Carmarthen Athletic Hockey Club News Articles

Fundraising App

Nobody — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:20:36 +0000

Easyfundraising turns your everyday online shopping into donations for your good cause, at no cost to you.... Just visit your favourite retailers through their website and then shop as normal. Once you've made a purchase the retailer will then make a small donation to your cause to say “thank you”.

It’s as simple as;

1. Download the app

2. Find cause to support

3. Select Carmarthen Athletic Hockey Club

4. Sign up

5. Select the shop you want to shop in on the app (it will automatically redirect you to their store)

A super easy way to raise money for the club!

Any questions don’t hesitate to ask through our social media pages.

#HockeyFamily #Fundraising

National Lottery

Nobody — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:58:42 +0000

As a club, each year we decide on a a charity to fundraise for. Allowing us as a club to be give back to our local community. In doing so, our members will feel part of a bigger team by helping others. One day, these charities could change our lives, or become a last hope for one of our family. Therefore, if we can help make a difference now then we could create a positive impact for those relying on these charities.
Our fundraising also benefits our clubs 'access to hockey' fund which enables people from all backgrounds, to be apart of our club and enjoy the sport we all love.

This season has been different. Ior so many people, this year has been difficult as try to navigate through a global pandemic . As a club we wanted to raise our club members spirits and also complete our fundraising campaign. So, we did what everyone is doing..we went virtual!

Covid-19 brought the club's season to a shuddering halt, leaving players lost, matches unplayed, promotions lost and cup-finals a lifetime away. More importantly, Covid-19 was taking hold and spreading fast. Our NHS was facing unique and extremely tough challenges in these unprecedented times, Carmarthen Athletic Hockey Club wanted to thank the NHS, and more specifically the staff at Glangwili General Hospital by adding them to the charitable donation this season, alongside The Welsh Air Ambulance.

Therefore, on the week commencing May 25th, our club members aimed to 'virtually' run to all of the clubs that each team has played over the season. Covering a distance of 2062 miles in seven days. With around 40 members taking part, this equates to 10km a day. Although, some of our members were nurses, physio's, teachers, farmers and other key workers; who were carefully balancing their vital work with this fundraising challenge. We also wore specially made t-shirts for this virtual event, with 25% of these proceeds going to charity.

As a club we decided to set up a JustGiving page to raise money whilst our members took on the Club2Club challenge of running 2062 miles and raising £1000. Although, instead of the proceeds from this event being split between our initial charity and club, we chose to help out a local charity, Hywel Dda by giving them the other half of the proceeds. We exceeded our goals for this event as we:
- Ran 2294 Miles (Goal was 2062)
- Raised £5050.41 (Goal was £1000)

None of this would of been possible without the help of the National Lottery. It is partially down to them that our club has expanded so much. The National Lottery invests in grassroots sports via Sport Wales funding opportunities, this has funding the development of our ladies 3rd team, our juniors and vitally the development of the mens section. Supporting the club to grow from 10 members to 100 over the last decade and more recently Be Active Wales Funding has helped us restart, helping us to continue to help the nation to remain active, happy and motivated during the Covid-19 pandemic.

They are the reason we are the #hockeyfamily we are today!

Ladies 2XI-5/12/20

Nobody — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 09:53:44 +0000

On Saturday 5th December, as our 2nd’s opposition couldn’t field a team, they decided to use the pitch time to have a game between them! This lead to great competition between the team to try to score against their teammates especially as this was the squads first competitive full pitch game since March!

Both teams started strong with the red’s using the extra player to overload the backline and get an early goal on the score board. The black’s came back strong with Howell and Burton linking well in the midfield to create great play, feed the ball to the forwards to find the back of the net. The first quarter ended, 1-1.

The 2nd quarter started with both teams eager for a goal. Red’s forwards’ Harries and Burgess-Williams worked hard to use 1,2’s to get the ball into the ‘D’. However, Charnley and Routley held strong to keep the score 1-1.

At the start of the 3rd quarter, the black’s started very strong whilst hunting for a goal. Some strong balls down the wing from Mackenzie-Jones to Raymond allowed her to link up with Bevan. With the red’s tiring, the black’s used this to their advantage to get the ball in the back of the net. This was the wake up call the red’s needed with the two Davies’ sisters, Mari Davies and Cate Davies, sent lovely balls down the wing where one was picked up by Evans, who pushed the ball into the goal with ease, 2-2.

After a well needed refresher due to playing 7 v 8 on a full pitch, both teams were keen to finish the last quarter on a high.

Great transfers around the back from Rees, Pearson and Sioned Davies allowed red’s to keep possession to unlock the black’s defence. 1,2’s around black’s strong defence by Mari Davies and Harries allowed Burgess-Williams to finish the goal off. The same play down the other wing whilst using the extra player to overload allowed red’s to gain another goal, 4-2.

Rees, Pearson and Sioned Davies held strong in the back, stopping the black’s entering the ‘D’ and sending it back down the wings. However, with 2 minutes left, black’s were eager to get one last goal. A aerial ball from Charnley to Raymond in the ‘D’ allowed the game to finish with a last minute goal, 4-3.

The extra player proved a game changer in the end in a very back and forth match which tested the teams fitness, yet the girls were just grateful to get some game time. This game allowed the team to bond and keep building and learning as the quarters went on. This ensured that when the team have the opportunity to play a competitive friendly when it is safe to do so in the New Year, they’ll be rearing to go!

Inter Club

Nobody — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 12:24:08 +0000

On Saturday 28th November, senior members of Carmarthen Athletic Club took to the field in their first competitive games since March.

A tournament with 4 teams and a bunch of eager players proved a massive success. The young members of the club teamed up with the experienced members to play a high standard of hockey and have fun across the pitch.

This is a reflection of the hard work that the volunteers have been putting in behind the scenes, working with Hockey Wales to abide to guidelines and allow hockey to happen in a safe environment.

Diolch pawb!

TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT

Nobody — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 13:03:46 +0100

Each training group will have a separate training time, for the purpose of keeping within the regulations given from Hockey Wales, and each player must keep to the allocated times they are given which are listed on the facebook group.

To attend training, each player must register on Eventbrite every week, so that track and trace can be done successfully in the circumstance that anyone develops symptoms following training. The link to register to your specific training time is provided on the closed Facebook page!

Players may be in different training sets to usual. If there are any issues with your set training time, i.e work commitments, please get in contact with one of the coaches via Facebook.

Any new players, please also get in contact with one of the coaches to talk about training groups and times.

TRAINING TIMES

*Junior training- 5 - 6pm

*Group 1 - 6 - 7pm

We ask that you are in the school car park for 5:45 to register and warm up.

*Group 2 - 7 - 8pm

We ask that you are in the school car park for 6:45 to register and warm up.

*Men’s training - 8 - 9pm

We ask that you are in the school car park for 7:45 to register and warm up.

The key issues around pitch and pitch-side protocol are explained in the attachments but most importantly we ask that you follow the advice below at all times:

DO NOT ATTEND

If you feel at all unwell.

Specifically if you:

•Have a high temperature –this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)

•Develop a new, continuous cough –this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)

•Experience a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste –this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal

#hockeyfamily #training #cahc

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Club2Club Fundraiser

Nobody — Sun, 17 May 2020 16:55:07 +0100

Carmarthen Athletic Hockey is a club with over a hundred members from the ages 8 and above. We welcome all individuals into our hockey family; no experience or knowledge needed. Our journey to team up with Mind Cymru began when we held our first fundraiser. Initially, our event was meant to benefit only our club and our members, however, we wanted to take this opportunity to help others. The success from our time fundraising for Mind Cymru, led us to choosing The Welsh Air Ambulance as our new charity and mission.

The feeling we had after donating money to Mind Cymru in 2018, was something words could not express. The money we had raised could help change a life and provide that all important help and care so desperately needed. By selecting a charity each season, we are going to help more people in need and helping spread awareness, not only in our club, but also the wider community. That’s when our perspective changed and the clubs committee gathered and discussed the idea of setting up a new scheme.

This scheme was put forward and developed by two of our volunteers, Megan Henry and Laura Massocchi. Megan and Laura volunteer for our club working and developing our social media, marketing opportunities, social events and now fundraising. Together, they formed the idea that during each hockey season (September to April) the club will choose a campaign and a corresponding charity to spread awareness within the club, local community and hopefully further. By supporting charities as a hockey club, we are able to contribute to the community and our members will feel part of a bigger team by helping others. A point they argued for this idea was that one day, somewhere in the near future, these charities could change our lives, or become a last hope for our families. Therefore, if we can help make a difference now, then this could create a positive impact on those relying on these charities.

By supporting charities as a hockey club, we are able to contribute to the community and our members will feel part of a bigger team by helping others. One day, somewhere in the future, these charities could change our lives, or become a last hope for one of our family. Therefore, if we can help make a difference now then we could create a positive impact on those relying on these charities.

This is a journey that once started as a one-off event, to us now looking at a new charity, a new campaign every season in order to help those who so desperately need it. Not only that, but we are showing our members that we are a family who share the same passion of hockey and love for one another. A united front willing to tackle not only the opposition in a game, but any problems that face us as a team, or individually.

Our first charity Mind Cymru, we raised £1,111.50 for and this season we have so far raised just under £1000 for our new charity, the Welsh Air Ambulance. This scheme we have in place states that 50% or raised funds will go to the chosen charity and the other 50% will then go to the club. However, as a club we strive ourselves as being known as a hockey family. We're a community and club, who share the same passion and love for on sport and each other. Although, we are aware that some expenses can mean some may not be able to have the full hockey experience with us. Therefore we set up a fund, where the other 50% from events goes straight into. The Access to Hockey Fund is our innovative new approach to remove some of the financial barriers attached to playing our beloved sport. The fund acts as a great pot that can be applied to by prospective existing members. There are multiple criteria for eligibility, and applications are evaluated on a case by case basis in order to ensure that our club is as accessible and equitable as possible. This new approach from the club will hopefully remove the potential barriers to people starting, or continuing their experience in hockey. The 50% of funds that we gain from holding our fundraisers will go straight into this fund, in the hope that more people will be able to join in our clubs journey and progression in hockey. However, within this virtual event we plan on achieving, all proceeds will be going to two different charities.

Covid-19 brought the club's season to a shuddering halt, leaving players lost, matches unplayed, promotions lost and cup-finals a lifetime away. More importantly, Covid-19 was taking hold and spreading fast. Our NHS is facing unique and extremely tough challenges in these unprecedented times, Carmarthen Athletic Hockey Club would like to thank the NHS, and more specifically the staff at Glangwili General Hospital by adding them to our charitable donation this season, alongside The Welsh Air Ambulance.

However, our usual fund-raising efforts are not enough for these amazing institutions, likewise under the circumstances we are not allowed to hold such events.

The week commencing May 25th, our club members aim to 'virtually' run to all of the clubs that each team has played over the season. Covering a distance of 2062 miles in seven days. With around 40 members taking part, this equates to 10km a day. Although, some of our members are nurses, physio's, teachers, farmers and other key workers; who will be carefully balancing their vital work with this fundraising challenge. We will also be wearing specially made t-shirts for this virtual event, with 25% of these proceeds going to charity.

Please take a moment to donate, all the money raised will be staying local. You never know when you may need the Welsh Air Ambulance and Glangwili General Hospital. They care, so let's show them that we care.

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/carmarthenathletic-hockeyclub?utm_term=D22VGbKMy

#HockeyFamily #PuttingInTheMilesForSmiles #Covid19 #TogetherWeAreStronger #CAHC

CAHC Winter Ball

Nobody — Sun, 17 May 2020 16:00:00 +0100

During the first committee meeting of the season, our volunteers were busy brainstorming about new ways in which we could fundraise for our chosen charity of the season; the Welsh Air Ambulance. Initially, we agreed to continue with holding our bingo and quiz events as they both have proved popular within the club and wider community. Then, we decided that why not do something just within our club, allowing more members to get involved in the planning and simply let loose, enjoy each others company as club.

This event was a huge success with 73 in attendance all together and a total of £1066 raised for the club and Welsh Air Ambulance. Again, we would like to highlight that the money raised for the club goes straight into our Access to Hockey Fund. This was a new approach for the club this season and will hopefully remove the potential barriers to people starting, or continuing their experience in hockey. As a club, we strive ourselves as being seen an known a hockey family. We're a community and club, who share the same passion and love for one sport, and each other. However, we are aware that some expenses can mean, some may not be able to have the full hockey experience with us. Therefore, we set up this fund. The Access to Hockey Fund is our innovative new approach to remove some of the financial barriers attached to playing our beloved sport. The fund acts as a grant pot that can be applied to by prospective existing members. There are multiple criteria for eligibility, and applications are evaluated on a case by case basis in order to ensure that our club is as accessible and equitable as possible. The 50% of funds that we gain from holding our fundraisers will go straight into this fund in the hope that more people will be able to join our clubs’ journey and progression in hockey.

Our Winter Ball was our 2nd event for the Welsh Air Ambulance and was held on Friday 17th January 2020. A huge thank you must go to Gill Dart for being an amazing head chef and to Ann Richards for being so creative with the decorations! Also, a big thank you to our ball committee and all our young dedicated Young Ambassadors for their help throughout and amazing organisation and team work skills. The ball included a fabulously cooked 3 course meal, a disco and our former 1XI player Betsan alongside her U16 Welsh team mate, Phoebe Nott did a Q+A for us all after our meal as well as the committee holding mini quizzes and a raffle throughout the night.

The evening showed strength in numbers of the club, getting back together after having a difficult first half of the season; with no pitch and all training in venues over Carmarthenshire. This event was a new event for our club, and one that will undoubtedly be repeated. It has been said by our members that it was a great opportunity to bond with current and past players as well as, celebrate the growth and journey Carmarthen Athletic Hockey Club has been on over the last few years.

#HockeyFamily #CAHC #TogetherWeAreStronger #ServingWalesSavingLives

Coronavirus Update 2020

Carmarthen Atheltic Data Protection Officer — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:21:57 +0000

Following further guidance from Hockey Wales, the hockey season has been suspended due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus.

No training or matches will take place for a short time period for any age group at the club. Stay Strong and Stay Safe!

More information can be found on the Hockey Wales website:

https://www.hockeywales.org.uk/post/all-hockey-wales-domestic-club-and-community-hockey-to-be-suspended

Carmarthen 2XI vs Cardiff Uni 5XI

Nobody — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:56:57 +0000

On Sunday 8th March, Carmarthen 2XI travelled to Cardiff to play Cardiff Uni's 5XI in their re-arranged league match.

Carrying confidence from their run of wins, Carmarthen started strong, with midfielders Lili Church and Mirain Morgan distributing the ball out wide brilliantly to wing backs Rhian Moremon, Anna Knuckles, Tirion Evans and Kate Howell who were then able to drive to the back line and cross into the 'D'.

Carmarthen gained themselves a short corner where a slip to Kate Howell allowed her to tuck home Carmarthen's first goal. Shortly after, a second Carmarthen short corner, a second slip to Howell and second goal!

Carmarthen kept the pressure on Cardiff, with opportunities coming thick and fast for forwards Siriol Richards, Charlotte Harries, Bethany James and Ffion Raymond. It wasn't long before Carmarthen earned yet another short corner. This time a strike from Richards at the top of the 'D' found the backboard, 3-0!

Tired legs for Carmarthen in the last 10minutes of the first half allowed Cardiff to get a quick break, ending in a goal, 3-1.

Another break from Cardiff followed but a massive effort from the whole team to get back and defend slowed the play down, with some scrappy play in front of goal, an unlucky 'foot' call on the line gave Cardiff a penalty flick which was converted to finish the half 3-2.

Carmarthen came out determined for the second half. It wasn't long before the team were rewarded for their efforts, with a one-on-one for Richards against the Cardiff goalkeeper, a quick turn, a shot and another goal, 4-2.

A spell of good play and long balls from Cardiff put Carmarthen's defenders, Leia Thomas, Ellie Routley, Ffion Dart and Caitlin Marshall under pressure but, with a couple of stunning saves from goalkeeper Lowri Davies, Cardiff's efforts proved unfruitful and Carmarthen regained control.

Carmarthen were pushing high, hoping for another goal. After a real team effort to keep the ball in their attacking third, another short corner was awarded to Carmarthen. Knuckles injected the ball and picked up a deflection on the post to make the score 5-2.

Carmarthen kept the pressure on Cardiff earning yet another short corner, a shot from Richards with a deflection from Morgan meant the match ended 6-2.

Man of the match was awarded to Lili Church for her persistent efforts to win back possession, control the play and distribute the ball to her team mates.

Carmarthen 2XI have a break next weekend before their match against Whitchurch Saints 6XI on March 21st.

Carmarthen 2XI vs Cardiff Medics 3XI

Nobody — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:54:27 +0000

On Saturday 7th March, Carmarthen 2XI welcomed Cardiff Medics 3XI for their league game.

After a great win the previous week, Carmarthen were eager to keep up the good work to get another win in the bag!

Carmarthen we’re eager from the first whistle, with forwards Siriol Richards , Charlotte Harries, Tirion Evans and Phebe Burton working hard up front to keep possession within the D. Within 2 minutes, Harries slotted the ball to Richards who was able to push the ball passed the keeper, 1-0.

This gave Carmarthen the confidence they needed, and they pressed hard for another goal, which was soon awarded when the ball hit the back board, 2-0.

Carmarthen kept the high intensity they had started the game with, with midfielders Lucy Davies, Lili Church, Mari Davies, Kate Howell and Catrin Davies worked tirelessly to push the ball up to the D, with this came another goal with Burton chasing the deflection and slotting the ball passed the goalie, 3-0.

Soon after this Richards dribbled the ball into the D for a one on one with the goalie who managed to put the ball in the far corner, 4-0.

Carmarthen we’re eager for another goal and this came from a few hits in the D before the ball hit the backboard, 5-0.

Another goal came when a hit from the top of the D deflected off the defender and into the goal, 6-0.

Just before half time Medics pressed hard on Kate Williams, Leia Thomas and Marianne Spratt who were strong in defence, after numerous saves and clearances Medics were awarded a short corner, which unfortunately found the back of the goal, 6-1.

After an inspiring talk at half time, Carmarthen came out fighting and played strong. Medics came out with fire and were eager to score, this meant Carmarthen worked hard to keep possession and played the ball up the pitch. They played a calm, clean game which gave them the chance to build on play and keep the ball in Medics half.

After numerous short corners the ball slipped from Davies at the top to Richards who hit the ball into the back of the goal, 7-1.

Carmarthen and Medics both awarded their player of the match to Siriol Richards for her hard work up front.

Carmarthen travel to Cardiff tomorrow to play Cardiff University 5th’s, and hope to keep the momentum from today.