About the club

Welcome to Carmarthen Athletic Hockey Club, this page should help you get to know us better.

What you need to know:

• Our Constitution and Documents

Carmarthen Athletic Hockey Club (CAHC) are fully affiliated to Hockey Wales (Our National Governing Body), we have a very strong purpose and work hard to achieve the clubs objectives. We operate fully within our 'Club Constitution'. In order to ensure that we achieve our purpose and objectives, the Executive Committee of the Club have set out a number of Guidelines and Policies which make the Club's stance clear to its Members. Please feel free to contact any member of the Executive Committee if you ever need any information or just some guidance regarding our Club business.

• The Executive Committee

Our Executive Committee meets officially every other month (and more often when required) to discuss, maintain and plan the running of our club. The Committee is elected by the members of our Club at every Annual General Meeting as per our Club Constitution. Our Executive Committee is always looking for new ways to improve our Club. If you have any issues, suggestions or ideas that you would like to be addressed at an Executive Committee meeting then please contact our Club Secretary.

• Affiliations

All fully paid members of our club are affiliated as members to our National Governing Body (Hockey Wales). Players, Umpires, Social Members and Coaches all have their own membership categories. It is necessary to be affiliated to our National Governing Body for insurance purposes, but there are many other benefits to this membership. See their website for further details.

• Coaches

Carmarthen Athletic Hockey Club have a quality coaching team. We have a development plan that ensures that our coaches have continued professional development and are player focussed. We welcome anyone into the team who aspires to become  coach. . The Coach’s work together and with Team Captains to provide each team (both junior and senior) a structured training session whilst identifying each player’s abilities and needs. We take pride in our approach and coach players on their ability rather than age. 

• Child Protection

Our Club takes Child Protection very seriously. We have a dedicated Child Welfare Officer who is able to provide confidential advice. If you are concerned about being bullied or have witnessed another player being treated unfairly, please inform a Member of the Executive Committee or indeed the Child Welfare Officer. For more information on Child Protection within the Hockey environment please see the documents page . 

• Social Media

Carmarthen Athletic Hockey Club has a public facing Facebook page. We keep this the page updated with news reports and links to our web site. By liking our page, Carmarthen Athletic Hockey Club will increase its profile online and this has a huge benefit to our Club when attracting new sponsors and interest. We would appreciate it if you could Like our Page!

When you become a member, we add you to our closed Facebook page which is intended for those Club Members and their families, making our club a much tighter knit community and getting everyone to know one another. This is the place where we can be slightly less formal and promote in club social events, etc. Carmarthen Athletic Hockey Club also has a Twitter account, please follow us at @CarmsHockeyClub. We have a Social Media Policy which our Communications Team adhere to and encourage all Club Members to do so as well.

We are also on Instagram which is less formal encouraging our Members to be creative in their pictures and videos (adhering to the Club's the Social Media Policy).

• Becoming a volunteer at Carmarthen Athletic Hockey Club

Carmarthen Athletic Hockey Club are always looking for volunteers to help with a range of tasks. These tasks include anything from club administration, helping to coach and manage our junior sides, maintenance of club equipment and goals, attending fixtures as a photographer, first aid provision and many more opportunities. We are very keen to recruit new volunteers. If you would like to get more involved with Carmarthen Athletic Hockey Club then please contact any member of the Club Executive Committee.

• Important dates on the Horizon

All of our official forthcoming events should be listed on our club calendar. It’s always worth a check to see what is coming up. Even if you are not playing a game, all of our teams appreciate support and we would welcome you to any future Carmarthen Athletic Hockey Club fixtures!