JRPC Success
Congratulations to the following Saints players who have made the Squad List for Nottingham JRPC 2012:
U16 boys
- Evan Morris
- Gregory Summers
U16 girls
- Ella Forsyth
- Emily Kilner
U17 boys
- Adam Croutear
- Levi Draper
U17 girls
- Courtney Thorpe
- Emma Brennan
- Laura Thomas
U18 boys
- Lewis Moran
- George Roberts
- Ally Rose
U18 girls
- Alice Kilner
- Georgia Linnell
- Lottie Tulley
About the JRPC
Within the Midlands, there are two Junior Regional Performance Centres (JRPCs) run on an annual basis in line with the England Hockey Single System Centralised Calendar.
The Birmingham Lynx and Nottingham Lynx are managed by the Midlands Junior Regional Performance Group (MJRPG).
The JRPCs run using the following format:
- At the end of the JAC Match stage, players are recommended by their JACs (usually the old Counties) to attend JRPC assessment.
- Players attend an initial assessment, and are selected to attend a programme of training at the relevant Centre (determined by proximity of home address to location) – this training stage is referred to as Tier 1.
- From those players who have attended the Tier 1 stage, squads are selected of players who will play as part of their Centre’s Lynx side in a set of competitive matches – these are referred to as the Tier 1 Cluster Competitions.
- N.B. ALL players who attended Tier 1, regardless of whether they get selected for Tier 2 or not, should NOT attend the JDC stages of the Single System for that year, as they will be automatically recommended for JAC assessment.
- Within Tier 1, players will then be assessed within this Cluster Competition between the 3 Lynx Centres e.g. Birmingham, Nottingham, and Oxford – which is not managed by the MJRPG – for inclusion within the next stage – Tier 2.
- For U15 and U17 – the next stage is High Performance Camps (Hi-PACs)
- For U16 and U18 – the next stage is Futures Cup; those selected for Tier 2 at these age groups, will then be invited for final Preparation/Selection days prior to the Futures Cup
The dates and delivery of both Tier 1 and Tier 2 are co-ordinated and managed by the MJRPG BUT assessments of players are carried out by the Centrally Contracted Coaches (CCCs) who are all appointed by England Hockey.
MJRPG will provide the mechanism for and provision of information around training, assessment and matches, as well as the feedback that will be provided to all players at the various stages via this website.