On Tuesday night April 9th, the Brisbane Teams' Selection Trials will be held for players in the O35s, O40s & O50s age divisions.
If you wish to represent Brisbane in the O40s & O50s (Ipswich 3rd-6th May); or the O35s (Maryborough 1st & 2nd June) at the State Championships you have to Nominate for selection via your Database Preferences.

Your database preferences can be accessed at the bottom of this Newsflash email and can be changed by you at anytime.
For ease of use the same link is also here.... 

Further details yet to come re the Selection Trials on location, timing and requirements for those who have nominated.
If you wish to nominate for selection to play in a Brisbane Team at the State Championships ensure your database preference indicates same.
This is the only method you can nominate for Brisbane Team selection.
NOTE: Dependent on nominations it is likely Brisbane will field at least 3 teams in each of the 40s & 50s divisions at the State Titles.

At the recent Brisbane Masters' sub-committee meeting the Selectors were chosen (from those who put forward their nomination via the database preferences) to choose teams for the State Championships to be held in Ipswich over the long weekend in May in the Over 40-49s and the Over 50-59s divisions.
Managers & Coaches of rep teams can also be nominated from within your Database Preferences.

On Friday 15th March, an amendment was announced by BHA re the new Goalkeepers rule for 2019 – originating from the Federation of International Hockey (FIH).
In raw terms, it means there no longer is any such thing as a "kicking fullback".
2.16 Goalkeepers
2.16.1  Teams are required to have a fully kitted goalkeeper for a match to proceed.
2.16.2  If for unforeseen circumstances a fully kitted goalkeeper is not present for the commencement of a fixture game; or is required to leave the field during a fixture by reason of injury or suspension; a team may either:
a. borrow a fully kitted goalkeeper from another club, provided that goalkeeper plays in the same or lower division or age group; or
b. if no other goalkeeper is available, play with only 11 field players until a new player is padded up.
2.16.3  Once a goalkeeper has arrived, a suspension has been served or a new player has been padded up, a team must substitute a field player for a fully kitted goalkeeper.
2.16.4  In Senior Competitions only, a team may elect to substitute a goalkeeper after the match has commenced for a field player as per FIH Rule 2.2.

ΩΩ  In MHL5 – Easts require the services of a Goalkeeper! Contact Gil Voysey by email: Gil.Voysey@vodafone.com.au
ΩΩ  In MHL4 – Norths are seeking a Goalkeeper! Contact Damien Negus by email:  dj@hhg.net.au
ΩΩ  In MHL3 – University of Qld are seeking a Goalkeeper! Contact Brett White email:  brettwwhite17@gmail.com

ΩΩ  Currently (according to the database) there are 3 players LOOKING for a Club. All three are just over 50 years of age. Two wish to play MHL1 (of which one is a Goalkeeper), the other wishes to play MHL5. Send an email to MastersVoice@bha.org.au for more details.

As part of the (continuing) process of good, open and transparent governance by the Brisbane Masters' Sub-Committee, and to also enable easy transition of incoming/outgoing office bearers in future years, the Brisbane Masters is moving to "generic" email addresses (which will be hosted on the BHA mail server).
You are encouraged to send emails to these addresses for Masters' relevant communications.
TIP: Add them to your electronic address/contacts books.
This means to send an email to a Brisbane Masters' office bearer, the email address will remain "constant" over the years.
The "generic" email addresses are (with current office holder's name in brackets).

Change #1.
Late in May there will be a local school using a HALF field (up until September) from 4-4:30pm.
The plan at this stage is for the Masters Social Hockey to use a full field for 1 hour from 3-4pm and then revert to a half field from 4-4:30pm.
The half field could be set up as 2 x Quarter Fields if desired.
Change #2.
Attendance and Payment records will be kept from next Thursday due to non-compliance re some participants in paying their $8.00 levy each week.
This will mean a list of names will be ticked off and $$$'s collected each week.
Due to increased costs of field hire in 2019, if the number of players is less than 20, a Half Field will be used for the entire 90mins.
REMEMBER: Please bring a PLAIN white shirt and a PLAIN Black (or dark coloured) shirt each week.

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