Alive and CIC-ing!
Last weekend saw the start of our coach development sessions and the return of Women’s Day, a jam packed day of hockey followed up with a serious serving of fun at the Northcote.
It also saw the W2, W5 and Dockers continue their non-stop winning streak, the W1 get their first National League point, a squeaky point for the M4, the U12 boys smashing it, with the Corsairs winning their tournament, and the U10 girls (with a couple of U8 fill ins) knocking it out the park winning four of their five games!
CIC registration complete! 🎉🎉
We are delighted to announce that Wapping is now a Community Interest Company (CIC)!
Thanks to support from Wapping’s Hon. Life President and Founder, Tim Poeton, the club has now been able to adopt an incorporated structure as a Community Interest Company (CIC). This is a form of social enterprise that provides the club with a number of key advantages:
It limits the liability of the club and its members as the CIC has its own legal personality (the club rather than individual members could be sued)
It opens up funding opportunities with grant and statutory funders and some offers limited tax breaks, but it also allows us to enter commercial arrangements
It future proofs the organisation and locks in the assets for the sole benefit of Wapping Hockey
It provides a simple structure to run the club as a recognised community facility
In due course, we will register Wapping Kidds as a charity to increase our ability to fundraise and support the development and expansion of the youth offering for the public benefit.
To all intents and purposes, everything will look and feel the same as a club member or user but importantly we will have a sound legal structure to future proof all that is great about the club. This is a hugely positive move for the club, the next stage in its 36 year history and one that will see us become stronger and more competitive.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Tim and his wife (and Wapping’s OG Tea lady) Susan, without whom this would not have happened.
🎃👻 Halloween Social 🎃👻
It’s spooky season again, so time to break out all your best costume ideas for the fancy dress event of the year!🍬🧛
DETAILS
DATE: Saturday 2nd November
LOCATION: Forge (EC3V 3ND, Bank station)
TIME: 7:30pm – 3am
TICKETS: £6 (please pay your team’s social sec)
OUTFIT: Fancy dress
There will be WELCOME DRINKS so make sure you arrive in a timely fashion AND there will be prizes for the best dressed teams, the more creative, the better! Look forward to seeing you all there!
Please note that this venue requires a minimum spend so please ensure you only purchase drinks in the section of the bar we’re in (where spend is tracked) else we risk losing our deposit 😬 Thanks all!
Qualified as an umpire abroad?
Great! Join our umpiring team by completing this form and sharing it with our ULOs (wappingulo@gmail.com) so they can get your non-England Hockey qualification transferred to an EH Level 1.
ECLIPSE at Ugly Duck
Long time club member Dave Charlesworth’s production company KitMapper have recently installed the exhibition ‘ECLIPSE’ by artist duo Nonotak.
‘ECLIPSE’ is an audio-visual experience which explores the power and impact of light on visual perception when combined with space and sound. Light will be sculpted and expressed in various forms through three curated installations, HIGHWAY, DUAL, and HIDDEN SHADOWS.
After viewing ECLIPSE, unwind in the bar area, where expert mixologists craft a diverse selection of artisanal cocktails designed to complement and enhance your ECLIPSE experience.
Be sure to check it out and use the code WAPPINGHC at checkout for a tidy 20% off the ticket price.
KitMapper provide critically engaged project management, production, design, installation, consultation and technical services for creative projects across the creative and commercial industries.
Northcote update
After a hugely enjoyable set of trial weeks at The Northcote, we plan to move all teas for matches played at Lee Valley there. The landlady, Tuesday, commented on how lovely everyone from the club was and had already begun trying to learn everyone’s names! We really appreciate all the efforts everyone went to, to show them why Wapping is such a special club and we hope that this will be a nice hub for teams to congregate to for the season ahead.
Last week’s Results
This week’s fixtures
Dates for your diary
Nov 2nd - Halloween Social
Nov 9th - W1s vs East London derby and social, 6pm @ LV
Dec 7th - Christmas Social
Member discounts:
Check out our Members' area (Password: whc1989) which has all of our available offers, including:
5% discount and 5% club kick back at the Moretown Belle
20% off NuSmile dentists
A free Psycle session
Grubby: 50% off + free delivery on 1st box, plus 30% off for the rest of the month
10% off all beers at Tap East
Balling: All members = 15% off, W1 and M1 = 25% off. We also get 25% off OTE sports (sports nutrition bars, etc)
