Eastern Hotshots
2010 State Championships
In 2010 there will be 2 Junior State Championships for both boys and girls to be held at the State Hockey Centre:
• Under 13 and Under 15 -
28th June – 3rd July 2010
• Under 17-
1st – 3rd October 2010.
Trails for U-15 and U-13 age groups will be on May 2nd and May 9th, and applications for Junior State Championships will be processed centrally through Hockey Victoria online in 2010.
Further details and trial information are available at this link http://www.hockeyvictoria.org.au/index.php?id=11&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=332&cHash=66b00111ba
Contacts
The WHC Eastern Hotshots contact this year are:
Eastern Hotshots Waverley Co-ordinator
- Corinne Lyon: 0412 654 411 or corinne.lyon@optusnet.com.au
Eastern Hotshot Zone Co-ordinator:
- Courtney Mann: 0419545264 or cafm@bigpond.net.au
For any question regarding the Eastern Hotshots program, should be directed to Corinne first as the Waverley point of contact.
The Junior State Championships started in 1991 as the U13 State Championships and was initially created to allow four Melbourne Zone teams to compete against the Victorian Country team. Today the tournament is held annually and has U13, U14 and U15 Boys and Girls divisions. The championships also form the selection process for the HV junior state representative teams.
With a restructure implemented in 2010 by Hockey Victoria, there are now 10 Regional Zones, 6 Metro & 4 Country,
The Eastern Hotshots organisation now consists of Camberwell, Collegians X, ECHO, Knox, Monash Uni, Old Camberwell Grammar, Old Xaverians, Victorian Sikhs, Waverley clubs.
- Eastern Hotshots is a basis for organisation of playing, coaching, and umpiring development opportunities in the region.
- Junior State Championships is a component of Eastern Hotshots junior player development at U-13, U-15, and U-17 age groups. A total of 10 development zones from across country and metropolitan areas compete in this competition.
2009 Selection Trials
Congratulations to all those who were selected for the 2009 Southern Sharks teams
Under 13 boys: Brayden Lyon, Damon Steffens and Alex Bowering
Under 13 girls: Kiera Bates, Belinda Mason
Under 14 boys: Stephen head, James Dean, Jayden Imrei and Kyran Tansey
Under 14 Girls: Bridget Pledge, Arabella Hooper, Johanna Rogerson
Under 15 Boys: James Knee, Zac Davies, Ben Wilkinson
Under 15 Girls: Nicola Malysia
2009 Results
Under 15 Boys: The Southern Sharks were runners up in the state championships.
Under 14 Boys: The Southern Sharks were runners up in the state championships.
Under 14 Girls: The Southern Sharks were winners in the state championships. Picture of winning team below.
Under 13 Boys: The Southern Sharks were runners up in the state championships.
Under 13 Girls: The Southern Sharks were runners up in the state championships.
The state championships were very competitive and successful for Waverley’s zone affiliate (Southern Sharks). Waverley encourages all juniors to trial for next years state champs!
Parents
Southern sharks are also looking for anyone interested in joining their coaching teams or to be a selector at trial time. If you are interested in any of these above roles please contact before Tuesday March 3rd 2009.
