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Doha Hockey Club Season 09/10. Welcome to a new season! Hopefully you are all enjoying the summer break and surviving the Doha heat, or enjoying time back home. As August draws to a close we’re starting to think about the new 2009 / 2010 hockey season and welcome all new hockey players to sunny Qatar and welcome back to old faces. Last season wrap-up Last season’s tournament was a much bigger, slicker affair than the previous year with 7 teams from 4 clubs competing for the title. Wanderers Hockey Club retained their title after a great final match against Gateway Hockey Club, whilst our own Blue team lost out to Gateway in the Plate final. Our final standings in the league didn’t necessarily reflect the quality of hockey we played but we finished as the club in Doha for anyone who wants to play good hockey, meet new people and have fun. The Blues won the Haji Abbasi fair play trophy, presented in memory of the Pakistani club player who sadly passed away earlier in the season. The 2009 Ladies Team played four games against the Qatar Academy under 15 boys and finished 2 games all. The team was a mix of experienced ladies, who played for Doha Hockey Club in the Qatar National League and the DHC affiliated junior programme which was made up of school girls. Doha Hockey Club affiliated junior programme fielded 4 teams in the Kid’s Tournament in early March. This was a great experience for the juniors to play on the international grade pitches in game conditions. The season ending 6 a side tournament was a great success with teams coming from Dubai and Bahrain to compete with the local teams in the blistering heat. The tournament was won by Gateway. It was thoroughly enjoyed by all and provided a great stage to build on for future intra-gulf competitions. Of course there was an end of season do to celebrate our achievements in true DHC style! The brunch was held at W hotel (thanks to Berta) to thank everyone for their commitment and give out prizes for antics both on and off the pitch! Whites’ player of the season Christian Last Well done to everyone who played! Unfortunately we must bid farewell to some of our key faces as their careers take them away from Qatar. Goodbye Berta, Anne, Paul R, Alex S, Jodene and Barney we will miss you all! 2009/10 Season This year we plan to have 4 (or 5) teams; 2 to compete in the main league, a ladies only team and a social/veterans/juniors team (more about the ladies and the social teams later). We need new blood to fill these teams so please bring along everyone and anyone who might be interested in playing hockey at any level. Training: Fitness training - Charlie is putting together fitness training sessions to work off those boozy brunches and holiday excesses before the season starts properly. Join us on Sundays and Tuesdays. Starting on 30th September at 7pm. Meeting at Sheraton park on the Corniche. Please make sure you are dressed appropriately, particularly during Ramadan. Summer Hockey - Some of us have continued to brave the summer heat to play hockey on Wednesday and Friday evenings down at Al Rayyan Sports Club between 7-9pm, joining with other clubs, please come down if you’re free. Doha Hockey Club - Hockey training will start from the first week of October at Al Rayyan Sports Club on Wednesdays 7:00-9:00pm. Junior Training – Neville is setting up to do the junior programme again this year and will start after EID. Separate details will be emailed. Ladies training will start from mid October on Monday nights from 6:15 to 7:30pm at Qatar International School in West Bay. All ladies welcome, we will have spare sticks so just bring yourself. These sessions will include some basic hockey skills with some coaching from the senior men and a game inside the school hall. These sessions will follow the junior programme that starts from 4 pm and finishes at 6 pm. Please give Alex 6758463 or Jo 5874265 a call if you are interested. Qatar International School (QIS) is located in West Bay. From rainbow roundabout heading towards the City Center take the first right, building with sails on the roof is on the left after you turn. Approx 300 meters on the left is the Qatar International School. Park outside and the school hall is located towards the rear of the school in the middle. If the hall is empty then proceed to the grass fields at the back of the school on the left. Social Hockey – the club aims to establish a social hockey side that will play on Saturday evenings during the regular hockey season. The aim of this is to include those who enjoy their hockey but can not commit to the Qatar Hockey League teams. These games will be set up by the club for these people that enjoy a more social game of hockey. The plan is to play the veteran teams from the other clubs, juniors and maybe the DHC ladies. Social Scene Obviously a key part of any sports club is the social scene and with DHC is no exception. We are a friendly club so if you are new please make yourself known to the committee and we will make sure you get involved in everything. The first event will be a Dhow trip in October so we hope you will be able to join in. More details later We are also planning tours to Dubai and/or Bahrain as well as further afield. If you have contacts at other clubs around the world please let us know. Fresher’s Fair We will have a stall at the QBBF Fresher’s fair on Friday 2nd October, volunteers needed to man the stall and encourage new players to join. Please ring John if you can help.
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