IOM Juniors Selected For JRPC

Tue, 21 Jun 2011

 

WI-MANX and IOM SPORT assist Isle of Man Young Hockey Players to be selected for North West Junior Regional Performance Centre

The Manx Hockey Association are proud to announce that eleven young hockey players from the Isle of Man’s junior academy centre have been selected to attend performance coaching sessions at the North West Junior Regional Performance Centre (JRPC) at Belle Vue, Manchester this summer.

Attending this summer’s JRPC program will be (at U18) Lauren Finch (Repton School and Ramsey) and Steven Lowe (Valkyrs); (at U17) Alex Bell (Cronkbourne Bacchanalians); (at U16) Chloe Cornish (Cronkbourne Bacchanalians), Ellen Robinson, Nick White, Matthew Grice, Nat Smith (all Ramsey); and (at U15) Chris Whiting (Cronkbourne Bacchanlians), Jack Woods (Vikings) and Juan Kermeen (Ramsey).  

These players will be a part of a squad of approximately 36 players at each age level and will receive 24 hours of coaching supervised by England Hockey centrally contracted coaches. Their first target will be to try to gain selection for the Manchester Pumas team for round robin tournaments in September against the Leeds and Durham centres.

Manx Hockey Association Chairman James Shimmin commented “This is an incredible performance by the Island’s youngsters and is an excellent reward for the effort put in by the academy players and coaches over the winter.”

The MHA would like to thank WI MANX as our corporate sponsor and IOM SPORT for their continued support with this program.  It is only through their continued support of the Single System Program and allowing us to assist in travel costs that we are able to provide the youth players within hockey with the opportunity to maximise their potential.