CRONKBOURNE BACHANNALIANS HOCKEY

Background & Club Info

Our club has over the past 5 years enjoyed the kind support and sponsorship of IOMA.

History

The hockey club, Bacchanalians was founded in 1983 and joined with Cronkbourne Sports and Social Club in 1991 to become Cronkbourne Bacchanalians.

200+ membership (50%+ under 18 years old)

- 5 Mixed squads

- 4 Mens squads

- 3 Ladies squads

- 3 Boys Junior squads

- 3 Girls Junior squads

Both Island Ladies and Mens captains are Bacchanalians with 50% of the National side made up from our club.

English Mixed Tournament 1995/6 winners – only Manx club ever to have achieved this to date.

Winners of the Isle of Man Sports Council Team of the Year 2006

Currently working towards the Club 1^st Accreditation – as run by England Hockey Association.

Development

We are committed to development through sport and were the first Island based hockey club to have Level 2 Coach.

Youth development

We run junior training for Under 11s, Under 13s, under 15s and Under 18s development squad at Kensington Road on Monday and participate in the junior leagues on alternate Sundays (U11s and U13s rotating) at the astro-turf venues around the Island with monthly slots for the Under 15s. Additional under 15s training is available on Thursday evening before the senior slot to ensure that no-one misses out due to other commitments.

There is limited opposition for other clubs for our Under 18s development side who are currently challenging the older members of our clubs to monthly games on a Friday evening.

We run the MYG Eastern divisional squads, offering all Island based children the opportunity to come along and try the sport. The Manx Youth Games are run in May when we enter girls and boys teams in the competitions.

Senior Training run on Thursday evenings at the NSC (7pm - 8.30pm). We have a number of qualified coaching staff who rotate to cover this under the guidance of our senior club coach, Karl Moore.

Under 13 Girls Team 2008

CRONKBOURNE BACHANNALIANS HOCKEY CLUB