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Congratulations to Brayden Lyon, Ryan Jones, Damon Steffens, Liam Alards and Emilio Fernandez, who were selected in the Under 13 State Hockey Team what a fantastic effort!

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The Victorian Under 21 team is playing it’s semi final match tonight tonight (Friday 16th) against South Australia at 6pm at the State Hockey Centre. If you can, head over the the SNHC to support the Waverley boys in the team and see some great hockey.

One of the major supporters of the Waverley HC has furthered its involvement in Hockey by sponsoring HV.

Hockey Victoria is proud to announce ROTHFIELD as the naming rights sponsor to the 2010 Under 21 Men’s Australian Championships, to be held at the State Netball Hockey Centre from July 6 – July 17, 2010.  ROTHFIELD who have provided support for hockey at the grass root level have now shown their support to this national event whilst it is being hosted in Melbourne.

CLICK HERE UNDER 21 MATCH SCHEDULES Hockey Victoria encourages all members of the Victorian hockey community to come along to the State Hockey Centre and watch the host state (Victoria) attempt to go one step better on its 2009 runner-up performance.

The Victorians have been training well and are confident about their chances at this year’s ROTHFIELD 2010 Under 21 Men’s Australian Championship “Rothfield Print & Image Management are pleased to support Hockey Victoria and are confident the Under 21 Men’s Australian Championship will showcase Victoria’s talented players” says Hank Rothfield, Managing Director. Hockey Victoria would like to encourage all clubs that have printing needs during and post the 2010 season to contact Roger Andrews of ROTHFIELD Printing to discuss options.  Please visit the ROTHFIELD website below for more details. http://www.printmanagement.com.au/

Women’s TAS Wrest Point Van Demons drew with Victorian Vipers 1 - 1
(Half-time 0 - 0)

Goal Scorers:
TAS – Sofie McLeod FG 42nd min
VIC – Stephanie Riordan FG 48th min

A drew was a fitting result to a hard fought match between the Tas Wrest Point Van Demons and the Victorian Vipers in the second match of the Australian Hockey League Round 1 in Hobart. With both teams after important points it was a slog for most of the game.

Midfield battles and great work by defenders and goalkeepers was a feature of this match.  Van Demons Captain and defender, Nicole Geeves, was a pillar of strength not only in defence but as a leader to her team.  She was well backed up by Harriet Moore who is clearly relishing her role as import goal keeper for the Van Demons.  

The Victorian Vipers worked equally hard with the Hockeyroos star, Georgia Nanscawen working hard with Stephanie Riordan up front.  

The half time break arrived with a nil all deadlock but it was in the second term that the Van Demons thrilled the partisan crowd with a breakthrough goal from Sofie McLeod, deflecting a purposeful penalty corner strike from Nicole Geeves.  

As is often the case, the Vipers fought back strongly and it was only a few minutes later that Stephanie Riordan, in perfect position in front of goal, slapped the Viper’s equaliser in.

Van Demons, Sofie McLeod and Nina Khoury were hungry for possession and continued to worry the Vipers but few opportunities arrived for the Van Demons.  A late penalty corner for the Vipers was their last opportunity to take the lead but no conversion mean both teams had to settle for sharing the points.

The VIC Vipers have their toughest game of round 1 tomorrow against the NSW Arrows while the Van Demons will get a feel for where they stand after their match against the Canberra Strikers.

Hola amigos de la bonita ciudad de Barcelona!!

For those that don’t know me, I’m Seb Mutimer from the Men’s State League 1 team and the new Sponsorship committee member within the club – I thought I would put up a post on the website

Since the end of the last season I have been in Europe: travelling, learning Spanish and playing hockey for around ten months – An amazing experience that I will never forget for the rest of my life.

My aim for the trip was to live in another country, become part of the culture, learn its language and discover a new brand of hockey to improve my game for Australia. In between all of this I have travelled extensively throughout Europe for 10 months including: Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, England, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Morocco, Portugal and Spain (where I live in Barcelona).

I have been asked a million times which is my favorite country, an impossible task to pick – If I had to choose though, it would be a dead heat between Portugal and Spain, purely based on the experiences, people and culture that these places hold.

During my time over here I have met some amazing people that will be lifelong friends as well as experiences I will never forget. The incredible music festival in Amsterdam on my birthday, La Carnaval in Sitges Spain, skiing the Dolomites of Italy, Las Fallas Festival in Valencia, Las Semanas in Sevilla, Oktoberfest in Munich Germany, Paris whilst it is snowing, New Years in Barcelona, watching the greatest soccer team of our time (Barcelona FC) playing in Camp Nou, the parties in Scandinavia, the mind-blowing culture shift of Morocco and the beautiful beaches of Portugal as well as skydiving over the Algarve coast – just to name a few!

On to the hockey!

The dream to play and live overseas was helped along by a good Spanish friend I met and played against a few years ago in Melbourne – Borja Campos who played for Doncaster SL1 and also plays for the National Barcelona team and is my roommate. He organized me to play for the Masculina Primera Barcelona Equipa, my registrations, licensing and accommodation – which made everything amazingly easy for me!

Before Christmas two of my best friends (from Amsterdam) and I were playing for the Segundo division, as we arrived 2 rounds into the season and due to licensing and international player rules we were not allowed to be promoted until after Christmas – during this time we bought the Segundo division to the top of the table.

We now play for the Primera Division in a tightly contested 12 team division where the next three rounds can decide between playoffs and relegation for 6 teams (two up two down relegation system). So the stakes are high at the moment and training as amped up a bit!

The Barcelona FC has been a great club for me and is well organized with 2-3 trainings a week, a physical trainer for an hour before training, two water base grounds (with one commencing resurfacing recently) as well as free access to the Barcelona physio (same one the soccer players use!) in Camp Nou. We also travel around Spain to play clubs in other cities, such as Valencia and Madrid. These trips are all expense paid over the weekend and are a fantastic experience.

I have around 3 weeks left in my trip and it’s going to be busy. A trip to Valencia to play Valencia HC, a flight to Nice to visit some Australian friends, watching the Champions league of Barcelona FC as well as the Handball for Barça, heading to Amsterdam for Queens Day with my Dutch mates and another skydive!

It has been something I will never forget and urge all younger players to consider it after their schooling or graduate programs as a gap year. If you want any info or have any questions im always around the club to have a chat and share my tips and experiences. I will be seeing you all around the club very soon!

FORÇA BARÇA!

Ciao ciao, bueno suerte equipos de Waverley!
Sebástian

Click on any picture for the full size, have toooooo many pictures to upload but here is a couple.

Hockey Victoria is pleased to announce that the following players are invited back for the second round of trials for the U14 Victorian Indoor State Teams.

We congratulate all of the players so far and wish all those who did not make the second round all the best in their future hockey aspirations.

All of the girls who trialled are invited back for the second round of trials.

Please note that the second round of trials are scheduled for Sunday 23rd August.

» Under 14 & 16 Boys & Girls Indoor Championships
4th – 8th January 2010, Niagra Park, Central Coast, NSW


BOYS

Surname	Name
Alards	Liam
Beresford	Adam
Borland	Tom
Cantley-Smith	Rohan
Date	Harry
Eager	Mitchell
Ephraums	Joshua
Ephraums	Nathan
Fernandez	Emilio
Filshie	Callum
Gay	Lochlan
Harding	Luke
Haslam	Alex
Hassall	Gilbert
Herbert	Joshua
Kinch	James
Lester	Michael
Matthews	Connor
McDonald	Heath
McIlwain	Will
Meaden	Zach
Minchin	Harry
Patterson	Jacob
Rennie	Benjamin
Richards	Aaron
Stewart	Andrew
Stock	Lachlan
Walker	Jack
van der Merwe	Daniel
Richards	Ben
Drakos	Matthew
Glow	Daniel
Wroblewski	Peter
Sargent	Reid

Hockey Victoria invites all Under 9, Under 11 and junior Goal Keepers (Under 13 and Under 15) to register for one of the Junior Development Programs that will be conducted in October-November 2009.

There will be NO TRIALS but players will need to check age eligibility for each program.

REGISTRATIONS CLOSE 1ST SEPTEMBER 2009.

Click on links below for program details and registration form.

Junior Development Programs

Registration Form

Alana is the keeper for the Women’s Pennant A team in 2009. She was selected and played for the Australian Schoolgirls Team which toured Europe and Singapore.

Written by Alana Butler

I began my trip by flying out of Melbourne on the 6th June and meeting the team in Singapore. It was on our first official day of tour that we played the Singapore U18 Women. Grace the other goalkeeper and myself were not given much of a go in this game as our team dominated on the field.

We finished winning 12 nil. It was a great start and gave us all a good confidence boost. We finished the day off with some shopping and then boarded our 13 hour flight to London.

After arriving in London on Monday the 8th, we had to beat jetlag by making a full day of sightseeing. One of the main highlights of the day was the London Eye, which gave us an amazing view of London City. We spent the two days traveling and packing in as much sightseeing as possible.

We stopped in Oxford, which was an awesome experience to see all the students walking around in their official robes and then continued our journey arriving in Nottingham, where we played our second game of the tour against Lincoln College which again we won 7 nil. Our third match was much tougher and we fought hard for the 4-3 win against Sutton Coalfield. Our fourth game was against British Colleges and although we won 5 nil it was personally my best game.

Our fifth game was the highlight of the tour, where we played the English U18 team as the follow up match to an international match between the Spanish and English women. Our team worked extremely well as an attacking and defensive unit. We played a tough match, always only just on top of our opposition we managed to win 5-3 with a goal in the last thirty seconds of the match. It was an amazing feeling as we stood facing our flag singing the national anthem, our spirits high after our superb win. Our last two matches were won well with 4 nil against the Wales U18 team and 6 nil against Bristol University.

The tour was an incredible experience combining hockey and lots of sightseeing and touring, one of the best places I was fortunate to visit was the city of Bath, it lived up to its history. With some of the most remarkable architectural buildings I have ever seen. All in all it was a brilliant experience and although it only lasted 16 days, seemed like much longer as each day was so crammed with excitement.

Pictures of the trip from Alana.

Following their recent silver medal at the Samsung Hockey Champions Trophy tournament in Sydney, the Hockeyroos have turned their attention to the qualifying for next year’s World Cup.

Hockeyroos coach Frank Murray has announced his squad to compete against New Zealand and Samoa in a World Cup Qualifier event in Invercargill, New Zealand from August 24-29.

A travelling squad of 19 athletes has been selected, with the final team of 18 players to be announced on August 24. This decision has been made to ascertain the impact that the Women’s Junior World Cup campaign has on players  Casey Eastham, Emily Hurtz and Georgia Nanscawen who are currently competing at this tournament.

The travelling squad is extremely similar to the squad that competed at the Samsung Hockey Champions Trophy in July, with defender Heather Langham the only omission.

Veteran defender Kim Walker, who missed the Champions Trophy due to injury, returns to the Hockeyroos team while Victorian striker Claire Messent has also been named in the travelling squad.

Should the Hockeyroos be victorious at the World Cup Qualifier event, in which the Kookaburras will also be competing against New Zealand and Samoa at the same time, they will advance directly to the 2010 Women’s World Cup in Argentina from 30 August – 12 September.

The Hockeyroos squad remains quite young, with nine of the 19 players having only played 20 or less international matches.

VICTORIANS SELECTED

Stacia Joseph
Position: Defender
Age: 23
Caps: 9

Rachael Lynch
Position: Goalkeeper
Age: 23
Caps: 17

Claire Messent
Position: Striker
Age: 23
Caps: 8

Georgia Nanscawen
Position: Striker
Age: 17
Caps: 13

Sarah O'Connor
Position: Defender
Age: 24
Caps: 19

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