Martinborough Junior Hockey

We have come to the end of a fantastic hockey season, with only a couple of the Saturday games washed out at the Clareville turf.  A big thank you to all the coaches and managers for their time and commitment to their teams at weekly games and practices throughout the winter.  Also to all of the parents and families for your support at games – the children love having you there to cheer them on. 

Wairarapa Representative Players: Congratulations to Charlotte Diederich, Jasmine Nelson, Freja Hughes, Erika Butler, Grace Daines, James Nelson, Jamie McLeod and Ralph McLeod who have been selected to play in the U13 Wairarapa representative teams.  These teams have been fund raising and training hard for tournaments being held in October this year. Good luck and well done to all of you.

Martinborough Community Guy Fawkes 2015: The Martinborough Community Guy Fawkes will be held on Saturday, 7 November (pp day Sunday, 8 November) at Considine Park, Princess Street, Martinborough with all proceeds going towards the purchase of our new 11-aside team shirts for next season. Gates open at 5.30pm (gold coin entry) with bbq food/drinks and glow sticks available for purchase. ALL WELCOME. If you have any garden rubbish which you would like to contribute to the bonfire, please deposit at Considine Park where indicated. NO BUILDING MATERIALS OR NAILS PLEASE – the Park is used by the Pony Club during the year.

Funding: Thank you to the Sports NZ Rural Travel Fund for the $540 we recently received towards travel costs for the season.  This has been distributed to families in the form of petrol vouchers. 

Prize-giving: We held our end of season breakup and prize giving on 15 September. Congratulations to all of our players, in particular to our Primary A Grade team, Martinborough 1st XI, who were runners up in their grade and played a very exciting final match against Country.  Well done to James Nelson who was awarded the Most Valuable Player for the team on finals day as voted by the umpires. Finally, congratulations to the following players who won trophies at our prize giving this year:

Marty Rockets (6-aside) – coach Pip Goodwin/manager Reidun Nicholson:
Most Valuable Player:  Gabriella Nicholson
Most Improved Player:  Issey McCartney
Most Consistent Players:  Olivia Fenwick & Cairo Shaw

Marty Magic (6-aside) – coach Graeme Scarr/manager Trinity Shaw:
Most Valuable Player:  Ella Kirkup
Most Improved Player:  Etosha Shaw
Most Consistent Player:  Neve Bruce

Martinborough Green (11-aside, D grade) – coach Rebecca Cobeldick/manager Kelly Napier:
Most Valuable Players:  Patrick Nicholson & Emma McLeod
Most Improved Player:  Kersha Napier
Most Consistent Player:  Toby Nelson

Martinborough Black (11-aside, C grade) – coach Ben Masters/manager Pippa Broom:
Most Valuable Player:  Abby Green
Most Improved Player:  Astrea Morison-Reesby
Most Consistent Player:  Charlotte Jephson

Martinborough 1st XI (11-aside, A grade) – coach Amanda Draper/manager Amanda McLeod:
Most Valuable Player: Ralph McLeod
Most Improved Player:  Charlotte Diederich
Most Consistent Player:  Jasmine Nelson
Sportsmanship Trophy: Erika Butler

If you have any questions or feedback about the junior hockey season, please contact Pippa Broom on 0274 169 102 (thebrooms@xtra.co.nz) or Amanda Draper (amanda.draper@martinborough.school.nz).