Great News!

One of our Under8 lads, Josh Oliver, who plays for Holy Trinity Dragons, has just signed Centre of Excellence forms for WWFC for next season.

Its a massive achievement for Josh – in effect proving himself to be one of the best players in the local area at his age.

Couple of pictures attached taken from this last weekend’s tournament up at WWFC where both the Dragons and Falcons (U8’s) represented the club superbly well.

It is a good thing that the Club have got Josh, a product of the Holy Trinity Academy, to this level and demonstrates that we are able to nurture talent at a young age.

You may remember that this time last year, we were worried that two croquet lawns were soon to be constructed on the Junior pitch (the one between the Bowls area and Trinity Road) which we use for girls football and our under 11 team.

Well, it’s all changed since then and the current favoured location is to put the croquet on pitch 1, just up from the changing rooms, next to the hedge and the telephone mast. I should stress that this is not favoured by us!

As anyone who has been up to the rec on a busy Saturday morning will know, we use all the current space and we would rather the croquet goes somewhere else entirely. But we seem powerless to prevent it. The works are due to begin this summer.

Our traditional end of season summer event will take place on Saturday 16th June at the Hazlemere Recreation Ground (in and around the Ken Williams Memorial pavilion)

Tickets will be available from your child’s team manager. Advance purchase would help so we have a good idea of numbers for food etc.

Hope to see you there.

    The Chiltern Church Junior League Cup Finals took place on Saturday May 12th at Chalfont St Peter FC’s ground.

   There was mixed fortune for the three Holy Trinity teams who had made it though to Cup Final Day.

1.15pm  Lions Cup Final: Holy Trinity Hawks 2-6 St James Saints  

The Hawks were 30 seconds from an incredible 2-1 victory in the Lions Cup but were desperately unlucky to concede an equaliser.

They sadly never recovered their composure and lost the game 2-6 after extra time.

4.35pm Panthers Cup Final: Holy Trinity Lions 1-6 Harefield United Youth U14s

In the Panthers U14 League, HT Lions had finished well ahead of 4th placed Harefield and had the better of the head to heads, winning 5-1 at home and 5-3 away. But the Cup is a different matter!

In the Panthers Cup Final, the Lions struggled to contain Harefield’s fast and powerful front row and ran out 1-6 behind at full time.

6.20pm Jaguars Cup Final: Holy Trinity Thistle 5-2 Harefield United Youth U16s

In the Jaguars U16 League HT Thistle finished runners up with Harefield Youth back in 5th place. Thistle also had the better of the head to heads winning 4-3 at home and 3-2 away.

But the Jaguars Cup brought joy for Holy Trinity with an impressive 5-2 victory over Harefield. Thistle were always in control of this game and each time Harefield scored to close the gap, Thistle just took it up another notch to ease away again.

It caps a great season for Thistle who also clinched the runners-up spot in the league. 

 Thanks to all who went along to support our teams and to those on the League management team who were there all day to stage these finals. Quite a marathon effort!

Former Wycombe Wanderers player Keith Ryan has agreed to come along to the Hazlemere Sixes on Saturday 26th May, to present some of the cups and medals.

“Rhino” played over 500 games for the Wanderers scoring more than 50 goals. Most notable of those was his goal in the FA Cup Semi Final vs Liverpool in 2001.

Keith, who was signed for Wycombe by Martin O’Neill in 1990, later became caretaker manager of the club and then had a spell as an assistant manager under John Gorman.

The 2012 Holy Trinity Golf Day will be held on Friday 29th June at our usual venue of Wycombe Heights Golf Centre

Once again players will compete for the Ted Rayner Memorial Cup, won last year by Philip Watkins.

We start at about midday and you can reserve your place by sending an email to alancecil@gorsewalk.freeserve.co.uk

I received the following details of this event today by email: 

Following the Success of the Football Resource Show London & Home Counties 2011, we have now expanded the show to cover the South and have moved it to the superb Madejski Stadium, Reading for 2012 on Sunday June 17

If you are involved in running, coaching or managing a grassroots football club in the South of England, then you can’t afford to miss this opportunity to source everything you need for the new season and beyond and you don’t have to travel all the way up to the NEC!

This is a great chance to view and try the very best and latest products, equipment and services, coaching innovations and training aids, making sure you source the very best quality for your club and your players and at right price.

Over 50 exhibitors attending, representing most of the major brands in football, from kit / teamwear, coaching products & innovation, training aids, facility equipment, travel, tours, insurance, club funding specialists, injury prevention, web-sites providers and much more.  

Interactive product areas: Come and try out the latest products from the major brands, choose the right coaching innovations, products & accessories and at the best prices.

Live Coaching & demonstration areas: Ideal for your junior players at all levels (bring your junior players along!) to join in the interactive coaching sessions on advanced skills and technique, led by football coaching experts.

Workshops: Take part in current topics and subjects, such as club fundraising, player safety & welfare, club liability and much more.

Adult tickets are only £5 each and £2 for kids (u16), there are also great family & club offers, if you pre-register and there is ample free parking at the Madejski Stadium. All seminars and workshops (schedule to be announced) are included in the ticket price!

Upon receipt of your booking we will send your e-ticket/s via return email, it’s that simple and you will be kept up to date with what’s happening at the show and send you the interactive coaching & workshop schedules etc… and how to book your players into a coaching session etc…..

We are expecting well over 1,000 football club secretaries, committee members, coaches, managers, club/team captains/players to attend this exciting football event from all over the South of England, in what is a fantastic football resource facility for your club.

So if want to take a closer look at the show and you haven’t booked your attendance yet simply go onto our web site:

www.footballresourceshow.com

Each year, as a Charter Standard Club, Holy Trinity Juniors FC has the chance to buy two tickets for the FA Cup Final. We offer these for sale to any of our team managers/coaches as a reward for their efforts throughout the season.

A draw takes place between all those who put their name forward and this year’s lucky winner is Chris Pullan, coach of HT Kestrels.

Congratulations Chris and enjoy your day out at the Cup Final next Saturday

We are now already thinking about next season – 2012-2013  – for certain reasons.

At the start of the current season last September, we found ourselves with more than an ideal number of children registered in some age groups and not enough in others. With a large number, it becomes difficult to give everyone  a game sometimes.
Some teams were unable to field a team until they had recruited more players.

To overcome that, we will be asking all existing players to sign up for next season on Saturdays 5th and 12th May

To help parents, there will be a one-off offer of a £5 subsidy towards the renewal HTJFC subscriptions, which are other unchanged, but only for anyone registering by the 19th May. This excludes the Under 6 Academy where the football is FREE and we just collect £10 towards your family membership of the Hazlemere Sports Association Pavilion

Then on Saturday 19th May, we will be open to receive new applications to fill up the gaps in certain squads on a first come first served basis.

So it will be important for all existing HTJFC players to book their places on time.

HTJFC form 2012-13    pdf version of the HTJFC registration form

HTJFC form 2012-13   Word version of the HTJFC registration form

The Chiltern Church League registration form will be dealt with nearer to the start of next season