Greetings to all
A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY
The Annual General Meeting date has been fixed and will be held
at Maidstone Hockey Club on Thursday 7th June 2012.
at 19.30pm.

PLEASE make every effort to attend, this is your Association, it
is not only for the few!!

Peter Worrall
General Secretary

The Kent Hockey Association AGM which was scheduled for Thursday 17th May (not to be confused with the Umpires AGM) has been cancelled and will not take place. New date to be advised

KHUA extends a warm welcolme to Julian Barnaby (Tunbridge Wells HC), Greg Nussbaum (Sutton Valence HC), and Ben Wilson (Sevenoaks HC) who have recently completed EHB L1 Accreditation.

KHUA extends a warm welcolme to David Bowles (Gore Court HC), David Fettes (Sutton Valence HC), Kieran Gilmore (Canterbury HC), Charlie Ridge (Marden HC) and Adrian Schweitzer (Tunbridge Wells HC) who have recently completed EHB L1 Accreditation.

A course will be held at Sevenoaks Hockey Club on the
11th & 25th June. The contact is Jackie Gibbs.
jackiegibbs1@hotmail.co.uk or 01689 862061

Welcome to the KHUA!

Within our website, you will find all umpiring information. Please take time to look through our informative web handbook, regarding Umpire Guidance on Rules, Development Groups & Umpire Exchanges.

For further information, please contact:
Daran Cass (darancass@hotmail.com) or our Junior Development officer, Oliver Jones (olivertr_jones@hotmail.com)

BECOME THE NEXT UMPIRING GENERATION!!!

The Finals day will be at Holcombe this coming Sunday, starting at 10am. Come down, support your colleagues & join in the development group as well (4pm).

Ladies Kent Plate Final, 10:00: Holcombe v Burnt Ash
Umpires, Dominic Burrows, Chris Peart, David Wanostrocht (Reserve)

Mens Veterans Final, Noon: Holcombe v Canterbury
Umpires, Graham Baldwin, Alan Sargent, Bob Jordan (Reserve)

Ladies Cup Final, 2pm: Canterbury v Maidstone
Umpires, Sonia Allen, Jason Davies, Christopher Shaw (Reserve)

Mens Cup Final, 4pm: Bromley & Beckenham v Maidstone
Umpires, Peter Barker, Richard Turpin, Grant Hunt (Reserve)

See you there!!!

KHUA members who live near Blackheath may be interested to know that the World's oldest Hockey club, are celebrating their 150th Anniversary with a Hockey Funday on 12 May 2012. The event which commences at Noon on Blackheath Common, will include the National Hockey Roadshow that is designed to allow budding young players a chance to 'pick up a stick' and try the sport; it includes an inflatable pitch, a cage and shooting net and a hockey ball skittles alley. There is also a 'Victorian themed' hockey match at 2pm which will see a traditional match played featuring 1861 Rules, mixed teams playing in full Victorian sports clothing, using 1861 equipment. All KHUA Members are welcolme to attend and the Victorian Match is free for spectators. Further details will be available on the Club's website (http://blackheath.co.uk/hockey). There are also some celebratory fixtures in the coming weeks.

If your name is missing from the Secure Login 'Select your Name' drop down menu list, send me an e-mail (to: membership@khua.co.uk) and I will re-set your password (to a temporary one which will be sent to your e-mail address); this will resolve the issue and re-enable site access. You will then be able to set a password of your choosing when you next Log-In and update your personal details, availability, etc. The System removes a name from the drop-down menu list if the relevant account is not acessed within a 3-month period.

Chris Peart
Membership Secretary

Colleagues,
As the season draws to a close, please can I remind you all to make sure that you have claimed all of your appointments for this season through the website. I will check all claims on a weekly basis and make payments the following weekend. This means that you must have claimed your individual games AND requested payment when you have no more appointments as usual. Any queries please contact me - mshasler@btinternet.com

Regards

Malcolm Hasler
Hon. Treasurer KHUA

KHUA extends a warm welcome to Colin Doidge (Burnt Ash HC) and Chad Henderson (Sutton Valence HC) who recently completed EHB L1 Accreditation.

KHUA extends a warm welcome to John Gibbard (BBHC) and Katy Peart (Ashford HC) who recently completed EHB L1 Accreditation.

Please find a report from Chris Henderson & Mark Anderson on their experiences from the recent exchange event. There is also a brochure of the exchange which was distributed at both weekends.

These can be found in the web handbook under development.

Daran Cass
KHUA Chairman

All of our umpire members are reminded of the importance of having a good knowledge of the EH Regulations regarding what to do if you issue either a Red Card or Matchday Misconduct Offence (MMO). There is a downloadable 'Advise to Umpires' EH article available on this website along with the full EH Guidelines. In particular it should be noted that in the case of an MMO you MUST advise the offender and a senior member of the player's club (ideally the captain of the team) on the day of the offence that you are reporting the offender’s misconduct as an MMO. Please contact me as soon as possible after an incident occurs if you are unsure about what to do.

Alan Sargent
Kent County Disciplinary Administrator

Congratulations to Sonia Allen who has successfully gained her Level 2 accreditation and membership into the ERHUA. We wish her every success in the future umpiring within the East Region!

Congratulations to Jason Davies who has successfully gained his Level 2 accreditation and membership into the ERHUA. We wish him every success in the future umpiring within the East Region!

I'm please to announce that Stephen Bristow has accepted the Selection Committee offer to become a Umpire Selector.

We wish Stephen all the best in his new role!

Peter Worrall
Chairman of Selection Committee

Congratulations to Peter Barker & Grant Hunt, who have successfully gained Level 2 accreditation & membership into the SCHUA!!

The KHUA have now produced three SCHUA members within a year, Oliver Jones was also successful in March!

We wish them every success in the future!!

Daran Cass
Chairman

KHUA extends a warm welcome to Lewis Mitchell (Sutton Valence) who recently achieved L1 Accreditation.

KHUA extends a warm welcome to Simon Begg (Tunbridge Wells) and Robert Harrison (Tunbridge Wells) who both recently achieved L1 Accreditation.

Kent Indoor tournament is to be held on Sunday 30th October at Sutton Valance School.

We require four umpires for the day. Please contact Daran Cass, if you are available!!!