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Performance Centes 2018-19
The information on this page is draft and may change without notice.
Venues
There will be 8 Performance Centres which will be accessible from the home address for players in the South. Those at boarding school may request any centre nationally.
We are currently negotiating with the pitch providers. The venues for 2018-19 will be the same as, or as far as possible in the same vicinity as, the 2017-18 venues. The 2017-18 venues are listed below:
| Caterham |
Caterham School | Harestone Valley Road, Caterham CR3 6YB |
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| Guildford | Charterhouse School |
Charterhouse Road, Godalming, GU7 2DX | |
| Northwood | Merchant Taylors' School | Moor Park, Northwood, HA6 2HT | operated by the East |
| Reading | Reading HC |
Sonning Lane, Sonning, RG4 6ST | |
| South Midlands | Warwick School | Myrton Road, Warwick, CV34 6PP | operated by the Midlands |
| Southampton | Wellington Sports Groud (KES) | Stoneham Lane, Eastleigh SO50 9HT | |
| Tonbridge | Tonbridge School | London Road, Tonbridge, TN10 3AD | |
| Weybridge | St George's College | Weybridge Road, Addlestone, KT15 2QS | Evenings: No admittance on-site before 18:30 |
Draft 2018-19 Dates
| Monday Evenings | Boys | 08 Oct | 29 Oct |
19 Nov |
03 Dec |
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| 21 Jan | 04 Feb | 25 Feb | 18 Mar | ||||
| Girls | 01 Oct |
15 Oct |
05 Nov |
26 Nov |
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| 28 Jan |
18 feb |
11 Mar |
25 Mar |
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| All Day Training | All | 23 Sep |
06 Jan |
27 Apr |
25 May |
16 Jun | 06 Jul |
| Match Practice | All | 03 Mar | |||||
| Cluster Competition | All | 14 Apr |
30 Jun |
07 Jul |
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| U15 Selection Day | U14** |
09 Jun | |||||
| U17 Selection Day | AC * | 16 Jun | 23 Jun |
* these sessions are for nominees from AC only
** for all exosting PC players and nominees from AC eligible for the U15 in 2019-20 (ie those born 2005 and 2006)
A full schedule including venues and times can be downloaded by clicking the link.
The match practice session involves two centres, half of which will be at the opponents venue.
Futures' Cup is at St Albans from Wednesday 21 to Saturday 24 August (Bank Holiday weekend), the prep day is Sunday 18 August at a centre relevant to your cluster.
Session Times
Monday Evenings
Other than those listed below, all Monday sessions at base location. Session times are:
| Reading | 19:15-21:15 | |
| Southampton | 18:30-20:30 | |
| Others | 19:00-21:00 |
Weekend Training
Other than those listed below, these sessions will be at the base location.
| 10:00-16:00 | 12:00-18:00 | ||
| 23 September | boys | girls | |
| 03 Mar | U17 | U15 | |
| 27/28 April | all 10:00-15:00 | ||
| 25 May | boys | girls | |
| 15 June | girls | boys | |
| 06 July | boys | girls |
During the season the coaches may elect to switch some of these to be match practice sessions. In which case half the players will be at at alternative centre.
Venue changes
All training sessions are at the standard centre venue unless listed below:
| Date | Centre | New Venue | |||
| none as yet |
Match Practice
The session on 04 March will involve two neighbouring centres joing up and having a training session in the morning then a match practice session in the afternoon. Depending on the wishes of the coaches, some of the all-day sessions may be switched from training to match practice during the course of the season.
| Venue | Centres | ||
| Caterham | Caterham and Tonbridge boys | ||
| Guildford | Guildford and Southampton girls | ||
| Reading (Leighton Park) | Reading and Weybridge girls | ||
| Southampton | Guildford and Southampton boys | ||
| Tonbridge | Caterham and Tonbridge girls | ||
| Weybridge | Reading and Weybridge boys |
U15: 10:00-16:00, U17 12:00-18:00
Cluster
Leopards (Guildford and Southampton)
| Boys | Girls | First Match | ||
| 14 April | ||||
| 01 July | ||||
| 08 July |
Download full schedule here
Lynx (Reading and Weybridge)
| Boys | Girls | First Match | ||
| 14 April | ||||
| 30 June | ||||
| 07 July |
Tigers (Caterham and Tonbridge)
| Boys | Girls | First Match | ||
| 14 April | ||||
| 30 June | ||||
| 07 July |
Academy+
the Academy+ sessions are designed for thosefrom offshore islands and other areas with significant travelling issues to the Monday sessions. For those at the South Centres this affects those living on the Channel Islands. Jersey and Guernsey will be arranging separate sessions for their players. This will usually be one or two weekends during the year. The sessions are:
- not yet decided
Due to the balance of sessions, it is expected that those at boarding school will attend the centre most appropriate to school and guest at a centre closer to home during the holidays. This must be arranged in advance. The centres not listed above are at:
| Birmingham |
Cannock HC | Church Lane, Cannock WS11 1RR | |
| Bristol | Clifton College | Abbots' Leigh, Bristol BS8 3QD | |
| Bury | Culford School | Culford, Bury St Edmunds IP28 6TX | |
| Durham | Durham University |
Willow Tree Avenue, Durham DH1 3SE |
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| Fylde | Mill Farm Village | Fleetwood Road, Wesham PR4 3JZ | |
| Manchester |
Manchester Armitage Sports Centre |
Moseley Road, Manchester M14 6HE |
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| Nottingham | (days) Loughborough University | ||
| (eves) Repton School | Willington Lane, Repton, Derby DE65 6FH | ||
| Taunton | King's School |
South Road, Taunton TA1 3LA |
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| Yorks | mainly Wakefield |
Other (Match) Venues
Match venues not in the either list of centres above are:
| Bath University | Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY |
| Bournemouth HC | Chapel Gate, East Parley, Christchurch BH23 6BL |
| Cokethorpe | Hardwick, Witney, OX29 7PU |
| Haberashers' Askes | Butterfly Lane, Elstree, WD6 3AF |
| Oaklands College | Smallford, Hatfield Road, Oaklands, St Albans AL4 0JA |
| Old Loughtonians | Roding SC, Luxborough Lane, Chigwell IG7 5AB |
| Leeds | Weetwood Sports Park Ring Road, Weetwood LS16 5AU |
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