Sorry for not posting last week, I have been so rushed off my feet with club business that something had to give.

Anyway if every there was a bad week for the club then this has been it.

How things have changed in just a couple off weeks, the 1st’s and ladies were still looking good for promotion but have both lost some important games, losing ground to their rivals. They’ll both be hoping that their oppositions slip up as it would appear that they’ll be relying on them now.

The 2nd’s had  an ‘odd’ week, a trip to Taunton to not play a game. A misunderstanding about the start time left them rather red faced on arrival and the fallout from the league has just started….

A least one team won the weekend – go the 3rd’s! – even if it was at the expense of the 4th’s, not quite the resounding victory as earlier in the season but well done to both teams for trying to play good hockey, rather that trying to kick the crap out of each other. If only the 4th’s could get a regular goal scorer.

2 other teams are through to the quarter finals of the Cornwall Cup in addition to the 2nd’s. The 1st’s beat a half decent Penzance 2nd’s on Sunday 10 – 0, while the ladies 2nd’s march on to a daunting match against Newquay.

Those Cup/Plate semi’s that are confirmed are:

CUP.Truro 1st V Bude or Caradon (my money’s on Bude)

CUP.Truro 2nd’s V Bodmin (could go either way)

PLATE. CSM V CSM A or Truro C

CUP. Newquay V Truro Ladies 2nd’s

PLATE. Falmouth 3rd’s or Morgarrows (prob Morgarrows) V Truro or St.Austell (should be us)

I’ll confirm further when some more results are in, all these fixtures to be played by 28th Feb.

Hopefully we’ll all have a better coming weekend, and if not we do have a FANCY DRESS CENTURION night at the City Inn on Saturday (6th Feb). Any fancy dress will do, doesn’t have to be Roman themed.

Brian & Co are putting on some prizes and bits and pieces for us so lets make it a good night.

See you there.

Steve

TABLES & RESULTS

Westbury and UB 3 Truro 1

Premier Division 2 P W D L F A GD Pts

Gloucester City 14 12 2 0 48 22 26 38

Team Bath Buccs A 14 10 3 1 57 20 37 33

Truro 15 9 3 3 44 25 19 30

Exeter Uni B 14 8 1 5 47 29 18 25

Westbury and UB 14 7 1 6 31 27 4 22

ECV Hornets 15 6 3 6 42 43 -1 21

Team Bath Buccs B 13 5 2 6 23 30 -7 17

Robinsons A 15 5 2 8 36 57 -21 17

Swindon 15 4 2 9 33 40 -7 14

Swansea Bay 13 2 4 7 24 34 -10 10

Marlborough 14 2 3 9 29 45 -16 6

Firebrands A 12 1 0 11 12 54 -42 1

Taunton Vale A – Truro A

South Division 1 P W D L F A GD Pts

Ottery Crickets 15 11 1 3 51 28 23 34

Sidmouth 15 10 3 2 46 19 27 33

Isca A 15 7 4 4 40 39 1 25

Taunton Vale A 14 8 2 4 53 37 16 23

Ashmoor 14 6 3 5 45 37 8 21

Truro A 14 7 0 7 38 35 3 21

Bridgwater 15 6 3 6 38 36 2 21

Bodmin 14 5 3 6 46 39 7 18

Minehead 15 4 3 8 37 41 -4 15

ECV Hornets A 15 4 5 6 22 34 -12 14

Chard 15 4 1 10 37 64 -27 13

Tavistock 15 2 0 13 25 69 -44 6

Truro B 1 Truro C 0

South West Division 1 P W D L F A GD Pts

Plymouth Uni A 15 12 2 1 50 25 25 38

Penzance 15 11 2 2 63 25 38 35

St. Austell 14 10 2 2 52 30 22 32

Bude 14 9 2 3 40 19 21 29

Truro B 15 7 2 6 53 36 17 23

PGSOB B 14 7 1 6 22 24 -2 22

USHC Plymouth 15 5 2 8 34 37 -3 17

Caradon 14 5 2 7 30 33 -3 17

Plymouth Marjon C 14 5 1 8 29 38 -9 16

Tavistock A 15 3 3 9 32 71 -39 12

Dart A 14 1 3 10 18 39 -21 6

Truro C 15 1 0 14 12 58 -46 3

Truro 1 Okehampton 4

Trelawney Division 1 P W D L F A GD Pts

Mannamead 14 11 2 1 41 9 32 35

Torbay 14 11 1 2 51 17 34 34

Truro 14 11 1 2 53 20 33 34

Kingsbridge & Salc 14 7 2 5 29 31 -2 23

Plymouth Univ 12 7 1 4 47 21 26 22

Morgarows 13 7 1 5 31 22 9 22

Okehampton 14 7 0 7 47 45 2 21

Bodmin 14 5 5 4 28 26 2 20

Dartmouth 13 3 2 8 17 42 -25 11

Caradon 2 14 1 3 10 22 42 -20 6

Plym Valley 2 14 1 1 12 12 58 -46 4

Mannamead 2 14 0 3 11 10 55 -45 0 UF1

GET YOUR DRINKING HATS ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s back, after a long break we’ve brought the notorious Centurian back for Sat 6th Feb at the City Inn.

This is a fancy dress Centurian, doesn’t have to be Roman – any fancy dress will do but the wackier the better!

Prizes on the night for all sorts of things.

Whistle for the Centurian goes at 7.30pm, be ready……..

Welcome back, as you can see we’ve finally got the club site working again! It’s only taken since August but better late than never.

If you’ve not seen them for a while the latest tables and results for all our teams are listed below. If you didn’t already know both the 1st and ladies are having an excellent season with real promotion hopes. The 2nd’s and 3rd’s aren’t doing too badly either, both were safe from relegation before Christmas, perhaps the 2nd’s can use the rest of the season to give some of the younger lads in the 3rd’s a bit of experience at that level ready for next year? Who knows…….

There is some bad news for the 4th’s though: they may not get relegated no matter what!

As is usual this time of year, there are any number of possibilities and conjecture about relegation/promotion but it is looking likely that relegations higher up are all going to end up feeding into 1 specific league in Avon. Weirdly, this would mean that all South based league would only have promotions but we’re still a long way from having this all settled yet so Tim can still work on a return to the comfort and safety of South Western.

The latest round of the Cornwall Cup/Plate is almost upon us so we’ll all be playing a lot more hockey in the next few weeks and Dave Powell has promised to sort us out a social shortly to blow away those post Christmas blues. So things aren’t looking too bad for the club for a change (I know thats just jinxed it).

Match reports for the ladies and 1sts are up so take a gander, and if you play for one of the other sides and want to see your name on here SEND ME A MATCH REPORT!!!*

* must be emailed to me by 6pm on Monday nights at latest to meet West Briton deadline.

More info next week.

Truro 2-2 Bath Buccs A

Premier Division 2 P W D L F A GD Pts

Gloucester City 12 10 2 0 39 18 21 32

Team Bath Buccs A 13 9 3 1 50 18 32 30

Truro 13 9 2 2 41 20 21 29

Exeter Uni B 12 7 1 4 42 25 17 22

Westbury and UB 12 6 1 5 28 24 4 19

ECV Hornets 13 5 3 5 34 38 -4 18

Team Bath Buccs B 12 5 2 5 22 27 -5 17

Swindon 13 4 1 8 30 36 -6 13

Robinsons A 13 3 2 8 31 55 -24 11

Swansea Bay 12 2 4 6 22 30 -8 10

Marlborough 12 1 3 8 25 37 -12 3

Firebrands A 11 1 0 10 12 48 -36 1

Isca A 4-2 Truro A

South Division 1 P W D L F A GD Pts

Sidmouth 13 9 3 1 41 15 26 30

Ottery Crickets 13 10 0 3 45 23 22 30

Isca A 13 7 2 4 35 34 1 23

Truro A 13 7 0 6 37 32 5 21

Taunton Vale A 12 7 2 3 44 32 12 20

Bridgwater 13 6 2 5 36 33 3 20

Ashmoor 12 5 2 5 40 33 7 17

Bodmin 12 4 2 6 37 35 2 14

ECV Hornets A 13 4 4 5 21 29 -8 13

Minehead 13 3 2 8 32 40 -8 11

Chard 13 2 1 10 31 62 -31 7

Tavistock 12 2 0 10 23 54 -31 6

Truro B 2-0 Dart A

Penzance 4-0 Truro C

South West Division 1 P W D L F A GD Pts

Plymouth Uni A 13 11 1 1 43 22 21 34

Penzance 13 10 1 2 58 21 37 31

St. Austell 13 9 2 2 50 30 20 29

Bude 12 8 2 2 36 17 19 26

Truro B 13 6 2 5 50 32 18 20

PGSOB B 12 6 1 5 20 20 0 19

Plymouth Marjon C 13 5 1 7 29 34 -5 16

Caradon 12 4 2 6 27 29 -2 14

USHC Plymouth 13 3 2 8 27 33 -6 11

Tavistock A 13 2 3 8 26 67 -41 9

Dart A 12 1 3 8 15 32 -17 6

Truro C 13 1 0 12 11 55 -44 3

Truro 9-0 Mannamead 2nds (Sat)

Truro 3-2 Kingsbridge (Sun)

Trelawney Division 1 P W D L F A GD Pts

Truro 12 11 1 0 51 12 39 34

Torbay 11 9 1 1 41 12 29 28

Mannamead 11 8 2 1 32 8 24 26

Kingsbridge & Salc 12 6 2 4 28 21 7 20

Plymouth Univ 11 6 1 4 37 21 16 19

Bodmin 12 4 5 3 26 22 4 17

Morgarows 10 5 1 4 20 16 4 16

Okehampton 12 5 0 7 38 44 -6 15

Dartmouth 12 3 2 7 16 40 -24 11

Caradon 2 12 1 2 9 21 37 -16 5

Plym Valley 2 12 1 1 10 11 49 -38 4

Mannamead 2 11 0 2 9 9 48 -39 2

Training will be OFF this Tuesday, 12th.

As soon as a decision is made on Wednesday, we’ll let you know if Thursdays session will be on as well as Saturdays home games. At the moment all weekend games are on.

Please remember to check here first to see whats on and whats been cancelled.

Steve

Happy new year gents and ladies.

Training is due to restart on Tuesday 5th Jan and Thursday 7th Jan,

usual times.

However, please check the website below during the day, as due to the

current weather forecast the pitch may be closed with very little

notice.

www.tsenterprises.co.uk

I do not generally have email access during the day so i may be

unaware of any closure so please don’t contact me about it unless you

know it is off so we can spread the word.

Steve

It’s coming up to that time of year again, when we look forward to those wonderfully cold, wet days, running around an exposed astro pitch being chased by a round plastic object.

As some of you already know from the 1st September the rules will be changing in a ‘mandatory experiment’.

This breaks down into 2 major changes – the self pass (fairly self explanatory) and the more complicated rules about attacking free hits inside the 25 yard area.

To help us understand how this is going to affect the way we play Angela Lewis is giving us a workshop :

Truro School, Sunday 16th 1.30-3pm

These are quite profound changes in the way we will play for at least the next 12 months and will affect all players of the game as well as the umpires, so its to all our benefit that we fully understand what the implications they bring.

This workshop is open to all members, both players and umpires, of the club and I would urge you all to attend.

Sorry for not having updated this site for a while – I moved house and it took a while to get back online.

So here is it the end of season round up!

Men’s 1st’s
4th – 40pts
After topping Prem 2 for most of the pre Xmas part of the season, injuries and missing personnel cost the teams aspirations dear in the new year. It was a position that they were never really able to recover from and although finishing in 4th was a very good result, they will be a little disappointed that their earlier form couldn’t be sustained into a promotion position. The Cornwall Men’s Cup was retained for the 5 year in a row.

Men’s 2nd’s
5th – 39pts
Sometimes brilliant, sometimes dire, the overall season was their best yet, with a points total that in other seasons would of meant they were in contention for promotion. With a new contingent of players looking to come up from lower teams as well as new members to the club, things are looking good for the 2nd’s to improve further next season.

Men’s 3rd’s
7th – 27pts
Toughest season for a few years, with a change of Capt mid way through and a big change in players. The success of the 4th’s didn’t help either, and more emphasis should be placed on supporting and getting this side up the leagues next year.

Men’s 4th’s
2nd – 45pts
The only side this year to achieve promotion, they had lead South Western almost all year but were unable to pull away from the chasing pack far enough to lift themselves as automatic champions. They had a great spirit imbued by Capt Tim who also did well to accommodate players who aged from 15 to their 60’s. Just pipped to the top position by Dart in one of the seasons best games they’ll be looking to consolidate in their new league.

Ladies 1st’s
3rd – 43pts
Another side that were regularly in the top 3 all year, they had their best season with a truly astonishing improvement in their standards of play. Whilst falling just short in the end, they have proved a lot to themselves this season and in addition won their first ever bit of silverware collecting the Cornwall Ladies Plate in a epic battle against Penzance and expectations for next season will now be high.

Men’s 5th’s

With the announcement of the formation of Duchy HC, plans to apply for league status for the 5th’s have been put on hold but the 5th’s will still be run as a friendly side with the hope that they can be entered at the end of next season.

Ladies 2nd’s

Another side who really should be looking to enter the league this time next year, need to play more regularly but did quite well in the games they did have. A permanent Capt this year should help their cause.

Club

As a whole the club is looking quite good, having recovered from almost all the financial problems we were left with 2 years ago, but we still have lots of work to do. Training whilst better can still be improved, as can communication between Capts about players coming up and down the sides. Relations with Truro School have been redefined and next season should see the facilities enhanced for our benefit. Although we did receive a red card this year, our relationships with the umpires continue to improve. Socials were a bit of a disaster with only the ladies Skinners night and the End Of Season Do being well supported, the appointment for next year of a dedicated social sec should go some way in relieving this situation.

3 teams were in with a realistic chance of promotion this season, although only the 4th’s got there, we are in a good position to build on this for next season. The addition of some silverware for the ladies was a very welcome boost to them as well as the 1st’s usual recapture of the county Cup for the 5th year in a row. Of the 5 finals in the county competitions we won 3 (Men’s Cup, Ladies Plate, Junior Cup) and were also runners up in one (Junior Cup).

Truro players remain the core for both the men’s senior county side as well as the newly formed men’s U21’s. In addition many of our players have achieved places in the West regional and national representative sides including: Sam and Alex Rust GB Schools & Colleges and many others especially from the Junior ranks.

Truro HC continues to be the largest club in the county and will continue to work to improve standards for our players and hockey in Cornwall.