Assessment & Selection

🚨 Summer Development Sessions will be available to book in Teamo soon 🚨

• open to all players - no previous county experience required
• fantastic opportunity for age group coaching over the summer
• pathway to selection for our 2024-2025 County & Development Squads
• Players need to be 11 on or after 1st September 2024 and under 17 on or before August 2025

Our sessions are suitable for players of all levels, including Goal Keepers, and we aim to help you develop your technical and tactical hockey skills in a fun and non-judgemental environment. You are welcome to attend as many sessions as you choose.

As well as providing access to age group hockey coaching & training over the summer, the Summer Camps will also be used to assess players for selection to the Cambs County programme.

The cost is £17.50 per 3 hour session, payable in the Teamo App via Stripe. For new players, information on how to register with Cambs Hockey on Teamo can be found here.

If a session is fully booked, we will be operating a standby list. Please contact Jess Grammer via the contact card below:

2nd June (Peterborough)

9th June (Saffron Walden)

16th June (Cambridge)

23rd June (Peterborough)

30th June (Saffron Walden)

7th July (Cambridge)

27th July (St Ives)

3rd August (Cambridge)

13th August (Cambridge)

14th August (Cambridge)

Thursday 15th August (St Ives)

20th August (Cambridge).

21st August (Cambridge)

22nd August (St Ives)

27th August (Cambridge)

28th August (Cambridge)

Existing County Players

• Summer Development Sessions should be available to book in your calendar in the Teamo App soon - we will let you know when booking opens.

New Players

• Please register on our player platform on the Teamo App:

• Our admins are all volunteers and will try to approve your registration as quickly as possible. Summer Development Sessions should be available to book in your calendar in the Teamo App soon - we will let you know when booking opens.

If you have bought a ticket by mistake or need to transfer a ticket to another day please contact Sally Tippen - Message Sally Tippenia the contact card below or through Teamo. DO NOT buy another ticket for the correct day as once tickets are bought they cannot be refunded or transferred. The payment stands and credit will be given and posted as £0 on the new selected date.

What is the difference between the County Squad & Development Squad for each age group?

The plan is to create greater flexibility and opportunity within our junior county system, and to make it much more player centric. It is universally recognised that players develop and progress at different speeds, ages, and times. It therefore does not make any sense to have a "closed" system whereby trials are held every September and players are either selected, or not selected, for the entire year. It promotes complacency amongst those that are selected and those that are unsuccessful have to wait a year before trying again.  

Therefore, after the summer sessions, the majority of players will be assigned to either the ‘County Squad’, or a ‘Development Squad’, for their age group and gender. The same age group coaches will train both the County and the Development squads each month, so that a fair and ongoing assessment can be made of each player’s development and to ensure that we meet the RARE principles. Right Athlete, Right Environment, (at the Right Time).

If a player is progressing well at Development then they can be invited to attend the County Squad sessions to see if that would be a better environment for them. Likewise, if a player is finding it difficult in the County Squad, or their attendance is poor, the Development squad may be the right environment for them at that time. All decisions around movement between the County & Development Squads will be discussed with the player and their parents (guardians) first.

Theoretically a player could move from County to Development and back to County all in the same cycle. 

What do I do if my young person is not available for any of the Summer Camp dates?

County are offering 8 county training sessions per age group over the summer period from June to August. These are on different days and at a number of locations within Cambridgeshire, which should enable most players to attend at least one or more of the dates.

If they are not able to attend any of the county sessions over the summer, then players will be offered the opportunity for assessment at a Development Squad training session. If appropriate, they would then be able to progress to the County squad during the cycle.

What do I do if my young person is unable to attend the summer sessions due to illness or injury?

If your young person is not able to attend their planned session(s) due to illness or injury, and you are not able to book an alternate session, please contact Jess Grammer using the contact card below, and the coaching team can advise.

My young person has been offered a Talent Academy trial in September. If they are unsuccessful, will they automatically be offered a place in their age group ‘County Squad’?

No. If a player who has not previously been at TA is not successful, they will not automatically drop into their age group County Squad. If the coaching team have had the opportunity to see the player at one or more of the summer sessions, then they will be able to make a decision as to whether they should join the County or Development Squad for their age group. Otherwise, they will be offered the opportunity for assessment at a Development Squad training session, and will then be able to progress to the County squad during the cycle if appropriate.

Please contact the county team as soon as you receive your decision about TA selection.

Can a Player be nominated to join the County or Development Squads later in the cycle?

Yes. If during the course of the cycle we observe a player, for example in a school match or club match, who is playing at the level required for county, or they are recommended by their school or club coach, they can be invited to the Development Squad for training, assessment, and if appropriate onward progression.

If you have bought a ticket by mistake or need to transfer a ticket to another day please contact Sally Tippen via the contact card below or through Teamo. DO NOT buy another ticket for the correct day as once tickets are bought they cannot be refunded or transferred. The payment stands and credit will be given and posted as £0 on the new selected date.