Thursday, 2 December 2010
President's Christmas Message
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Awards Night - Fri 10 Dec 2010
Full details and sign up here: http://tornadosawards2010.
SEE YOU THERE FOLKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards,
The Social Committee
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Chix: Fantastic Four!!!
And so Gemma, Chris, Lauren and Lou gingerly, and somewhat lethargically, stepped onto the pitch to play against a full compliment of 10 young things including a keeper.
The Chix started brightly and were 1-0 up within seconds thanks to a link up between Chris and Gemma, started by Lauren.
Lou, Player of the Match, was superb in defence and kept the entire Jensonites front line at bay for most of the first half. The Chix conceded a penalty goal and 2 short corners but with Gemma's 2 additional field goals the half time score was 3-3.
Some canny tactics, combined with a team spirit still fizzing from the weekend and buoyed by determined support from Lauren and Chris, enabled Gemma to sneak 2 more in a tight second half without reply.
All four players were outstanding and they thoroughly deserved their 5-3 victory.
Monday, 8 November 2010
1s Make Hard Work of C&C Win
THC were a goal up within 2 minutes, thanks to some determined play from Neil, battling into the oppo circle. The new-look formation clicked together smoothly from the start as the Tornados continued to build a 3-0 lead thanks to goals from Adam and Barney.
As the rain and drizzle continued to fall, and the unpenalised stick tackles continued to fly from C&C, the Tornados lost their shape and let their opponents back into the game. They were soon struggling with a 3-3 scoreline, despite an outstanding performance from Paddy, Joran and John in front of an impressive Gary in goal.
Barney, Passan and Kamran had been linking up beautifully all through the game and THC had them to thank for all 3 points as Kam jinked his way along the back line, played the ball with precision across the goal to Barney who, with just 8 minutes to go, dinked the ball cheekily between his legs for his second and THC's fourth.
The Rhinos then hung on to collect all 3 points, stake a strong claim for 3rd place in the league and make a statement of intent about the playoffs.
Monday, 1 November 2010
Kiwis win inaugral Agro Cup
Sunday 31st Oct was time for the inaugral Agro Cup, and event put together by the social committee in order to honour a leaving legand, Stephen "Agro" Whitton. Agro heads back to New Zealand in order to see just how green his fingers are, and drags Mrs Agro and Agro Boy and Agro Girl along with him. Agro has been a stalwart of the club for many years now, and helped move the club to the position it is in now: mens teams in 3 divisions, Ladies Champions in 2010, a second ladies team joining in 2011, and a great mix of expat and local covering the most time zones in the world.
With that in mind, the Agro Cup was formulated in order to show that aspect of the club. Teams from England, New Zealand, the Celts, Europe and Asia (including Australia) competed in a 6-a-side round robin competition over a few hours at Hockey Village. The spirit of the day was exciting hockey, and that spirit held through until late int eh evening.
The games were never one-sided, some close games throughout. The fantastic atmosphere brought together some players throughout the leagues. A big hand to the goalies who jumped, saved and showed what a depth of goal keeping talent we have in Tornados.
The final between the top two teams ended up with New Zealand versus England, for which the kiwis came away 2-1 winners.
The day was ended with a sausage sizzle by Dr Bob, speaches from President Jerry, Agro and Fishy, and a comemorative No 11 jersey was handed over to Agro for his potting shed. The day must have been hot, there was a lot of sweat running around during those speahes and the farewells!
A great family day yet again at Hockey Village, and a big thanks to all that made it possible: Fishy and Kirsten and the rest fo the social committe for getting the day together, Richard for orgnaising the teams and play order, Dr Bob for the sausage sizzle, Vear for the pitch and bar work and all that came along to show their repects to Agro.
The Agro Cup is now planned as an annual event. See you next year - or next tournament!
Sunday, 31 October 2010
1s Rue Missed Chances
The 1s were denied a goal for a 'dangerous' ball a few inches off the ground at the start of the second half, SRC were allowed to play the ball over the back line to score their 3rd goal and stick-tackles from the opposition proved to be an effective and unpunished way of preventing THC attacks. The 5-meter rule has evidently yet to reach Seng Kang.
Despite this, the Tornados looked quite capable of giving the younger side a tough game for much of the match, creating several shots on goal as well as many (albeit unawarded) short corner opportunities.
Gary showed what he had been keeping quiet all season, putting in a good display in goal, and Adam did his best to impress his lady friend in the stands with several shots on target.
Despite some good performances, the team is ultimately suffering from a stop-start fixture list which has seen several breaks of 3 or 4 weeks, and the consequent lack of momentum and training committment that follows. Against younger, well-drilled teams, the Tornados will continue to struggle to do themselves justice.
Div3 lose 2-0 to tough SCC team
Friday, 29 October 2010
Men's Indoor Team get off the mark
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Ladies Indoor Clash
It was the long awaited indoor clash last night with Tornados A taking on Tornados B - so many questions needed answering such as; Where on earth is CCK stadium; Who would be in goal next; who would forget their shoes; and most importantly where were the sticks? Thankfully most people managed to find the CCK stadium, and some even turned up early and could watch the transformation from a badminton court to an indoor hockey pitch - complete with newly laid yellow table indicating the wobbly circle. As 7pm rapidly approached you could forgive both sides for getting a bit nervous as the goals still weren't constructed and the umpires looked utterly confused when we asked for sticks. Thankfully the man in yellow managed to find a bag of sticks and balls from somewhere. 30 minutes late - finally we were ready and battle could commence.
TJ and Queenie donned the keepers kits (TJ as punishment for not turning up to last years indoor tournament despite having the keepers helmet - we will not forget) and I am sure Lauren is looking forward to her turn for getting lost and turning up late last night. I know I am looking forward to my turn after missing the last match due to food poisoning. Tony was coaching the Bs and Rich was coaching the As. The Bs having a slight numbers disadvantage after Bridget made it all the way to CCK only to realise you do actually need shoes to play!! Thanks for staying to support and please come again soon Bridget.
At the whistle we were off - now I apologies but I have a really bad bad memory for what happened when I am playing but here goes. I do remember the As taking the lead from a short corner before stretching their lead with a goal from open play - only to be pegged back by a determined B team who managed to score from a short despite TJs sterling running. The first half consisted of a lot of short corners - the pitch wasn't very big and I swear it felt like only 3 or 4 strides between each circle- some determined play from Megan in the middle who was influential in the attacks from the Bs (who weren't paying any attention to the poorly executed half court press by the As). The half time score was 5-2 to the As (Sara scored the second for the Bs with a fantastic sweep under TJ)
The second half saw the As focusing more on running and a better execution of the press (we tried anyway) and both sides had a lot of short corner practice. There were some more goals - Cynthia felt the need to get in on the action and looked utterly shocked when her pass went straight in. Queenie had a storming game in goal - and despite the lack of protective shorts save countless shots with her thighs, hope the bruises aren't too bad.
The As built on their last performance where they sneaked past the premiership Jansenites 3-2 with TJ, Chris and Rox scoring and looked to be getting back to match fitness, while the Bs looked like a well drilled team who will give Jansenites a run for their money next week.
The As are at 7.30 next week and the Bs at 8.30 so it looks like we won't have to build the pitch this week. See you all then and if you can come down and cheer each other on.
Sunday, 24 October 2010
Killer Beez Cement Top of Table
Div 3 team in tense 2-2 draw
Saturday, 23 October 2010
Wooden Shoe Tournament
Monday, 18 October 2010
TORNADOS HALLOWEEN PARTY!!!
You are invited to join Tornados Hockey Club celebrate a very spooky Halloween!!! Mwahahahahah!
Location: Harry's Bar (upstairs) @ Boat Quay
Date: Saturday 30th October, 2010
Cost: $35 on entry (includes buffet food, music, games and Tornados Harry's card drinks prices)
Fancy Dress: 'American' style Halloween (basically ANYTHING goes! Wahey!!!!!!!)
See you all there! Look forward to seeing some great outfits!
Regards,
Fishy & The Social Committee
Changes to Training
With the start of the indoor season, as well as the number of social tournaments coming up, we have decided to cancel Wednesday training at Hockey Village until January.
We will still have ad-hoc training sessions at Delta and CCAB as and when we can book them. Make sure your captain has your contact details so you get the latest information.
And, of course, we have Vietnam, The Wooden Shoe and The Agro Cup still to come.
Cheers,
Richard.
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Pesta Hoki USM-Penang International 2010
we got a invitation to the biggest Hockey tournament in the world
It is a 6 and 7 a side tournament from 10- to 12 dec. in Penang
anybody interrested to go ?
Please let me know, i will coordinate this tour.
Frenchy
Dear Team Managers,A SPECIAL INVITATIONOn behalf of Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, I have the pleasure in inviting teams from your end to participate in our unique sporting event: PESTA HOKI USM-PENANG INTERNATIONAL 2010, the world's biggest hockey carnival in the sixes and sevens category to be held on the 10-12 December 2010 at the University.This carnival will bring together over three thousand hockey players, officials and sports enthusiasts from Malaysia and neighbouring countries converging in the University's ground for an exciting three days of competition, cultural exchange and friendship.It gives me great pleasure to invite your teams to join the 37th edition of the hockey carnival. We are looking forward to meeting you in this prestigious tournament.Attached herewith is the official invitation letter. Should you require further information, please visit our official website at www.usm.my/pestahoki or email us at pestahoki@usm.my.Thank you.Yours sincerely,+6014-905-3063
When Indoor meets Outdoor in hockey
After a updates on the rules (which proved useless since the umpires did not know the rules themselves) and tactics and telling Nick that in indoor hockey you can use only one side of your stick, We started a mix that Purist will call a outdoor version of indoor hockey.
The Tornados Team was outpassed by a fitter and more skillfull SRC team or commonly know as RECs. I believe the T-REx must have some kind of familly links with them as they eat us yesterday. With a Score line of 7-2 for them. (i lost count may be more), despite this we manage to show some good moves toward the end of the game. Thank to our Johor Boy Sham for scoring a PC and one of the SRC player who score against his team when Frenchy gave a pass back that bounced into his feet and went in.
Special dedication to Kotters who played the role of goalie but without padds when he stops one of their numerous short corner with his knee. We are still looking for his knee if you found it please call 1-800-.
Our Garfield made numerous saves and without him we could have ended with a more damaging score line.
Thank all for coming and support us. Special thank for all our Supporter : Sara and to our manager of the day : our Tornados Royal highest Queenie.
See you next Wednesday 20-Oct at 8PM to play against SCC.
Monday, 11 October 2010
Ladies: THC 3 NYP 2
Tornados took to the field for the first time in months to face a new look NYP side in what would be Emilies’ last game before returning to France later this month. As well as saying farewell to our plucky goaly we were welcoming some new people into the ever growing Tornados family. I had always wondered why the NYP pitch wasn’t used for league games and it became apparent while warming up that the pitch itself was rock solid and the lighting kinda dim, but never mind we were all set to continue our winning ways.
The match began with Tornados scoring three goals in the first 10 minutes or so, during which time the match was more or less entirely played in the NYP half. The first goal came from a short corner, Lauren pushed out the ball, Gemma missed it chased back to retrieve it and then found Lauren in aches of space who deftly lifted the ball over the keeper. The second goal game from a low hard cross which Rosie swept into the top of the goal and the final goal came from Gemma who topped that ball and it dribbled under the keepers foot. Tornados should have scored a hatful more – Serena was unlucky when the diving keeper blocked her shot and well Gemma just couldn’t score. During the first half the rock solid defence of TJ, Cynthia and Jen were rarely troubled and when NYP did get a shot in it was usually on the reverse stick side and went sailing over the goal.
The second half was a little tougher for Tornados that the first. Whether it was the long hockey break, the lack of playing together or trying to battle the odd umpiring decisions I don’t know but NYP managed to score two goals. But all in all it was a good result with all the new players adapting to our formation (although we could have done with the coach to explain to people where they should be).
Emilie we will miss you in goal, Good Luck in
Team: Emilie, Jen, TJ, Cynthia, Lauren, Chris, Rox, Lou, Rosie, Gemma, Abi, Sara, Bernadette, Jasmine, Serena, Charlotte C
Sunday, 10 October 2010
Beez add another 3 points
Tornados on Channel 5: Wed 13 Oct
Last month they played a friendly game so that one of the contestants in the TV show "Lose to Win 2" could test her stamina on the hockey pitch.
The segment of the hockey shoot will be aired on 13th October 2010, 9pm-9:30-pm on Channel 5.
Watch out for post-game interviews with Gemma, TJ and Richard!
Saturday, 9 October 2010
Beez beat National Ladies 3-1
Sunday, 3 October 2010
Tornados 3s in out-standing 3-0 win!
"10"
Superior tactics from super-coach Richard outfoxed NTU as the Tornados famous spirit enabled the team to out-fight their youthful opponents.
An outstanding performance in le goal by Frenchy was entirely in keeping with the team's commitment and attitude that saw XP win MVP for a sterling effort on the left wing.
Neil's cross-field aerials were a constant threat as Joran galloped onto the ball and wobbled into the space created by a pacey Nick, whose tireless runs wore the defence ragged.
The defence were rock-solid again, with new boy John Clark showing why he was such an important mid-season signing as he linked up seamlessly with Sanjay and Rego.
In midfield, Matt P virtually came direct from the airport and overcame jetlag to put in his, now customary, stellar performance and Kamran proved Newton wrong as his perpetual motion machine only stopped when it came time for a well deserved chocolate milkshake after the game.
The Tornados now have a 3 week gap and restart on October 30th against SRC.
Saturday, 2 October 2010
Season Effectively over for the Beez
Monday, 27 September 2010
Div 3 - Sikhs 3 Tornados 1
Better swork will prevent this in future: team structure is always required so the aim for the next game is to do just that.
Improvement from this game was in discipline: we argued with the umpires a lot less than normal. If we can get the discipline working in our other areas, we still have a chance of a top 4 finish and then it's knock-out hockey to be played!
Thurs 30th Sep 8pm at Delta v CSC, 8pm - TO BE CONFIRMED
Sun 3rd Oct at Senkang P2 v Ngee Ann Poly, 6pmSunday, 26 September 2010
1s Suffer in Scorching Heat
Missing 2 key midfielders, and playing against a much younger C&C, the Tornados never managed to get into their stride. As the sun sapped their energy, they were unable to properly employ their, usually formidable, full-court press. They still managed to dominate the first half, yet were caught on the break just 3 times and came in at half time 3-1 down, much against the run of play.
It was not the day to chase a game and, despite the team spirit and commitment holding firm, the heat, combined with inferior fitness, meant that the final result was 5-1.
The League Championship, although not impossible, now seems a struggle. However, the Tornados still look strong to qualify for the knock-out competition.
Saturday, 25 September 2010
10 Valiant Beez Lose 2-1
Sunday, 19 September 2010
Div 3 result: Tornados 1 IA 1
Saturday, 18 September 2010
Killer Beez really do sting!!
Friday, 17 September 2010
Hockey this weekend
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Tornados Hockey Social News
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Quiz Night Write-up
You can download it from here.
Friday, 10 September 2010
Charity Hockey Game Fri 8th Oct
"Foreign Talent All Stars " vs Singapore National Team.
The game is in Support for the Floods victims in Pakistan. Why Pakistan? Because it's a hockey Nation and we as a hockey fraternity can help them.
I hope we can full support from the THC Members. We will be looking for some volunteers to run drinks stall, collect money and run activities.
Thank You
Frenchy.
Thursday, 9 September 2010
New Committee (Provisional)
A new committee structure has been proposed to better cope with a larger, more active club and, of course, the impending departure of Agro, our rudder for so many years.
This is in no way meant to exclude anyone so, if you are keen to get involved, please step up as we always need more help.
The intent is to put this new structure in place in September to see how it goes, make adjustments as necessary and formally ratify it at the AGM in January.
Please feel free to contact anyone below if you have any questions or suggestions.
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President - Jerry Singh
Secretary - TJ and
Assistant Secretary - TBC from the men's section
Keep records, liaise with ROS, SHF, new membership enquiries, website, book astro
Treasurer - Richard Ayres
Propose subs, plan budget, handle transactions, liaise with IRAS
Social Secretary - Gareth Fish
To be assisted by a Social Committee, comprising of the captain or nominated representative from each team. Major events shall be:
- Start of Season Party before the Ladies League
- Mid Season Party between the Leagues
- Awards Night at end of Men's League
- Intra-Club State of Origin Mixed Cup
Tour Secretary - Kirsten
Liaise with various tournament organisers and to nominate/assist organisers for individual tours
Quartermaster - Tony
Ordering kit and equipment
Ladies's Representative - Rotating
The Ladies will have their own sub-committee to reflect the fact that their league is at a different time from the men, and will provide one member for each committee meeting. This committee will also be on hand to assist the Club Committee as necessary.
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
TORNADOS HOCKEY SOCIAL NEWS
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
Prodigal Son Brings Win for 3s
Comedy moment of the day? Watching Dan and Barry trying to stand up and leave Harry's after a couple of beers. Trust me, we were laughing for 5 mins....because that's how long it took!
Next games:
Friday 17th Sept - 8:00pm v CSC - Sengkang Pitch 2
Sunday 19th Sept - 10:30am v IA - Sengkang Pitch 2
Please start filling in the google doc
Saturday, 4 September 2010
Beez Still Looking to Earn Stripes
Friday, 3 September 2010
Games Week End 5th Sep.
Tornados move top of Division 1
Despite sitting at the pinnacle of the league, the Tornados know that they still have lots to do if they are to wrest the title they won back in 2008 this term. Singapore Cricket Club (SCC) and C&C United are both undefeated and look truly solid.
The mix of experience and youth has aided SCC's quest for the title this season but newly promoted C&C are the surprise package of the league. The former came back from 2-goals down to beat the league leaders Tornados 3-2 while the youthful look of the latter has injected much needed freshness into the league and more positives are expected from the team coached by Fred Martens.
Meanwhile, last season's finalist Hollandse Club lie a lowly 6th in the table following their shock 2-1 reverse at the hands of C&C United. SRC are a place below them no thanks to alphabetical ranking. However both these sides are expected to bounce back and make headway in the right direction as the league progresses.
Old Rafflesians Association (ORA) and Nanyang Technological University played out an exciting 3-3 draw to help neither side make progress up the table. Nonetheless, ORA are now in 4th spot and that would be somewhere they would like to be at the end of the league.
Results and upcoming fixtures:
Date | Home | Score | Away | Time | Venue |
27 Aug 10 | SCC | 3-2 | Tornados HC | 8pm | Delta |
29 Aug 10 | Hollandse Club | 1-2 | C & C United | 3pm | Delta |
29 Aug 10 | NTU | 3-3 | ORA | 4.30pm | Delta |
29 Aug 10 | Tornados HC | 2-1 | SRC | 6pm | Delta |
Date | Home | Score | Away | Time | Venue |
5 Sep 10 | SCC |
| C & C United | 3pm | Delta |
5 Sep 10 | SRC |
| ORA | 4.30pm | Delta |
5 Sep 10 | Hollandse Club |
| NTU | 6pm | Delta |
EHL 2010-2011: Draw and Venues known!
2 September 2010
The Euro Hockey League (EHL) and the European Hockey Federation (EHF) are delighted to announce both the draw and the venues for the first Rounds of the 2010-2011 EHL Season. The draw was made jointly by Marijke Fleuren (NED) and Jorge Alcover (ESP), Vice Presidents of the European Hockey Federation.
Round 1.1 will take place in The Netherlands at Eindhoven's HC Oranje Zwart between the 15th and 17th October 2010. The tournament will feature the teams drawn into Pools B, E, F and H, which include European giants such as Rot-Weiss Köln (GER), HGC (NED), Club de Campo (ESP) and reigning EHL Champions UHC Hamburg (GER), as well as the host club who will be participating in their first ever EHL event.
Round 1.2 heads to Spain, with Atlétic Terrassa HC hosting the teams that will compete in Pools A, C, D and G between the 29th and 31st October 2010. As well as the famous team from the host club, other big names include Teun de Nooijer's HC Bloemendaal (NED), 2009-10 EHL Semi Finalists Real Club de Polo de Barcelona (ESP) and Mannheimer HC (GER), the new club of Germany international superstar Matthias Witthaus.
At Eindhoven, German champions Rot-Weiss Köln have been drawn into Pool B where they face a tricky start to their EHL campaign against Madrid's Club de Campo (ESP) – a team featuring former Club Egara stars Edi Tubau and Guillermo Schickendantz – as well as Belgian runners up Racing Club Bruxelles. Pool E sees European Champions UHC Hamburg facing Belgian and Russian opponents in KHC Dragons and Izmaylovo Moscow respectively, while former EHL finalists HGC take on Pembroke Wanderers (IRL) and Olympia Kolos Sekvoia (UKR) in Pool F. Host club Oranje Zwart have been drawn into Pool H, where Russian champions Dinamo Kazan and Polish runners up KS Pomorzanin Torun will provide stiff opposition.
Atlétic Terrassa Hockey Club has the pleasure of welcoming HC Bloemendaal – EHL champions in 2008-09 – who will compete in Pool A against England's Reading HC and SC Stroitel Brest of Belarus. Home favourites Atlétic Terrassa will be vociferously supported by their fans when they face Beeston HC (ENG) and CA Montrouge, the champions of France. Ashley Jackson's East Grinstead (ENG) will do battle with RC de Polo de Barcelona (ESP) and Kelburne (SCO) in Pool D, while WKS Grunwald Poznan (POL), Mannheimer HC (GER) and Glenanne HC (IRL) will fight it out in Pool G.
Over the course of the two tournaments in Eindhoven and Terrassa, 24 teams will be reduced to the 16 participants that will take part in Easter's famous KO16 event.
"The high quality venues at HC Oranje Zwart and Atlétic Terrassa ensure that the Euro Hockey League is continuing to pursue the high standards that we have set over the past three seasons", said Jan Verboom, Operational Manager of the Euro Hockey League. "The EHL and the European Hockey Federation are greatly looking forward to working with both clubs in the organisation of what should be two outstanding first round events."
Full information regarding the draw for the EHL first rounds can be found at www.ehlhockey.tv. A full listing of the match schedule for the tournament will be released next week, with details regarding the sale of tickets being announced in the coming weeks.
Thursday, 2 September 2010
KL Tours Pictures online
http://s800.photobucket.com/home/jonathanrsc/allalbums
Monday, 30 August 2010
Friday blues to Sunday cheers!
A difficult set of matches over the weekend pitted the 1st team against SCC and SRC. It was a mixed bag of results that ultimately ended on a high with a strong win against the ‘young ones’ of SRC.
Friday’s match was always going to be a challenge against a side that we drew against in the first game of the season, but after a strong start we were quickly 2-0 up following some fine finishing from resident Sri-Lankan paceman, Pasan - who was also man of the match. Unfortunately while we continued to threaten more goals, SCC began to find their feet and following some clinical goals on their part they were once again back in the mix.
The second half continued in the same vein with Tornadoes threatening, but failing, to find the back of the net and once again SCC took their chances and we were staring at our first defeat of the season. Great commitment was shown again across the board but this time the goals eluded us!
Fresh from that defeat, Sunday was an opportunity against SRC to make amends and from front to back this was probably our strongest performance of the season. At the front, Pasan once again demonstrated his fleet-footedness, while Gary seemed to have found 5th gear; interplayed with strong hold-up play from Paddy and inventive passing from Rashid, we were looking very dangerous going forward. Composure was the name of the game both defensively and in the midfield and it was no surprise when we took the lead from a sweet drag-flick from Gary. While we continued to press, more opportunities came and barring some heroic keeping from SRC we would have been a couple up at half time.
Unfortunately Tornadoes were left to rue not stretching their lead, when SRC struck back through a well taken drag flick of their own. The match was finely poised for long periods of the second half and this was backed up by some fantastic saves from le gardien de but and man of the match, Frenchy. There was also tireless running from Joran and co in the midfield and strong tackling from our back three – Rego, Steve and Matt. However as the game entered the last ten minutes, Pasan was released down the right and following a deflection in the box, Paddy was able to sweep home for a well deserved Tornadoes victory.
We now go into a three week break on the back of a convincing win and performance that set us up well for the remainder of the season.
Results Weekend (27-29 Aug)
Hi All,
Results of the weekend
Friday, August 27
M1 2 v SCC 3
Sunday, August 29
M2 1 v SRC 5
M3 0 v Khalsa 1
M1 2 v SRC 1
Sunday, 29 August 2010
KBs turn into Asthmatic Ants
Thursday, 26 August 2010
Games This Weekend (27-29 Aug)
Below is this weekend's Tornados HC teams games schedule.
All games at Delta beside the third playing at CCAB.
Please Note the 1st Team has 2 games
Friday, August 27
8:00pm M1 v SCC at Delta
Sunday, August 29
10:30am M2 v SRC at Delta
3:00pm M3 v Khalsa at CCAB
6:00pm M1 v SRC at Delta
Mucha
Monday, 23 August 2010
Sunday, 22 August 2010
Tornados Mixed Hockey Comp
50 players from across all Tornados teams mixed it up to form 4 new teams for the day that, along with a guest team from Hollandse Club, competed in a round-robin 8-a-side competition on Saturday afternoon.
Dave's Destroyers topped the league and looked strong for the title. However, they narrowly lost to the Dutch in an exciting, if hastily arranged, penalty shoot-out after a 1-1- draw in the final.
Hockey, though, was the real winner. Once the games were done, the BBQ was fired up and the sausage sizzle kicked in. Rain then forced many players to stay at the Hockey Village and drink beer into the evening.
Big thanks to Rob and Queenie for sorting the food and to Emilie for corralling the teams.
Saturday, 14 August 2010
Sunday, 8 August 2010
Tornados on YouTube
Monday, 2 August 2010
Wooden Shoe - Sat 23 Oct
On Saturday 23 October 2010, the Dutch Hockey community - part of the " Hollandse Club' - will organise the 17th edition of the "Wooden Shoe Hockey Tournament". This unique, one day sport event is an outstanding intercultural happening in SIngapore.
It is a 7-a-side tournament for both men and women teams. The tournament will be played at the Sengkang Hockey Stadium.
SAVE THE DATE! More information and subscription forms are coming soon!
Contact: woodenshoe2010@gmail.com
Sunday, 1 August 2010
THC 1s Top of the Table
The second half saw the Tornados hit the post, miss a penalty and Frenchy save a p-flick yet. Despite heroic defending, the Tornados still conceded a goal minutes before full time. However, the team spirit continues to be strong and there was no lack of commitment, with players thoroughly unafraid to throw themselves around and make runs to support and defend. Combining talented players with a great team game, THC are very much the team to beat this season.
Spirited 3s Climb Learning Curve
Rob Glover, outstanding in goal, was instrumental in keeping the score in single figures and thoroughly deserved Man of the Match. THC's goal came from a short corner deep in the second half, with Daenan collecting a rebound from Sharroul's initial strike.
When they did get into their rhythm, the forward line showed promise with Morgan and Daenan linking up well to provide THC with a couple of good chances of a goal.
Ultimately fitness was the telling factor and, despite showing plenty of skill, a static midfield was always going to struggle against the youth of JFA whose players obviously had gone to bed early the previous night.
The Tornados now have a 3 week break to work on fitness before the season restarts.