The Beavers are one of our three Academy teams that play Saturday hockey as part of the main club fixtures along with the Badgers and Vixens. Beavers (and more recently Vixen's) introduce many of our #homegrown Under 13/14 year old players to 11 a side full pitch hockey, they play very Saturday. Beavers gives that first taste of what its like to play Saturday hockey sampling pitches, clubhouses and teas across the North West all part of building a love for the sport ! Find out more about the Beavers Brilliant season !

The season 2016-17 will certainly go down as the most successful in Beavers hockey at Timperley to date.

The results speak for themselves:

P 25 | W 21 | D 1 | L 3 | F:165 | A:49

Two losses were to Deeside Ramblers who played boys only teams though Timperley had the last laugh in the final game running out 4-2 winners.

There are many levels on which the squad have succeeded this season namely ability, behaviour, hard work and fun.

One of the key strengths of Timperley Beavers over the years has been the willingness to play a mixed side of boys and girls and never more so than this season. All the players have grown and developed and brought their own unique qualities to making such a successful team.

The success was built on a solid defence as can be seen by the for and against tally. Emily Baxter and latterly Ben Hurlstone kept goal bravely and well behind a back three primarily including Roisin Driscoll, Jaz Lord, Jake Caborn, Ella Nicholson ( great cake baking Ella!), Ahmad Kurdy and Josie Hatton.

Midfield was an ever rotating group playing a diamond system. Regulars who starred were Callum Brown, Wilf Roberts, Charlotte Lord, Hamish Gonzales-Sweeney ( who transitioned well to the Badgers after Christmas), Harvey Freeman and Will McBride.
Up front the goal for tally was largely racked up by Rory Driscoll and Oli Burton but with excellent support from Tate Clayton, Kamol Stanford, Lauren McCall and Luke Jerome. Well done also to Josh Colquhoun-Lynn, Oli Hatton, Myles Harrison-Sterling, Will Pottinger and Dylan Wright.

Even by Christmas we were planning ahead for next season and this gave the opportunity for a number of Beavers to taste Badgers hockey and as a result for newcomers to experience their first full size pitch hockey. The latter included Ed Lord, Anna Judd and Katy Guest all of whom adapted quickly and showed real promise for next season.

Another point of note was the exemplary on pitch behaviour and attitude of every player who never gave up or questioned umpires' decisions and showed maturity beyond their years even if they turned into a jabbering rabble at half time and the before and after match team talks!

We are making no special note of outstanding performances here, though there were many, as at the Academy presentation day on 14th May we shall make sure those players are fully acknowledged.

Finally, thanks must go to all the parents who supported the team so well, collecting match fees, ferrying players to and from games, arranging substitutions when called on and being vocal but positive in their support of good hockey for both Timps and opposition alike.

What a wonderful season and one that we, Ruth, Dan and Foz, have thoroughly enjoyed.