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

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 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!

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.

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

FACEBOOK LINK

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.

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!

VICTORIAN GOALSCORERS

● Meg Lanning -8 Goals
● Tegan Purser – 4 Goals
● Hayley Padget – 3 Goals
● Tegan Boucher – 2 Goals
● Isabelle Peskett – 2 Goals
● Sarah Forsyth – 2 Goals
● Samantha Snow 1 Goal

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Game 1
VICTORIA 3 TAS 1

Game 2
VICTORIA 2 WA 3

Game 3
VICTORIA 4 NT 1

Game 4
VICTORIA 3 QLD 3

Game 5
ACT 2 VICTORIA 3

Game 6
VICTORIA 5 SA 0

Game 7
VICTORIA 5 NSW 3

Semi Final
VICTORIA 2 WA 1


2009 Australian U18 Women’s Championship

She is a very skillful player that plays in the U17A Girls Shield as well as the Women’s Pennant A team for Waverley.

We wish her all the best in the tournament and hope to hear back from her with results and how she is playing throughout the competition.

UNDER 18 VICTORIAN SCHEDULE

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!

Kicking off at 12:30 the day will start with Men’s Pennant A who are sitting third on the ladder and looking for a win to bridge the gap from the rest of the league.

Following will be the Men’s State League 1 who will showcase at 2:00pm against TEM. SL1 Men also sit third on the ladder looking to improve and cement themselves in the top two a the halfway point in the season.

The Women’s SL1 will showcase at 3:30pm against newly promoted Albury. The women will be striving for a strong win against the promotee’s.

Finally the Women’s Pennant A will host TEM at 5:00pm and will be in search of a win to crack the top 4 position.

All club members are invited to attend the day to enjoy a feed, some good company and some high level hockey viewing on offer!

It would be great to see some juniors and parents down for the games in our 50th year as a club!

]]> http://www.waverleyhc.org.au/events/club-day-round-9/feed 1 http://www.waverleyhc.org.au/news/alana-butler http://www.waverleyhc.org.au/news/alana-butler#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:22:39 +0000 Rhys Eddy http://www.waverleyhc.org.au/?p=2053 Alana, goalkeeper from the women’s Pennant A team is currently o/s as a member of the Australian Schoolgirls team. Following matches in Singapore, the team will play a series of games in England.

I’m sure we all wish Alana well in this adventure and look forward to having her write about it on her return.

Well done Alana and hope you have a sucessful trip

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.

To register for the 2009 season do the following:

Download and print a registration form or collect one from the clubrooms

Downloads are accessed through the mens, womens sections of the web.

Fill out the form with your details. A registration form must accompany your payment. If paying by direct debit mail a copy to the club.

Make payment via Direct Debit to Waverley Hockey Club, Cash, Cheque or EFTPOS

If you are unable to attend then post tthe form with your payment to:
Waverley Hockey Club
P.O. Box 2069
Mount Waverley 3149
If you need to discuss payment of fees then contact Graham Eddy via email at treasurer@waverleyhc.org.au.

Well last night we begun our campaign for season 2009 – and those that were there met out SL1 coach, Andrew Steele (Smokey).

Thank you for all of those who made the effore to come down last night, it was nice to see all the same smiling face and in particular nice to see some new faces down at the club. A special thank you to Stacia Joseph who came down to run the session, it was nice of you to offer us some encouraging words while we are slogging it out and you are standing and watching us!!! Ha ha

Smokey will not be there for the next week as he is venturing off into the sea on a sailing boat – doesn’t really sound like a lot of fun to me. But upon his return he is really looking forward to getting to know all of us…and please make him welcome in our true Waverley style!!! Good luck Smokey

For those of you that can make it on Saturday some of the girls will be meeting down at the club at 9am for a 30-40 min jog. If you cannot make it please ensure that you are going for a run on your own, Smokey has already made it very clear that one of his main priorities will be having fit players in his squad. So if you are aspiring to play SL1 this year, which you all should be then get running girls!!!

Next Wednesday 14th Jan we will be meeting at the club at 6.30pm – please be there on time so we can get going straight away. Those who are interested somr of us will be meeting at 6.15pm to do the Huntingdale Road run before, all welcome!

See you next Wednesday

Chook

We will have a good variety of running, games, swimming and beach fun through out the sessions. Wednesday nights will be at varied locations around the Waverley area and Saturday mornings we will be branching out for a bit of change. Locations such as, the Tan, Albert Park, Brighton Beach, Thousand Steps and Carlton Gardens.

All welcome! Hope to see you there

For the men, this game is shaping up to be a season defining moment for both MSL1 clubs as they grasp for a place in the top 4 come finals. Both have been a powerhouse of the competition in the past and are evenly matched coming into the fray after a draw the last time they met at Matlock in Round 9.

On the other hand although the Waverley Women’s may be out of the running it could be an upset that sends the surprise package that is Camberwell WSL1 out of the 4 if results do not fall there way in the coming weeks.

With the Olympics over a return of players for the game is on the cards and with this tantalising hockey in mind, an event has been organised which is the:

– Waverley Wheel of Fortune (Major Prizes on flyer)
– Inaugrual SL1 Stall Gift
– Happy Hour (3-4pm)
– Plenty of giveaways from our sponsors Red Bull & Nutrient Water
– Great Hockey!

150 tickets are being sold for the day for $25 each ($20 earlybirds)
Tickets include:

With the day starting at 12:30am and continuing on into the night there is plenty of time to come on down and enjoy the festivities.

We are hoping for a large turnout by the entire club in an effort to spur our top teams in their last round and into the finals!!

To buy tickets please fill out THIS FORM and we will contact you or you can call my mobile (on flyer).