Winter is coming…
Last weekend saw the M4, M8 and L1 all complete three wins in three games to open the season, with this feat seeing the M4 going top of their league. This week why not drop down to JO to see a M8/M9 lunchtime derby or to Lee Valley where 5 teams are in action including the M1 and L1.
This week’s Back Post provides some details about Halloween (spooky) and some exciting updates on new sponsors, partners and fundraising opportunities.
HALLOWEEN
With training getting darker, colder and wetter it can only mean one thing….Wapping’s Halloween social is nearly upon us. Our kind social secs have given us a break from hockey and beers over the slip weekend and organised a great Halloween social the following week on Saturday 4th November. Details:
Time - 7pm
Venue - The Castle, Aldgate
DJ - expect massive tunes
Fancy dress - compulsory (and expecting team coordination)
Price - £2 to cover the cost of our fab DJ
Vibes - immaculate
Get planning your costumes for what is always one of the top social nights in the Wapping calendar!
L’Ump Month
Please do keep donating to L’Ump month here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/lump-month-2023
Beady-eyed Back Post fans will have noticed a mysterious missing link last week to the L’Ump month shirts. If you would link a pink L’Ump month shirt to wear umpiring, out on the town or even when you’re chilling at home, please do email wappingkit@gmail.com confirming your size and product code (PR615 male and PR616 female) before midday this Sunday (15th). Shirts will cost £20.
Sponsorships, Partnerships and Fundraising
New L3 sponsor: NuSmile
A huge welcome to NuSmile as the Ladies 3s sponsor for the season. They are dentists based in Whitechapel and Tottenham providing both general and cosmetic dentistry. They are very kindly offering 20% off for Wapping members, meaning a check up = £20. Please do book online here - I will certainly be going for a slightly long overdue check-up.
Partnership: Tap East
Tap East will be selling Wapping beer at their brewery based by Stratford station. Do head over after (or even before!) your game or training session to get 20% off!
Partnership: Leyton Orient FC - Tuesday 13th February 8:45pm
We’ve teamed up with our Lee Valley neighbours Leyton Orient FC, who have offered us discounted tickets (£15!) to their match on February 13th. If that wasn’t a steal already, £7.50 of that ticket cost will come straight back to the club. We are ordering a batch of tickets so Wapping can all sit together. Do come along for what I’m sure will be a great night - please pay by Sunday using the following link if you’re interested, why not get your whole team to sign up?!
Link to pay for tickets: https://shorturl.at/jXZ19
Fundraising: Tesco shop = Kidds hockey shirts
Please continue to buy your meal deals (and other shopping) at Tesco stores around Whitechapel, The City and Aldgate and make sure to donate your blue charity token when you checkout to the Wapping Kidds Foundation. We are hoping to use the money to purchase match-day shirts for the Kidds section of the club.
All participating stores: Bishopsgate, St Katharine's Docks, Cheapside, Aldgate, Monument, London Smithfield, Old Broad St, Commercial St, 45 Whitechapel Rd, 226 Commercial Rd, 90 Mansell St, St Paul's, Blackfriars, St Botolph's, Whitechapel Fieldgate, Aldersgate.
Fundraising: Easyfundraising
Those of you who have been at Wapping a while will have heard us bang on about EasyFundraising - because it is so easy. Just install the chrome extension and remember to click when you buy online to earn free money for the club. Link to install here: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/wappinghockeyclub/
A massive thanks to our sponsorship lead Irini who has got us some great new sponsors and partnerships. Please do get in touch if you know of any company or organisation who would like to sponsor or work with us by emailing wappingsponsorships@gmail.com.
Please do also remember to follow @wappinghc and our team accounts on instagram and like, save and re-share posts. It helps the club in many ways, particularly in attracting new sponsors and partners which ultimately helps out everyone in the club!
Results update:
Last week in a line: WDLWLWLWWLWLLDW
Fixtures this week
Grubby meal kits:
Exclusive Wapping Hockey Club Discount
30% off first 4 weeks + Free delivery on first box, Code: WAPPING
Psycle:
Free Psycle session. Code: PSYCLEFORHOCKEY
Dragon Hockey Discount Codes
Must use THIS LINK and the following codes to receive discounts!
Sticks: 20% off with code WAPPING20
Bags & Accessories: 20% off with code 20CLUBBAGS
Clothing: 10% off with code 10CLUBCLOTHES
