You may have heard that we can return to adult hockey, in line with the lifting of restrictions from 10th May. The U18's, all players from 6-18, were permitted to return to training a few weeks ago, so they are currently on the pitch on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday. The U18 sessions will finish at the end of May. We have made arrangements to continue the season into June and July for all players, boys/girls and men/women over the age of 15. Fun Summer Senior Women's hockey will be on Mondays and Wednesdays 7.30pm-9pm. These sessions will be for all players over 15. We also hope to arrange some fitness training sessions in addition to the fun hockey. The Men's sessiosn will be on Thursdays from 7pm - 8.30pm.
The Club hopes to start these sessions on Wednesday 2nd June, (skipping Bank Holiday Monday 6th June) then doing every Wednesday and Monday from 9th June for 6 weeks. The Men & O/14 boys will start on Thursday 12th June. In order to successfully run the summer hockey the Club will need help from the players and their parents if U18 to ensure all Hockey Ireland Return to Play guidelines are followed. All involved will assist with Check-in of players before going onto the pitch and being the Covid Supervisor on the evening to ensure all guidelines are adhered to. A rota of players/parents will be set up so you only have to do this once or twice. If you can't do your date please switch with another player/parent. A brief training on checking in and what to check for during the session will be provided. To play you will need to complete the Pre Training Notification on Clubzap for contact tracing purposes. All notifications will be sent using Clubzap, so everyone wanting to play must be registered.
It will be almost 8 months since we last played, so we are really excited to see you all back on the pitch this summer. Keep checking your notifications for more updates.