Yeovil & Sherborne`s new home facility, which is being developed in partnership with South Somerset District Council and England Hockey, is now well in to the mid development stage and on course for a late June / early July opening. The construction company ’Spadeoak’, who developed the London 2012 Olympic Hockey facility, have now completed all the drainage works and have laid the first level surfacing. In addition the pitch kerbing is almost completed and the spectator terracing under construction. With the fencing slowly going up you can get a real feel for the arena and warm up area. Next week should see the base tarmac surface being laid which will be a real construction milestone and it will not be long before the solid structure dug outs will begin to rise from the surface.

The club are gearing up for an exciting future and any persons interested in getting involved in hockey or joining us from another club are welcome to make contact at any time. With 4 ladies teams and 4 men’s teams playing as high as West Premier League 1 to local community hockey we cater for all abilities and newcomers alike. Please just give us a call or check out the web site further and come along to the new seasons training.

Click here to see more images of the pitch development

The men’s fixtures have been added to the team pages.  The home game times will be added when the ladies fixtures have been released and the away games will be added as and when the opposition update the league website.

Huge congratulations to Keith Walters who has been shortlisted for the Children’s Coach of the Year at the Somerset Sports Award 2013.  SASP has shortlisted 3 coaches and the winner will be announced at the awards ceremony on Friday 21st June at Somerset County Cricket Ground, Taunton.  Fingers crossed!

Y&SHC are delighted to hear that Jordan Symes (U14 Player of the Year), Chris White and David Greenhill have been selected for the Junior Regional Performance Centre after a successful JDC and JAC with Somerset Hockey Association. We wish them every success for the future.

Bookings are now being taken for the Level 1 Coaching Assistant Award Course to be held at Clevedon School Sports Centre, Clevedon, North Somerset in September

Dates are:
Thursday 12th September 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Sunday 15th September 10am – 6pm
Sunday 22nd September 10am – 6pm

The course costs £160 and is payable by credit/debit card at the time of booking online via the following link (you will need to scroll through the pages to find the course listing):

England Hockey – Find a Coaching Course

This is likely to be a very popular pre-season course so candidates are advised to book early to avoid disappointment. The closing date for applications is 9th August.