If you are unfamiliar with England Hockey’s ‘Talent System’, please refer to the page in this section giving some general background information by clicking here. Part of the system is county hockey,

Cheshire has 2 county hockey associations, West Cheshire and East Cheshire. Deeside Ramblers lies pretty much in the middle so our juniors can attend either, according to personal preference and convenience.

Each of West Cheshire and East Cheshire organises its own junior county hockey programmes for u13s to u18s, known as "Junior County (Sub Area) Hockey" (previously known as Development Centres (DC) and Academy Centres (AC)).

If you would like to discuss whether to attend West Cheshire or East Cheshire sessions, please speak to your child’s coach. The decision may boil down to which sessions are most convenient in terms of location and timing. If you live in Wales, you have the option of attending Hockey Wales’s own Development Centres and/or 360 Programme. See the Hockey Wales website for details.

The 2 Cheshire county centres have different processes for those wanting to attend.

West Cheshire
West Cheshire invites all those interested to attend their sessions but requests those wanting to attend to email the organiser in advance (details below). As and when West Cheshire notifies us of its session dates for each age group, we will update parents directly. A summary of the information as and when received from West Cheshire is also reproduced at the foot of this page.
Those who have attended in previous years should get an email directly from West Cheshire notifying them of arrangements.

East Cheshire
East Cheshire maintains its own website with a lot of useful information (including session dates once finalised). Click here.

Unlike West Cheshire, those wanting to attend East Cheshire need to be nominated by the Club (unless they have attended in the previous year, in which case an automatic invitation to attend is sent by East Cheshire).

It is the Club’s policy to nominate on request all keen players to ‘give it a go’ unless they are very inexperienced. Following nomination by the Club, invitations to register are then sent out by East Cheshire.

Please contact the Junior Coordinator if you would like your child to be nominated and include the following information (which will then be passed on to East Cheshire):

Child's first name and last name
Gender
Date of Birth
Parent contact email
Parent name
Parent contact number
Goalkeeper or outfield.

Please bear in mind that the usual cut off date for nomination is mid-July; however, we will of course liaise with East Cheshire if you join the club only after this date and want us to try to get you included.

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WHEN RECEIVED, INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENROLMENT PROCESS FOR WEST CHESHIRE WILL BE POSTED HERE - scroll down to find relevant age group / gender

[information received from West Cheshire as at 13/09/26]

West Cheshire and Wirral U13 Boys Training
Venue: Clady Grange School Sports Ground
Telegraph Road
Caldy
Wirral
CH48 1NX (opposite Caldy Rugby Club)
on the following dates
Friday 18th September
Friday 2nd October
Friday 6th November
Friday 20th November
6.15pm - 7.45pm (registration from 6pm)
so 6 hours of coaching from lead coaches Jay Cunliffe, James Gardiner & Jack Redhead
At the end of these sessions’ players will be selected to participate in further training sessions, during the Spring and matches against other North West Counties (Cumbria, East Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire)
The cost of these Autumn sessions is £60 which may be paid in either cash or by Bank Transfer.
our business bank account details are:
Account Name: West Cheshire Junior Development centre
Sort Code: 40 20 20
Account Number: 21518380
if paying by Bank transfer, please use the following style of reference ~ U13B followed by your son's surname and first initial, so U13BWilliamsP if I were an U13 Boy

West Cheshire and Wirral U14 Boys Training
Clady Grange School Sports Ground
Telegraph Road
Caldy
Wirral
CH48 1NX (opposite Caldy Rugby Club)
on the following dates
Friday 25th September
Friday 9th October
Friday 20th November
Friday 27th November
6.15pm - 7.45pm (registration from 6pm)
so 6 hours of coaching from lead coaches Jay Cunliffe, James Gardiner & Jack Redhead
At the end of these sessions’ players will be selected to participate in further training sessions, during the Spring and matches against other North West Counties (Cumbria, East Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire)
Following these matches, players may be nominated to participate in Talent Academy trials which lead towards EH Talent Academy programme which runs from September 2027 – August 2028.
Further details about the Talent Academy Programme can be found on England Hockey website.
The cost of these Autumn sessions is £60 which may be paid in either cash or by Bank Transfer.
our business bank account details are:
Account Name: West Cheshire Junior Development centre
Sort Code: 40 20 20
Account Number: 21518380
if paying by Bank transfer, please use the following style of reference ~ U14B followed by your son's surname and first initial, so U14BWilliamsP if I were an U14 Boy

West Cheshire and Wirral U15 Boys Training
Clady Grange School Sports Ground
Telegraph Road
Caldy
Wirral
CH48 1NX (opposite Caldy Rugby Club)
on the following dates
Friday 25th September
Friday 9th October
Friday 13th November
Friday 4th December
6.15pm - 7.45pm (registration from 6pm)
so 6 hours of coaching from lead coaches Jay Cunliffe, James Gardiner & Jack Redhead
At the end of these sessions’ players will be selected to participate in further training sessions, during the Spring and matches against other North West Counties (Cumbria, East Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire)
Following these matches, players may be nominated to participate in Talent Academy trials which lead towards EH Talent Academy programme which runs from September 2027 – August 2028. Further details about the Talent Academy Programme can be found on England Hockey website.
The cost of these Autumn sessions is £60 which may be paid in either cash or by Bank Transfer.
our business bank account details are:
Account Name: West Cheshire Junior Development centre
Sort Code: 40 20 20
Account Number: 21518380
if paying by Bank transfer, please use the following style of reference ~ U15B followed by your son's surname and first initial, so U15BWilliamsP if I were an U15 Boy

West Cheshire and Wirral U18 Boys Training
Clady Grange School Sports Ground
Telegraph Road
Caldy
Wirral
CH48 1NX (opposite Caldy Rugby Club)
on the following dates
Friday 16th October
Friday 13th November
Friday 4th December
6.15pm - 7.45pm (registration from 6pm)
led by our coaches Jay Cunliffe, James Gardiner & Jack Redhead
At the end of these sessions’ players will be selected to participate in further training sessions, during the Spring and matches against other North West Counties (Cumbria, East Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire)
Following these matches, players may be nominated to participate in Talent Academy trials which lead towards EH Talent Academy programme which runs from September 2027 – August 2028. Further details about the Talent Academy Programme can be found on England Hockey website.
The cost of these Autumn sessions is £45 which may be paid in either cash or by Bank Transfer on 16th October.
our business bank account details are:
Account Name: West Cheshire Junior Development centre
Sort Code: 40 20 20
Account Number: 21518380
if paying by Bank transfer, please use the following style of reference ~ U18B followed by your son's surname and first initial, so U18BWilliamsP if I were an U18 Boy. Please could we ask that you do not make payments before Friday 16th October

West Cheshire and Wirral U12 / U13 / U14 Girls Training

Sunday 20th September (AGC)
Friday 9th October (DRHC)
Sunday 8th November (AGC)
Sunday 6th December (AGC)

Our Sunday sessions at
Abbey Gate College
Chapel Lane
Saighton
Nr Chester CH3 6EN
are 1pm - 3pm (registration from 12,45)

Friday 9th October at
Deeside Ramblers Hockey Club
Gardenhurst Estate
Whitchurch Road
Tiverton CW6 9NA

is 6pm - 8pm (registration from 5.45pm)
At the end of these sessions’ players will be selected to participate in further training sessions, during the Spring and matches against other North West Counties (Cumbria, East Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire)

U14 (Year 9) players may be nominated to participate in Talent Academy trials which lead towards EH Talent Academy programme which runs from September 2027 – August 2028.
Further details about the Talent Academy Programme can be found on England Hockey website.
The cost of these Autumn sessions is £80 which may be paid in either cash or by Bank Transfer.
our business bank account details are:
Account Name: West Cheshire Junior Development centre
Sort Code: 40 20 20
Account Number: 21518380

if paying by Bank transfer, please use the following style of reference ~ U14G followed by your daughter's surname and first initial, so U14GWilliamsP if I were an U14 Girl

Payment may be spread as follows ~ £40 on 20th September and £40 on 8th November