Hockey Albury Wodonga - The Hockey Capital of Australia

13th Annual U13 & U15 Carnival - Friday, 30 July 2010

The annual Under 13 & Under 15 carnival will be held from 25th September to 27th September. Attached is the information sheet and entry form. Click on read more.

Junior Representative Trials - Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Nominations are now open for the 2011 Junior representative squads. The nominations close Monday August 2^nd. Trials will be held Sunday 8^th August for the boys and Sunday 15^th August for the girls. For the 2011 season there will be an U13 rep team and a development team and for U15s & U17s there will only be a rep team.

Nominations forms can be found in the Representative/Forms section and on the holders near the notice boards at Albury.

Completed forms are to be returned to the office or can be placed in the results box at Albury Hockey Centre.

Men's and Women's Senior Teams Successful - Thursday, 17 June 2010

Hockey Albury Wodonga teams are celebrating their success at the senior men’s and women’s country championships held over the Queen’s birthday weekend.

The senior men defeated Central Victoria 5-1 in the final after having been beaten by C.V. the previous night 4-1. The Albury/Wodonga team were the standouts having scored 26 goals for and only conceding 6. Coach Matt Bardy was extremely pleased with the way his team played the final “we won the first game against Geelong 7-0 and the guys probably got a bit complacent and were taking things a little too easy which resulted in us losing to Bendigo in the pool game. This was a good wake up for the last pool game in which we beat Ballarat 11-0. It was pleasing that we didn’t take off the pressure after scoring a couple of goals early. In the final we started strongly and scored early in the game and then they played ultra defensive and hoped for a break away. The only sour note to the weekend was an injury to Tony Donnolley who badly twisted both his ankle and knee and is possibly out for a couple of weeks”.

The under 17 boys played in division 2 and won two games and finished a credible 4^th.

The two veteran teams playing in division one and two were outpaced by younger legs and came 4^th and 5^th respectively.

The senior women dominated in Geelong and played off against the Central Victoria Blazers and were crowned country champions after winning 5-0. The second division team lost to Warrnambool 0-2 in their grand final match to come second.

The junior girls teams playing in the Canberra carnival performed better than last year against top opposition. The under 17s came 5^th, the under 15s finished 8^th and the under 13s came 4^th.

The Victorian Country Senior teams were selected from the championships and Albury Wodonga dominated the selections with 11 men and 6 women being selected to compete in the Australian Country Championships to be held in Canberra late in July.

Men:

Andrew Maggs (capt), Ian Beath, Sam McIntosh, Matt Bardy, Dominic Wild, Fergus Dawson, Joel Shepherd, Scott Foley, Matt Sawyer, Tony Donnolley, Tim Jones and Jeremy Payne was selected as an emergency.

Women:

Janessa Leggatt, Emma Knagge, Shelby Thorneycroft, Jade Versteegen, Allison Nicholson and Jo Plowright.

Rep Jackets have Arrived - Thursday, 17 June 2010

The Hockey Albury Wodonga representative jackets that were on order have arrived and are available from the office.

Beginner Umpiring Course - Wednesday, 9 June 2010

A beginner umpiring course will be held on Friday 18th June and a second course on Saturday 19th June in the Albuyr Hockey Centre clubrooms. Details and a registration form are attached (click on read more).

Jocelyn Bartram Selected in the NSW U21s - Monday, 12 April 2010

Congratulations to Jocelyn Bartram for being named in the NSW Under 21 women's team to contest the Australian U21 Championships in Brisbane 20th to 31st July. Jocelyn flew out today to be part of the NSW U18 team to contest the Under 18 Australian Championships in Port Lincoln S.A. from 13th to 24th April.

In May Jocelyn will join the NSW Arrows as a development player at the NHL finals as well as flying out in July with the Australian U16 Schoolgirls team for a tour of Malaysia and China.

Four Players to Tour With Australian Country - Monday, 29 March 2010

Spitfires, Ian Beath and Sam McIntosh and Strikers Janessa Leggatt and Josephine Plowright have been selected for the Australian Country Hockey Teams which are about to tour Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur.

All four were selected after their performances at the Australian Championships in Tamworth last year.

This is the first time Ian and Sam have been selected with Ian coming off one of his best State League seasons where he scored over 30 goals. Sam is only 20 years old but has already established himself as a dominant midfielder within the Spitfires team.

Janessa and Joey are members of the Strikers and both toured Singapore with the Australian Country team last year and are looking forward to enhancing their experiences this trip.

Initial matches for both teams are against Hong Kong Provincial teams followed by one-off test matches against the Hong Kong National teams.

Both teams then travel to Kuala Lumpur where they play Malaysian development teams. The ladies team then play a three match test series against the full strength Singapore National Team while the men have matches against the Malaysian and Singapore Olympic squads.

Players depart on Monday 5 April and return on 19 April which means they unfortunately, will miss the Spitfires and Strikers first round State League commitments in Melbourne.

Senior Goalkeepers Required - Thursday, 18 March 2010

Beechworth Hockey Club is looking for Goalies for its senior teams. Contact Ellen Sadler (0260271581 ah or 0357544005 bh) or Steve Burnett 0429012651.

Working Bee at Albury Hockey Centre - Monday, 8 March 2010

There will be a working bee on Saturday 20th March 8.30am at the Albury Hockey Centre. The purpose is to clean up and get the centre ready for Easter and the season.

Proposed Representative Schedule - Tuesday, 23 February 2010

The proposed representative hockey schedule has been added to Representative/Calendar

Junior Hockey Achievements - Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Congratulations to Jessie Lucas and Michael Menzie on the following awards.

Michael won the "Local Sporting Champion Award" which was awarded by Sophie Mirabella.

Jessie won the "Emma George Sporting Scholarship" which was awarded by Indigo Shire.

Vale - Robert Head - Monday, 1 February 2010

The Board of Management and members of the association express their sympathy to Terry, Pete & Andy on the loss of Robert (Bob) Head. Bob was a long serving member of the City hockey club and passionate supporter of Albury Wodonga hockey.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

Board of Management Vacancies - Sunday, 24 January 2010

Directors Needed!

Hello to everyone in the Hockey Albury-Wodonga community. We are in need of two Directors to be part of the Board. It's critical to the ongoing success of HAW that we have a full complement of Directors and at the moment we lack a Director of Junior Athlete Development and a Director of Special Events. There is an unfortunate misconception that being on the Board takes up an enormous amount of time, has financial burdens or is simply a lot of hard work. None of these are accurate. The amount of time spent on Board matters is up to the Director and how much time they are willing to put into the role. Ideally most of the work is performed by the committee each Director has, with the Director providing a leadership and management role. Indeed, this is the primary focus of every Directorship – leadership and management. There is no financial burden on any Director.

The Director of Junior Athlete Development is responsible mainly for Minkey and Under 10's. Primarily this role is focused on organising these two competitions and working with the Director of Representative Hockey to assist in the Rep Hockey teams and training. This is really a critical role as it is involved with the next generation of Australian Hockey Stars coming up through Minkey.

The Director of Special Events is primarily focused on events like the Easter Hockey Carnival and the Finals series. Again with the help of a committee this role is to organise the Easter Carnival (with the assistance of the Operations Manager), the Best and Fairest Dinner and to make our finals a special occasion.

If you have a few hours a month to spare to help our Association out by becoming a Director, have some leadership or management skills (or are looking to develop some) then come and join us on the Board of Hockey Albury-Wodonga and help us take hockey to the highest levels!

Angus Beath

President Hockey Albury-Wodonga

Accident Insurance - Wednesday, 5 April 2006 - Wednesday, 5 April 2006

Accident Insurance claim forms and policy wording are now in Information/Insurance.

If you are making a claim download the forms and when completed send to Warwick Armstrong c/- LBA Insurance Brokers PO Box 785 Albury 2640