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Welcome to EUHC 2009-2010. This page aims to give you a flavour of what its all about when you join our club. We’re the largest club in the university and offer a great opportunity to meet lots of new people while playing hockey. This is not only aimed at freshers, but to all existing members too!
Commitment
This means turning up to training every week, unless you have a very good excuse, and making yourself available every weekend, unless again, you have a very good excuse! The club doesn’t work any other way. Each team needs to be a squad of around 18 players, and they must be prepared to play week in week out in some of the worst weather in the world! Plus, if you’re committed, you’ll have more fun and ‘bond’ with your team a little bit more.
Club Rules
- The club Captain is always right!
- Freshers are always wrong!
- Freshers and fellow club members must at all times, obey those in the club superior to them, i.e their elders [especially when having a bevy!]
- Man of the match and dick/tit of the day should be selected after every match. They both must race each other to finish their pint, and the tit of the day must wear the team selected item of clothing for the next match.
- Fancy Dress nights must be supported wholeheartedly, with fines for lack of effort.
- Smooching members of the boys/girls club is to be applauded and rewarded!
- Drinking fines will be decided by the most senior member present. Their decision is final. Any further querying of this decision will result in more fineage.
- Any committee member not partaking in suitable drunken debauchery should be fined. This behaviour should be pointed out to the club captain who will arrange fineage.
- International Rules apply at all times during Social events, and any club member double parked shall see away the remainder of one drink.
Socialising
Believe me, the socializing experience of EUHC is not one to be missed. You’ll make friends for life in the club if you stick around. You’ll also have some of the best experiences of your life. If you’re single, this is the perfect opportunity to meet some delightful (not so delightful) young men and women. And for those taken, it’s a great way to laugh at your mates!
We are sponsored by the Crags (opposite Pollock) and this is our regular pub where we meet before all socials etc. Teams also go here after matches for ‘Match Teas.’ This isn’t optional. It’s a great way to calm down after the match and hang out with your team mates. It’s also a great way to meet other members of the club since all the teams come back here. Pitchers are a speciality of the crags so Saturday nights will always start with a bang! We have quite a lot of drinking games which we like to invariably start after we’ve had a few. And to bring back historic tradition, come around 9pm we’ll all have an epic race to the Student Union: Potterow, many still wearing our sports kit, to carry on with the evenings banter!
Wednesday afternoons/evenings are also big nights for the club. Since the top teams are playing matches, other club members usually come down to support them at home matches! We all head to crags afterwards and then on to the venue chosen by the social secs, usually City. Fancy dress is an ongoing theme, so get that wardrobe prepared! Much pullage usually goes on at these social events too, so be prepared! Alcohol does play a large part in our nights out, but if you don’t drink, that’s completely acceptable.
Sports Ladders
This year we will be setting up a number of sports ladders, from anything from pool to squash. If you’re interested in entering any of these sports ladders, speak to David or Louise, or sign up online via the clubs website.
Drinking Games
Below is a selection of the clubs finest and classiest drinking games. Punishment for an error in all games is consumption of the designated drinking fine or well, any form of dare or embarrassing challenge- decided by the most senior member present. The games are guaranteed to get everyone involved and the more players you can find the more difficult, and more fun the game. To find out how to play the games, come along to any of our socials. The only way to learn is the hard way! And remember; ignorance is no excuse.
- Bunnies
- Beeramid
- Name Association
- Topics
- The Symbol Game
- Fives
- Showdown
- 21s
- Fuzzy Duck
Umpiring
We have to provide umpires for every match, except the 1st teams, so it is really encouraged for everyone to take their umpire badge. The more people we have badged, the less each individual will be asked to actually umpire. It’s a great way to improve your game, meet more people in the club and also get more involved in the sport. Getting the badge isn’t tricky at all, so speak to any of our committee if you’re interested! At the end of the day, if we don’t have umpires, we can’t play matches, and that just isn’t on!
Tour
Hockey tour is one of the biggest events of the hockey year! The past few years have seen up going in Italy, Spain, Ireland and Holland. Tour is absolutely not to be missed. It’s great fun and a great way to round up your hockey year! This year we will be touring in Dublin. Places are filling fast, so speak to tour secretary Andy Houlihan soon. More information can be found on the tour page.
As well as our weekly Saturday (Crags-Potterow) meet ups, there will be regular events organised by the social sec.
The dates and timing of the socials will be posted on the facebook social page.
AND SO, welcome to the EUHC season 2009-2010. We hope that you enjoy your time with us. It looks set to be a great a great year with success, on and off the pitch. If you have any troubles throughout the season, just chat to your team captain or any committee members. Suggestions for improvement will be welcomes, or if you feel we’re doing something really wrong, please tell us.
Let’s hope we have a good season, and don’t ruin ourselves too much.
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