The Parent's/Guardians Guide is intended to help new and existing Parents/Guardians with youngsters in the junior section of the club to understand how the club works, how to get started and how to get involved.
If you don’t find the answer to your question here or you have a concern at any time, please do get in touch with Dave Middleton Egan (Junior Club Captain - see link below) or one of the coaches.
The guide includes: (browser: click the tabs on the left to navigate. Tablet/Phone: tap the three bars top left to navigate)
Once your child has attended a training session, please register on our membership system – Teamo. There’s no payment required at this stage, but it’s important that we know who is attending for safety and safeguarding reasons and for us to have your emergency contact details.
Registration is easy – click the button below (or the “Join Us” button on the website (top right) and enter a few details about you and your child.
When registering you’ll need to confirm your agreement to the club rules and policies (there is also a link to view them in the final registration page).
See the registration guides below for more help.
Please get familiar with Teamo and use it frequently to find out about upcoming training, matches and tournaments.
The short video below gives a short tour of the app and the basics of how to use it.
(NB Teamo is constantly evolving and improving so you might notice some small differences between the video and the latest version of the app.)
The membership fee for 2025/26 for each child (U18) is £100.
The membership fee entitles your child to attend all the training sessions during the season (September – April) and be eligible for selection for matches and tournaments. (There is no fee for parents/guardians but we encourage you to join the club as a Social Member.)
The junior match fee for 2025/26 for each child (U18) is £5 per match/tournament.
The match fee applies to occasional friendly age-group matches and tournaments. The match fee is also payable in Teamo on the day of the match/tournament.
Make payments using our Teamo app
Teamo is our membership and payment platform (as well as our calendar and communications app).
When you decide to join your child to the club you’ll need to add a payment card to the secure wallet in Teamo to pay membership fees. To get started, tap your initials/photo in the Teamo app (top left) and choose Payments. Tap the card icon top right to add your payment card.
Click the link below for help on how to setup a payment card and make a payment in Teamo.
Every player needs a hockey stick and we highly recommend mouth guards and shin pads for protection.
Hockey Sticks
We can lend a hockey stick to new joiners to enable them to start right away, but we then encourage parents/guardians to purchase their own new or used hockey stick.
The most important thing about choosing a hockey stick is to get the right size. The stick should reach from the ground to the centre of the player’s hip joint. Check with the sticks we have at the club to find the right size before buying.
There is no need to buy a new stick. Check out eBay and Vinted which often have very good value new and used hockey sticks.
The club can offer discounts on hockey sticks via our equipment sponsor - Crow Hockey. Click here to see the sponsor details and discount code.
Unfortunately, it’s rare to find a high street shop which will allow you to try out a stick before buying, so sticks are often purchased online.
Mouth Guards (from Opro)
We highly recommend every child has a well-fitted mouth guard to protect their teeth and mouth. In fact, we will insist on each child having a mouth-guard unless we have written approval from a parent/guardian not to use one.
Getting a good quality, well-fitted mouthguard makes all the difference. We recommend OPRO mouth guards. OPRO are the official mouthguard supplier to England Hockey and their products come in a range of sizes, colours and prices.
Shin pads
Hockey uses a hard ball which moves at pace. Getting hit on the ankles and shins from time to time is inevitable and painful.
We highly recommend your child has a pair of hockey shin pads, which protect the ankles and shins. Football shin pads do not usually offer enough protections.
You can purchase hockey shin pads at most sports stores including Decathlon or online from Crow Hockey or 18Hockey.
Wilmslow Hockey Club takes the safety of players, spectators and coaches very seriously.
We carry out a risk assessment for training and have devised the following rules to address the main safety and safeguarding risks during training and matches/tournaments.
Please adhere to the rules and support the parent-helpers and coaches who carry out the arrival and departure attendance registers.
A trained member of the coaching team has access to a First Aid kit throughout the training sessions.
You son/daughter is welcome to join in training sessions on Tuesday evenings before deciding to join the club. If you son/daughter likes it then after 3 sessions you’ll need to pay the membership fee in Teamo which covers all training sessions throughout the season.
Training sessions are designed in advance by the coaches and are based on the England Hockey “Junior Hockey Framework”.
We run training on Tuesday evenings throughout the hockey season (September – April).
If you would like to help out with any aspect of training, you would be most welcome – whether you have played hockey yourself before or not.
We also run summer or masterclass events outside of the hockey season. There is usually a separate fee for these to cover pitch hire and coaching costs. All events are in Teamo.
We have several coaches and helpers to support training and matches. All of them have an enhanced DBS check and the required England Hockey qualifications in coaching, safety and safeguarding.
We also sometimes have young leaders supporting coaching, under the guidance of a qualified coach.
David Middleton-Egan - Coach for U8, U11/13s
Dave has led Junior Coaching for Under 8s since 2022. Dave is a PE teacher with extensive experience of sports coaching and making training fun.
Dave has taken on the role of Juniors Club Captain from 2025 and will be working hard with coaches, parents and schools to grow the Junior section, retain our existing junior players and help the older juniors make a successful transition to senior teams around age 13.
Holly McCurrie - Coach for U11/13s
Holly has coached in our junior section since 2022.
Holly is a PE teacher and a qualified Hockey Coach since 2021. She is has also been a county Junior Development Officer since 2023, and has brought her experience and knowledge to Wilmslow.
With a background in sports education for young children, Holly puts an emphasis on making sure children are developing their skills through fun, engaging hockey sessions. With thorough planning, she likes to bring activities to help all our juniors develop at their own pace through a range of drills based on the England Hockey Junior Hockey Framework.
Roger Eden - Coach for U10s
Roger is an experienced player within the club and started coaching to help his children learn and enjoy hockey. Roger gets great satisfaction from seeing all the juniors develop the skills and also their personalities thorugh hockey.
Jim Garside - Assistant Coach for U8s, U11/13s
Jim is a longstanding player and committee member at the club and enjoys supporting our experienced coaches during junior training.
Jim has the introductory Hockey Coach training qualification and takes great pleasure in seeing our juniors develop and grow as players - often transitioning to our senior sides and flourishing in our top teams.
We organise occasional friendly age-group matches and tournaments.
Check the calendar in Teamo for upcoming events and mark your child as “Available” if they would like to play (or unavailable if not, so we know). Please keep availability up to date in Teamo at least one week ahead to allow coaches to select the team and arrange logistics.
When your child is selected for a match or tournament, you will receive confirmation on Teamo. If your child is no longer available (e.g. sickness) please let the coach know ASAP. The location, timing and logistics can be found in Teamo – tap the event in the calendar. There is usually a match fee of £5 per child for each of these.
Matches and tournaments are usually organised in the following age-groups:
Note that hockey uses “rolling substitutions”, meaning players can be substituted on and off the pitch multiple times during a game..
At least one coach or parent-helper will attend a match or tournament – to support the team from the side-line and manage substitutions.
Parents/guardians are welcome and encouraged to help-out from time-to-time as this makes a big difference. For example:
We can help with training and support for all of these.
We have a range of playing kit from Emblazed Ltd for our younger members, designed to be cheaper and quicker delivery than the Club's junior/senior sized Mizuno kit. The kit below is aimed at ages 6-10.
Order direct from Emblazed using the button below.
For queries, please contact Emblazed direct at info@emblazed.co.uk or https://www.emblazed.co.uk/pages/contact-us
Emblazed products and prices
Prices above are for kids’ sizes and include club badge embroidery.
Socks and Hats
Club socks in orange, black and white can be ordered on Teamo via the Club Shop or look on the newsfeed on the home page for the hats and socks or in the payment page.
Club bobble hats and beanie hats are also available via the Club Shop, subject to availability.
Junior and senior members can purchase club-branded playing kit from Mizuno, our official kit supplier. There are four routes to purchase kit:
The club Welfare Officer is Penny Sparrow who has the required England Hockey safeguarding training and resources available. Any Safeguarding concerns or issues must be referred directly to the Welfare Officer. Tap the link below to contact the Welfare Officer.
Welfare and Safeguarding
We take the welfare of junior players very seriously and believe all young people participating in hockey (regardless of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, ability or disability) have the right to play in an environment free from poor practice, abuse and harm.
Wilmslow Hockey Club adopts England Hockey’s Safeguarding and Protecting Young People in Hockey Policy, Procedures and Guidance to ensure all those in the hockey family have a safe and positive experience.
All Managers and Coaches for Junior teams are DBS checked, as well as Coaches and Captains (or delegate) in Senior teams - as many Senior teams have junior (13 years plus) players. All coaches are required to attend a Safeguarding Workshop. Captains (or delegate) are required to attend a basic safeguarding awareness course.
Please contact our welfare officer if you have any concerns about welfare of safeguarding at Wilmslow Hockey Club by clicking on the Welfare Officer details below.
Club Safeguarding policies - see the Club Rules & Policies page:
Child Protection in Sport (from the NSPCC)
The NSPCC provides a Parent's Hub with the aim of helping parents play their role in helping children and young paople enjoy taking part in sport.
The CPSU offers guidance for parents/guardians on: (See the CPSU website for more information)
Video & Photography
When you register your child in Teamo, you can choose whether to give "Photo Permission" or not.
If you give Photo Permission then we may:
Please talk a coach for help on making changes to your Photo Permission setting.
Our full Veo Camera Policy and Communications & Social Media Policy are available on the Club Rules and Policies page via the button below.
As an not-for-profit organisation run by volunteers, we rely on regular fundraising activities throughout the year to supplement membership and match fee revenues. These include:
Please take part in an many of these as you can - it makes a bit difference to the club and keeping our fees low!
You will have accepted the club rules and policies when you registered in Teamo.
Code of Conduct
Please remind yourself of the following parts of the Club Rules at a minimum:
The Club Rules cover the following: (click here to view)
The Club polices include:
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