It was a big day at the KGV today, as we signed the lease that will pass control of the KGV hockey pitch over to Kinross Astro, our new charity. The handover date is 1 January 2017.  The pitch is a mess, but it’s ours now.

Last weekend, Pete, Libby and Gurdi were out helping the cycling club with the marshalling at the cyclocross. There should be a donation to club funds in return. Pictures below. Libby had already expired from hypothermia…    

Congratulations to Kara Shiels who has been selected for the Scotland U16 girls squad. I hope all you Kobras goalies are going be paying extra attention when she does goalie training now!

As you are no doubt aware, we have recently been running a survey to find out what members of the club and Kobras parents think about what we are doing. The survey closed last week, and we thought we’d give you a flavour of some of the themes that came out. We had something like … Read more

Many thanks to the ladies (party) section of the club (and Andy Mac too!) for their efforts at last week’s Halloween bash at the KGV clubhouse, which raised over £100 for club funds. 

Thanks go out to the twenty-odd folk who turned out to scrape sludge off the pitch this morning. The pitch was looking rather lovely by the time we’d finished and the Young Farmers managed a game this afternoon too, so it looks as though our efforts will have been worth it. Fingers crossed that it … Read more

As most people probably now know, the pitch has started to flood again. We think this is because the algae has started growing again, as it does at this time of year. In previous years, the first freeze has killed the algae off again, and the pitch has started to drain (although there is then … Read more

During the spring, KHC members were busy collecting Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers and all the kit we ordered as a result arrived today. We have two bags of hockey balls, some cones, a couple of agility ladders and some agility rings; a bag of whistles is following shortly. Thanks to everyone who made the effort to … Read more

After a hard Saturday of hockey in the pouring rain, there’s nothing quite like a Sunday in the hockey classroom to set you up for the week ahead. Pete, Ralph, Andy and David Mac, Monty, Kirsty and Claire were at the KGV today, taking first faltering steps on the way to becoming qualified umpires. There … Read more