Just to keep the good news rolling for a Friday…. Well done James Coughlan for exceeding the target for the Under 14 Junior Hockey age group. We begin the programmes in the new format only 5 registrations short of our target for Under 16’s. When we first set targets for this new format, we knew …
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Youth Programmes are Growing
As most members will know we made some changes in the way we deliver our junior programmes in early 2021. Since making these changes our programmes have undergone a rapid transformation which has delivered solid growth in the first term of the new format. The new model of delivery for Fun Sticks changed from 1 …
Thanks Team Orange
It’s mid-season—the tail end of a long competition; everyone feels it.We know many volunteers in our Harbour Whanau give countless hours of support and deal with various challenges. These challenges do not seem so big when players are competing with huge smiles on their faces. Unfortunately, our Team Orange has not been able to smile …
CEO Departure
With great sadness, we can now share with you that last week the North Harbour Hockey Association Board received the resignation of our CEO, Riki Burgess. Having just celebrated his 10th anniversary with us, the news did come as a bit of a surprise! Riki has become part of the woodwork at North Harbour Hockey, …
Welcome Youthtown!
We are delighted to announce that we have partnered with Youthtown, who will deliver our Holiday Programmes at the National Hockey Centre, starting in the July School Holidays. Youthtown are a not-for-profit organisation that have been working with children and young people across NZ for almost 90 years. They are well known for creating high …
Feedback & Surveys Online
This week around the venue you will see a number of signs and stickers up around the facility which are designed to help you let us know how things are going. We know the new facility is bigger and over thepast few months we have wrangled with everything from lawns not being mowed by council …
Mid and No Alcohol Beer Update
The Clubhouse now offers a range of quality low and non-alcoholic beverages. You can now get a great quality Macs Stunt Double 0% beer alongside our usual offering of Export Zero and our full non alcoholic drinks range. We have also expanded the Mid/Low alcohol range to include the macs Mid Vicious (2.5%) and the …
Custodian joins the team
In the Venue team this week we are happy to finally welcome Grant Fairweather to the team. Â Grant comes to us with a wealth of experience in the maintenance and electrical fields and will take on the day-to-day management of the National Hockey Centre maintenance and its various systems. We had hoped to have the …
TigerTurf support Harbour Hockey
North Harbour Hockey is proud to announce the signing of TigerTurf as the Harbour 2 Turf and National Hockey Competition Sponsor through to the end of 2022. Both National Hockey Competition teams will be known as the TigerTurf North Harbour Men or Women with the Harbour 2 being TigerTurf 2 for the 2021 & 2022 …
Pakistan Trophy Recipient
The Pakistan Trophy is awarded to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the administration of hockey in the previous 12 months. Due to COVID 19, the 2020 Hockey NZ Awards did not eventuate, and so the Pakistan Trophy recipient announcement was delayed 12months to ensure they were recognised in front of their pairs. …
