Womens News

On field training has begun for the women’s unit and all players are encouraged to come and join us.

Tuesday night 7pm
Thursday night 7.30pm

Please feel free to contact me via email (danita.eastman@gmail.com) if you have any queries regarding training.

Look forward to seeing you all very soon
Danita

On a beautiful Sunday morning, many people ventured down to the club to help out with the yearly clean of the rooms and the ground. Although many still slighty under the weather from celebrating the Kookaburras win last night, people enthusiastically went about the big tasks of getting the club ready for the coming season.

A quick thanks for those that turned up and the power of work that was done. With the numbers down a bit on last year, we managed to power through the jobs listed and get the club looking ’shiny’ again.

Thanks to the following people who turned up (if I missed your name email me and I’ll add you to the list) I and the members of the house committee appreciate your efforts today, the club looks fantastic.

Cheers
House Committee:

Beth Merkus, Alan Ballard,  Shannon Davey, Travis Brooks, Tim Wishchusen and Jason Lyon

The 2009 Annual General Meeting of the Waverley Hockey Club Incorporated will be held at 11am on Sunday 31^st January, 2010  at the Bob Trewin Pavillion, Winbirra Parade, Ashwood.

This is a very important event which allows you, the club member, to provide input for the upcoming season and for questions to be raised.

An event is being planned for Melbourne Cup Day for everyone who is interested in coming down and watching the race on the big screen. More details will be posted as the day approaches.

With only one round left in the regular season before the finals fever starts, you have to wonder where has the year gone?

The Waverley Hockey Club, in it’s 50th Year Celebrations, would like to extend and invitation to all past, present and future members for the annual Senior Presentation night.

The details are as follows:

When: Friday 30th October, 7pm
Where: Merrimu Receptions – 1300 Dandenong Road, Clayton.
Why: A great night of entertainment at the end of the season to celebrate the clubs achievements.
Who: See Rach Sheppard or Jess Collins for enquiries / payment options.
Rach – 0439 360 922
Jess – 0400 546 840

Tickets – $80 each.

2009 Senior Presentation Night Form

More details will be posted shortly. Put the date in your diaries!

Hockey Victoria is pleased to announce the names of the players selected to represent Victoria at the 2009 Australian Women's Veteran's Hockey Championships to be held in Hobart.

Victoria will be fielding teams from Over 35s to Over 60s. However due to the lack of numbers the over 55s team will be omitted this year.

Tournament details:

What: Australia Women's Veteran's Hockey Championship
When: 1 October - 10 October 2009
Where: Hobart, Tasmania

Training Details:

Please note: all Train-ons are expected to attend training, with decision to be decided by coaches.  

Training begins on Sunday 16th at 8am.  

Monash Hockey Centre- 60s & 50s  
Brunswick Hockey Centre- 35s & 45s  
Doncaster Hockey Centre - 40s 

Over 35s State Team

Over 40s State Team

Over 45s State Team

Over 50s State Team

Over 60s State Team

Hockey Victoria is pleased to announce the names of the players selected to represent Victoria at the 2009 Australia Veteran's Hockey Championships to be held in Melbourne.

The tournament will be held at the Footscray Hockey Centre and Altona Hoockey Centre and Victoria will be fielding teams from Over 40s to Over 70s.

Tournament details:

What: Australia Veteran's Hockey Championships
When: 28 September - 10 October 2009
Where:

Footscray Hockey Centre
McIvor Reserve, Forgarty Ave
Yarraville 3013

Altona Hockey Centre
JK Grant Reserve,
Sugargum Drive
Altona 3018  

To view the teams selected please click on the links below.

Over 40s

Over 45s

Over 50s

Over 55s

Over 60s

Over 65s

Over 70s

The race for State League 1 supremacy intensified over the weekend with round 13 shuffling things around at the top of the men’s and women’s competitions.

In the women’s side of things Doncaster is the big mover having won four and drawn one out of its last five matches. This week’s tight win against Altona pushes Doncaster into the fringes of the top four and puts the pressure on Mentone, which is Donny’s nearest rival. Meanwhile Altona remains planted at the foot of the table still winless after 13 rounds.

Despite Altona’s current predicament the Seagulls have been playing well and luck has favoured their opponents, which means that a strong run home could see them survive the drop.

At the other end of the spectrum, Greensborough continues to lead the competition with a six point buffer from nearest challenger the Essendon Ladies. This week the Burras disposed of MCC thanks to single goals from Riordan sisters Stephanie and Tegan who lead the charge on the weekend. The Ladies are not far off though and secured an important victory against Camberwell, which remains in the top four for the time being.

In the men’s competition Doncaster’s performance against Altona produced a spectacular result in which the Seagulls suffered a 7-0 loss. In one of their worst results this season Altona succumbed to Donny which had all its guns firing simultaneously. Up and coming youngster Jayshaan Randhawa also made the scoresheet and we can expect his name to be a common feature in weeks to come.

TEM topped Donny in the scoring department with an 8-1 win over Southern United which has boosted its goal advantage, which will come in handy when the relegation dogfight picks up momentum. Southern remains anchored at the bottom of the league table and are yet to relive the joy felt back in round 11.

The local derby between Hawthorn and Waverley produced the round’s only hat-trick with James Mulcair taking the individual honours. Despite Mulcair’s efforts the Panthers took the points on the day, bettering the reigning champs 5-4.

Hockey Victoria recently ran a poll asking the hockey public if they thought Hawthorn will compete in this year’s Grand Final and the results convincingly swayed to no. Out of 360 votes 33% could see the Hawks playing in defence of their title, while 66% were convinced of the contrary. There were also some undecided (6%) who are still watching results to see how things pan out at the business end of the season.

WSL1 – ROUND 13

Albury – Wodonga 3 Mentone 4
Goalscorers:
ALB - N Burkitt, N Latta 2.
MNT- T Boucher, C Mannix, M Tuhan 2.

Essendon Ladies 2 Camberwell 1
Goalscorers:
ESS – J Francis, D Munro.
CAM – J Monkivitch

MCC 1 Greensborough 4
Goalscorers:
MCC – C Bond.
GBH – S Riordan, T Riordan, L Brook, J Abbott.

Waverley 1  Hawthorn 4
Goalscorers:
WAV – T Cumpston.
HAW- M Berriman, K Chau, S Evans, C Messent.

Doncaster 3 Altona 2
Goalscorers:
DON – H Erasmus, E Pearce 2.
ALT- Unavailable

MSL1 – Round 13

Doncaster 7 Altona 0
Goalscorers:
DON – D Clancy, B Dempster 2, J Ellis 2, Z Filliponi, J Randhawa.

MCC 2 Greensborough 4
Goalscorers:
MCC – M Birch 2.
GBH – A Monte, D Van Meeuwen, G Zull 2.

Waverley 5 Hawthorn 4
Goalscorers:
WAV – D Brennan 2, N Dallimore, S Jarvis, L Young.
HAW – J Mulcair 3, J Stebbings.

Essendon 4 Camberwell 0
Goalscorers: P Brennan 2, M Cleur, A McLennan.

TEM 8 Southern United 2
Goalscorers:
TEM – A Gual, R Hatch 2, N James, S Macumber 2, A Seccull 2.
SUH – L Bahramis, T Florence.


PHOTOS

A special thanks to Julie Dimmick for their contributions.

The Hockey Victoria website is keen to receive photo contributions for the website and related publications and therefore encourages anyone with a camera to try their hand. Full credit will be given to the best shots received.

Anybody interested in sending in photos please do so to cibarra@hockeyvictoria.org.au by 11am Mondays.

This Saturday the 25th of July the Waverley Hockey Club will be hosting a massive day down at its spiritual home, Ashwood Reserve.

Day
During the day the bar will be open for business serving the coldest beveridges, a big BBQ and spit roast will be fired up – not to mention the top class hockey on display from 12:30pm until 6:30pm.

Footy, Food & Friends
As the night rolls on the Big Screen will be wheeled out to provide a first class viewing of the AFL clash between the top placed Saints Vs. third placed Western Bulldogs. The bar will continue continue into the night and food will be available.

Featured Event
Last but not least the night will reach its climax when the Annual Waverley Snail Races take place in the club rooms. The event is a very controversial subject after last years champion snail was disqualified after officials discovered it was actually Ant Green with a shoe box on his back and the only snail to use elbows during the race.

All are welcome and we look forward to seeing you all at the club!

Jess & Tim

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With a huge weekend of matches at Ashwood this weekend, the club has arranged for a number of Victorian wines to be available for tasting (with a view to purchase!!).

The wines will be there on Friday night, Sat and Sunday. All are reasonably prices and competitive with local retail outlets.

Look forward to support from all members