Junior Hockey

Support & Parents

Uniforms & Gear | Coaches | Managers | Umpires | Health & Safety | Volunteer Support for Somerville | Venues & cancellations

Uniforms & Gear

Team shirts are provided for Juniors and are handed out by managers at the first practice or game and collected in at the last game of the season.

Players purchase their own Somerville shorts and socks along with their stick, mouthguard and shin guards. We recommend playing in trainers with good grip.

Somerville gear, including shorts and socks are available at Just Hockey Enfield Street in Mt Eden.

Mouth guards are available at Just Hockey, pharmacies or through dentists.

Recycle! We encourage all members to bring in any old gear from last season to be redistributed to new player members or the wider community.

Please ensure ALL equipment and clothing is clearly named.

For those new to hockey, Just Hockey have a great Junior Starter Pack you can build to suit your child.

Parent & Club Coaches

The Club benefits enormously from the input of parent coaches and from our Youth and Senior club members. If you are interested in being a Team Coach to support and grow with your child through their journey in the sport please indicate this on the registration form.

A Senior Coach coordinator will be present at trainings sessions to mentor new coaches and provide support. All coaches are provided with coaching material and session plans.

Senior and Youth club players are offered financial assistance to off-set club fees in return for Junior Coaching assistance. Students completing Duke of Edinburgh can also receive credits towards their Duke of Edinburgh community service.

Coaches are primarily responsible for Saturday morning coaching and can have support at mid-week practices.

Team Managers

Our team managers are the engine room and glue of the Club, throughout the season they:

  • Managers distribute information (by email, text, social apps)

  • Distribute uniforms,

  • Check the draw each week (including on a Friday night in case of late changes through the AHA app)

  • Report weekly match scores.

  • Can also assist coaches during games (with substitutions, recording goals for and against and 1st aid when required).

If you would like to be the Manager of your child’s team, please indicate this on the registration form. Your support is greatly appreciated. 

Umpires

The coach is responsible for coaching/umpiring for Fun Sticks and Mini Sticks matches. 

AHA JUMP Umpires are allocated to most Kiwi and Kwik Sticks grades. It is very helpful to coaches for Kiwi Sticks and Kwik Sticks if another parent or secondary-school sibling umpires the games if an AHA JUMP umpire is not available. 

If you are prepared to assist with umpiring, please indicate this on the registration form.  The club supports training costs for umpires.

The Auckland Hockey JUMP (Junior Umpires Mentoring Programme) is a training programme to mentor Youth (secondary school age) umpires. Auckland Hockey is very interested in hearing from anyone who would like to get involved. Information is available on the Auckland Hockey website or email info@akhockey.org.nz

Volunteer Support for Somerville

We are very interested to hear from parents who are prepared to help with odd jobs to assist the Junior hockey administration or the running of the Club generally. Please indicate when registering if you are able to assist either in the Junior area of the club, or if you have specific business skills such as fundraising or sponsorship experience that would be able to assist the Club’s management committee.

Health & Safety

The Club supports ACC Health and Safety policy, and in accordance with Auckland Hockey Association rules it is compulsory for players to wear mouth guard and shin pads when playing or practicing hockey. 

We have also developed some material to support the safe playing of hockey, and first aid tips – see our website page.

Venues & Cancellation

Hockey games are rarely cancelled on artificial turf, most turfs are only flooded temporarily (minutes) so that play may just be delayed for a short time. Do not assume your match will be cancelled, always attend the venue where a decision will be made at match time by the umpires and team officials.

Venue location and maps for playing hockey can be found on our turf locations page. More information is also found on Auckland Hockey’s Junior page.