Here are a few news items you may be interested in. 

SALE now ON - Online Kit Store

Don't know what to ask Santa for this Christmas? Why not get some new Kit, order before 27th November and get a 15% discount and free delivery. Click Here for more information.

Level 1 Umpiring Course

A level one umpiring course is being arranged for January 15th.

Venue - Northwich area or Golborne Sports Club.

Please can you reply to Tricia Mills with the following details:

1. Club
2. Name
3. Address
4. E-mail
5. Date of birth if U18

The cost of the course will hopefully be around £30 and will last the whole day with a written exam at the end.

Movember

A few of us handsome chaps are making ourselves the laughing stock of Macclesfield and growing face fuzz for a month - but not just for fun. We are doing it to raise awareness of men’s health issues. In particular Prostate and Testicular Cancer. I'm sure every single one of us can relate to the devastating impact cancer has on a families life. The money raised goes towards raising awareness and education (catching it early) through to research and support. Please consider supporting us, and the cause. You can also have a laugh at the pictures of our Mo's. 

Upcoming events at the cricket club

Dominoes, a great start to the season, last league table showed the team in 4th place and have since beaten local rivals The Pack Horse 4 - 0.

Great work by Steve Littler and the team. 

Tuesday 22nd November - Dominoes H) v The Mulberry Bush

Saturday 26th November - Hockey - 1st Team v Rhyl and District

                                                     3rd Team v Llandudno 2nd's

                                                     Ladies v Runcorn

LIVE FOOTBALL

Saturday 3rd December - Hockey - 2nd Team v Chester 3rd's

                                                    4th Team v Oxton 7th's

                                                    Juniors v Alderley Edge

Saturday 3rd December - Bowls - Celebration Dinner

Tuesday 6th December - CHRISTMAS BINGO - 7.30pm

LIVE FOOTBALL

Saturday 10th December - Hockey - 2nd Team v Oxton 5th's

                                                     4th Team v Sale 3rd's

                                                     Ladies v Chester 2nd's

Monday 12th December - CHRISTMAS CANDLE PARTY - 8pm

Friday / Saturday 16th / 17th December - Private Functions

Sunday 18th December - CHILDRENS CHRISTMAS PARTY - 3.30 - 6.30pm

With DAZZLE THE CLOWN -

Tickets available from the Clubhouse, Michelle Platt (07545 057294) or Gary Foy (07581 791960 or mgf100@hotmail.co.uk)

£12 each or two for £20 - Under 5's must be accompanied by an adult

Sunday 31st December - NEW YEAR PARTY - 8.00 - 1.00am

Disco              Buffet          Big Ben Chimes          Champagne

Sure to be a great night

Tickets available from the Clubhouse, Michelle Platt (07545 057294) or Gary Foy (07581 791960 or mgf100@hotmail.co.uk)

£15 each - Under 4's FOC

In addition to all the evnts listed above we now pleased to announce that the Club is available for Christmas Party bookings for your Special Christmas meal.

Bookings can be made at £14.99 per head, any Tuesday - Thursday in December for you Family, Work or just a few friends.

The menu is attached.

Please contact Michelle Platt (07545 057294) for reservation enquiry.

We look forward to seeing you at the Clubhouse over the next few weeks.

Olympic Hockey Hotels

Following the Olympic ticket offer we have been able to make to members of the Hockey Family, we are now delighted to be able to you offer a fantastic accommodation opportunity at a top London hotel during the Olympic games. We have negotiated a special deal for the Hockey Family to access accommodation at the Grange St Paul’s hotel. This hotel has been exclusively booked for the International Hockey Federation and Adidas, so will have a real hockey buzz about it and we are pleased to have been able to make a small number of rooms available to you.

The Grange St Paul’s hotel is a 5* hotel and is only 5 stops on the central line to Stratford International – the Gateway to Olympic Park. You can find information here: http://www.grangehotels.com/hotels-london/grange-st-pauls-hotel/grange-st-pauls-hotel.aspx?ls=1&gclid=cltcssqx_kocfrqnfaodsg1gzq

Hotels in London during games time are not cheap and whilst the prices for the Grange have been heavily discounted from their usual price, and they have not added a 2012 mark up (like other hotels), it is still a 5* hotel in the centre of London and the prices reflect that. 

The rooms available to you at this hotel are the Executive Rooms and there is no minimum nights stay, which enables you to book for single nights. There are a very limited number of rooms available and they will be offered on a strictly first come first served basis.

Executive Double or Twin rooms are £275 per night (including breakfast for one person)

Executive triples are £300 per night (including breakfast for one person).

Full payment is required at the time of booking and can be made by bank transfer or credit card (alternatively a cheque can be sent, but the booking will not be confirmed until payment has been received).  No amendments are possible after the booking has been made.

If you are interested in booking rooms, this can only be arranged with Linda Sansun at England Hockey Board onlinda.sansun@englandhockey.co.uk or on 01628 897514.

This Sunday there are two U10s teams taking part in the Timperley tournament whilst the U13 girls compete in the afternoon at Belle Vue.

Macclesfield junior section has been established for many years, introducing both junior boys and girls to the senior men’s and women’s teams. With a committed team of coaches, they meet on Sunday mornings at Tytherington High School.

Macclesfield Ladies 2-1 win at Chester

Macclesfield ladies hockey team made hard work out of the game played away at Chester on Saturday.  They started very strongly with some flowing hockey outpacing their opponents.  Three short corners had been won within the first ten minutes.  Chester rallied and it was down to some great goalkeeping by Sutton to ensure the score remained at 0 – 0.

Suddenly, Macclesfield found an opening after some great moves in the midfield by Heylings and Ward.  Heylings passed to Barlow in the D who neatly placed the ball through the keeper’s legs with a reverse stick strike.  Only two minutes later and Macclesfield were on the attack again.  The Heylings-Barlow combination was on form as an almost identical move gained a comfortable lead of 2 – 0.

Play continued to be built up from around the back with man of the match Perry feeding the ball out to the wings.  There were some great runs by Collins and tenacious play by Hayward, the player’s player.

At half-time the mood was buoyant with general agreement that the score could be higher.

Macclesfield continued the pressure with lots of short corners.  However, Chester took their opportunity on the break to make it 2 – 1.  At the final whistle, there was relief that the victory had been won.  A lot of effort had been expended when perhaps it could have been easier.  We saw some great team work, some superb individual efforts and when these two collide we can watch some fantastic hockey. 

Thanks to our sponsor: S D Jackson

Anyone interested in playing ladies hockey should come along to training at Tytherington High School, Tuesdays 7 – 9 pm.