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Hibbert’s Take Over The Reins At Southgate

A father and son coaching team is taking over the reins at Southgate Hockey Club.

First team goalkeeper Chris Hibbert (an OBO sponsored player) and his father Brian are looking to steer the three-time European Cup-winning club back into the top flight next season.

Both boast a wealth of coaching experience while Chris, a South Africa international on the cusp of retirement, has an intimate knowledge of the club and the first-team set-up having played for the men’s 1s for the last four seasons.

He will be head coach and his father assistant coach. They take over from former GB international and club stalwart John Shaw.

They will also head a recruitment drive for new players for the team this summer.
Chris, 33, who will combine goalkeeping and coaching duties once the new season gets under way in September, said: “Getting Southgate back up into the Premier Division is going to be a real challenge, but one I’m very happy about taking on.
“Work is already under way to put together the best squad we can, and we’re improving the structure of the club to work more closely with our second team and the superb juniors that the club produces.”

Southgate were relegated from the Premier League in March.

As well as being the team’s assistant coach last season and its captain two seasons ago, Chris has coached at Spencer Hockey Club for the last two seasons, Brunel University in 2005-6 and Barnes Hounslow Ealing in 2004-5.

A top player, he won the Division One player of the season twice in row – in 2006-7 and 2007-8 – and represented his native South Africa at the Athens and Beijing Olympics Games.

His father has national coaching experience having been assistant national coach of Wales in 2005-7 and Wales U21 men’s team’s head coach in 2007-8.

He has coached two UK national league teams – then Premier League men’s first team Teddington in 2002-3 and then national league side Oxford Hawks in 2003-4.
He was also Barnes Hounslow Ealing ladies’ first team coach from 2005-9 – the side fini

shed fourth in the Conference East (formerly national division one) last season, one place behind Southgate’s women’s first team.

Club chairman David Lloyd-Williams said: “I’m delighted to have Chris and Brian on board.”

“Chris is a popular and respected leader in the current squad and brings enormous experience from the highest level of our sport.”

“The team of Chris and father Brian is a powerful

combination and I’m very confident we’ll be challenging to get back into the Premier Division next season.”

“I would like to pay tribute to John Shaw who has made an enormous contribution to the club in his role as men’s first team coach.”

For further information see; Southgate Hockey Club
From the chairman “We’re busy building next season’s squad now, so if anyone wants to join, email us at comeandjoinus@southgatehc.org.uk“

New Addition To OBO Sponsored Players; Ross Meadows

We welcome Ross Meadows to OBO’s particularly amazing people.

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Ross plays his club hockey for Hale Hockey Club in Western Australia and captains the SmokeFree WA Thundersticks in the Australian Hockey League.

Having recently received the call up to the Kookaburras squad for the 2009 season, Ross has the ideal opportunity to impress Australian coach Ric Charlesworth ahead of the World Cup Qualifiers in August and the 2009 Champions Trophy in Melbourne during November/ December.

With 4 international caps under his belt Ross will be making an effort to send updates to keepers resources on how he is getting on from his European tour….more from Ross soon.

Custom Bike Trailor For OBO Gear

Check out this cool custom bike trailer!

The tailor is owned by Emma Griffin (age 11) and was made by her farther to enable her to transport her gear to and from training and games- great work Dad!

Emma plays her hockey in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. You may have guessed this from the classic Dutch cow print style markings.

This photo was sent in from Jan Lelieveldt who also goes by the nickname of “Ome Gerard”. Thanks!

If you liked this article you may also want to check out cool custom gear articles

If you have a cool article you want to share with the world you can add a new post,or drop us an e-mail on resources@obo.co.nz

Review Your Kit Competition

Guys and Gals,

its time for the Keepers Resources 2.0 site to host its first competition.

The Review Your Kit competition!

We want you to create a new post / article reviewing 1 item of kit for the world to see.

So tell us straight what you think – tell us what you love about your piece of kit (and also any improvements you would like to see us make – we listen!)

You can enter as many reviews as you want on as many pieces of kit as you like – but each article must only review 1 product. Be creative on how you tell us – you can write text, add pictures and embed youtube videos.

Deadline is 5pm Friday 5th June 2009.

So what’s the prize for the winners?

The top 5 reviews will have a choice between a set of our new ROBO Elbow Guards or CLOUD Knees up knee protectors delivered to your doorstep!

Elbow Guard

Knees Up Knee Protector

How to add your review

Make sure you have registered with the site or logged in.

Next go to your dashboard to add a new post. Quick link to it here: add a new post.

You may want to check out this demo on “How to add a new post/ article”

If you have any questions please e-mail resources@obo.co.nz

Self Pass Free Hit Rule 2009

Here is a link to the world hockey post about cialis online pharmacy the rule change.

Here is a great tutorial that helps to understand the new rule change. This video was made by UNSW Hockey Club.Link

A few comments were made on the Field Hockey Forum here stating peoples opinions on the rule change interpretations.

Camo Hi Control Gear

Here is a cheeky shot of Animal showcasing the Hi Control Camo range.

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(Please note you do not require a beard of this nature to wear this kit, although it is a nice touch!)

This kit is currently only available in Australia, and it has been well received here. What are your thoughts on the kit?

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You can get the Camo Hi Control gear including a free Camo smock as shown above from Hockey World, Australia website link here.

Ps: Good to see you have an Adult helmet now Animal!

OBO WebSite Developers Win Award

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Fracture’s new website features managing director James McKee (left) and Nick Shaw.

Auckland website design company Fracture has always aimed to be
different and last month its unique approach was recognised by a
significant international accolade. Its web design work for local
architects Jasmax won the business category of the South by Southwest
Interactive Awards, held in Texas. Co-founder and creative director
Nick Shaw spoke to Simon Hendery about building a business that stands
out in a crowded market.

Click here to read more on this article

Via NZ Herald

Check out Fractures award winning “virtual building” Jasmax website.

Stay Up To Date With Keepers Resources 2.0

Good day sports fans,

Here is a great way to stay up to date with Keeper Resource updates; sign up for an RSS feed. RSS stands for; Rich Site Summary – and will basically deliver new content that is submitted to this OBO Keepers Resources site directly to you.

There are two options available:

Subscribe via feeds – this will bring the information to your requested RSS reader. (Watch the youtube video below for more info).

Subscribe via email – this will deliver an e-mail to your inbox every time there is a new article on Keepers Resources 2.0.

Here is a good video that will help you understand if you require more information on RSS.

OBO Shirts

Verbunt Hockey, Netherlands have recently launched 2 new OBO shirts that are exclusive to Verbunt.

Check out the Orange shirt: link

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Front

back

Back

The new OBO shirt, now in orange/blue. Nice to play in or wear after the game.
Backside: ‘Goalkeepers are amazing people’ logo + number 1.
Left sleeve: ‘OBO Good shit that really works’ logo.
Front: OBO logo oval.

Also a new OBO Polo: link

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Here is a cheeky shot of one shirt being worn out in the “field”.

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The Worlds Smallest Keeper Uses OGO Custom Kit

Here is a nice little OBO story for you;

An OBO dad bought the smallest OBO kit possible (OBO OGO XXS) for his Son age 7. However at this age the legguards were still too big.

At OBO HQ we got a request from dad for some foam and a few tips on how he could make smaller legguards for his son.

Check out the outcome of the custom kit below:

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Custom XXXS legguard / OGO XXS legguad

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Custom XXXS right / OGO XXS Left

Custom XXXS OGO

xxxs custom ogo2 Custom XXXS OGO Kicker Tongue Grove

Here are dad’s comments:

“I did it! I created the smallest OGO legguards in the world, a 95%
copy of the original. Have a look on the pics I promised you (the original
is the bigger one on the right side, OGO-XXS size, also the kickers…).
The foam you sent me is fantastic. Bonding was no problem, I found a
fantastic glue. But shaping was a challenge…
My son is happy to have this equipment ready now!”

Dad
OBO Unlicensed Develop Department, GERMANY

Here are a few shots of the kit in action.

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The Worlds Smallest Keeper

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Our goalie started his hockey career age 4 (2006) and plays for TSV Riederich, a small village near Stuttgart.His favourite movie is the DVD from the German Hockey Team while the WCC 2006, Honamas.

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Quite possibly the worlds happiest keeper – good work Dad!