Registration will soon open for the inaugural Marlow Hockey5s Easter Tournament. This is a unique opportunity to experience a new and exciting format of outdoor hockey. We will shortly be opening up the registration process, but in the meantime here is the important information.
It will be a fun tournament, played on 2 adjacent pitches at Marlow Hockey Club, Pound Lane. Games will be 10 mins one way and teams of 10 can use rolling substitutions to keep 5 players on the pitch at any one time. The tournament will be a round robin format, with 8 teams all playing each other. We’ll have a DJ playing during the 2 min intervals between games and there will be trophies for winning teams in all categories. The registration fee per team is £180 and we would prefer to limit the number of teams in each category to 1 per Club.
The tournament includes 6 categories, which take place either in the morning or afternoon as follows:
• Friday 29 March
o U16 Girls (morning)
o U16 Girls (afternoon)
• Saturday 30 March
o Adult Women - For players/teams no higher than South Central Women's Division 3 North or equivalent (morning)
o Adult Men – For players/teams no higher than South Central Men's Division 5 or equivalent (afternoon)
• Monday 1 April
o Women, open category (morning)
o Men, open category (afternoon)
We’ll run a safe tournament; we will be providing a first aider on site to attend to any injuries that might occur. Hockey5s is a faster game than outdoor, with different rules compared to both indoor and outdoor hockey.
We will provide a rules briefing for all teams at the start of the tournament and all umpires will be L1 assessed and will have had Hockey5s training prior to the tournament.
There will be a BBQ and players will be able to buy meal vouchers (including a vegetarian option) at a discounted price of £7.50 when registering. There will also be other food and drink available to buy close to the pitch.
For more information, please contact hockey5smarlow@gmail.com