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End of Season Dinner.
(Mar 2004).
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Young Player of the year Peter Douglas (left) receives his award, while (right) the veteran
Dave Lewis is presented with the Richard Dawson trophy for services to the section.
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Ladies 1st.XI captain Debbie Murphy hides behind the Toddy Parkinson shield, as her Team of the Year get ready to party.
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Oli Pfeiffer (left) is top goalscorer, while
Oli Hayes picks up the Ric Who? player of year award.
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Millennium Volunteer and Mentor.
(Mar 2004).
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Millennium volunteer Oli Pfeiffer pictured with his Mentor Tim Morris.
Thanks for the hard work over last season.
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Northern Men hit Ten.
(Feb 2004).
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Northern men's 1st.XI hit double figures in their 10-0 thrashing of Glaxo to maintain their challenge in NWH Div 1.
Adam Batty set the tone with a 10-minute hatrick. Dave Bennett above converted two late corners to complete the rout.
Goal of the day was Andy Cooper, seen rounding the keeper before slotting home from the tightest of angles.
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Northern Beavers.
(Jan 2004).
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Juniors coach Ian Douglas is pictured giving some last minute instructions to
Northern Beavers players before their fixture against Preston.
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Northern Ladies resume after Christmas break.
(Jan 2004).
Northern ladies returned after their Christmas break,
to extend their winning run to 7 games with a closely fought 4-3 win over a spirited Kirkby Stephen side.
With the teams level 2-2 at the interval, Debbie Murphy's half-time rabbit lifted the home side,
as the skipper herself pulled one out the bag (below) soon after the restart. Emma Gaunt added the fourth,
and Northern held firm against the visitors' late rally.
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Northern Men's 2nd.XI.
(Jan 2004).
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Northern 2nd team are pictured before their 6-0 win over Glaxo.
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Lottery Grant for U13 leagues.
(13.Oct 2003).
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Northern will be setting up new U13 girls and U13 boys teams, thanks to a lottery grant through
Sefton Hockey Development Group,
that will enable new U13 leagues to be formed.
The Club will be running 'taster' sessions in secondary schools within Sefton,
to offer girls and boys the opportunity to try hockey.
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Northern win Sefton Tournament.
(12.Oct 2003).
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Northern hosted the Sefton Hockey Junior Clubs Tournament 2003,
and provided the victorious Northern A team, pictured below.
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The tournament hosted 100 children playing in 8 teams representing Northern Hockey Club,
Formby Hockey Club and Southport & Birkdale Hockey Club.
The children differed in ages with kids as young as 7 playing.
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Competition was extremely tough with every child trying their hardest.
There were two sections each with four teams playing each other.
The winners of each section played the runners-up of the opposite section.
The semi finals saw Formby B defeat Formby C, and Northern A overcome Southport A.
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Above, a goal from Northern in the semi final against Southport, while below Will Beeching goes close.
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The final between Northern A and Formby B was an exceptional final with skill levels being very high and closely fought.
In the second half, Northern A edged ahead scoring a great individual goal from Will Beeching.
However, Formby B nearly equalised straight afterwards,
but for a tremendous goal-line clearance from one of Northern’s players.
Formby despite valiant efforts could not level the game,
which made Northern A the winners of the Sefton Hockey Junior Clubs Tournament 2003.
All in all it was a fantastic day, bringing some youngsters the experience of playing hockey
in a competitive arena for the first time. Also pictured, below, are Northern's C team.
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