England Teams
May I congratulate you on being selected for
England team trials.
For those of you who don’t know I will attempt
to explain what it’s all about.
Great Britain, excluding Ireland
and Scotland is split into four conference area’s, North, Midlands,
South East and South West, each year invites to all the clubs
within their particular conference area are sent a mail requesting
them to send their best players for trial with the sole purpose of
formulating a select team to compete in one inter conference tournament
held in Hull at the beginning of May, this tournament has been organised
to concentrate English ice hockey talent in one arena, one competition
so that the scouts for England and GB national sides can view potential
players.
Ice hockey is not a cheap sport, you’ll not
be surprised to learn that if you opt to get involved in the Conference
and England team selection process it will not be cheap and there are
NO guarantees of selection you may get cut after any session along the
way, so participation in any pre tournament games is again NO
guarantee of team selection.
Costs.
Expect at least one foreign
trip.
You will be required to purchase
England team
shirt and socks estimate £45 (Not optional!!)
You will be required to purchase
England team
tracksuit estimate £45 (Not optional!!)
How does it work?
There are NO hidden agenda’s in
Conference and England Ice Hockey, the coaches remit is to formulate a team consisting of
the best players registered with the EIHA, players that will gel and play as a team that will out perform
the opposing conference’s and national team opposition. Their goal is to show off and champion
players from England with the objective of getting our players
recognised by the GB national team selectors.
There are NO politics in choosing players, if a club
cannot produce a player of conference and England standard they will not be represented!
If a clubs head coach feels that his club has 15 of the best players
in the country then they could all trial; further if they all prove
to be the best in trials they will all be selected! No bias. A club
shirt has NO influence on selection
It is a fact that every player put forward is the
cream of their respective clubs and it is the conference and England coaches job
to assess and evaluate each and every player for skating ability,
puck handling, game sense, coach ability, teamwork and more.
Player selection: known elite player’s may
be pre-selected into the squads without trials, this could include,
players within professional leagues, England and GB teams, Non resident
players. This is a way to simplify and speed up team selections process
and to enable earlier squad selection and team training in preparation
for tournaments.
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