East Masters Hockey

Regional Tournaments. 
East representative sides are organised by the persons listed below, Trials are arranged and any player of the relevant age and who lives, was born or plays their hockey in the East can apply to attend.  Ages are determined as at the end of the year in which the tournament is held and trials are usually held from February onwards.  For details of trials for any of the groups, players are advised to contact the organiser. At Regional Tournaments, further selection takes place for England sides at these age groups.

Age Group	Organiser		Tournament Date
MEN
Over 40s	Stephan Port*	steph.port@ultra-ccs.com 01727 872657	8/9 May 2010
Over 45s	Nigel Seager*	hylands_const@hotmail.com 07713 158046	8/9 May 2010
Over 50s Masters	Brian Rogerson	brianrogerson@gmail.com 07768 612601	1/2 May 2010
Over 55s Vintage Masters	David Gill*	david@purplex.net   07801 050249	8/9 May 2010 tba
Over 60s Grand Masters	Gerald Wilkinson*	gerald@wilkinson0037.freeserve.co.uk 01245 284111	15/16 May 2010
Over 65s Great Grand Masters	David Wright*	dwright@dircon.co.uk 01525 220474	15/16 May 2010
WOMEN
Over 40s	Peter Rushmere	peterushmere@hotmail.com 01400 273069 [h] 077594 73786 [m]	24/31 Jan 2010
Over 45s	Peter Rushmere	as above	24/31 Jan 2010
Over 50's			24/31 Jan 2010

East Lady masters will be holding trials and training prior to the tournament.  Players who are interested in representing the East in either side should contact the Administrator in the first instance.  Dates and venues for trials will be confirmed in due course.  At Regional Tournaments, further selection takes place for England sides at these age groups.East Lady masters will be holding trials and training prior to the tournament.  Players who are interested in representing the East in either side should contact the Organiser.  Dates and venues for trials will be confirmed in due course.  At Regional Tournaments, further selection takes place for England sides at these age groups.

Please note that the women's clubs masters tournament age group has been altered to over 40s (from Over 35s) . Teams can play 2 non-club players for season 09-10. There will still be an East round (organised by Cambridge City HC - last season's winners) which is likely to be held on either 21 March or 11 April. For specific details please contact Sally Tippen, 56 Angle End, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, CB21 5JG, 01223 880728 (H), legend_st@hotmail.co.uk. The National Final of this competition is on Sunday 18 April. Please also note that a new knock-out competition for over 35s is being organised by England Hockey, with dates prescribed. You will need to contact England Hockey if you wish to take part. At the time of going to press we understand that the finals of both these competitions are on the same weekend. However, England Hockey are looking into this.

East Masters Working Group
The Working Group comprises all those marked * above, plus John Caylor and Fred Matthews. David Wright is Chairman. Please note that the word Masters [and not Veterans] is now used internationally for all players over 40.