Saturday September 15th saw a team from Hellingly HoundDogs take part in the Alfriston Fun Run organised by Alfriston Pre-School.

The team, raising money to help fund new equipment for the Hounddogs Club, took part in the running of the 5K race. The route started at Alfriston Church and took the runners along the Cuckmere River in a circular route.

First to come over the line for the Hounddogs was Committee Member, Peter Drake with a time of 23:31 as he finished 2nd overall.  He was soon followed by Hounddogs Safety Ned Foster in 3rd place and Wide Receiver Charlie Boorer in 4th overall.

Finishing positions for the HoundDogs:

1st Peter Drake
2nd Ned Foster
3rd Charlie Boorer
4th Roman Cameron-Dick
4th Harrison Kane
5th Clayton Jarvis
6th Joules Parsons

Chairman Luke Boorer added “I am very proud of these lads. The boys all want to have the best training equipment possible and these six have gone on to try and make this possible. All of them ran very well and took on the challenge as a fitness workout rather than a punishment or chore. The event has raise nearly £200 for the club which will go toward getting some new training aids to help all the players with their development. The lads all seemed to enjoy the event and hopefully, we will be back next year with a full team of runners.”

Hellingly HoundDogs gathered at Hailsham Town Football Club on the afternoon of Sunday the 2nd of September to celebrate the 2017/18 season.

With over 50 players and family members gathered the awards were announced. Luke Boorer, Chairman started the afternoon thanking all the coaches and Committee members who had put so much effort into the club over the past 12 months. Next up were the awards for the U 11’s Flag team. All winners collected their trophy along with there 2017/18 playing Dog Tag, issued to every player. The winners were:

Manager’s Award – Hayden Puttick

Offence MVP – Max Lewis-Clements

Defence MVP – Charlie Fairway

Player’s Player – Benjamin Boorer

Next up was the turn of the U17’s Youth Team. Again, the same as the U11’s, all players received their Dog Tags and then came the trophies which were awarded to the following:

Manager’s Award – Ned Foster – Safety

Defence MVP – Stan Wilson – Corner Back

Offence MVP – Riley Davis – Wide Reciever

Player’s Player – Harrison Kane – Linebacker

Luke Boorer then added “We would like to thank all the Committee and Coaches who have given up hours of their lives to help these kids achieve their goals and the goals of the club over the last 12 months. Without these people working tirelessly the club would not have the footing that it does today.   We would also like to thank the parents who get players to tournaments to represent the club.  Personally I love the Award evening. It’s a great time to celebrate all the successes that the players have achieved over the last year. It’s hard to single out just four players from each team. All the players have given so much and I believe they all deserve an award or at least a mention, but unfortunately that is not possible. We return to training this week and we have had lots of email and messages from potential new players, which is exciting as we look to expand the club.”

The teams return to training on Wednesday the 5th of September in preparation for the 2018/2019 season. If you are interested in playing, please contact us on hellinglyhounddogs@hotmail.com or through social media.

We would also like to thank Aarron Jones for taking time out of his busy day to act as our photographer.

Hellingly HoundDogs AFC return to training on Wednesday the 5th of September. This year will see a return to all the teams training on the same evening each week. Training will begin at 6PM for the U11 and U14 Flag teams with the U18’s kitted team training starting at 6:30PM

For more information please contact us on hellinglyhounddogs@hotmail.com

Newsletter volume 6 is now available via the website. Just use the link below to find out all the latest news about the HoundDogs.

https://hellinglyhounddogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/newsletter-61.pdf

Monday the 16^th of July saw The HoundDogs hold their 1^st ever AGM. The club had been running on an Interim Committee since its founding back in May 2016. The AGM was held at the Club House on Horsebridge Rec and saw the 1st official Committee formed in the HoundDogs history. The new Committee consists of:

Chairman – Luke Boorer

Vice-Chair – Aarron Jones

Secretary – Claire Boorer

Treasurer – Michael Williams

Welfare Officer – Sam Dickinson

Commercial Manager – Luke Boorer

ClubMark Officer – Claire Boorer

General Committee Members – Sean Trimby, Emma Walsh, Peter Drake