MRHA News Archive - July 2006

DTZ Hockey League

Season 2006/07 - Welcome ...

Welcome one and all to opening of another promising season ...

All fixtures for 386 teams, from the 105 clubs comprising the Midland Regional Hockey Association for
the 2006/07 season are posted here - including the much awaited structure changes for the Central League structure.

Our search for more divisional secretaries brought in four volunteers, which means that we can meet the demand for places in the Central League by expanding it from nine to eleven divisions - and we trust that sides will be happy with the outcome of the committe's final deliberations.

Welcome to the new teams from :-
Ashbourne and Oswestry 1st X1,Ludlow and Ramgarhia (Derby) 2nd X1, Worksop 3rd X1, and in the Central League Barford Tigers 5, Barton 4, Bridgnorth 6, Burton 6, Coalville Town 5, Evesham 4, Kettering 4, Lichfield 6, Olton and West Warwick 6, Rugby 5, Stafford 4, Sutton Coldfield 7, Sutton Coldfield 8, Telford 5, Wednesbury 4, Whitchurch 4, Wolverhampton 5.

July 12th Update
Fixtures in the Central League North East 2, South East 2 and South West 2 (with just 10 teams each) were being displayed incorrectly on Fixture Grids before an update applied today. Apologies for any inconvenience - problem now sorted ...


The League's Rules subcommittee has still to meet but I can inform you that we will be complying (as will all the other regional leagues) with the request from England Hockey that we adopt the English Hockey League rule re eligibility that a team may only contain a maximum of 2 non European Union passport holders.

Transfers

All clubs are reminded that:
    A player may not play in a League match without written confirmation from the 
    League Secretary that the circumstances of his transfer have been approved if 
    he has at any time during the previous twelve months played in a Midland League 
    game for another club or has played in a EHL game for a Midlands club. 
Transfer Forms A and B are available to view and print, and the names of all player transfers,
together with registration date, as authorised by the League Secretary are available here
online for all to see. Just follow the 'Rules' button for more details.

League Saturdays

Nothing new here - 30th September to 9th December 2006 and 13th January to 24th March 2007 -
University rearrangements can be found here

Administrator   -   July 2006