Hello BHC I hope you are keeping well and Lockdown 3.0 is that last! I want to update you on a few thing regarding the general committee. Helen Garrett-Lang (Vice chair) & Ian Pett (club captain) are stepping down from the committee, they have been a huge part of what we have been able to…

Hello and happy new years to you all. The committee met last night to discuss a return to hockey with the latest set of restrictions in place. Adult hockey England hockey have stated that whilst in tier 4 adult hockey isn’t allowable. To reflect this all adult leagues have deferred the return of league hockey…

Hello BHC, I have been contacted by a small number of people asking why we decided as a committee to not enter into league hockey post lockdown 2.0 and to not train beyond 12th December. So I thought I would share the logic of the committees decisions. We met on the 2nd of December and…

Hello BHC, EH have issued new guidance today specifically about travel to games, which make travel to away games practically impossible.Subsequently the committee met tonight and have decided to remove Basingstoke from all league games, adult and junior, on safety and financial grounds. In line with EH guidance we can still train and intend on…

Hello BHC, The committee met this evening and discussed the how we are to return to hockey. Adult hockey wise, those “lucky” enough to have a league game this Saturday will be training on Thursday 3rd December (Men 1 , 2 & 3s) with Junior hockey returning on Saturday 5th with some adult training also…

Hello BHC, EH have decided, in line with the government lockdown, that hockey will be postponed until after 4th December you can read England hockey announcement  Here The committee met last night and decided that we would stop hockey immediately and the council have agreed with our decision so there will be no further hockey…

Hello BHC England hockey has announced that stage 5, the return of league hockey, can go ahead and our adults leagues will start on time. Details Here We still have to comply with all the same guidance as before so Spond is still mandatory for all play, training or games. We are opening our lovely club…

Hello, As the new season approaches we are forced to make difficult decisions around what we do with the collection on annual fees. England hockey have given a clear steer they expect hockey to start on time so we are following that lead. To that end we will start collecting annual fees as if the…

Hello BHC, The COVID committee has decided that the club is fully ready to move to stage 4 hockey. We have set up and conducted trials with the ladies section on Spond and this morning the juniors ran a session with up to 30 in each bubble. We will carefully monitor the situation in the…

Hello BHC EH have agreed with the government we can move to stage 4! which is Local Match Play, you can read what this means here . EH COVID advice   In summary LOADS of admin & rules but we can play games and train in groups up to 30. I will set out below…

Hello, I was personally delighted to see so many of you attend our first virtual AGM and I thank you for giving your time up. I think the format worked well and we will look to repeat that in the future. I was especially delighted with the number of questions I was asked, it shows…

Hello BHC Please find attached the lastest guidance that we are publishing in line with England Hockeys step 2 socially distanced training. BHC Back to Play Risk Assessment Version 1.2 Covid 19 Guidance to Players and Coaches Version 2.3 Covid 19 Guidance to Parents Version 1.1 Covid 19 Access to Pitch 2 England hockey have…