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The annual Waverley Hockey Club $1000 Club Day is upon us once again and is shaping up to be a great day around the club. WHC looks forward to playing five exciting games against Doncaster HC, hosting a luncheon for our current sponsors as well as socialising with a number of council members: local, state and federal.

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

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.

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!

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

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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Toni Cumpston and Andrew Steele will be holding a Coaches Workshop on Tuesday 21st of July at the Waverley Clubrooms, commencing at 7.00pm

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.

Round 10 is shaping as a season defining moment for the clubs senior top teams as they travel to Matlock to meet Camberwell.

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!

Waverley Hockey Club will be hosting a Club Day this Saturday (20th of June) with a great day down at the club.

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!

Please find below the Canteen Roster for the remainder of Season 2009. The Roster has been drawn up on a ‘convenience’ basis, ie. you play then stick around afterwards to help out. At least 2 people from each team are required, 1 person to man the bar and the other the canteen.

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.