The good times keep coming
Last weekend the ladies side smashed local rivals, East London, with the W5 racking up a cheeky 4-0 win, the W6 with a HUGE 2-1 victory, and the W7 with a WAPPING 18-0 goal fest. Notable mentions also for the M3 and W2 for a couple of tidy wins and the M2 who, having held fast on a draw, remain unbeaten.
This week we see the return of L’Ump Month, ‘Ladies Day’ and the launch of our Coach Development Sessions!
Kidds made county!
We are thrilled to announce that, for the first time in Wapping’s history, we have homegrown juniors selected for county teams - FIVE of them (and with two 11 year olds making the U13 team!)
Huge congratulations to Zed (U14 London North defensive), Annabel (U13 London South goalkeeper), Asa (U13 London North defence), Rayan (U13 London North forward) and Leo (U13 midfield).
These incredible achievements are testament to the outstanding coaching team we have at the club, dedicated volunteers inspiring the next generation of hockey players.
Kidds are always on the lookout for new helpers and coaches for their junior sessions so if you’d like to get involved (no experience necessary), please reach out to our Kidds Head Coach, Sandra, or complete the Coaching Development Pathway form below.
L’Ump Month
L’Ump Month was started in October 2017 by 4 umpires in the M7 (including two of your current UDOs), who decided to umpire in pink and donate their match payment to a Breast Cancer Charity.
7 years later and with thousands raised across the UK, L’Ump Month is back, and this is how you can get involved:
Umpires: if you are umpiring in October, please umpire in a pink shirt (with your colleague) if you can and donate your match fee to the L’Ump Month fundraiser.
Wannabe umpires: maybe this is the reminder you need to get signed up on an online umpiring course.
Players/teams: organise playing in pink socks during October if you can and consider adding a team donation to the JustGiving page.
Congrats to two of our best
At Wapping we’re incredibly lucky to have three amazing Umpire Development Officers, and over the last week two of them have stepped it up AGAIN.
Dan Carter for qualifying as an umpire for the Women’s National League following a successful assessment. He goes onto NPUA B Panel to match where he is on the men’s side. 👏👏👏
And to Phil O’Hagan for getting promoted to men’s NPUA B Panel following a drizzly game in Guildford. A testament to the hard work put in behind the scenes, as well as on pitch each week. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
What a team!
Coaching Development is go!
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of one of our biggest performance focuses of the year, our Coach Development Pathway. We have lots of people keen to get into coaching but not sure where to start so Head Coach, Matt, and Coach Development Officer, DvS, have created the program to upskill anyone on their coaching journey.
The CDP are fortnightly Tuesday sessions, starting 15th October, run by Matt and DvS. It is both for people with no experience keen to start out and people who have already tried their hand developing teams. We will look to help develop this group to get into assistant, match day and lead coaching including EH qualifications and using our VEO camera.
If you are interested in getting involved, please register your interest here.
Girls just Gonna have fun
This weekend is a huge one for the women's side of the club!
5 games, 3 derbies, plus a social. The W2 face W3, W5 play W6, and W7 go head to head with W8. To top off a full day of hockey fun, W4 will look to beat PHC Chiswick.
We'll also be sending love from LV to W1 who take on Old Georgians away!
Get down to Lee Valley to cheer on our Wapping women, support our 6 female umpires facilitating games - and watch Wapping's two female coaches Tara Feeney and Lakin Eddy do battle on the sidelines!
We'll then all be heading for a joint teas and women's social at our new Leyton hang-out The Northcote.
Saturday will be a fab day to enjoy hockey and celebrate our amazing women. Don't miss out!
Issy
Women's Club Captain
Last week’s Results
This week’s fixtures
Dates for your diary
Oct 12th - Women’s Day, LV all day and social after
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)
