Junior Hockey

Season Start

Registration | Fees | Trial Dates | Trial Process

2024 Registration

Registration Opens (ALL PLAYERS)
7 February 2024

Registration Closes
10 March 2024

Returning members
7 - 18 February 2024

Registration Links

Returning Somerville players

Returning Somerville players and new siblings are guaranteed placement when registered before the 18 February with subscription payment by 24 February. Families will receive an email reminder/prompt by February.

If you played for Somerville in 2023 and will not be returning, please advise us by emailing somervillejuniorhockey@gmail.com as this helps manage registrations.

New Players

New players must register with NO payment. Successful applicants will receive an email by Early March with payment due in 10 days to confirm your placement. If the number of registrations exceed the clubs allocated training spaces new registrations will be prioritised in the following order:

1. Offer of coaching assistance or club administration
2. New players in date order of registration

Unsuccessful registrations will be contacted before term 1 holidays.

2024 Junior Fees

2024 fees for Junior players are $310 per player. There is a family discount of $25 per youth or Junior subscriptions where 3 or more family members play hockey. Goal keepers with their own gear are required to pay $40 only

Junior Pricing

ONLINE CREDIT CARD

PLAYER $310 $316

GOALIE $40 $44

Somerville Junior Bank Account
06-0257-0118012-02

Somerville Junior fees cover practice equipment, turf fees for matches and practice for two school terms, a team photo presented at prize giving and a uniform shirt levy. The fees also cover levies paid to Auckland Hockey Association and Hockey NZ (for administration, coaching support, representative programmes and AHA facilities).

Trial Dates

Skills Trials will be held the first 2 weekends. As team selection is primarily based on the skills results, we ask that you plan to attend one of the skills sessions shown below.

For players new to hockey in any grade, there will be a muster at each timeslot where a coach will run your child through basic foundation hockey skills. And will only move to the skills stations if confident.

Sunday 24 March, the third weekend, will only be used where necessary to carry out final skills testing or by invite only for games, as requested by our grade selectors to finalise teams.

Sunday 10th & 17th March | Diocesan Turf | Skills
Mini Sticks 10am-11am (School years 3-4)
Kiwi Sticks 11am-1pm (School years 5-6)
Kwik Sticks 1pm-3pm (School years 7-8)

Sunday 24th March | Diocesan Turf
Fun Sticks Muster 10-11am (School years 0-2)
Mini, Kiwi, Kwik Sticks | Invite Only | Time TBC

2024 Trial Process

Trials will be held at Diocesan School turf, Clyde Street, Epsom this year. Underground parking entrance is on Clyde Street.

  • To support a good hockey experience, team selections are primarily based on players’ performance in the Hockey drill skills held at trials. Trial games may be used to finalise team placements (with the exception of Fun Sticks school Year 0-2, which has a Muster) 

  • For most Junior team selections, we take into consideration, friends, siblings, transportation issues and parental involvement. Please note any key comments in the registration form.

  • Teams will be named before the end of Term 1 and be displayed on the Club website.

Kwik Sticks Year 7-8

  • There will be a minimum of 2 Skills trials. A third trial will be used with 6-aside games to help determine team selections.

  • The total number of players selected to each team will be predetermined by the coaching and selection staff.

  • The Club offer mixed gender teams in this age group, based on ability.

  • At the completion of the trial process, team announcements will be displayed on the Club website.

  • Although the Club views Y7/8 as a development phase the selection process will reflect a number of players placed into teams with players of similar ability (scaling teams 1 and 2)

  • Consideration is given to siblings and transportation outside of these teams.

  • AHA grading rounds can be used to ensure selections are as accurate as possible.

  • Due to the fluid nature of Junior trials the Club reserves the right to interchange players between teams within 21 days after the final announcement. The Club does this in response to player departure after trials and in an effort to balance the needs of social interaction (age/stage) and competitiveness. 

Kiwi Sticks Year 5-6

  • There will be a minimum of 2 skills trials. A third trial will be used with 6-aside games to help determine team selections for teams 1-4.

  • Players/parents can support their registration application by means of Club assistance (umpire, coach, manage, administration, skills to support the running of the Club e.g. website, fundraising etc). This information should be recorded on the player registration form and will be factored into “Club placement” but not “team placement”..

  • Although the Club views Y5/6 as a development phase the selection process may reflect a number of players placed into teams with players of similar ability (scaling teams 1, 2 and 3). Consideration will be given to siblings/transportation/parental involvement outside of these teams.

  • AHA grading rounds may be used to ensure selections are as accurate as possible.

  • At the completion of the trial process team announcements will be displayed on the Club website.

  • Due to the fluid nature of Junior trials the Club reserves the right to interchange players between teams within 21 days after the final announcement. The Club does this in an effort to balance the needs of social interaction (age/stage) and competitiveness.

Mini Sticks Year 3-4

  • There will be a minimum of 1 skills trials. A second trial will be used with 6-aside games to help determine team selections.

  • Players/parents can support their registration application by means of club assistance (umpire, coach, manage, administration, skills to support the running of the Club e.g. website, fundraising etc). This information should be recorded on the player registration form and will be factored into “Club placement” but not “team placement”.

  • Although the Club views Y3/4 as a development phase the selection process may reflect a number of players placed into teams with players of similar ability (scaling teams 1-2). Consideration is given to siblings/transportation/parental involvement etc outside of these teams.

  • At the completion of the trial process team announcements will be displayed on the Club website.

Fun Sticks Year 0-2

  • There will be a minimum of 1 Muster to help determine team placement.

  • Players/parents can support team placement in their registration application by providing friends names or siblings

  • The club views Y0-2 as a purely development phase. Selection of teams will take into consideration siblings, transportation issues and parental involvement.

  • At the completion of the trial/muster process team announcements will be displayed on the Club website.