Karori Junior Hockey Club

Join us for Western Zones Hockey through your school on Tuesday, 27th August!
Let's shine, KHJC stars

Take the kids to see the Premier 1 grand finals this Saturday! The women play at 3pm and the men at 4.45pm, on NHS1.

Fun Sticks Year 1-2

Wanting to get your kids involved with hockey this season? We are still accepting registrations for our Fun Sticks Programme which is an 8-week hockey programme designed for children aged 5-6 years (School Year 1 & 2). Join the fun this weekend on the 11th May when the Junior Hockey Season starts!

Register online via PlayHQ: https://www.playhq.com/hockey-new-zealand/register/5e7939

We are also happy to confirm times and locations for our HUBs across the region.

NHS: Saturdays, 10am to 11am
Fraser Park: Saturdays, 8am to 9am
Elsdon: Saturdays, 9am to 10am
Karori/Kelburn: Tuesdays, 3:45pm to 4:45pm
Maidstone: Wednesdays, 5pm to 6pm

Game times for tomorrow for years 5-8, all 3-4’s are 10am on NHS1.
Good luck to everyone, go out there and have fun!

Wellington Hockey is excited to announce our first Have a Go Day for the season as we kick off our Open Grade Competition this weekend on April 6th!

Welcoming all new and existing junior hockey players to come along this weekend, pick up a stick and have some fun! Bring your friends along too, as it's the perfect opportunity to get a taste of the sport before junior hockey officially starts in May!

We will be sharing Junior Club details for those who are wanting to join this season.

📅 Date: 6th April 2024
🕒 Time: 10am - 11am
📍 Location: National Hockey Stadium (NHS Turf 1)

Registrations close in 2 days!
Please get in so we can finalise teams asap

Great to see so many players registered over the weekend- keep them coming!

2024 Registrations are live!
Please see our website for links.

Kia ora et te whānau, sorry it’s short notice, I missed the memo. I’m heading down to NHS at 10am Sunday morning, DM if you’re keen to join me!

Vantage National Masters Tournament – one month to go.

Wellington Hockey Association is hosting the largest domestic hockey tournament in the country between 25th February to 2nd March 2024. There are 103 teams registered across the age groups from across the country.

To get ready to host the Tournament WHA is hosting a community working bee on Sunday 11th February. We are keen for all our Wellington Clubs to lend a hand if possible – it would be great to have 4-5 people from each club here on the day.

We have a range of jobs so if you are available, please contact [email protected] so we can order the right numbers of sausages to keep you going.

If you are keen to help but can't make it that weekend, please get in touch there will be several jobs that can be done mid-week/evenings.

Tournament Week Volunteers are also needed please let Amber know if you might be available for a couple of days or hours during the week to support the small WHA team to run this event.

For anyone interested, see this cool initiative from some of Wellington’s telanted young players, you’ll find them on instagram and the sign up link here -

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSel62fzS9JwkGgKjefCz4mZXHZD1RLkWjlb70J5BWogfJXH3w/viewform?usp=sf_link

Please check out the new After School Hockey Club

Last Chance to get registered on our summer programmes!

Registrations close:
TOMORROW 31st JANUARY
- Pick Up Sticks
•https://www.playhq.com/hockey-new-zealand/register/e6cd6d

- Twilight Hockey Adults
•Team reg: https://www.playhq.com/hockey-new-zealand/register/cd0c87
•Individual reg: https://www.playhq.com/hockey-new-zealand/register/d0eb4e

SUNDAY 4TH FEBRUARY
- U15 Summer Programme
•https://www.playhq.com/hockey-new-zealand/register/ed87a0

- U18 Summer Programme
•https://www.playhq.com/hockey-new-zealand/register/c473bd

TUESDAY 6TH FEBRUARY
- After School Hockey Club (ASHC)
•https://www.playhq.com/hockey-new-zealand/register/8d8147

THURSDAY 15TH FEBRUARY
- Twilight Hockey 7&8
• Team reg: https://www.playhq.com/hockey-new-zealand/register/1f74b7
• Individual reg: https://www.playhq.com/hockey-new-zealand/register/97c2b5

Hi all, change of date and time…

We are pleased to announce that the Wellington Hockey Community Awards and Service Awards nominations are now open!

The Community Awards are a chance for us to hear about and celebrate the great people you think are deserving of recognition within our community. Submit nominations for individuals, clubs/initiatives from the 2023 season who you think have embodied the WHA values and gone above and beyond in delivering great hockey in the Wellington. Anyone can nominate someone for a community award. Please share this nomination process with your club members.



Community Awards include:

Community Coach of the Year,

Community Official of the Year,

Community Administrator of the Year,

Community Volunteer of the Year,

Community Initiative of The Year.

Follow the link https://forms.office.com/r/5VR3X55SZ6 to submit your nominations!!

EOI is open for WHA GK Academy, we are looking to offer sessions for all ages as we have had a few requests for adult sessions. Follow the link to register your details for further information. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5XD909xuCJFibJYwn8csSe9kQNYHDuiHMRcqxsfxpma2NZQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

Goal Keeper Academy lead coach Max Ruffell plays for our Men's NHC team and helped create the academy 2 years ago and has been coaching keepers for us since 2016. Sessions are of high intensity and involvement making sure all participants get a robust understanding of goal keeping techniques for the modern game!

Registrations are closing shortly for our summer hockey programmes. Head to the links below to make sure you do not miss out!

There is one last chance to sign up for Adult Twilight today so get your teams signed up!!

Adult:
https://www.wellingtonhockey.org.nz/post/adult-summer-hockey
Junior:
https://www.wellingtonhockey.org.nz/.../junior-summer-hockey

KJHC Alumni Riana is fundraising to participate in the junior World Cup, if you’re keen for a great skills session, head out to Elsdon on November 18th with $20 + food money!

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Happy Mother’s Day to all our amazing coaching, managing, supporting and taxi driving mother types, we appreciate you!

We are looking for 1-3 more year 5/6 players. If anyone has a friend who missed registration email me.

Congratulations to (KJHC alumnus) Riana!

MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🎉 Riana Pho on her selection in the Vantage Black Sticks!! She will be joining the team for the Pro League series held in Christchurch, games will be played against GB and Aus.

WHA are super proud of the hard work Ri has put in over the years and she is finally reaping the rewards. Go get em Ri!!!!!

By request registrations will remain open until Easter Friday, please get in ASAP.
Thanks!

Don’t forget to register by Monday!
Links are on the website

Don’t forget to register for winter 2023 - details on our website

After much anticipation our 2023 winter registration is now open!
Please follow the links on our website.

We are running an introduction to become an umpire on the 22nd of March and 29th of March.

The course will be targeted at a beginner umpire, the course will be an hour-long session looking at the basics of umpiring.

e.g. positioning, how to blow the whistle, and signals. The course will be open to people starting to umpire either primary or college grade or even reserve open grade.

Please scan the QR code or follow the link below to register on playHQ https://www.playhq.com/hockey-new-zealand/register/69dbd6

Kia ora from Karori Junior Hockey Club and a very warm welcome to the 2023 hockey season!

Information regarding Registration for preseason and winter season and hoodie orders are now available on our website.

Wellington Hockey is looking for more umpires for our Twilight hockey competition. Games finish 28th of March, Tuesday and Wednesday 6PM - 9PM.
Contact: [email protected] for more details.

Game day!! Good luck to Aniwaka Haumaha (Hutt United, Capital & WHA), Megan Hull (Capital & Wairarapa) and the Vantage Black Sticks. We wish them luck today as they take on The USA Eagles!!

Spot the ex-KJHC players warming the Black Sticks up!