PWC School of Excellence
The School of excellence is designed for those juniors who show enormous potential and are likely to be or become members of junior island representative teams.
Any boys wishing to be considered for the PwC School of Excellence must attend two trial session on Tuesdays 14 & 21 September 2010; Boys U11-U13 17.00-18.15, Boys U15 18.15-19.30. The session on Tuesday 14 September will take place on the Footes Lane pitch and the session on 21 September and sessions thereafter will take place on the Memorial Field pitch. In order to deliver the best quality coaching, the number of boys asked to attend the School of Excellence has to be limited. However, the coaches will observe and assess those players who may not initially receive an invitation throughout the season and will extend further invitations to join the PwC sessions, should further places become available.
The Boys U11 and U13 squad will train on Tuesday evenings from 17.00-18.15. The U11 squad will play 7 a-side mini hockey in the Junior Development League held from 10.30a.m. - 12.00 p.m. on the Footes Lane pitch on Sunday mornings.Occasionally they may be asked to play in 11 a-side matches against visiting opposition instead of the JDL. The U13 Boys will play matches on Sunday’s against Island Girls teams and against visiting schools between January and March 2011. This season, for the first time, there will be two Inter Insualr matches against Jersey on Sunday 13 February 2011 for boys aged under 13, which will include players from both the U13 and U11 PwC Squads.
The Boys U15 Squad will train on Tuesday evenings from 18.15 to 19.30 and will play friendly matches against teams from Guernsey Hockey LBG Men’s Division 2 League between September and December 2010. The PwC U15 squad will enter a team into the GHLBG Men’s Division 3 League from January to April 2011. The Boys U15 Inter Insular will take place on Sunday 14 November 2010 in Guernsey on the Footes Lane pitch. warm up 12.00 - match start 12.30 p.m.. Inter Insular selection is open to any boy born after 1 January 1996.
The PwC Boys U17 squad will train on Tuesday evenings 19.30-21.00 on the Footes Lane pitch.Boys born after 1 January 1994 are invited to attend with their aim to be selected for the Inter Insular match which will take place in Jersey on Sunday 14 November 2010. Practice matches will be arranged prior to the Inter Insular match.
At the U15 and U17 Inter Insular matches selection will take place to form a Channel Islands squad who will attend the Regional age group tournaments organised by West Hockey, known as the All County Tournaments. These are usually held in the UK in March or April. At this tournament the Channel Islands squad will play against other County teams affiliated to West Hockey such as Devon, Cornwall, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Avon, Somerset and Dorset.
Selectors at the All County tournaments invite players to attend Junior Regional Performance Centres to take part in the Tier 1 training sessions which take place during the Summer. 11 Guernsey boys were selected for JRPC - well done to them, a great achievement. The JRPC is the first step on the England Hockey player pathway selection process. This Summer the Guernsey boys attended JRPC sessions at the Eastleigh Centre. After five sessions a squad of players at each age group is selected to play in a competition against two other JRPC centres - Eastleigh will play their Cluster competition against squads from Bristol and Exeter. At this Tier 1 competition selection will take place for Tier 2: High Performance Training Centre (HiPAC) or for the regional squad, the Wessex Leopards, who will play against three other regions at the Futures Cup.
The Futures Cup is a National competition. England Selectors are present and make selection for the National Age Group Squads. Currently Guernsey have one representative playing in the Boys U18 England Squad.
PwC Guernsey U15 Triumph against Jersey Boys - Guernsey met their Jersey counterparts in the Inter insular on Sunday 15 November 2009, in Jersey, and ended the game as 6 – 2 winners. As so often in sport, however, the scoreline doesn’t tell the whole story. To read the full report click here.
Match Reports and pictures for Parkside School 2010 Visit