Louise Davis
Hazel Medler
Weston Park Golf Club via Andrew Cross
John G Plummer & Associates via Andrew Cross
Brian Robertson a pilot friend via Andrew Cross
Norwich City Football Club
Becs Dungay - RD Sports
Ramada Hotel Norwich via Nicky Harrison
TWGaze Auction Rooms via Ed Smith
Izzie London
Caroline Wolfe
Yesterday’s World Great Yarmouth via Claire Baker
G A Tallowin & Co. via Han Roney
Tim Hammond
Stuart Canvas
Fitness First
Swarovski
Image Hair Design
Nando’s
Pizza Hut
Curry’s
Eastenders
Coronation Street
Anglia Fleet Limited
Haribo
Kettles
What Next Candy
Crawfords
Tangerine
A G F Marketing
J Farquhar
Skipper Alex Browne
Auction of Promises Catologue Available For those of you NOT going to the Auction of Promises, your fellow Club Members need your help! Play your part by bidding for items. See the catalogue available here for details but quite simply:
Either fill in the absentee bid form in the back of the catalogue and return to Ed Smith via a Dragons Hockey Club member or post to the address on the form:
Or e-mail your bid to dragonshockeyclub@yahoo.co.uk incluing your Name, Address, Contact Number, Lot number, description and bid price.
Just make sure you bid more than everybody else and you'll be successful !!
Payment of Auction Bids:
Please bring along either Cash / Cheques* to pay for successful Auction 'Lots' (*payable to NDHC).
For non Club Members, please ensure we have a cheque guarantee card.
Timings of events, dress code, location etc.
This is a black tie dinner so your best frocks / Suits / DJ's etc will do the trick!!
Event will be held at Norwich City Football Club, Top of the Terrace Suite, Carrow Road.
Order of Events: 8pm - Doors Open (no earlier due to football match). Time to get to the bar and get your drinks ordered.
8.20pm - Guest to be seated
8.30pm - Dinner to be served
From 10.15pm - Auction to commence (during coffee)
From 11pm - Disco - dependent upon conclusion of Auction
Close 1am - Wend our weary way home....or go clubbing!!
Thanks to the generosity of the donors, all monies taken for the Auction lots will go directly to the new pitch fund.
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JDCs at Hobart High School, Loddon
If you are interested in the programme of Junior Development Centres (JDCs) taking place during November and December for under 13 to under 17 age groups, please see the Active Norfolk website for details.
Norwich Dragons Hockey Club are hosting the Loddon JDC (u13 & u14 Girls & Boys) in November and December and have worked hard to make this happen because we see ourselves as being a key part of this process in the future. Our involvement will also help the Consortium's bid for funding for the new pitch from England Hockey.
For those interested in understanding what the JDCs are intended to do, please read the quick guide below. If you have children with some competitive experience either at schools or clubs and you want to register them for a JDC, please refer to the Active Norfolk website.
A big thank you to the coaches that have made our hosting of the Loddon JDC possible!
Click here for a quick guide to JDCs.
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Mens Indoor Tournament
Congratulations to Dereham who won the Men's Indoor Tournament held at Town Close School on October 25th. Dereham were undefeated until their last game and won the tournament with Norwich City coming 2nd.
Auction of Promises Update
We're getting more auction items every day but a selection of items we have include...
A pair of VIP Latitude Festival Tickets
14 signed Eastenders photographs
Fitness First 3 month membership & personal trainer voucher
Teeth whitening treatment
Aromatherapy massage
2 ft bubble gum machine
3 course Sunday lunch at the Ramada Hotel.
Digital camera
....plus many many more and a full list will appear here soon. A huge thank you to all those who have donated items for your generosity and support.
Tickets are priced at £35 each for this black tie event, which includes a 3 course dinner and disco, to be held at Carrow Road on November 14th, 8pm til 1am, so please do support your club and come along. It's open to all so please tell your friends, family, neighbours and work colleagues. We are not restricted by numbers so the more the merrier.
Dragons win Indoor Tournament Congratulations to the Ladies Dragons team who won the inaugural Indoor Tournament last Sunday, October 4th. The men's tournament is to be held on October 25th so let's hope they can match that achievement and bring home the trophy!
QUIZ - Saturday 17th October 2009.
Following the disappointment of the cancellation of the Rudd Tournament at Greshams, Norwich Dragons arranged a friendly Boys U11 three way 'round robin' with Norwich City HC on Sunday 6th December.
With a Squad of 9, the young Dragons, kitted out in their red shirts and green socks, were full of enthusiasm, despite the initial poor weather and the semi-flooded pitch!!
Manager Steve put them through their paces with a thorough warm-up in preparation for their first game against a Norwich City A Team. Despite their inexperience, the young Dragons held their own for long periods of the game. With Josh in goal, pulling off a string of excellent saves, the boys held the scores level for sometime - ultimately Norwich City's experience counted and they scored 3 quick goals, but the Dragons battled hard.
The second game, against a Norwich City B Team, who had played together for some considerable time, saw the Dragons start to find their passing game. Under the guidance of Steve, they started to work together as a Team and were unfortunate not to score with Lee, Sam and Stanley combining well. Defensively Adam, Scott and Connor were tackling strongly and held the more experienced Norwich City Team at bay. With good contributions by Jordan and Ollie the team secured a 0-0 draw. Overall this new team learnt a considerable amount in these two short games, and are already looking forward to their next adventures on the hockey pitch in 2010!
An historic day for Norwich Dragons Hockey Club, saw their Under 11's Girl's Team take part in their first competitive Tournament at Harleston Magpies Hockey Club on Sunday 22nd November.
The mini Dragons, kitted out in their new shirts, took to the field for their first game against Pelicans and were very unlucky to come away with a narrow 1 - 0 defeat.
As the tournament progressed, the Dragon's started to gain in confidence and began passing the ball around well as a Team. Some great defending from Laura, Katie and Alex, plus some excellent stops from Keeper Carmel, saw the Dragons get the first point against Dereham B's with a Nil - Nil draw.
The young Dragon's then faced some tough opposition and despite a few defeats, they kept their spirits high and kept working hard for each other. They were rewarded for their efforts in their penultimate game against Watton. Some quick thinking and great individual skill by Marcy and Lotte, excellently supported by Izzie, resulted in two quick goals by Marcy and saw the Dragons take their first three points with a well deserved 2 - 0 victory
Unfortunately, the last game saw the heavens open and the wind blow (even the National League game on the other pitch was suspended due to the horrendous conditions!!). Despite this the Dragon's still came off the field smiling :-).
Whilst not challenging for the top places, the Dragons did amazingly well to come away with 4 points in their first ever competitive games.
A huge thanks to all who took part - Capt. Marcy, Lotte, Izzie, Alex, Katie, Laura and GK Carmel. You did the Dragon's proud and the future of the Club looks very bright!
Saturday 14 November saw two of Laura Hammond's big dreams come true.........
Firstly she managed to deliver a hugely successful Auction of Promises for Norwich Dragons Hockey Club raising over £4000, and secondly, and probably more importantly, she scored a hat-trick of penalties in front of a delirious crowd in the Barclay End at Carrow Road!
Thanks to Laura's enthusiastic organisation of the event, Norwich Dragons Hockey Club raised a substantial sum at their auction of promises, which took place at Carrow Road on 14th November. Led by charismatic auctioneer and mens first team captain Edward Smith, 49 lots were sold to the highest bidders, with the top item, VIP tickets to the Latitude festival, fetching £320. Among the other items were a flight in a light aircraft, a job lot of manure and the chance to take penalties on the Carrow Road pitch (which clearly Laura won!). Carried away by Mr Smith's persuasive patter many bidders found themselves digging deep into their pockets, one even having his bidding card confiscated by his wife after several large bids were accepted.
Even the famous Norwich Dragons HC mascot 'Dragon' bought a ticket for the event and strutted his stuff on the dance floor!
Funds were boosted by a further £100 thanks to a 'Guess How Many Bubblegums' in a two foot tall Bubblegum machine donated by AGF Marketing. Game organisers Nat Beal and Sue Cullum had to remove a number of bubblegum balls to make the guessing difficult.
Mike Hardy, Norwich Dragons President said of the event,
" Everyone at the club is delighted to have raised so much money, all of which will go towards the fund for the new community hockey centre which we intend building at the Hewett School. We still have a long way to go and are looking for further sponsorship but events like this give everyone a boost. Lots of people within the Club worked very hard to make this event happen but I would particularly like to thank Laura Hammond, for her work behind the scenes, as well as assisting Ed during the Auction. We also had great support from TW Gaze Auctioneers & Valuers, Norwich City Football Club and Discostew on the night, as well as the very generous auction lot donors and bidders. THANK YOU ALL!"
List of Donors:
Festival Republic via Rich Smith
Sheila George
Broadland boat club via Lois Metcalf
Norfolk Ski Club via Sarah Wagstaff
O2 Academy via Laura Sutton
Carlsberg via Laura Sutton
R Ellis and Son via Han Roney
Louise Davis
Hazel Medler
Weston Park Golf Club via Andrew Cross
John G Plummer & Associates via Andrew Cross
Brian Robertson a pilot friend via Andrew Cross
Norwich City Football Club
Becs Dungay - RD Sports
Ramada Hotel Norwich via Nicky Harrison
TWGaze Auction Rooms via Ed Smith
Izzie London
Caroline Wolfe
Yesterday’s World Great Yarmouth via Claire Baker
G A Tallowin & Co. via Han Roney
Tim Hammond
Stuart Canvas
Fitness First
Swarovski
Image Hair Design
Nando’s
Pizza Hut
Curry’s
Eastenders
Coronation Street
Anglia Fleet Limited
Haribo
Kettles
What Next Candy
Crawfords
Tangerine
A G F Marketing
J Farquhar
Skipper Alex Browne
Auction of Promises Catologue Available For those of you NOT going to the Auction of Promises, your fellow Club Members need your help! Play your part by bidding for items. See the catalogue available here for details but quite simply:
Either fill in the absentee bid form in the back of the catalogue and return to Ed Smith via a Dragons Hockey Club member or post to the address on the form:
Or e-mail your bid to dragonshockeyclub@yahoo.co.uk incluing your Name, Address, Contact Number, Lot number, description and bid price.
Just make sure you bid more than everybody else and you'll be successful !!
Payment of Auction Bids:
Please bring along either Cash / Cheques* to pay for successful Auction 'Lots' (*payable to NDHC).
For non Club Members, please ensure we have a cheque guarantee card.
Timings of events, dress code, location etc.
This is a black tie dinner so your best frocks / Suits / DJ's etc will do the trick!!
Event will be held at Norwich City Football Club, Top of the Terrace Suite, Carrow Road.
Order of Events: 8pm - Doors Open (no earlier due to football match). Time to get to the bar and get your drinks ordered.
8.20pm - Guest to be seated
8.30pm - Dinner to be served
From 10.15pm - Auction to commence (during coffee)
From 11pm - Disco - dependent upon conclusion of Auction
Close 1am - Wend our weary way home....or go clubbing!!
Thanks to the generosity of the donors, all monies taken for the Auction lots will go directly to the new pitch fund.
Back To Top
JDCs at Hobart High School, Loddon
If you are interested in the programme of Junior Development Centres (JDCs) taking place during November and December for under 13 to under 17 age groups, please see the Active Norfolk website for details.
Norwich Dragons Hockey Club are hosting the Loddon JDC (u13 & u14 Girls & Boys) in November and December and have worked hard to make this happen because we see ourselves as being a key part of this process in the future. Our involvement will also help the Consortium's bid for funding for the new pitch from England Hockey.
For those interested in understanding what the JDCs are intended to do, please read the quick guide below. If you have children with some competitive experience either at schools or clubs and you want to register them for a JDC, please refer to the Active Norfolk website.
A big thank you to the coaches that have made our hosting of the Loddon JDC possible!
Click here for a quick guide to JDCs.
Back To Top
Mens Indoor Tournament
Congratulations to Dereham who won the Men's Indoor Tournament held at Town Close School on October 25th. Dereham were undefeated until their last game and won the tournament with Norwich City coming 2nd.
Auction of Promises Update
Following the disappointment of the cancellation of the Rudd Tournament at Greshams, Norwich Dragons arranged a friendly Boys U11 three way 'round robin' with Norwich City HC on Sunday 6th December.
With a Squad of 9, the young Dragons, kitted out in their red shirts and green socks, were full of enthusiasm, despite the initial poor weather and the semi-flooded pitch!!
Manager Steve put them through their paces with a thorough warm-up in preparation for their first game against a Norwich City A Team. Despite their inexperience, the young Dragons held their own for long periods of the game. With Josh in goal, pulling off a string of excellent saves, the boys held the scores level for sometime - ultimately Norwich City's experience counted and they scored 3 quick goals, but the Dragons battled hard.
The second game, against a Norwich City B Team, who had played together for some considerable time, saw the Dragons start to find their passing game. Under the guidance of Steve, they started to work together as a Team and were unfortunate not to score with Lee, Sam and Stanley combining well. Defensively Adam, Scott and Connor were tackling strongly and held the more experienced Norwich City Team at bay. With good contributions by Jordan and Ollie the team secured a 0-0 draw. Overall this new team learnt a considerable amount in these two short games, and are already looking forward to their next adventures on the hockey pitch in 2010!
An historic day for Norwich Dragons Hockey Club, saw their Under 11's Girl's Team take part in their first competitive Tournament at Harleston Magpies Hockey Club on Sunday 22nd November.
The mini Dragons, kitted out in their new shirts, took to the field for their first game against Pelicans and were very unlucky to come away with a narrow 1 - 0 defeat.
As the tournament progressed, the Dragon's started to gain in confidence and began passing the ball around well as a Team. Some great defending from Laura, Katie and Alex, plus some excellent stops from Keeper Carmel, saw the Dragons get the first point against Dereham B's with a Nil - Nil draw.
The young Dragon's then faced some tough opposition and despite a few defeats, they kept their spirits high and kept working hard for each other. They were rewarded for their efforts in their penultimate game against Watton. Some quick thinking and great individual skill by Marcy and Lotte, excellently supported by Izzie, resulted in two quick goals by Marcy and saw the Dragons take their first three points with a well deserved 2 - 0 victory
Unfortunately, the last game saw the heavens open and the wind blow (even the National League game on the other pitch was suspended due to the horrendous conditions!!). Despite this the Dragon's still came off the field smiling :-).
Whilst not challenging for the top places, the Dragons did amazingly well to come away with 4 points in their first ever competitive games.
A huge thanks to all who took part - Capt. Marcy, Lotte, Izzie, Alex, Katie, Laura and GK Carmel. You did the Dragon's proud and the future of the Club looks very bright!
Saturday 14 November saw two of Laura Hammond's big dreams come true.........
Firstly she managed to deliver a hugely successful Auction of Promises for Norwich Dragons Hockey Club raising over £4000, and secondly, and probably more importantly, she scored a hat-trick of penalties in front of a delirious crowd in the Barclay End at Carrow Road!
Thanks to Laura's enthusiastic organisation of the event, Norwich Dragons Hockey Club raised a substantial sum at their auction of promises, which took place at Carrow Road on 14th November. Led by charismatic auctioneer and mens first team captain Edward Smith, 49 lots were sold to the highest bidders, with the top item, VIP tickets to the Latitude festival, fetching £320. Among the other items were a flight in a light aircraft, a job lot of manure and the chance to take penalties on the Carrow Road pitch (which clearly Laura won!). Carried away by Mr Smith's persuasive patter many bidders found themselves digging deep into their pockets, one even having his bidding card confiscated by his wife after several large bids were accepted.
Even the famous Norwich Dragons HC mascot 'Dragon' bought a ticket for the event and strutted his stuff on the dance floor!
Funds were boosted by a further £100 thanks to a 'Guess How Many Bubblegums' in a two foot tall Bubblegum machine donated by AGF Marketing. Game organisers Nat Beal and Sue Cullum had to remove a number of bubblegum balls to make the guessing difficult.
Mike Hardy, Norwich Dragons President said of the event,
" Everyone at the club is delighted to have raised so much money, all of which will go towards the fund for the new community hockey centre which we intend building at the Hewett School. We still have a long way to go and are looking for further sponsorship but events like this give everyone a boost. Lots of people within the Club worked very hard to make this event happen but I would particularly like to thank Laura Hammond, for her work behind the scenes, as well as assisting Ed during the Auction. We also had great support from TW Gaze Auctioneers & Valuers, Norwich City Football Club and Discostew on the night, as well as the very generous auction lot donors and bidders. THANK YOU ALL!"
List of Donors:
Festival Republic via Rich Smith
Sheila George
Broadland boat club via Lois Metcalf
Norfolk Ski Club via Sarah Wagstaff
O2 Academy via Laura Sutton
Carlsberg via Laura Sutton
R Ellis and Son via Han Roney
Louise Davis
Hazel Medler
Weston Park Golf Club via Andrew Cross
John G Plummer & Associates via Andrew Cross
Brian Robertson a pilot friend via Andrew Cross
Norwich City Football Club
Becs Dungay - RD Sports
Ramada Hotel Norwich via Nicky Harrison
TWGaze Auction Rooms via Ed Smith
Izzie London
Caroline Wolfe
Yesterday’s World Great Yarmouth via Claire Baker
G A Tallowin & Co. via Han Roney
Tim Hammond
Stuart Canvas
Fitness First
Swarovski
Image Hair Design
Nando’s
Pizza Hut
Curry’s
Eastenders
Coronation Street
Anglia Fleet Limited
Haribo
Kettles
What Next Candy
Crawfords
Tangerine
A G F Marketing
J Farquhar
Skipper Alex Browne
Auction of Promises Catologue Available For those of you NOT going to the Auction of Promises, your fellow Club Members need your help! Play your part by bidding for items. See the catalogue available here for details but quite simply:
Either fill in the absentee bid form in the back of the catalogue and return to Ed Smith via a Dragons Hockey Club member or post to the address on the form:
Or e-mail your bid to dragonshockeyclub@yahoo.co.uk incluing your Name, Address, Contact Number, Lot number, description and bid price.
Just make sure you bid more than everybody else and you'll be successful !!
Payment of Auction Bids:
Please bring along either Cash / Cheques* to pay for successful Auction 'Lots' (*payable to NDHC).
For non Club Members, please ensure we have a cheque guarantee card.
Timings of events, dress code, location etc.
This is a black tie dinner so your best frocks / Suits / DJ's etc will do the trick!!
Event will be held at Norwich City Football Club, Top of the Terrace Suite, Carrow Road.
Order of Events: 8pm - Doors Open (no earlier due to football match). Time to get to the bar and get your drinks ordered.
8.20pm - Guest to be seated
8.30pm - Dinner to be served
From 10.15pm - Auction to commence (during coffee)
From 11pm - Disco - dependent upon conclusion of Auction
Close 1am - Wend our weary way home....or go clubbing!!
Thanks to the generosity of the donors, all monies taken for the Auction lots will go directly to the new pitch fund.
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JDCs at Hobart High School, Loddon
If you are interested in the programme of Junior Development Centres (JDCs) taking place during November and December for under 13 to under 17 age groups, please see the Active Norfolk website for details.
Norwich Dragons Hockey Club are hosting the Loddon JDC (u13 & u14 Girls & Boys) in November and December and have worked hard to make this happen because we see ourselves as being a key part of this process in the future. Our involvement will also help the Consortium's bid for funding for the new pitch from England Hockey.
For those interested in understanding what the JDCs are intended to do, please read the quick guide below. If you have children with some competitive experience either at schools or clubs and you want to register them for a JDC, please refer to the Active Norfolk website.
A big thank you to the coaches that have made our hosting of the Loddon JDC possible!
Click here for a quick guide to JDCs.
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Mens Indoor Tournament
Congratulations to Dereham who won the Men's Indoor Tournament held at Town Close School on October 25th. Dereham were undefeated until their last game and won the tournament with Norwich City coming 2nd.
Auction of Promises Update
Following the disappointment of the cancellation of the Rudd Tournament at Greshams, Norwich Dragons arranged a friendly Boys U11 three way 'round robin' with Norwich City HC on Sunday 6th December.
With a Squad of 9, the young Dragons, kitted out in their red shirts and green socks, were full of enthusiasm, despite the initial poor weather and the semi-flooded pitch!!
Manager Steve put them through their paces with a thorough warm-up in preparation for their first game against a Norwich City A Team. Despite their inexperience, the young Dragons held their own for long periods of the game. With Josh in goal, pulling off a string of excellent saves, the boys held the scores level for sometime - ultimately Norwich City's experience counted and they scored 3 quick goals, but the Dragons battled hard.
The second game, against a Norwich City B Team, who had played together for some considerable time, saw the Dragons start to find their passing game. Under the guidance of Steve, they started to work together as a Team and were unfortunate not to score with Lee, Sam and Stanley combining well. Defensively Adam, Scott and Connor were tackling strongly and held the more experienced Norwich City Team at bay. With good contributions by Jordan and Ollie the team secured a 0-0 draw. Overall this new team learnt a considerable amount in these two short games, and are already looking forward to their next adventures on the hockey pitch in 2010!
An historic day for Norwich Dragons Hockey Club, saw their Under 11's Girl's Team take part in their first competitive Tournament at Harleston Magpies Hockey Club on Sunday 22nd November.
The mini Dragons, kitted out in their new shirts, took to the field for their first game against Pelicans and were very unlucky to come away with a narrow 1 - 0 defeat.
As the tournament progressed, the Dragon's started to gain in confidence and began passing the ball around well as a Team. Some great defending from Laura, Katie and Alex, plus some excellent stops from Keeper Carmel, saw the Dragons get the first point against Dereham B's with a Nil - Nil draw.
The young Dragon's then faced some tough opposition and despite a few defeats, they kept their spirits high and kept working hard for each other. They were rewarded for their efforts in their penultimate game against Watton. Some quick thinking and great individual skill by Marcy and Lotte, excellently supported by Izzie, resulted in two quick goals by Marcy and saw the Dragons take their first three points with a well deserved 2 - 0 victory
Unfortunately, the last game saw the heavens open and the wind blow (even the National League game on the other pitch was suspended due to the horrendous conditions!!). Despite this the Dragon's still came off the field smiling :-).
Whilst not challenging for the top places, the Dragons did amazingly well to come away with 4 points in their first ever competitive games.
A huge thanks to all who took part - Capt. Marcy, Lotte, Izzie, Alex, Katie, Laura and GK Carmel. You did the Dragon's proud and the future of the Club looks very bright!
Following the disappointment of the cancellation of the Rudd Tournament at Greshams, Norwich Dragons arranged a friendly Boys U11 three way 'round robin' with Norwich City HC on Sunday 6th December.
With a Squad of 9, the young Dragons, kitted out in their red shirts and green socks, were full of enthusiasm, despite the initial poor weather and the semi-flooded pitch!!
Manager Steve put them through their paces with a thorough warm-up in preparation for their first game against a Norwich City A Team. Despite their inexperience, the young Dragons held their own for long periods of the game. With Josh in goal, pulling off a string of excellent saves, the boys held the scores level for sometime - ultimately Norwich City's experience counted and they scored 3 quick goals, but the Dragons battled hard.
The second game, against a Norwich City B Team, who had played together for some considerable time, saw the Dragons start to find their passing game. Under the guidance of Steve, they started to work together as a Team and were unfortunate not to score with Lee, Sam and Stanley combining well. Defensively Adam, Scott and Connor were tackling strongly and held the more experienced Norwich City Team at bay. With good contributions by Jordan and Ollie the team secured a 0-0 draw. Overall this new team learnt a considerable amount in these two short games, and are already looking forward to their next adventures on the hockey pitch in 2010!
An historic day for Norwich Dragons Hockey Club, saw their Under 11's Girl's Team take part in their first competitive Tournament at Harleston Magpies Hockey Club on Sunday 22nd November.
The mini Dragons, kitted out in their new shirts, took to the field for their first game against Pelicans and were very unlucky to come away with a narrow 1 - 0 defeat.
As the tournament progressed, the Dragon's started to gain in confidence and began passing the ball around well as a Team. Some great defending from Laura, Katie and Alex, plus some excellent stops from Keeper Carmel, saw the Dragons get the first point against Dereham B's with a Nil - Nil draw.
The young Dragon's then faced some tough opposition and despite a few defeats, they kept their spirits high and kept working hard for each other. They were rewarded for their efforts in their penultimate game against Watton. Some quick thinking and great individual skill by Marcy and Lotte, excellently supported by Izzie, resulted in two quick goals by Marcy and saw the Dragons take their first three points with a well deserved 2 - 0 victory
Unfortunately, the last game saw the heavens open and the wind blow (even the National League game on the other pitch was suspended due to the horrendous conditions!!). Despite this the Dragon's still came off the field smiling :-).
Whilst not challenging for the top places, the Dragons did amazingly well to come away with 4 points in their first ever competitive games.
A huge thanks to all who took part - Capt. Marcy, Lotte, Izzie, Alex, Katie, Laura and GK Carmel. You did the Dragon's proud and the future of the Club looks very bright!
Following the disappointment of the cancellation of the Rudd Tournament at Greshams, Norwich Dragons arranged a friendly Boys U11 three way 'round robin' with Norwich City HC on Sunday 6th December.
With a Squad of 9, the young Dragons, kitted out in their red shirts and green socks, were full of enthusiasm, despite the initial poor weather and the semi-flooded pitch!!
Manager Steve put them through their paces with a thorough warm-up in preparation for their first game against a Norwich City A Team. Despite their inexperience, the young Dragons held their own for long periods of the game. With Josh in goal, pulling off a string of excellent saves, the boys held the scores level for sometime - ultimately Norwich City's experience counted and they scored 3 quick goals, but the Dragons battled hard.
The second game, against a Norwich City B Team, who had played together for some considerable time, saw the Dragons start to find their passing game. Under the guidance of Steve, they started to work together as a Team and were unfortunate not to score with Lee, Sam and Stanley combining well. Defensively Adam, Scott and Connor were tackling strongly and held the more experienced Norwich City Team at bay. With good contributions by Jordan and Ollie the team secured a 0-0 draw. Overall this new team learnt a considerable amount in these two short games, and are already looking forward to their next adventures on the hockey pitch in 2010!
Following the disappointment of the cancellation of the Rudd Tournament at Greshams, Norwich Dragons arranged a friendly Boys U11 three way 'round robin' with Norwich City HC on Sunday 6th December.
With a Squad of 9, the young Dragons, kitted out in their red shirts and green socks, were full of enthusiasm, despite the initial poor weather and the semi-flooded pitch!!
Manager Steve put them through their paces with a thorough warm-up in preparation for their first game against a Norwich City A Team. Despite their inexperience, the young Dragons held their own for long periods of the game. With Josh in goal, pulling off a string of excellent saves, the boys held the scores level for sometime - ultimately Norwich City's experience counted and they scored 3 quick goals, but the Dragons battled hard.
The mini Dragons, kitted out in their new shirts, took to the field for their first game against Pelicans and were very unlucky to come away with a narrow 1 - 0 defeat.
The young Dragon's then faced some tough opposition and despite a few defeats, they kept their spirits high and kept working hard for each other. They were rewarded for their efforts in their penultimate game against Watton. Some quick thinking and great individual skill by Marcy and Lotte, excellently supported by Izzie, resulted in two quick goals by Marcy and saw the Dragons take their first three points with a well deserved 2 - 0 victory
Whilst not challenging for the top places, the Dragons did amazingly well to come away with 4 points in their first ever competitive games.
A huge thanks to all who took part - Capt. Marcy, Lotte, Izzie, Alex, Katie, Laura and GK Carmel. You did the Dragon's proud and the future of the Club looks very bright!
Saturday 14 November saw two of Laura Hammond's big dreams come true.........
Firstly she managed to deliver a hugely successful Auction of Promises for Norwich Dragons Hockey Club raising over £4000, and secondly, and probably more importantly, she scored a hat-trick of penalties in front of a delirious crowd in the Barclay End at Carrow Road!
Funds were boosted by a further £100 thanks to a 'Guess How Many Bubblegums' in a two foot tall Bubblegum machine donated by AGF Marketing. Game organisers Nat Beal and Sue Cullum had to remove a number of bubblegum balls to make the guessing difficult.
Mike Hardy, Norwich Dragons President said of the event,
" Everyone at the club is delighted to have raised so much money, all of which will go towards the fund for the new community hockey centre which we intend building at the Hewett School. We still have a long way to go and are looking for further sponsorship but events like this give everyone a boost. Lots of people within the Club worked very hard to make this event happen but I would particularly like to thank Laura Hammond, for her work behind the scenes, as well as assisting Ed during the Auction. We also had great support from TW Gaze Auctioneers & Valuers, Norwich City Football Club and Discostew on the night, as well as the very generous auction lot donors and bidders. THANK YOU ALL!"
List of Donors:
Festival Republic via Rich Smith
Sheila George
Broadland boat club via Lois Metcalf
Norfolk Ski Club via Sarah Wagstaff
O2 Academy via Laura Sutton
Carlsberg via Laura Sutton
R Ellis and Son via Han Roney
Louise Davis
Hazel Medler
Weston Park Golf Club via Andrew Cross
John G Plummer & Associates via Andrew Cross
Brian Robertson a pilot friend via Andrew Cross
Norwich City Football Club
Becs Dungay - RD Sports
Ramada Hotel Norwich via Nicky Harrison
TWGaze Auction Rooms via Ed Smith
Izzie London
Caroline Wolfe
Yesterday’s World Great Yarmouth via Claire Baker
G A Tallowin & Co. via Han Roney
Tim Hammond
Stuart Canvas
Fitness First
Swarovski
Image Hair Design
Nando’s
Pizza Hut
Curry’s
Eastenders
Coronation Street
Anglia Fleet Limited
Haribo
Kettles
What Next Candy
Crawfords
Tangerine
A G F Marketing
J Farquhar
Skipper Alex Browne
For those of you NOT going to the Auction of Promises, your fellow Club Members need your help! Play your part by bidding for items. See the catalogue available here for details but quite simply:
Either fill in the absentee bid form in the back of the catalogue and return to Ed Smith via a Dragons Hockey Club member or post to the address on the form:
Or e-mail your bid to dragonshockeyclub@yahoo.co.uk incluing your Name, Address, Contact Number, Lot number, description and bid price.
Just make sure you bid more than everybody else and you'll be successful !!
Payment of Auction Bids:
Please bring along either Cash / Cheques* to pay for successful Auction 'Lots' (*payable to NDHC).
For non Club Members, please ensure we have a cheque guarantee card.
Timings of events, dress code, location etc.
This is a black tie dinner so your best frocks / Suits / DJ's etc will do the trick!!
Event will be held at Norwich City Football Club, Top of the Terrace Suite, Carrow Road.
8.20pm - Guest to be seated
8.30pm - Dinner to be served
From 10.15pm - Auction to commence (during coffee)
From 11pm - Disco - dependent upon conclusion of Auction
Close 1am - Wend our weary way home....or go clubbing!!
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JDCs at Hobart High School, Loddon
If you are interested in the programme of Junior Development Centres (JDCs) taking place during November and December for under 13 to under 17 age groups, please see the Active Norfolk website for details.
Norwich Dragons Hockey Club are hosting the Loddon JDC (u13 & u14 Girls & Boys) in November and December and have worked hard to make this happen because we see ourselves as being a key part of this process in the future. Our involvement will also help the Consortium's bid for funding for the new pitch from England Hockey.
For those interested in understanding what the JDCs are intended to do, please read the quick guide below. If you have children with some competitive experience either at schools or clubs and you want to register them for a JDC, please refer to the Active Norfolk website.
A big thank you to the coaches that have made our hosting of the Loddon JDC possible!
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Mens Indoor Tournament
Congratulations to Dereham who won the Men's Indoor Tournament held at Town Close School on October 25th. Dereham were undefeated until their last game and won the tournament with Norwich City coming 2nd.
Auction of Promises Update
We're getting more auction items every day but a selection of items we have include...
A pair of VIP Latitude Festival Tickets
14 signed Eastenders photographs
Fitness First 3 month membership & personal trainer voucher
Teeth whitening treatment
Aromatherapy massage
2 ft bubble gum machine
3 course Sunday lunch at the Ramada Hotel.
Digital camera
....plus many many more and a full list will appear here soon. A huge thank you to all those who have donated items for your generosity and support.
Tickets are priced at £35 each for this black tie event, which includes a 3 course dinner and disco, to be held at Carrow Road on November 14th, 8pm til 1am, so please do support your club and come along. It's open to all so please tell your friends, family, neighbours and work colleagues. We are not restricted by numbers so the more the merrier.
Dragons win Indoor Tournament
Congratulations to the Ladies Dragons team who won the inaugural Indoor Tournament last Sunday, October 4th. The men's tournament is to be held on October 25th so let's hope they can match that achievement and bring home the trophy!
QUIZ - Saturday 17th October 2009.
Where: King William IV pub, Quebec Road, NR1 4AU
When: Saturday 17th October from 7.30pm
Teams: Up to 6 per team
Cost: Only £2 per person
A huge thank you to everyone who supported and attended the quiz. It was a very successful night, thoroughly enjoyed by all. Special thanks go to Chris Miller for being quiz master and the William IV pub for allowing us to take over their pub for the evening.
Together we managed to raise over £200 towards our target and we hope to hold another quiz before the end of the season!
Auction of Promises - 14th November 2009
As part of our fundraising efforts this year we have arranged an Auction of Promises on the 14 November 2009 in the Top of the Terrace suite at Carrow Road. It will be your chance to get dressed up, have a great meal, bid for some very special items, and then dance into the early hours. We are privileged to have local celebrity Auctioneer & Valuer Ed Smith (also Men's 1st Team Capt) as our auctioneer for the night.
Whilst the finer details are being prepared at the moment, right now we need your help collecting items, promises or identifying an individual, company or organisation that you think could come up with something unusual or valuable that would be likely to attract alot of interest.
Please could you email laura.hammond@nhs.net with any offers of help.
NDHC to host indoor tournament - 4th & 25th October 2009
Both tournaments will take place between 14.00-19.00 and it will cost £40 per team to enter. The games are 6 a side with 8 in a squad. Normal Indoor Rules will apply to this tournament.
Teams will be required to provide an umpire, but they will not have to umpire their own team’s matches therefore enabling players to double up as umpires if need be.
Each team will be guaranteed at least 3 games and trophies will be provided for the winning team and runners up.
Please contact Becs Dungay by the 18th September 2009 on 07887 893365 or mail@rdsports.co.uk for an entry form if you would like to attend.
KIT UPDATE - 10/06/09
A quick update on club kit as we have now sorted out the rain jackets and some club branded baselayers. Becs also has some more Hooded Tops coming in at the end of June.
There is 10% OFF all Hockey Equipment (sticks, astros, protections, bags) to all Norwich Dragon Members. Becs has some tester sticks for people to try out in Kookaburra, TK and Mercian, maybe Grays. All equipment is on her website www.rdsports.co.uk
The shirts, hooded tops, jacket and baselayers wont have the 10% off as they are at a reduced rate already.
Playing Shirts (Ladies) £23.80 Ladies fit M, L, XL. Mens fit XS, S, M, L
Hooded Tops £21.50 (plus £2 if you would like your initials on it).
Jackets £30 (plus £2 if you would like initials)
Club branded RED baselayers with or without Norwich Dragons on the left sleeve
Under Armour Longsleeve Heatgear (to keep you cool) with logo £24, without logo £22
Under Armour Longsleeve Coldgear (to keep you warm, mock neck) with logo £30, without logo £28
These also come in Junior sizes. Samples are available for people to try on in the hooded tops, jackets, shirts and baselayers.
If you would like to order any of the above please contact Becs via rdsports@talktalk.net or on 07887 893365.
UEA TOURNAMENT - JUNE - 8/06/09
The tournament against UEA was held on June 7th, in the pouring rain, but it was a success nonetheless.
The results were as follows:
Ladies’ 3s/4s beat UEA 2-1 (Wolfie and Lau Easter)
Men’s 2s/3s lost to UEA 2-1 (Gary Burgess)
Ladies’ 1s/2s drew with UEA 3-3 (Nat Beal, their keeper and Charly)
Men’s 1s/2s lost to UEA 2-0
Dragon’s mixed beat UEA 1-0 (Rob Wagstaff)
With 2 wins each and a draw it was decided on flicks. UEA won, got the expensive bubbly and will keep the trophy for a year. We are aiming for this will be an annual event.
Thanks to Nat and the captains for organising and for everyone for turning up despite the weather .
HOCKEY TOUR - FUN IN THE FOREST 2009 - 01/06/09
There is 10% OFF all Hockey Equipment (sticks, astros, protections, bags) to all Norwich Dragon Members. Becs has some tester sticks for people to try out in Kookaburra, TK and Mercian, maybe Grays. All equipment is on her website www.rdsports.co.uk
The shirts, hooded tops, jacket and baselayers wont have the 10% off as they are at a reduced rate already.
Playing Shirts (Ladies) £23.80 Ladies fit M, L, XL. Mens fit XS, S, M, L
Hooded Tops £21.50 (plus £2 if you would like your initials on it).
Jackets £30 (plus £2 if you would like initials)
Club branded RED baselayers with or without Norwich Dragons on the left sleeve
Under Armour Longsleeve Heatgear (to keep you cool) with logo £24, without logo £22
Under Armour Longsleeve Coldgear (to keep you warm, mock neck) with logo £30, without logo £28
These also come in Junior sizes. Samples are available for people to try on in the hooded tops, jackets, shirts and baselayers.
If you would like to order any of the above please contact Becs via rdsports@talktalk.net or on 07887 893365.
Just a quick note to let you all know about the tour some of the ladies went over the May bank holiday weekend. It was the 3rd time we had been to Fun in the Forest tour, in Chigwell, held at and run by Old Loughts Hockey Club.
The last two year’s hockey had been quite a good standard so we only went to try and win the fancy dress. In the previous 2 year’s fancy dress competitions, we had come 2nd. We therefore called ourselves ‘Third Time Lucky’ and huge effort went into making our Chinese Dragon.
We came second in the fancy dress again but got a huge cheer when we entered the bar and then marquee… but…we won the hockey and got a lifetime achievement award for our efforts with the fancy dress!
We had been expecting rain but there wasn’t a drop the entire weekend and the weather was perfect.
That’s about we can really tell you as what goes on tour stays on tour…
Thanks to Sue for organising. It’s only right that we defend our crown next year so watch this space…
AWARDS NIGHT 18th APRIL 09 - 13/04/09
RAFFLE
We managed to raise £353 on the raffle on Saturday night!
Well done and thanks to everyone who bought tickets.
AND THE WINNERS ARE...
TEAM PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
Ladies 1 - Hannah Hardy
Ladies 2 - Ali Windsor Waite
Ladies 3 - Hazel Medler
Ladies 4 - Christina Wise
Mens 1 - Neil Shorten
Mens 2 - Danny Knights
Mens 3 - Chris Millar/ David Pentin joint winners
MOST IMPROVED LADIES PLAYER - Sarah Laramy
MOST IMPROVED MENS PLAYER - Chris Harrison
CLUB MEMBER OF THE YEAR - Nat Beal
HOODED TOPS & SHIRTS -13/04/09
Just a quick note to all those that have ordered a hooded top or playing shirt. They are with Becs in her shop ‘RD SPORTS’ in Norwich. If you didn’t order a hooded top or shirt and would like one then there are a few spare.
She is also going to place an order for some new skorts that are the same green as the playing shirts, if anyone is interested they are £18.
Please contact Becs at: rdsports@talktalk.net
