O.P.M. HOCKEY CLUB
19th January 2009 - Level 1 Umpires Course in April
There will be an umpiring course in Plymouth on April 15th Starting at 18:30 (venue to be confirmed).
This will be followed by the examination on April 18th, 18:30 start time.
Any interest to Rob Logan, please, the club will pay your course fee.
Remember we need more people to umpire as it keeps the cost of appointed umpires down.
Please have a think about helping out your club, you don't have to give up playing as you can umpire around your playing commitments,player umpire have to do a minimum of 5 games a season to keep their qualification.
8th January 2010 - Friendly cancelled
The planned friendly between 1sts v 2nds on Saturday 9th January is off as the pitch at Lipson is frozen.
6th January 2010 - Training cancelled
Training tonight has been cancelled due to the weather conditions.
19th November 2009 - Umpire Development Programme
As part of the club's committment to developing umpiring within the club, our Umpire Development
Programme is available for anyone to read here (PDF, 113Kb).
29th September 2009 - 1st XI vs Camborne SoM
Please note that the 1st XI home fixture against Camborne has been moved from Saturday 27th Feb 2010 to
the Sunday 28th, the next day.
26th August 2009 - 1st XI vs Exeter Uni C
The 1st XI opening league match has been rearranged, due to a request by Exeter University. They
are allowed some leeway by the league as they will not be up and running in time. It will now be on
Sunday 18th October, 1:30pm on the water-based pitch.
24th August 2009 - Training
Training now starts a week earlier than previously advertised, Wednesday 26th August. 8-9pm on that date,
then 8:00-9:30pm every week after.
22nd June 2009 - Training dates
Training starts on Wednesday 3rd September 2009 until 9th December. It will
resume in the New Year from 6th January 2010 until 17th March.
22nd June 2009 - AGM outcome
Officers were re-elected en bloc, with the only change being that Tim Chalmers becomes
the new vice captain for the 2nd XI, and Charlie Helyer becomes head coach.
Annual subscription raises by £5 to £55 for adults and £45 for students.
31st March 2009 - Level 1 Umpires Course
A new Level 1 Umpires course has been arranged for Thursday 23rd and Monday 27th April, 6:00pm to 9:00pm at Marjons.
Part 1 is the theory, part 2 is the exam. If anyone is interested please let Jason Sweby or Rob Logan know ASAP so that
we can book you on this course. We really need to get the appropriate level of umpires so that we can be assigned umpires next season. If we don't then we will not get umpires allocated.
6th February 2009 - Plymouth Marjon E excluded from SW District 1
Email from the area league secretary:
At a meeting of the League committee held Wednesday 5th February, following a recommendation by the Rules Sub Committee, it was decided to exclude Plymouth Marjons E from the West of England & South Wales Hockey League. As a result all previous results and the remaining fixtures involving this team shall be removed from the League competition. The committee would like to point out that whilst Plymouth Marjons E have been excluded from the League structure, they do still effectively have a ready made fixture list for the rest of the season and there is no reason why all remaining games can’t be played as ‘friendlies’.The league table will be amended to exclude any results against Plymouth Marjon E.
4th September 2008 - Coach's Training Plan
Laurence has put together a training plan until mid-November. Read it here so you know what to
expect each week at training.
25th July 2008 - Training start date
Training for the new men's season will begin on Wednesday 3rd September 2008, 8:00-9:30pm at Lipson.
8th July 2008 - Level One Coaching Assistant Award Course
A Level One Coaching Assistant Award course is to be held at Marjons on Wednesday 29th, Thursday 30th
and Friday 31st October. All Level 1 courses cost £140 per candidate. The club will discuss helping
with payment of the course if anyone shows an interest.
Closing date is 6 weeks prior to the course start date and places are allocated on a first come first served basis on receipt of application forms.
Contact Jamie Oxley for an application form.
7th July 2008 - England Hockey Membership Scheme
England Hockey is launching a new membership scheme for its many supporters and fans!
See more details on the England Hockey website here.
10th June 2008 - Level 1 Umpiring Course
As we spoke about at the AGM, there is an urgent need for more umpires at the club. We are already being
punished financially next season for not having enough umpires per team, and this cost ultimately has to get
passed on to the players, so please help your club.
There will be a Level 1 Umpire Course in Exeter on Friday, 27 June 2008, this being the theory, with the exam being taken on Thursday, 3 July 2008.
Venue and cost will be notified once confirmed.
If you are interested, please let Rob Logan or Jason Sweby know before 15 June 2008.
3rd June 2008 - Results of A.G.M.
At last night's OPM H.C. AGM, the following decisions were passed by those present:
- 1st team captain: Alex Peacock
- 1st team vice-captain: Chris Frude
- 2nd team captain: Pete Honey
- 2nd team vice-captain: Rob Saunders
- Match fees remain at £8 for adults and £5 for juniors and full-time students.
- Annual subscription raised by £10 across the board so that:
- Adults pay £50
- Students pay £40
- Juniors pay £30
For a list of all the officers, see the Officers page.
8th February 2008 - Points deductions in South Div 2
South 2 league leaders Bodmin have had 2 points deducted for non-payment of fines. This reduces their lead
over Chard to just one point.
4th February 2008 - Level One Umpiring Course
A level 1 umpire course is being organised in Plymouth in February (18th, 25th and 26th, 6pm to 9:30pm) at Marjons.
OPM HC needs more umpires. The Devon Umpires Association is working towards having two qualified umpires per league side, with the prospect of umpires
not being appointed to matches for clubs that do not fulfil the minimum criteria of umpires.
The course will be paid for by the club, so please think hard about whether you would like to help serve your club a little more and help out occassionally with
umpiring, instead of leaving it to those kind team-mates of yours that already have qualified.
Let Rob or myself know if you are interested. I have applications forms at the ready.
3rd January 2008 - Training
Happy new year everyone. Just a reminder that training resumes on Wednesday 9th January.
16th November 2007 - Christmas/New Year training dates
The last training session before Christmas is Wed 12th December, after the last match.
Training resumes in the new year on Wed 9th January before the first league games, ending on 12th March 2008.
12th October 2007 - 2nd XI friendly matches
Friendly matches have been organised for the weeks left empty by the withdrawal of 2 teams from SW District 1. See the 2nd XI fixtures for details..
4th October 2007 - Devon Cup & Trophy Draws
The draws for the first round of the Devon Cup (1st XI) and Devon Trophy (2nd XI) have been made.
1st XI are away to ECV Hornets, to be played by 30th November 2007.
2nd XI are away to Exeter A, to be played by 29th October 2007.
1st October 2007 - PGSOB D withdrawal
PGSOB D have withdrawn from SW District 1, meaning OPM A matches on 10/11/2007 (H) and
23/02/2008 (A) are cancelled.
18th September 2007 - Penzance B withdrawal
Penzance B have withdrawn from SW District 1, meaning OPM A matches on 03/11/2007 (H) and
16/02/2008 (A) are cancelled.
30th July 2007 - Annual subs and shirts
In case you didn't know, the annual subs this year are going to be:
- £40: Adult
- £30: Full time university/college student
- £20: Junior
- A £10 surcharge will be added if not paid by 31st October 2007
Make any cheques payable to O.P.M. Hockey Club and give payment to Rob Logan or Jason Sweby.
13th July 2007 - Men's Training
Training is booked to start on Wednesday 15th August, usual time of 8pm until 9:30pm.
For August only, training sessions will be charged at £2 but from September onwards,
training goes back to being free. This just helps us to cover the cost of the extra training sessions.
28th March 2007 - AGM
Please note the date for this year's hockey club AGM: Tuesday 8th May, 7:30 at the OPM clubhouse.
Everyone's attendance is expected as there are a lot of things to discuss this year. You have been given plenty of notice so keep this date free.
You should send in apologies if you cannot make it.
8th March 2007 - End of Season night
The last weekend of the season is Saturday 17th March and this is the date set for the
end of season party. It will be held in the OPM Clubhouse, starting from 5:30pm when the England vs Wales Six Nations
match will be shown. Steve Payne is organising food, we need £10 from everyone please to cover the costs.
Also make sure you have voted in the end of season awards for the 1sts or 2nds, links are on the home page.
See the Events section on the forum for more details.
18th October 2006 - Adult Taster Sessions
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Plymouth City Council and the Big Lottery Fund are funding taster sessions with the OPM Hockey Club for adults (ages 16+) who want to start playing, or get back to playing, hockey in Plymouth. More details are on this poster, download it in PDF format or as an image. Registration only costs £2 and we can provide sticks if required. |  |
30th June 2006 - 2006 Plymouth Hockey ball
The date is set for the 2006 Plymouth Hockey Clubs Ball: Saturday 2nd September 2006 at the Coors Marquee, Plymouth Albion RFC, Brickfields, Plymouth.
Tickets are reasonably priced at £25 per person for this black tie event and are available by calling any of the numbers on this flyer.
15th May 2006 - Immediate rule change
The following rule has been implemented into all hockey matches with immediate effect:
Players must not hit the ball hard on the forehand with the edge of the stick.
The forehand is defined as playing a ball which is to the right of the player in a forwards direction.
This does not prohibit use of the edge of the stick on the forehand in a controlled action in a tackle, when raising the ball in a controlled way over an opponent's stick or over a goalkeeper who is lying on the ground or when using a long pushing motion along the ground.
Of course this is an extremely subjective ruling, umpires are left to interpret the definition of hitting the ball "hard".
Dear Rob,
Thank you for the telephone message on my answer machine and the splendid news. Please convey my congratulations and also those of the O.P.M. Club to the whole squad when you see them next.
It is good to see O.P.M. Hockey going from strength to strength and long may it continue. The players of an older generation would have applauded the way you have played this season both in the quality of the hockey and the high standard of behaviour.
I hope you will all thoroughly enjoy the rest of the season and prepare yourselves well for the season ahead.
Well done Rob Logan, Jason Sweby and all of you.
Best wishes,
John Stevens (President).