HTC Regional Club Championship Selection Process – East Coast

HTC is proud to announce we will be selecting our RCC teams to train and compete this spring. We will be selecting a U14, U16 and U19 RCC Team.

What is the Regional Cup Championship?

This is the major tournament that we will attend as a club. We will be competing against other Northeast club teams. The winning team for each age group will move on to the National Club Championships later on in the summer. 

This is the only tournament that we have try outs for and our coaching staff will select the teams one of three options.

1. Players that attend our try out dates in North Branford, March 27-28.

2. Players will be evaluated at the Shooting Star Easter Tournament.

3. Players that attend private schools or cannot leave their covid bubble – For these situations, our coaches will make the selection from previous practices and tournaments. 

All HTC players are eligible to be considered for one of our RCC teams! 

This Spring our RCC Training Squads will have 2 intense practices per week. This program is designed to work on individual skill development, small game concepts, improve player’s game knowledge, and gain valuable 11v11 game experience.  

We will select 20-25 players per age group for our RCC Training Teams. We will evaluate each player during the spring at practices and at tournaments. We will then select the final teams as we get closer to the RCC tournament.

Here are the steps for players to take to be considered for one of our RCC  teams;

All interested players must register for the RCC try-out, March 27-28, 2021. This includes players that can attend the try-out, players that are attending the Shooting Star Showcase, and Prep School players that cannot leave campus. 

ALL interested players to be selected for one of our RCC teams, must register for the March 27-28 Try-Outs! 

We will have 2 try out dates. We highly recommend players attend both try outs so that our coaches can evaluate your play. 

If you are a player at a Prep School now and cannot make the March try outs, we are asking you to register for the try out anyway to express your interest in being selected to one of our RCC Teams. For these players, we will use our past evaluations of your play to make the RCC selections. 

Evaluation Sessions

Saturday March 27

U14 Players – 1p-2p

U16 Player – 2p-3p

U19 Players – 3p-4p

Sunday March 28

U14 Players – 1p-2p

U16 Player – 2p-3p

U19 Players – 3p-4p

Our RCC Training Squads  will be announced on April 5, 2021. For the players that are selected to the RCC Training Squad, we will forward the specific training practice schedule. 

What will the schedule be if I make the RCC Training Team?

Our training squads will attend 2-3 practices per week. There will be practices and play days for our teams to prepare for the RCC Tourney. Once you are selected for the RCC Training Squad, we will forward you your training schedule. 

 

Important Reminders!

• Age requirements for the RCC Teams are determined by a players age on January 1, 2021.
• Everyone must have USFHA membership that is current through September 1, 2021 and you must select HTC as your affiliated club.
• Deadlines to Register for the Evaluation Opportunities and to be considered for one of our HP teams is April 5, 2021. 

• We will announce our Teams on April 5, 2021.

We are very excited to offer our Regional Club Championship Program this Spring. We anticipate a very competitive spring season and look forward to our teams celebrating as this year’s RCC Champions!

Any questions, contact Debra Brickey or Darren Smallhorn; dbrickey@HTCfieldhockey.com

dsmallhorn@htcfieldhockey.com