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2005
28-Nov-05 - Guernsey Easter 2006 Tour unveiled!
Folkestone is dead long live Guernsey. The hunt for the Easter Tour 2006 has been completed and the Hornets are off to the Channel Islands - Guernsey. The tour has been booked but this year everyone is beling asked to organise their own transport and accommodation. For those who enjoy the comfort of a Hotel there are multiple options and for the slightly more pikey members there is also somewhere to camp! An email has gone round notifying the club and there are still some places available but they are going quickly. The price is £25. Those interested need to sort their accommodation & transport arrangements asap as there are only limited options and the prices are at their cheapest before Xmas. For more details about the tour please contact MJ for further details.
07-Oct-05 - 2005 Season draws to a close
The Hornets sixth season has now come to a close bringing the clubs totalall time results to the following:
Festivals |
P |
W |
D |
L |
Diff |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All tours |
124 |
43 |
31 |
50 |
+14 |
164 |
Roll on next season... this could be the year Gareth loses his top goal scorer crown of 33... those chasing include Jonny on 18 and Si Riley on 17. Enjoy the winter and... watch this space for announcements about the Easter tour 2006.
05-Oct-05 - Stratford Festival Photos & Report published
The tour photos & report from the 2005 Stratford Festival (23/25-Sep) have been published. You can access the report from the tour section in the right hand menu.
06-Sep-05 - Bath Festival Photos & Report published
The tour photos & report from the 2005 Bath Festival (05/07-Aug) at Bath Uni Sports Village have been published. You can access the report from the tour section in the right hand menu.
16-Aug-05 - Stratford Tour 2005 Plans announced
The tour season is almost at an end and it is time for the final tour of the year. Having returned with nothing from a very lazy 14th place at the Bath festival then this year's last chance for glory comes late September. The tour takes place over the weekend of 24/25-Sep. The accommodation is camping and everything is based at the grass pitches at Stratford-upon-Avon Hockey Club. A good fun tour with separate competitions on Saturday & Sunday. Cost is £25. If you are interested in coming along then please contact us for further details.
08-Aug-05 - Hornets scrape 14th place @ Bath
The Bath tour certainly saw more success off the pitch than on it. With one win and 3 draws the Hornets scraped a lazy 14th place after losing the cross-over game 1-0 on the Sunday. Still, who tours for the hockey anyway?
23-Jul-05 - Guildford LadyBoys Festival Photos & Report published
The tour photos & report from the 2005 Guildford LadyBoys Festival (15-17 July) at Guildford HC have been published. You can access the report from the tour section in the right hand menu.
17-Jul-05 - Bath Tour 2005 Plans announced
The tour season is in full swing and they are coming thick and fast. Having barely arrived back from the LadyBoys Tour in Guildford it is time to start planning the Bath Tour. The tour takes place over the weekend of 05/07-Aug, is residential and based at the Bath Uni Sports Village. Matches take place on both astroturf and grass pitches. A quality tour with approx 32 teams - all itching to beat the legendary Hornets! Cost (inc accommodation) is £56. If you are interested in coming along then please contact us for further details.
24-May-05 - Guildford Tour 2005 Plans announced
As one tour finishes another is underway. The Hornets are currently recruiting for players for the second visit to the LadyBoys Tour in Guildford. The tour is camping and based on two astroturf pitches - one sand & one water. A nice smallish tour with approx 16 teams - all very good natured and up for competitive but festival hockey! If you are interested in coming along then please contact us for further details.
23-May-05 - SuperHornets Den Haag 2005 Photos published
The tour photos from the 2005 Den Haag Festival (13-15 May) at HC Klein Zwitserland have been published. You can access the report from the tour section in the right hand menu.
18-May-05 - Eindhoven 2004 Photos published
The tour photos from the 2004 Eindhoven Festival have finally been added to the website - apologies for the 'slight' delay. You can access the report from the tour section in the right hand menu.
16-Apr-05 - New kit on order
The club are placing another order for Anglia Hornets HC Squad kit. The Hornets have two different types of shirts - a polo shirt & a drill shirt. Typically the polo shirt is the 'playing' shirt and the drill shirt is the 'drinking' shirt. But you can do either of these activities in either of the shirts!!! The drill shirts are slightly more expensive but they are much heavier cotton. It doesn't matter whether you just want some more shirts or have recently joined and don't have any kit. For more infromation about kit click here, to place and order then please email Mark Jones.
02-Apr-05 - Folkestone Easter Festival Report & Photos published
The tour report for the Folkestone Easter Festival 2005 has now been published along with over five pages of photos from the tour. You can access the report from the tour section in the right hand menu.
30-Mar-05 - Summer Tour program confirmed
After the sucess of the Folkestone Easter Tour, the tour program for 2005 can now be published. The Hornets can confirm that they will also be attending the Guildford LadyBoys Tour (July), the Bath Buccaners Tour (Aug) and the Stratford Bard Stars Tour (Sep) during summer 2005.
28-Mar-05 - Final Folkestone Festival is a roaring success
The third and final trip to the Folkestone Easter Festival was well attended and one of the best easter tours to date.
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The Hornets turned in some 'special' performances that ended up with a very good set of results for an Easter tour.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Dif | Pts |
| Hornets | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 13 |
Goals: Catherine Dwyer (3), Tim Bailey (3), Ross McArdell (2), Scott McArdell (2), Mark Jones (2), Gareth Norris & Jon Kirby.
22-Mar-05 - Super Hornets Dutch Tour update
The Holland tour is booked and the final details are being hammered out. There are 17 players, making this tour the biggest tour to Holland ever! There are a few ideas planned to ensure this will also be the best Dutch Tour to date! The tour location has been confirmed as www.ballenaanzee.nl - HC Klein Zwitserland Klatteweg, 113, Den Haag (Telefoon: 070 - 3543948 or 070 - 3544264)
- Representing the UK: Gareth Norris, Jon Kirby, James Kirby, Will Kirby, Ross McArdell, Mark Jones, Andrew Potapa, Alisdair Gordon, Shandy Hurst, Jose Panteras.
- Representing the Flatlanders: Will Dijckmeester, Chris Ek, Lucas van Rossem, Reinout Reinout, Fat Ruud, plus 2 un-named secret dutchies.
16-Mar-05 - Hornets confirm team for Folkestone 2005
The money is in (well most of it) and the votes have been counted (?!?). The hotel is booked and the team is confirmed. The Hornets kick off their annual campaign in Folkestone with their first game at 12Noon on Easter Friday. Team for this year is George Sykes (GK), Tim Bailey (GK), MJ, Jon Kirby, James Kirby, Scott McArdell, Ross McArdell, Gareth Norris, Aidan Brock, Mike Selby, Victoria H, Catherine Dwyer, Bex Law, Hannah Browster, Ellie Gardener, Hazel Wordley & Fran Root.
17-Feb-05 - Hornets website re-launched
The website - www.angliahornets.com - has been redesigned and relaunched for 2005. All the old content has been included but the design and navigation have been streamlined to enable the download time to be minimized. In addition to this the entire site has been migrated to a new web server at Web-Mania and away from Yahoo! Geocities. This has the benefit of removing the irritating pop-up adverts and drastically increasing the bandwidth for photo downloads to 6GB per month.
16-Feb-05 - The Annual Super Hornets Tour to Holland
The annual tour to Holland is planned for the 13-15 May but the actual festival that the hornets will enter is still to be confirmed. The choices are as follows:
- www.ballenaanzee.nl Den Haag, Hockey club Klein Zwitserland
- www.roycetoernooi.nl Geldrop near Eindhoven
- www.nonotoernooi.nl Veghel near Eindhoven
28-Jan-05 - Folkestone Easter 2005 Tour preparations nearing completion
Folkestone Easter Tour 2005 preparations are nearly complete. The 2005 tour will be the final visit to Folkestone for Easter before the Hornets find a new festival to crash. The accommodation has been confirmed - Sunny Lodge Guest House - and an email has gone round notifying the club. All the men's places have gone but there are two remianing women's places. The price is £90 inc. 3 nights accommodation. For more details about the tour please contact MJ for further details.
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