Hockey Wales Membership Survey

Dear Member,
 
It is important for us at Hockey Wales to know as much as possible about how our members feel about the work we are doing to develop and promote Hockey in Wales. For this reason, we have decided to conduct a survey amongst our members. We will use the findings from the survey to inform future planning and decision making. We also hope to revisit the survey over time so that we can monitor our performance. 
 
This is a chance for our members to influence the way we work and we hope that as many members as possible will take advantage of this opportunity. 
 
The survey is being conducted in line with the Market Research Society Code of Conduct. All responses will be confidential and non-attributable. It will not be possible to identify any individual’s information. Responses will be fed into an electronic database and will all be analysed together as an aggregate. The questionnaire only asks for personal information that is relevant to your hockey playing/hockey involvement experience. This is done to enable us to target our products and services correctly and to recognise trends within the hockey community. 
 
It would help us very much if you were able to feedback your views. The questionnaire should not take more than 10 minutes to complete.
 
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/hwmembership
 
If you have any queries or concerns about the survey, please contact our Research and Intelligence Consultant, Lucinda Devine ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) who will be able to give you any reassurance you need. We would also be glad to receive any feedback about either the questionnaire or the survey. We consider this to be part of on-going dialogue with our members and we very much appreciate your participation.
 
Thanking you in advance.
 
Helen Bushell
Chief Executive Officer

NHHC at Welsh Indoor Finals

Although Northop Hall HC had all their outdoor games snowed off again this weekend, they returned to indoor hockey after a 3 year absence. Hall headed down to Caerleon in South Wales where they competed in the Welsh National Indoor finals competition, as the only representatives from the North. The young Hall side, captained by the experience Colin Mazzone, played 3 matches against strong opposition, who had just completed their regional indoor league. 
 
First up were Whitchurch HC, a national league club and eventual winners of the finals. Hall took a little while to get to grips with the game, but pushed Whitchurch hard in the second half Chris Howells in goal and Harpal Panesar having an excellent game. Hall had the upper hand at the final whistle but couldn't grab that final goal and lost just 2-1. Ed Iffla picking up the only Hall goal from a short corner, when drag flick specialist Chris Hardy was off the pitch.
 
Next up were Cardiff UWIC, who will later this year head to the European Indoor Cup to represent Wales and who were much more experienced than the Hall side and quickly ran up a big lead, despite good goalkeeping from Niall Hurst. Ed Iffla, Northop Hall's top scorer of the day with 5 goals, did pick up a consolation goal for Hall.
 
The final game came against Swansea and at half time Hall were playing well and had been on top 3 time only to be pegged back on each occasion and enter the break 3-3. Early in the second half Swansea, regular finalists for many years, took an two goal lead. With 6 minutes to play, and 6-3 down Hall decided to throw caution to the wind and withdrew their goalkeeper and moved to 6 outfield players. Initially this paid dividends and Hall got back to within one goal. As Hall continued to push Swansea were able to take advantage of the lack of goalkeeper and put in three more goals with just one in reply from Hall. The 9-6 scoreline didn't do justice to Hall's performance as the had Swansea in trouble for large spells of the match, with excellent defending from George Ashton and support play from James Baker and Jack Iffla set up goals for Bart Ryan-Beswick, Ed Iffla and Fergus McMahon, as well as a penalty converted by Harpal Panesar.
 
Hall's captain, Colin Mazzone said: "I am lucky enough to have played indoor with some fantastic Northop players in the past. I'm proud to say that this team was equally as good but much less experienced. They should all be very proud, I was certainly proud to be part of a great team effort against 3 very strong and experienced teams."
 
Ian Warren, Coach, stated: "This excellent showing by the team should be a springboard, not just for the club but for North Wales hockey in general. It's important that we now gain support from Hockey Wales and our local authorities, including Sport Flintshire, to ensure that they provide both an indoor league and the facilities that will require. This will develop our sport and help us compete on an even keel with the other finalists who are all able to play indoor hockey in their regional league."

Photo:
Back row (left to right): Ian Warren (Coach), Chris Hardy, Jack Iffla, Ed Iffla, Bart Ryan-Beswick, Fergus McMahon, Colin Mazzone (Captain), Beth Allison (Physio)
Front row (left to right): Harpal Panesar, James Baker, Chris Howells, Niall Hurst, George Ashton, Andrew Murray