Junior Events

The annual Waverley Hockey Club $1000 Club Day is upon us once again and is shaping up to be a great day around the club. WHC looks forward to playing five exciting games against Doncaster HC, hosting a luncheon for our current sponsors as well as socialising with a number of council members: local, state and federal.

WHEN – Saturday 31st July from 11PM.

TICKETS – $30 ticket for entry into the $1000 draw, two drinks of your choice and a sausage.

TARGET 1000 – Let’s aim for 1000 people to come through those gates on Saturday to show the proud and dominant force that Waverley HC is.

The day kicks off strongly with our two impressive under 9’s teams taking the field against Doncaster’s best under 9’s. The Under 9 Panthers will be looking to cement their 1st and 2nd places on the ladder – The next generation look strong! The club encourages parents and their kids to stay on for the day – We are supplying two jumping castles and have a Cub Card available for purchase on the day.

Cub Cards – $5 will get the kids one soft drink, a sausage and unlimited time on our two jumping castles.

Following will be an 120 strong minkey brigade taking the field to showcase the future of the club. Club members from State League 1, Pennant A and B will be down to help out coaching the minkeys program from 10:30am. Doncaster minkeys are also making the trek to Waverley HC to join in the fun. Again the club encourages the minkeys to stick around and to make use of the Cub Card!

WHC will welcome sponsors, supporters and council members at 12:00 noon to the club for a great day of socialising, food and hockey!

The third placed Pennant A Men will be looking for a win against the fourth placed Doncaster at 12:30pm – A win could potentially boost the team to first place!

2:00pm will showcase the clubs best Men’s talent with the State League 1 taking the field against Doncaster. The boy’s are coming off a strong win against Greensborough at home. They will ensure a fast paced, skillful and exciting game for the the home crowd to enjoy.

3:00pm Will see the $1000 draw begin, make sure you have tickets (ONLY $30!).

3:30pm the third placed Women’s Pennant A team will take on second placed Doncaster in what should be a well fought match to cement a finals spot!

5:00pm will showcase the final match of the day with the Pennant D Women looking to knock off a lowly PEGS to ensure a finals berth coming into the business end of the season.

Remember to show your support by getting down for the day to ensure we reach TARGET 1000.

Look forward to seeing you there

The season is fasting approaching and we need your help before it all gets underway. Please read below look forward to seeing you there chipping in and giving us a hand.

WHAT: Working Bee

WHY: To get the club in tip top shape for the coming season. It’s going to be a big year for the club and we want to have the clubhouse ready to go.

WHEN: Sunday 14th March at 10am.

WHAT TO DO NOW: Please stick this date in your calendar and come along on the day. Bring a shovel, some gloves, gear for cleaning the rooms (scrubbing brushes, brooms, mops, dusters, etc) and the out doors (shovels, wheel barrow, hammer, nails, screws, screw drivers, etc).

Thanks

Waverley House Committee

The house committee is responsible for the facilities around the club, from the ground to the clubhouse and is always looking for members to chip in and give a hand. It’s not a big time committment and the effort is rewarding to see go around the club. Things like the projector and speakers installed as well as the framing of our club legends shirts are just a couple of things we have got going.  Want to get involved? Please email Beth Merkus(bethmerkus@bigpond.com) or Travis Brooks (tnbrooks@gmail.com) for more details.

The Champions Hook in2 Hockey Super Clinic is being held in conjunction with the ABN AMRO Hockey Champions Trophy – Men, 2009. This Super Clinic is open to all children aged between five and twelve years old, and is a rare opportunity to be coached by some of Australia’s hockey champions including Travis Brooks (Olympic Gold and Bronze Medallist), Katie Allen (Olympic Gold Medallist), Andrew Smith (Olympic Bronze Medallist) along with current members of the Australian Hockeyroos.

Registration is $40 which includes the choice of an equipment pack (stick, shin guards and ball) OR apparel pack (t-shirt and bucket hat); opportunity to meet and be coached by previous and current hockey champions; show bag; and a fully catered BBQ to follow from 10:30-11:30am.

To register, go to www.hockey.org.au/hookin2hockey. Click on ‘Register Online’, then search by ‘Centre Name’ and type ‘Champions Super Clinic’. Registrations close on Friday 20th of November, and numbers are strictly limited, so make sure you get in quick! Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity!

More information about the clinic can be found in the brochure, and any questions can be directed to Bec Waley at Hockey Australia on (03) 9555 1500 or email: bec.waley@hockey.org.au

Waverley Hockey Club is once again running the very popular Junior Summer Hockey competition at our club grounds. Matches will be conducted on Friday evenings, commencing Friday night 23 October & concluding Friday night 20 November.

Registration for this year close on October 9th. Get in quick as response as been very strong.

Summer Stix is for current Juniors to play hockey during the “off” season and a chance for less experienced players or children who would like to try hockey “to have a go”.

There is also the opportunity for schools or clubs to enter teams

This competition is an opportunity to have fun, improve skills and for new players to try hockey. So if you have a family member, friend, school mate or neighbour wanting to try hockey, please tell them about Waverley Summer Stix.

More info, including registration details, is available on the http://www.waverleyhc.org.au/summer-stix.

Big weekend of GRAND FINALS  coming up, so get out and support your club.

Start off on Friday 18th  at S2 to see the U13 Shield team take on TEM at 6.15 pm

or alternatively go down to Monash  watch two games, the U13 North play Doncaster at 7.00pm followed at 8.30 pm when the U15 East take on Knox.

On Saturday 19th  you can start the day by popping into

H2 at 8.30 am to see the U11 North take on Box Hill for the flag.

So that may be a bit early for some of you. If so then make your way to Monash where at

12 noon Men’s PE take on Doncaster

followed at

2.00 pm when the Mens Metro 3 East take on MCC.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL WHO ARE PLAYING

Date: Saturday 5th September

Location: Waverley club rooms

Cost:

• $5 per child includes party food (chips & chezels), sausage in bread, drink and jumping castle
• $5 per adult for a Hot Roast Beef roll and a drink

Time:

12 noon – Sausage sizzle for the kids & Hot Roast Beef rolls for the grownups

Jumping castle and free time on the hockey ground

Special ‘Australian hockey celebrity’ guest/s will present a medal to each child

12.45pm Minkey presentation of medal to each child

1.15pm – Under 9 presentation of medal to each child

Following the presentations – Jumping castle and free time on the hockey ground

Grandparents or other guests welcome!

RSVP number of children and adults who will be eating (for catering planning) to Nikki Gerling by Saturday 29 August; nikki.gerling@shell.com

Junior presentation night for under 11s,13s,15s &17s is on Sunday 18th October at Ashwood Secondary College.

The first part of the night will be presentation of under 11 and 13’s, if they could arrive at 4.00pm for a 4.30pm start till 6.15pm.

Junior Club awards will follow from 6.00pm to 6.15pm, before a break to allow 11’s and 13’s to leave 6.15pm till 6.30pm

Under 15s and 17s will have their presentations from 6.00pm – 8.00pm

Hot food (Small hot dogs, party pies, pizza) will be available. We ask that each child also brings a plate of savoury, sweet or a bottle of drink, team managers will organise this for each team.

Cost – $5 per child for raffle ticket entry

Thanks to all those who have ordered wine. The final date for orders will be Sat 8th August. All wines will be available to taste on that day also

Plaese support your club

Waverley’s very own Lucy Young recently competed in the Under 18 National Tournament Grand Final in Canberra. Here is the following match report from the HV website:

FINAL
New South Wales 3 v Victoria 1 (1-1 half time)
Goals – NSW McGarity 11m PC/59m PC, VIC Lanning 20m PC, NSW Forsyth 54m FG

The Victorian U18 Women’s State Team fell gallantly to NSW in the final of the Australian Championship in Canberra.

New South Wales, winners in 2008 and 2009 were ready to make a hat trick, whilst Victoria were keen to reclaim the shield after their last win 2004.

With plenty of support for both teams, New South Wales were quickest out of the blocks with a penalty corner conversion at the 11 minute mark by captain Claire McGarity. Within the space of ten minutes Victoria’s consistent goal scorer Meg Lanning responded to level the scores 1-1.

With less than two minutes remaining to half time New South Wales had an opportunity to go 2-1 up, however were unable to convert, keeping the score level at half time.

In the opening minutes of the second half was intense as both teams tried to claim possession. New South Wales were able to score their second for the match and a short time later followed this up with their third goal, Claire McGarity’s second for the match and held off Victoria to secure victory and the championship.

Congratulations to the Victorian Girls and especially Lucy for such a great tournament and for making the Grand Final!

Any junior interested in playing indoor for the State needs to put in their nomination form for trials as the U18 nominations close on the is 15th July.

The Australian Under 18 Men’s & Women’s Indoor Championships will be held in January, 2010 in Western Australia.

Nomination forms can be downloaded below:

U18 Mens and Womens Indoor nomination form

2009/2010 Indoor Officials nomination form

2009/2010 Indoor Selectors nomination form