The WHC has had yet another successful year on and off the field throughout the 2010 period – Especially with the double header wins of our elite SL1 Men and Women teams, so let’s see season 2010 out with a bang.

Seats and reserved tables are filling up fast so gather your teammates and get involved.

Where: Manningham Hotel (Bullen)
When: 29th October, 7:00pm-12:00am
Dress: After 5 (cocktail)

Payments are due in no later than Friday 22 October 2010, so please get in early and confirm your attendance by purchasing your ticket(s). Please see the attached flyer for payment details. For any queries, or to confirm table arrangements, please phone Rachel Sheppard 0439 360 922.

Click on link below to download form:

WHC 2010 Presentation Night Flyer Order Form

The Panthers hosted Doncaster at home in front of a large crowd for the $1000 Club Day, Sponsors and Supporter Luncheon. A win would possibly catapalt the Pennant A team into first place.

Coming off a 5-0 win against SUHC the previous week, the Panthers were full of confidence and looking to hit their straps at home. The crowd would not be disappointed.

The game began evenly with both teams vying for that first damage to the score board. The arm wrestle intensified with Doncaster finding some piercing runs into the deep defence which were swiftly denied by the in-form Geoff Greaves.

Waverley struck back deftly through two penalty corner conversions one after the other within the first 15 minutes of the game. Andrew Shelton was the aggressor continuing his purple patch by punching two hits into the bottom right corner from the corners to take Waverley to a 2-0 lead.

Young gun Luke Anthony showed no sign of his early season injury with an incredible break out game. His solo effort up front saw him beat two defenders, spin around the keeper and slot the goal to extend the Panthers to a 3-0 lead at half time.

Waverley was not happy with this lead and sought to totally overwhelm Doncaster in the second half. The Panthers achieved this controlling the ball for the first ten minutes with purpose and skill, this set the tone for the second half.

Luke Anthony continued to wreak havoc for Doncaster as he found the back of the net for the second time in the game, 4-0. This was closely followed by a penetrating hit from Andrew Shelton being deflected by Andrew Yeaman into the sideboard to register 5-0.

The final blow came from Rod Mackintosh who picked up a rebounding ball off the top of the circle, turned onto the backstick and nailed a tomahawk past the keeper to finish the game at 6-0 and to place the Panthers into second place on the ladder.

Other than the successful hockey, for all teams during the day, the $1000 club day and luncheon was incredible for all members who attended. It was great to see old members, active supporters & councillors all socialising during the day as well as over 100 minkey kids enjoying the two jumping castles all day.

Special thanks to the committee, Roger Andrew, Bron Maddock, Beth Merkus and Simon Preston who were integral to the day. Thanks to all those who chipped in help for and during the day. A bigger and better draw will be on next year! PS: Congratulations to Mark Hocking for winning the $1000, will we see any go on the bar?

Goals – Anthony 2, A. Shelton 2, Mackintosh and Yeaman

Team – Greaves, A. Shelton, Mutimer, M.Hocking, Mackintosh, Ritchie, D. Shelton, Anthony, Dallimore, O.Preston, Knee, Annetts, Munro, Yeaman & Ashton

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

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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.

Scott Partners is one of the greatest supporters and partners of the Waverley Hockey Club with countless hours of voluntary work committed to helping the Club move forward positively.

Scott Partners is now extending a fantastic offer that is mutually beneficial and to the greater community:

Scott Partners Chartered Accountants are delighted to announce a special offer for all Waverley Hockey Club players, parents and friends.

Tax time is nearly on us once again and the average refund that taxpayers receive back from the tax office is $1,861. (source: Charter Magazine June 2010 Pg 31). It makes sense to get that money back into your pocket as soon as possible and Scott Partners have come up with a way to help Waverley Hockey Club at the same time.

Offer available to new clients only. Pay just $150 for a standard individual 2010 tax return and Scott Partners will donate $20 of that fee directly to Waverley Hockey Club. Your $150 fee is fully tax deductible as well.

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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.

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!

Keeping with the times the Waverley Hockey Club is again setting benchmarks by entering itself on Wikipedia (The Worldwide Encyclopedia) for the world to read about.

CLICK HERE to read about the club on Wikipedia. Any person who wants and has the knowledge to edit on Wikipedia is invited to do so to make the article as accurate and beneficial as possible.

For those that do not know a ‘Wiki’ is a type of collaborative Web site and encyclopedia. Wikipedia’s articles provide links to guide the user to related pages with additional information.

Wikipedia was only created in 2001 and is a written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. Anyone with internet access can make changes to Wikipedia articles.

The workshop is an open invitation for all current and potential coaches from all of the women’s divisions (seniors, juniors and minkey’s).

The topics to be covered by Toni will include: Systems, structures, positioning, designing and training drills.

For any further information regarding the workshop please comment on the article and we will endeavor to reply with an answer.

This Saturday, the 27th of June, will be jam-packed with the much anticipated rematches that will deliver the skill, drama and passion that you have come to expect from the rivalry between Waverley and Camberwell.

The day starts with Men’s PA at 12:30pm striving to make Camberwell their next scalp on their journey at securing second spot on the ladder.

2:00pm will showcase a clash between the two in-form teams of the Men’s SL1 competition with the Panthers heading to Matlock looking to dethrown top of the table Camberwell.

The Women’s SL1 will begin at 3:30pm with the Panthers looking to upset 4th placed Camberwell and to bring themselves back on track.

Finally, the Women’s PA will be looking to cement themselves in the top 4 with a win against Camberwell commencing at 5:00pm.

“Camberwell Hockey Club extends a warm welcome to all at Waverley on the 27th of June”. The Camberwell Hockey Club is hosting a Family Day with all Waverley members, parents and children welcome.

Members of the Waverley Hockey Club are urged to make the trip down to support their top teams on the day in our 50th year celebrations as we strive for success. The support on the day really does help push the teams on and is much appreciated by all!

Only teams are stated for specific times, its up to each team to generate a roster around these times. Thanks in advance for helping out around the club. It’s not a huge commitment but one that is needed to ensure the club has success off the field as well as on.

Cheers Trav.

We hope you are enjoying the new website and its features. Over the coming weeks we will be adding further improvements as well as properly filling out some of the missing content. Until then please bookmark the site and make sure you check back daily for all Waverley HC updates plus use the MyWHC pages to check team news and fixtures.

We are also looking for representatives within the club to make match reports on their teams performance each round. We a hoping to have weekly updates from a variety of teams in the Men’s, Women’s and Juniors to help keep the whole club up-to-date on your teams performance.

If you are interested in contributing please email admin@waverleyhc.org.au OR leave a comment down the bottom of this post with your name and email to contact you on and we will set you up with an account.

I would like to pass on special thanks to the following people whom contributed enormously over the last couple of months to make this such a fabulous night. Don Trewin for MC on the night, Roger Andrews for last minute printing deadlines, Beth Merkus for guidance and feedback to the Club Committee, Ian Hocking for the Club’s determination to pursue this event, Di Robbie & Antony Green for co-ordinating the Teams of the First 50, Sue-Anne Hocking for artwork, Drew Ashton for the presentations and especially the Organising Committee of Drew, Ant, Rach, Jess and Bronwyn for delivering a great night. – Brian Maddock

ps. Do you have any great photos of the night? Please forward to waverleyhc@live.com for inclusion in the Waverley Hockey Club 1959-2009 Signature Frame.

Since first going online, Waverley Hockey Club has used its website as the main communication tool for the club to members and the hockey fraternity.  The club has continually pushed excellence and has been a leading innovative club in terms of media online. To keep with the times the site has has been given a facelift and fully upgraded to add even more features in an effort to make www.waverleyhc.org.au your one stop shop for everything hockey related!

New features

Below is a list of the sites features detailing changes that have occured in the site revamp:

myWHC

The biggest addition to the site has been the introduction of the myWHC page. On the old site, myWHC provided access to the forums where discussions took place in relation to all things Waverley.  The new site includes the addition of individual pages for each team of the club.

Individual team pages will feature your fixture for the upcoming weekend, display an up to date ladder of the competition you are competing in and display any news/pictures/events relevant to the team.  So rather than having to access Sporting Pulse to find out competition information, just check out your myWHC page!

RSS Feed

Use an RSS feed to keep up to date with all the news happening around the club? Subscribe to the feed for site. Its an easy way to keep up to date with any new posts as they go live!

Photo Gallery

Checkout all the pictures of club members from happenings both on and off the field. This will be updated regularly and we encourage all members to send in any pictures you have to place up for the whole club to see. Make sure you take the time to look through the history album with great pictures over the last 50 years!

Player Profiles

Checkout the player profiles of the State League One squads and get to know the clubs elite players on a more personal basis. As the site grows, look to see the ‘Proud Panther’ pop up providing player profiles of fellow club members generated randomly on site pages as you browse.

Forums, Tipping & Polls
As we continue to fill the site with content check back for updates relating to the re-installation of the Wav Forums, a MyWHC tipping competition (tipping on Waverley teams each round) and the introduction of ‘Panther Polls’ to find out the communities vote on certain questions!

Community Board

To further establish and foster our relationship with the surrounding community a free bulletin board will be placed in MyWHC to advertise services and specials in the surrounding area.

With these ideas and many more in the pipes make sure you familiarise yourself with the new look website and become increasingly involved online to help build a stronger club cohesion.

A special thanks to Lee Murphy from spoonfed creative (www.spoonfedcreative.com) for his help in designing some new artwork for the site.

Check back regularly to keep up-to-date with the Panthers 50th year celebrations and make sure you leave your thoughts by commenting on articles, pages or pictures!

Waverley Web Team

emily at the u21 championship

Waverley congratulates Emily Paton and Sheree Thompson on making and competing in the Under 21 Women’s Australian Championship this month.

The Championships were held in Sydney, NSW from the 14th until the 25th of April.

Victoria powered through into the semi-finals to be defeated by the narrowest of margins (1-0) by Tasmania who went on to win the Championships. In the following playoff they went on to beat Western Australia to place them 3rd in the tournament which is a outstanding result.

Emily even hit the score sheet with a goal!

Congratulations go to both girls who now come back to play a major part in the Women’s SL1 team.

Thanks to the following who manned the BBQ

• Karen Malysiak
• Sam & Jim Rogerson
• Susan Carabarine
• John & Jack Carey
• Linda Stocks
• Kath Castles
• Kath & Natalie Ortlieb
• Scott and Clare Keating
• Michael & Daniel Keating
• David Wright

Big thanks to Beth for another top job in the organising and to Bakers Delight – Glen Waverley for the supply of the bread. Our third Bunnings BBQ is scheduled later in the year and it will be the turn of the Men’s Unit to run the day.

Big thanks to Travis, Beth and Roger for driving the day and to all those who attended: Trent Merkus,Steve Hull (Audio Visual magician), Tim Wischusen, Jess Collins, Rhys and Sam Eddy, Ant Green, Shannon Davey, Aaron Swindells, Jarvo, Jarrod Glasscock, Bec Thompson, Danita Eastman, Rachel Sheppard, the Lyon’s family, the Larters, Ian and Jack Hocking, the Powell’s, Alan Ballard, Maddock family, Neil and Toni Brooks, Chris Hocking, Phil Gibson, Ben De Zote, David Wright and family, Andrew Lee and Kids, Warner Berrage, the Cox boys, Ruth Sturgeon, Karen Cramer , the Holder’s, the Parry’s, Karel ?, Andrew Teekens, Scott Keating, Serafino Alberti, Seb, Presto, Greg Ingram, metro man, Blowering family………………………………………….hope I didn’t miss anyone.

and couldn’t I overlook the great paint job done by Ross Hamond – and he’s always looking for other jobs!!!

Once again a fantastic effort – one we will all enjoy. A big big thank you to all

Amazing what can be achieved in a few hours when many pitch in.