European Hockey North West Zonal Development Coordinator Jerome Labbaye and his team of helpers staged the first EHF U12 Hockey Festival in Lieven, North France from 30 June-2 July.

More than 80 children from France, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Lithuania (2), Poland and the Netherlands took part.

The aims of the festival were:

  1. To show the players and coaches that hockey can be enjoyed on many surfaces