Talent Development Update

Dear All

Please see the second update below.

1. Payment
The payment facilities are now operational - the fee for attending trials is £20. You can either set up a Direct Debit via GoCardless (we could not transfer the old ones from the Player Pathway System - apologies) OR pay by card. So far we have only set a charge for the U13 Boys to check that this works in the live environment. As soon as we have confirmation that it does work, we will apply a charge to all other trial squads. Hopefully within the next few days or so.

2. Registration
Please can you complete registration - there are a few strange questions that have been added in by England Hockey - apologies if they are a bit cumbersome to complete.

3. Trials
For the U13 and U14 year groups, we are going to take advantage of the fact that we have the Sports Hall available at Kings and run a Strength and Conditioning Session for each Trial Squad - they should appear in your players Club Buzz Selections. These sessions will be run by a specialist strength and conditioning company and we will send further details out in due course. These sessions will not be part of the selection process but we do encourage players to attend.

Sunday 1st October is a second trial date for the under 13s and under 14s. A few players will be selected or released back to school or club at the first trial date and will not need to attend the trial on the 1st October.

There may be some players that cannot attend the first trial date so they will be able to attend the second trial date - please let us know and we will adjust the registers.

The 1st October sessions will be for the U13 and U14 age groups on half a pitch each - we strongly suggest that you keep both dates and times available.

4. Club Buzz App
Club Buzz is now available on IoS and Android - please feel free to use them on your phone instead of trying to use the web version.

Regards,

James and Helen