Sat Aug 22 Holcombe Away 14.00
Sat Sept 4 Teddington 2's Home 4:30
Sat Sept 11 Ashford Home 1:30
Sun Sept 12 Old Cranleighans Home 1:30
Thurs Sept 16 KGS Home evening
Sat Sept 18 Richmond Away 4:00
Sat Sept 25 Purley tbc tbc
NEW DIRECTOR OF
COACHING
All change at Teddington for next season as Director of Coaching Michelle Mitchell has decided to step down. After 3 amazing years with Teddington, Michelle has taken the decision to pass on the mantle and spend more time with her growing family.
A huge thank you for all of the work Michelle has done over those three years goes out from everyone that she has worked with at every level of the hockey club.
Michelle is to be replaced by another high calibre formed International, Calum Giles. It is with great pleasure that we welcome Calum to the club and hope that his tenure is just as successful as Michelles. The attached document gives some more details.
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TEDDINGTON
BASELAYERS
We now have white and pink baselayers specifically designed for the club
These baselayers are performance garments which keep the body warm, wick away sweat and have an anti-bacterial finish to avoid that “unopened kitbag” problem .
To get your Teddington baselayers click below:
The baselayers have been customised for the club and feature the Teddington logo and can be further personalised by having the player’s own name printed on the garment.
There are a series of ordering windows. Members can place orders at any time through the website and every two weeks these orders will be despatched centrally to the club where they can be collected. As the product is bought directly from the manufacturer’s website, there are savings to be made and the collaboration also means that the club benefits financially.
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A slightly worse for wear Men's 2's travelled to Southgate the day after the Annual Port Consuming Competition (sorry - Annual Dinner) to steal the show with a classy victory over St Albans, adding the league cup to winning the league and promotion.
Read all about it in the match report section
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TEDDY STARS CALLED UP FOR NATIONAL DUTY! 
Many congratulations go out to two members of the Ladies Vets who not only helped Teddington to a Semi Final against Sutton Coldfield on March 7th but have been called into the England Vets side.
Captain Sara Walker and Goalkeeper Dawn Forshaw have both been selected. Many, many congratulations!!
Four Junior Members have also been given National Recognition:
Jennifer Mashford England U18 Girls
Olivia Chilton England U16 Girls
Jonny Gooch England U16 Boys
Annabel Sams England U16 Girls Training Squad. Annabel is currently injured but we wish you all the best with the recovery.
Many congratulations to all of you!
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Teddington returned from the European Veterans Championships in Utrecht with a very hard earned Bronze medal. Amongst tough opposition the old girls’spirit shone through to secure 3rd place.
We went to the Championships to play as well as we could but also to embrace the social side of the event. We were as well prepared as possible with a full training and match programme under our belt knowing we would face younger teams as the age for vets in Europe is only 30 years old.
We started brightly with a 2-2 draw against Voordaan, the home side, and could have won the game but for hitting the post and putting a couple of chances wide. Both goals came from Michelle Mitchell our former Australian International. Confidence high we then met Les Blue. The French side fielded a number of former Internationals and although we competed brilliantly we just lost 2-3 with a highly disputed goal from the French and Teddington goals from Michelle Mitchell and Sara Walker our England Masters player.
The second day saw a repeat of the matches with Teddington knowing we had to beat the Dutch, if not the French, to make the semi-final. With a performance to remember we played as if our lives depended on it and won 2-0 with goals from Michelle Mitchell and Ray Harmsworth. We lost again to the French in an even tighter game than the previous day, this time losing 1-2 . Although Les Bleu lost to Voordaan against the run of form because they lost their Gk and coach for the match, we had done enough to make the semis on the strength of our win against Voordaan.
The semi-final saw us drawn against a second Dutch side, and favoutites, Kampong. This was a quality outfit with numerous ex-Internationals still playing Dutch National league. They had scored 28 goals so far with none conceeded. We competed fiercely and held them for most of the first half with some great saves by Dawn Forshaw, our England Masters GK, but sheer pressure opened cracks that were exploited and Kampong won comfortably in the end 8-1. Teddies never gave up and piled on the pressure ourselves to the very end and we took pride in taking a goal off Kampong in the dying minutes of the game with a stroke from Michell Mitchell. Despite the score, we came away from an excellent game that gave us the chance to play against the best in a match of great spirit and mutual respect. Michelle was able to renew her strong friendship and on-pitch rivalry with Dutch star Susan Van der Wielen.
We went into the 3rd/4th play off determined to come away with bronze and took on the Welsh champions with whom we had spent the weekend in hilarious banter particularly over the capture of ‘Daisey’ their sheep mascot, which we hoisted up the flag of St George for a ransom of beer. By this time the squad was carrying a number of injuries, but patched up by our physio we put in a commanding performance taking an early 2-0 lead with both goals from Michelle Mitchell. A highly disputed goal from the Welsh brought on a very cometitive period, but calm, constructive and determined play brought further goals from Zoe Ardrey, Sara Walker and Anne Macartney. So we won the medal we were after.
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evening parties when other squads were tucked up in bed and we are very
happy with our bronze medal. At the Awards Ceremony the squad was
thrilled and proud to celebrate Michelle being awarded the ‘Player of
the Tournament’ Trophy. In addition, we had three further reasons to
feel triumphant. Firstly, the team was awarded the ‘Fair Play’ Trophy.
This is something the whole squad should take extreme pride in, as
remaining calm during matches against their Gallic opponents was a
remarkable feat in itself. Secondly, finishing in the top three has
guaranteed us qualification for the 2011 finals. Finally, the club can
take pride in umpire David Offord who, having volunteered his services
to be our umpire, was selected to umpire the Men’s Final alongside a top
International umpire.
Teddies coach, Tim Walker, not only managed to do a brilliant job
preparing and coaching the team, but also played two games each day for
the Scottish Vet’s team.
Huge thanks must also go to team manager Helena Bohoslawec for all her
work liasing with the organisers and getting us to and from the
tournament with great humour.
The squad was also fortunate to secure the services of club physio, Vix
Rushmere. Throughout the weekend, but on the final day in particular,
Vix worked extremely hard to ensure that the whole squad managed to make
the field of play. Without her expertise the final outcome could have
been very different.
The ongoing success of the team is undoubtedly down to the unbelievable
dedication and leadership of Captain Sara Walker. She can take full
credit for building a solid and committed squad who are a great unit
both on and off the pitch.
Thanks also to the great band of supporters that came to cheer us on.
The whole of the Ardrey and Rushmere families and players’ partners.
They gave us great voice and backing when we needed it it most.
The squad would like to say a massive thank you to our sponsors Opro for
a full set of squad gumshields, Zoppo for donating stick bags to the
squad and Multipower for their sports drinks, and energy and recovery
fuel.
Squad
Zoe Ardrey
Clare Birkett
Sarah Butcher
Caroline Butler
Lisa Finn
Dawn Forshaw England Masters
Raynor Harmsworth
Kathryn Horne
Jayne Longrigg
Anne Macartney
Deb McDowell
Michelle Mitchell Australia 1987-2000
Lesley Tomlinson
Sara Walker (C) England Masters
Julie Whetton
Coach: Tim Walker
Manager: Helena Bohoslawec
Physio: Vix Rushmere
Umpire: David Offord
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Spirit of the Pirates ‘Take what you can…give nothing back!’
The ladies' Vets had a huge win on Valentine's Day in probably THE longest away trips of the season. They managed to defeat "the pirates" of Penzance 2-1 in a hard fought battle.
The attached match report was far too long for this website to manage all in one go but click on the document for a...
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Spirit of the Pirates ‘Take what you can…give nothing back!’
The ladies' Vets had a huge win on Valentine's Day in probably THE longest away trips of the season. They managed to defeat "the pirates" of Penzance 2-1 in a hard fought battle.
The attached match report was far too long for this website to manage all in one go but click on the document for a blow by blow encounter of the game (and indeed the weekend).
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