2005-06 Annual Report

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Hockey Australia Level 1 433-435 South Road Bentleigh VIC 3204
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Hockey Australia
Annual Report 2005/2006
hockey.org.au
Hockey Australia Life Members
M Fox *
E Thompson *
J H Powell * (1947)
H A Cormie MBE * (1949)
Dr M Hamilton * (1949)
A H Imrie * (1949)
A C Margarey * (1949)
L Morris * (1949)
K Ogilivie * (1949)
D Somerville AM * (1949)
R Taylor * (1949)
E Tazewell * (1949)
N Wicks * (1949)
T Wicks * (1949)
F Bage * (1950)
D M Friend * (1950)
M Irving * (1950)
M Campbell* OBE (1951)
A Clarke * (1951)
W Rothwell * (1951)
O P Wood * (1953)
D Paul* MBE (1954)
C Charlesworth * (1954)
F H Levy * (1956)
N J Marshall * (1957)
K Langan (1958)
F Newson * (1959)
R Robinson* AM MBE
(1959)
P Goodridge * (1960)
G Moir (1961)
E Redfern * (1964)
N Clarke (1969)
M Wilson AM (1971)
D Corrigan (1972)
M Josiffe* (1972)
L Hodges * (1973)
L Jolly OAM * (1973)
F McNab OBE* (1974)
N O’Shea * (1974)
M Baker (1976)
J Ferguson * (1976)
A B Hardham (1977)
E A Eastman OBE * (1978)
G W Moessinger AM (1980)
V Schaeffer * (1985)
S Jamieson * (1985)
B Brownlow OAM (1986)*
M Murray (1986)
J Webster OAM * (1986)
F Yeend AM (1986)
P G Ryan OBE (1988)
J Viertel OAM (1988)
H A Nederveen AM (1990)
Sir Geoffrey Yeend AC
CBE* (1991)
S Davies AM (1994)
P L Cohen OAM (1995)
L Hailey AM (1996)
J Hampton (1996)
C B Nicholas OAM (1997)
S B Pitt OAM (1998)
M Cormack (1999)
S Leece (1999)
P March (1999)
H Oldenhove (1999)
R Pascoe (1999)
D Pirie MBE (1999)
J Slade OAM (1999)
P Tye OAM (1999)
A Berry OAM (2000)
D Piper (2000)
J Quaite (2000)
H Scraggs (2001)
G Reid (2001)
D Meredith (2002)
*deceased
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Hockey Australia proudly acknowledges
its sponsors
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Contents
Message from the Australian Sports Commission...........................4 - 5
Vision and Mission Statement..............................................................6
Current Organisational Chart................................................................7
President’s Report................................................................................8
Chief Executive's Report .....................................................................9
The Year in Review......................................................................10 - 11
National Coach’s Report - Men...................................................12 - 13
National Coach’s Report - Women..............................................14 - 15
Game Development Report.........................................................16 - 18
Commercial Department Report..................................................18 - 19
Australian Hockey League Report ..............................................20 - 21
International Hockey Federation.........................................................22
Oceania Hockey Federation Report....................................................22
Veterans – Women's Report................................................................22
Country Report....................................................................................23
Indoor Report.......................................................................................23
State Reports................................................................................24-31
Results..........................................................................................32-37
Life Members.......................................................................................38
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WINNING
PARTNERSHIP
The Australian Sports Commission
proudly supports Hockey Australia
The Australian Sports Commission
is the Australian Government
agency that develops, manages
and invests in sport at all levels in
Australia. Hockey Australia has
worked closely with the Australian
Sports Commission to develop
hockey from community participation
to high-level performance.
AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION
Hockey Australia is one of many
national sporting organisations
that has formed a winning
partnership with the Australian
Sports Commission to develop its
sport in Australia.
www.ausport.gov.au
Message from the Australian Sports Commission
The Australian Government is a strong supporter of Australian sport. The Australian Sports
Commission (ASC) is the government body that develops, manages and invests in sport at all levels
in Australia.
The ASC funds and works closely with a range of national sporting organisations, state and local
governments, schools and community bodies to ensure sport is well run and accessible so that
everyone can participate and enjoy the benefits. The ASC upholds the integrity of sport through
many innovative programs to promote ethical sporting practices and sport free of performanceenhancing drugs.
During 2005-06, the Australian Government, through the ASC, supported Hockey Australia
through funding of approximately $3.7 million for the development of the sport and its continued
enhancement at the grass-root and elite levels, with a further allocation of $965,000 towards the
Australian Institute of Sport Hockey Program.
In addition, the Australian Government provided just over $860,000 for Direct Athlete Support (DAS)
in the lead up to the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.
The ASC acknowledges that Hockey Australia has continued to work to build its membership base
and has provided significant financial support to its Member Associations and introduced a number
of very worthwhile programs such as ‘Hook in2 Hockey’.
The Australian Sports Commission looks forward to a continued winning partnership with Hockey
Australia.
Mark A Peters
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Sports Commission
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Our Vision
"Australian hockey - Fostering excellence for all"
Hockey Australia and the State Hockey Associations together aim to maintain Australia's
pre-eminent position in elite hockey, and to be a world leader in our approach to the
game and the results we achieve. We also aim to make hockey the 'game for everyone'
- a sport that is accessible and enjoyable for male and female Australians of all ages and
backgrounds.
Our Mission
Achieving this vision will require the collective efforts of the Australian hockey community.
This community includes the leading administrative bodies - Hockey Australia and the
State Hockey Associations - and the many thousands of volunteers within regional
associations, hockey clubs and schools throughout the country. It encompasses hockey
players and coaches, from our national teams through to beginners and club players. All
members of the community have a part to play.
For its part, Hockey Australia's mission is:
"To encourage, promote, develop and administer hockey at all levels in order to
maintain Australian hockey as a world leader and a game for everyone. This will
be done through managing Australia's international high performance program and
maximising participation, enjoyment and community profile."
Our Formation
Hockey Australia formed in November 2000 following the amalgamation of the Australian
Hockey Association and Women’s Hockey Australia and is a full member of the
International Hockey Federation (FIH). It comprises membership of all eight States and
Territories. Each State Association is comprised of regional associations, which are in turn
made up of clubs. In some States, clubs affiliate directly with the State body.
Hockey Australia exists to provide Australians with the opportunity to play hockey from
junior levels through to elite competition, including the Olympic Games.
It is responsible for delivering these benefits to Australian hockey players through
its Member States and ensuring hockey in Australia achieves consistent success,
a strong and positive public profile and continuing player and spectator support
at all levels.
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Current Organisational Chart
Board of Directors
Pam Tye (President)
Richard Aggiss (Vice President)
David Kennedy (Finance Director)
Stuart Carruthers
Renita Garard
David Gilbert
Bob Peebles
Liane Tooth
Ken Read
Danni Roach
Chief Executive
Linden Adamson
High Performance
Administration
Executive Officer
Danielle Hurley
Game Development
Competition
Competitions Coordinator
Tammy Lugg
Administration Assistant
Suzie Brannan
Commercial Department
Game Development Manager
Brendan Denning
Commercial Manager
Stephen Aylward
Game Development Coordinator
Adam Barnes
Business Development Coordinator
Georgie Herbert
Membership - Development Officer Communications Coordinator
Tim Cavanagh
Damien Rowett
Club - Development Officer
Karen Kwok
Marketing Officer
Lisa Janssen
Finance Officer
Tania Paterson
Management Group
Women's Program
National Coach
Frank Murray
High Performance Manager
Ray Dorsett
Assistant Coach (Junior Teams) AIS Administrative Staff
Des King
Anne Konrath
Shayley McGurk
Scholarship Coach
Katrina Powell
Coaching Manager
David Bell
Performance Analyst
Ian Hicks
National Training Centres
ACT -
NSW -
Men's Program
National Coach
Barry Dancer
Assitant Coach
Colin Batch
Assistant Coach (Junior Teams)
Mark Hager
Performance Analyst
Jeremy Davy
Anthony Thornton (women)
Terry Evans (men)
Tracy Belbin (women)
Larry McIntosh (men)
HA Commissions
Australian Hockey League
Chair - Danni Roach
Athlete's
Chair - Renita Garard
NT-
Jason Butcher (women and men)
SA -
Robert Haigh (women and men)
Indoor
Chair -Dave Gilbert
QLD -
Mark Rutter (women)
Greg Browning (men)
Officiating
Chair - Ken Read
TAS -
Andrew McDonald (men and women)
Country
Chair - Rowley Tompsett
VIC -
Toni Cumpston (women)
John Mowat (men)
WA -
Neil Hawgood (women)
Jason Duff (men)
Vetarans
Chair - Dave Gilbert
Marketing Advisory Group
Chair - Stuart Carruthers
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President's Report
It is with much pleasure I am able to report that 2005-06 was an excellent
year for Hockey Australia, with substantial achievements in a number of
areas and levels that will ensure hockey in this country will continue to
flourish.
With the continued support from the Australian Government through the ASC
and the AIS, together with the AOC, ACGA and sponsorship assistance,
our sport will maintain the momentum through a range of programs and
initiatives that have benefited the High Performance programs, enriched
participation, improved all areas of officiating and umpiring and allowed for
further innovative ideas in development.
The outstanding performances of our teams this year have been indicative
of the strength and depth of the development system. Success in the elite
areas must be underpinned by a strong and effective community sport
participation and development program, together with effective and efficient
management and administration.
The Challenges Ahead
John Bloomfleld, Australia’s Sporting Success [2003, p 221], states: “ ...by
and large, this nation’s sports system is running reasonably well. However,
Australia cannot rest on its laurels and needs to act to shore up some of the
small cracks which are starting to appear in the structure”
What does this mean to hockey in Australia?
It means that there are many new frontiers appearing, and whilst we are
experiencing unprecedented levels of government funding, it must be
accompanied by the adoption and implementation of strategies that are
far reaching and with an open-ended view of the potential that lies ahead.
New technologies and new approaches are at hand, but require further
commitment to implement and ensure Australian hockey remains at the
forefront in the global arena as well as furthering the game at the grass
roots level. Innovation, research, science and technology are all intrinsic to
this success.
HA must be critical and analytical of its performance and continually strive
for excellence, not accepting mediocrity at any stage.
Over the past few years we all know that the changes in generational
society are bringing changes in attitudes where volunteers are becoming
increasingly difficult to attract and retain. A range of management issues
in regard to compliance and legal matters- drug code compliance, member
protection and risk management - and insurance issues, are complicating
the operating environment and we all realize the need for increased
administrative ability to efficiently cope with these issues. Salary packages
to retain expertise whether it is in coaching, administration or sport science
are making it necessary to revisit existing organizational structures and
processes.
This is, of course, somewhat more within our control and must be addressed
if we are to maintain our standing internationally, but what of the other
influences of competition from sports within Australia such as sponsorship
and media coverage?
Our standing internationally is measured on the success of the teams
together with the involvement and influence shown in other areas –
officiating and membership on committees and boards.
Our coaches, athletes and officials are very highly regarded internationally
to the point where financial opportunities are offered them to go overseas;
to retain such quality in our own ranks is another financial pressure we have
to bear.
Women in Sport and Recreation in Australia.
Hockey Australia was well represented in this bi-partisan report during the
year. A substantial report was submitted and Linden Adamson represented
HA at a Senate enquiry. This report encapsulated the ongoing frustration of
many activists, feminists and distinguished sportswomen who have fought
for improvements to the status of women in sport and recreation. Whilst the
inquiry had wide ranging terms of reference, the recommendations covered
discussion on health outcomes, participation, elite sport, governance and
media coverage.
2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival
The fourth AYOF will be held in Sydney from 17-21 January 2007.
Since the inaugural AYOF in 2001, nearly all the Summer Olympic Games
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sports have been featured on the sport program on a rotational basis.
A total of 16 sports will be part of next year’s festival of which hockey
is one. It is expected that 20 nations will be represented and the total
number of athletes will increase to 1,700. Most of the festival will be
held at Olympic Park. As part of the AOC’s commitment to education,
the “Live Clean, Play Clean” program will be presented to the athletes,
focusing on the moral, ethical, social and physical reasons for not
taking performance enhancing and recreational drugs.
Commonwealth Games and Other International Tournaments
A great result on home soil. This was a wonderful event giving
Australians the chance to show elite sport to Australians and to once
again display the organizational abilities of our nation. Not only was it
‘the best ever,’ but the result for hockey was superb and demonstrated
the skill and determination of our players who enjoyed the chance to
showcase their skills at home in front of such large crowds.
Beijing 2008
Once again hockey will benefit from an injection of funding from the
ASC for the preparation of the teams leading into Beijing, in 2008.
Under the guidance of the High Performance Unit, both national teams’
long-term focus is the Olympics in 2008 but the road there will include
tournaments at home and abroad in 2007 as the national coaches look
to give their players as much international experience as possible.
Development
Census
Hockey Australia’s annual census has shown that, overall, hockey
experienced an increase of 10.95% over this past twelve month period –
12,768 additional players nationally which takes the total to 129,391.
This increase is over and above the targeted annual increase of the
HA strategic plan.
Rookey
Hockey Australia has developed a modified form of hockey aimed
at the primary school market called Rookey, and is being rolled out
nationally as HA’s national school program. Rookey equipment has
been designed to make controlling and playing the ball easier than
traditional hockey.
Indigenous Program
State-driven indigenous participation programs continue to grow, with
higher numbers involved than year’s previously. Hockey’s challenge is
now to fully integrate these participants into the sport so as to ensure
long-term involvement.
Female Apprentice Coach Program
The five coaches involved in this program have undertaken a wide
range of opportunities during the year, including attendance at the
Champions Trophy in Canberra. Several of the coaches have also
gained national and international coaching experience as a direct
consequence of the program.
To the Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator the Hon. Rod Kemp
and the Australian Government and the ASC, I wish to extend our
appreciation for the continued support and commitment to team sport.
I would also like to thank the sponsors of HA for their continued support
and interest and hope that this list will continue to grow.
Australian Olympic Committee (AOC)
Kookaburra Sport
Asics
PPS Hairwear
Just Hockey
SLI (SportsLink International)
Australian Commonwealth
Games Association (ACGA)
Crowne Plaza
Musashi
Skins
To the staff of HA, thanks it is great to have such committed people who
are willing to go that extra ‘mile’. Linden Adamson, as Chief Executive
your contribution and support to HA continues to be extraordinary and
very much appreciated by all.
Many thanks,
Pamela M Tye OAM
President.
Chief Executive's Report
The challenges for Hockey Australia in 2005-06 were to capitalise on the
opportunities presented by:
1.
2.
3.
A home Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Hosting the Women’s Champions Trophy in Canberra.
The development of our Participation Growth programs,
Hook in2 Hockey and Rookey.
The outcomes provided some very good results, but others not as we would
have wanted.
Melbourne 2006
The Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, after many years of
preparation, were a spectacular success, culminating for us with both teams
winning Gold Medals. Hockey Australia can feel satisfied with the role we
played in the planning and organisation of the Games, the wonderful crowds
at the hockey tournament, the profile achieved for the sport and of course
most importantly, the performances of our players, coaches, support staff
and officials/umpires.
Two HA staff members, Georgie Herbert and Tania Paterson were also
provided to the Australian Commonwealth Games Association for the
Australian Headquarters staff. This provided Georgie and Tania with a very
special experience, but importantly HA was able to meaningfully contribute
to the whole Australian team effort.
Whilst the accountability is stringent and the funding non-discretionary,
clearly we would be unable to sustain our programs without the high
level of support.
We were fortunate that during the year we were able to work
with knowledgeable and experienced sports consultants from the
Australian Sports Commission and the Australian Institute of Sport.
As a result of the May Federal budget additional funding was made
available for the AIS hockey programs.
Finance
HA’s financial performance is clearly heavily dependant upon
Government funding, however we also acknowledge our other
supporters and sponsors.
Long-time sponsor, Kookaburra Sport continued and extended
their support during the year, for which we are most grateful.
Acknowledgement of other corporate partners is also greatly valued
and recorded elsewhere in this report.
The Australian Olympic Committee and the Australian Commonwealth
Games Association provide significant financial support for the
Hockeyroos and Kookaburra’s competition programs and the ACGA
also continued the support for junior teams programs as well.
The financial result for 2005-06 was a small operating surplus.
By most measures the Games were a fantastic success.
2005 Women’s Champions Trophy
There are very high demands placed on host nations for FIH World
Level Events and in 2005 the Champions Trophy was the premier
international tournament for the year. The management organisation was the
responsibility of HA, but we relied heavily upon the efforts of Hockey ACT
and the volunteer work force.
Under the very capable direction of Angela Thompson as the on-site
manager and other HA managers and staff, we were able to meet most of
our objectives relating to spectator levels, profile, television and general
media, above average tournament organisation and a greatly enhanced
facility that provides a legacy for Australian and ACT Hockey. I particularly
wish to acknowledge the work of the following people in making the event
a success:
1.
2.
3.
4.
The HACT Facilities Manager, John MacKinnon, who presented
a magnificent venue. John’s international experience, ready
cooperation and his very high work ethic contributed significantly to
the outcomes.
HA staff member, Georgie Herbert, who readily accepted additional
responsibilities after the Business Manager left.
Angela Thompson and her team of volunteers.
The very good Australian team performance that maintained
interest throughout the tournament.
Participation Growth Programs
The continued development of the Hook in2 Hockey program and the
introduction of Rookey were highlights of the year and are a significant
investment by HA in the future of the sport. The detail of the programs is
recorded elsewhere in this report, but suffice to comment here that they
form an important part of our strategic goals and warrant additional resource
allocation.
Governance
The Board of HA considers the rolling four year strategic plan and directs
the organisation’s activities and priorities through the annual review process.
This year the Board instructed an increased marketing focus, which lead to
the establishment of the Marketing Advisory Group, a re-structure of staffing
and the engagement of a marketing consultant.
My appreciation to the Finance Director, David Kennedy for his
direction and supervision of our financial process.
High Performance Programs
Full details of 2005-06 high performance programs are recorded
elsewhere in this report but I am pleased to highlight the results that
our Australian teams continue to achieve:
The Kookaburras won the 2005 Champions Trophy (eighth time) and
a third Commonwealth Games Gold Medal; and
The Hockeyroos won Commonwealth Gold for a second time and
were beaten in the final of the 2005 Champions Trophy only after
penalty strokes.
We have two very hard working, astute and knowledgeable National
Coaches in Frank Murray and Barry Dancer. They lead some very
talented and committed athletes, coaching staff, management
and administration staff and service providers, who should not be
taken for granted in their consistent excellence. Thank you also
to the dedicated non-coaching selectors, Kerry Wharton and John
MacKinnon and all others involved in the programs.
The fully integrated AIS/Australian teams program, supported by the
eight National Training Centres, provides a structure best suited to
the Australian system.
We are spoilt by the success of our teams, but must realise that it
does not come without hard work and sacrifice. Our athletes and high
performance staff deserve our recognition and continued support.
Conclusion
My personal thanks to the hardworking and committed staff in both
the Melbourne and Perth offices and also to our state association
colleagues.
Thanks also to the HA Board for their direction and challenging yet
supportive approach to their responsibilities. I particularly record my
thanks to the President, Pamela Tye for her unwavering commitment,
energy and leadership of the sport.
The other key result areas of governance, high performance and game
development remain in place.
The competition we face is tough, both on and off the field, but if we
work as “One Hockey”, we will be rewarded.
Australian Government Support
Hockey is one of the highest funded sports in the country. This is due to a
number of factors, including recognition of management competence, but
particularly the continued high level performance of Australian teams.
Linden Adamson
Chief Executive
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The year in review
Photos, from left to right, top to
bottom: Mel Twitt's diving tackle
during the Champions Trophy
2005, in Canberra (photo: Wolfgang
Sternberger); fun times at a Hook in2
Hockey clinic (photo: Damien Rowett);
Junior Indoor National Championships
(photo: Creative Digital Solutions);
Commonwealth Games Gold Medallists
- Australia (photo: Grant Treeby);
Megan Rivers during the 2005 series
against Korea (photo: Damien Rowett);
2006 AHL Champions - SmokeFree WA
Diamonds (photo: Damien Rowett);
Jillaroos - U21 Australian Women's
World Cup team (photo: Hockey
Australia)
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Photos, from left to right, top to
bottom: National Indoor Hockey
Championships (photo: Creative
Digital Solutions); 2006 AHL
Champions - Queensland Blades
(photo: Damien Rowett); 2006
Commonwealth Games Gold
Medallists - Australia (photo: Grant
Treeby); Rookey is launched (photo:
Damien Rowett); Silver medal winning
U21 Australia World Cup Team - the
Burras (photo: Hockey Australia);
Mark Knowles takes on the Spaniards
in Hobart (photo: Damien Rowett)
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National Coach's Report - Men
The national men’s program has expanded significantly in the period of
the last twelve months. With the introduction of a third national coach
in 2005 the development arm has become far more extensive with
the introduction of national junior squad camps and competition. In
addition, the amount of competition for our senior team from the middle
of 2005 has been very demanding with a program that included major
events such as a World Cup Qualifier, 2005 Champion’s Trophy, 2006
Commonwealth Games and 2006 Champion’s Trophy.
National Senior Program
The national senior program in 2005 was focused on continuing the
success of 2004 by avoiding complacency and ensuring individual
player growth as well as building a fuller squad. The clear objective of
the group was to ensure that success was sustained by winning the
2005 Champion’s Trophy, 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2006
World Cup.
The Azlan Shah Tournament in June and a European Tour in August
2005 were major development opportunities. In addition the team had
to compete in a World Cup Qualifier in Fiji in November. Our success
in qualifying in this event ensured a more convenient pathway in 2006
that included Commonwealth Games and Champion’s Trophy events in
an already congested competition schedule.
Throughout these preparatory events there was a focus on developing
more versatility in our players and also more depth as we approached
the Champion’s Trophy. Our performance in the Champion’s Trophy
was very pleasing and we were successful in winning this event in good
style. However it was apparent that our major competitors were making
progress with the introduction of new personnel and strategies.
In 2006 the World Cup was clearly our major target. Along the way the
Commonwealth Games provided an excellent vehicle to sell both the
Kookaburras and our sport to the Australian public. In what proved to be
a great event in Australian sport I believe the Kookaburras presented a
very good image that can only have served hockey well both in Australia
and internationally.
In preparation for the Commonwealth Games we played a successful
series against Spain with five test matches shared between Melbourne
and Hobart. These were the first matches played by the Kookaburras in
Australia since our Olympic success and for the players they provided a
very welcome opportunity to play in front of Australian crowds.
At the conclusion of the 2006 Australian Hockey League new national
senior and development squads were selected. These squads were
focused on the World Cup campaign and the AIS Tour scheduled for
October 2006. The squads included a couple of new inclusions who
were provided opportunity at the Azlan Shah Tournament conducted in
Kuala Lumpur in June.
At the Azlan Shah tournament we had some mixed performances and
whilst we reached the final in handsome fashion by winning the semifinal convincingly we were well short of the mark in the final and were
beaten badly.
At the Champion’s Trophy in July we also produced some mixed
Development Programs:
As mentioned earlier our development programs have become more
extensive over the last twelve months. For the first time a national junior
squad was selected in 2005 and this process will continue annually with
this squad reselected in July at the conclusion of the National Under 21
Championships.
Mark Hager, in his role as National Assistant Coach (Junior Programs),
oversees the individual programs of athletes selected in this squad as
well as planning and coordinating the camps and competition program
for the squad. Camps for subgroups have been decentralised and
conducted in various National Training Centre locations. There have
been full squad camps planned to coincide with national senior team
competition. This includes a series of matches against the Korean
Junior Team in Canberra.
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The benefits of this national junior squad program include developing
an earlier understanding of national team playing concepts and the
expectations placed on players in our national program. The activities
of this program have been well supported by NTC Coaches who have
provided invaluable coaching input.
In addition to the Junior National Squad program the AIS has also
provided an expanded role over the last twelve months in the
development of athletes. There has been a more integrated approach
to AIS scholarships with the AIS program hosting a variety of different
opportunities for athletes on visiting scholarships that have been of a
week or 2-week duration.
Also the AIS tour in October 2005 to Korea and Japan provided an
invaluable opportunity for those emerging players to experience
international matches against the national squads of those two
nations. These opportunities for international exposure provide a
crucial means of further identification and development for athletes
making the transition to senior international competition. A further
AIS tour is planned with matches scheduled against Malaysia and
Korea.
This expanded role the AIS has played further underlines the crucial
role it plays as a core component of our national elite program.
Beyond the World Cup
The focus of 2005 and 2006 has primarily been the broader
development of our program. The establishment of a new high
performance program structure, the introduction of new personnel
(both staff and playing), and the expansion of existing programs have
been part of that process.
Undoubtedly the very good performance of our Junior World Cup
Team in 2005 and the success of our the Kookaburras at the 2005
Champion’s Trophy and 2006 Commonwealth Games remain the
highlights.
However our competitors are working harder than ever and the
competitors are more widespread than ever. The outcome of the
2006 World Cup looms as an important indicator of the present
standing of our program.
Regardless of this outcome the strong focus beyond this year’s
World Cup will be Beijing 2008. This will be a bigger challenge than
anything that has gone before. Our efforts in 2005 and 2006 will
serve us well in reaching for this lofty goal.
Barry Dancer
Head Coach
Australian Men’s Hockey Team
National Squad Members
2005 National Squad
Ben BISHOP
Michael BOYCE
Travis BROOKS OAM
Dean BUTLER OAM
Liam DE YOUNG OAM
Luke DOERNER
Jamie DWYER OAM
Nathan EGLINGTON OAM
Bevan GEORGE OAM
David GUEST
Robert HAMMOND OAM
Aaron HOPKINS
Mark KNOWLES OAM
Stephen LAMBERT
Brent LIVERMORE OAM
Eli MATHESON
Michael MCCANN OAM
Daniel MCPHERSON
Stephen MOWLAM OAM
Matthew NAYLOR
Grant SCHUBERT OAM
Andrew SMITH
Craig VICTORY
Matthew WELLS OAM
2006 National Squad
Michael BOYCE
Travis BROOKS
Dean BUTLER
Liam DE YOUNG
Luke DOERNER
Jamie DWYER
Nathan EGLINGTON
Troy ELDER OAM
Russell FORD
Bevan GEORGE
David GUEST
Rob HAMMOND
Aaron HOPKINS
Mark KNOWLES
Stephen LAMBERT
Brent LIVERMORE
Michael MCCANN
Daniel MCPHERSON
Stephen MOWLAM
Matthew NAYLOR
Eddie OCKENDEN
Grant SCHUBERT
Matthew WELLS
2006 Men's Commonwealth Games Team
Travis BROOKS
Dean BUTLER
Liam DE YOUNG
Luke DOERNER
Jamie DWYER
Nathan EGLINGTON
Bevan GEORGE
Robert HAMMOND
Aaron HOPKINS
Mark KNOWLES
Stephen LAMBERT
Brent LIVERMORE
Michael MCCANN
Stephen MOWLAM
Grant SCHUBERT
Matthew WELLS
2005 Development Squad
Darryn BOOTH
Steven BOYCE
Geoff BOYCE
Nathan BURGERS
Russell FORD
Josh HAWES
David HENNESSY
Seyi ONITINI
Greg REECE
Marcus RICHARDSON
Jason VULETICH
Des ABBOTT
Geoff BOYCE
Kiel BROWN
Nathan BURGERS
Chris CIRELLO
Tom CLEGHORN
Ben CREESE
Josh HAWES
Daniel HOTCHKIS
Fergus KAVANAGH
Eli MATHESON
Greg REECE
Ian SMYTH
Glen TURNER
Jason VULETICH
Kookaburras Award Winners
Player of the Year (2005)
Brent LIVERMORE
Highest Goal Scorer (2005)
Jamie DWYER
Photos: left to right, top to bottom: Victorious Commonwealth Games team (photo: Grant
Treeby); Mark Knowles - Commonwealth Games (photo: Grant Treeby) Jamie Dwyer
- Commonwealth Games (photo: Grant Treeby); Bevan George - Hamburg Masters (photo:
Hockey Australia); Grant Schubert - Hamburg Masters (photo: Hockey Australia); Stephen
Mowlam - Hamburg Masters (photo: Hockey Australia); Nathan Eglington - Spanish series
(photo: Grant Treeby); Luke Doerner, Rob Hammond and Brent Livermore - Spanish series
(photo: Grant Treeby)
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National Coach's Report - Women
The 2005/2006 year saw us continue our quest to identify a quality
and committed group of athletes capable of maximising our chances
in Beijing.
The Program had as its focal points a Junior World Cup, a home
Champion’s Trophy and the Commonwealth Games.
High Performance Program Structure
The Program was delivered across eight National Training Centres
(one in each capital city) and the HA High Performance Centre in
Perth.
In addition to the twenty full time scholarships, and with the assistance
of the AIS and the State Institutes we were able to consolidate our
practice of giving short-term (visiting) scholarships to the central HA/
AIS High Performance Centre. In all, 40 such scholarships were given
to 30 athletes. These scholarships were given to athletes to provide
increased focus and direction to their development programs as well
as to assist them in their preparation for upcoming events such as the
Junior World Cup or the Commonwealth Games.
Short-term scholarships play an important role in establishing the
philosophies and standards that are expected of athletes aspiring to
national representation. The support of the various institutes, both
SIS/SAS and the AIS, as well as the support given to the program
through the HA Camps budget is an example to other sports of
what can be achieved if there is a real commitment to the ‘enemy is
offshore’ philosophy.
Squad Structure
The Women’s program had a base squad structure that consisted of
three mutually exclusive squads: National Senior, Development and
Junior Squads. Target squads are selected to assist in preparation for
specific events – a Junior World Cup Squad was selected following
the U21 National Championships. Target squads are used to assist
in the preparation for such events as the Australian Youth Olympic
Festival (AYOF) and the Junior World Cup Qualifier.
In 2005/2006, twenty athletes were given full-time scholarships to the
HA/AIS High Performance Centre.
International Competition
Every effort was made to give senior international exposure and
opportunity to all members of the National Senior and Development
Squads. In 2005/2006 all twenty-nine members of these two squads
played a minimum of four internationals each.
Nineteen players were given exposure at the junior level with
opportunity in a pre JWC tournament in China and games against
New Zealand on the way to the JWC.
Competition Performance
At the beginning of the Olympiad, four competitions were targeted: the
2005 Champions Trophy, the Commonwealth Games, the World Cup
and the Olympics.
A second place in the 2005 Champions Trophy was probably above
expectations and the Commonwealth Gold medal was in line with
expectations.
A fourth place in the Junior World Cup, whilst always disappointing,
needs to be seen in context. The semi-final was lost on penalty
strokes after Australia dominated the game for the eighty-five minutes
of actual playing time. This was never a targeted event – an overriding
selection criterion was to choose players capable of playing at senior
level for Australia in the future. Seven of these players (eight if
Teneal Attard is included – she was injured) have now represented
Australia at senior level and all appear to have long-term futures in
the seniors.
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In all the senior team played 45 games (won 34, drawn 9, lost 2)
for the year and the junior team played 17 (10,3,4).
Staffing
Ten coaches were employed full-time within the program – eight
NTC coaches, two national coaches. Three of the NTC coaches
were shared with the Men’s Program.
The Perth coaching staff comprised six staff – the two national
coaches, Frank Murray and Des King, the WAIS coach, Neil
Hawgood, the scholarship coach, Katrina Powell and two part-time
coaches in Kate Starre and Clover Maitland. The inclusion of the
three 2000 gold medallists into the coaching group is important,
not just for what they can contribute at the moment, but for the
future of our coaching resources at the top level.
Coaching staff for tours varied with the staff being drawn from the
NTC or Perth based staff.
Science and ACE staffing was sourced from the various institutes
with WAIS providing Claire Rechichi (conditioning) and Gil Barnitt
(strength) to oversee the programs – both Claire and Gil are highly
regarded in their fields and we are fortunate to be able to access
their services. Neil McLean (University of WA) provided sport
psychology services when we were able to tear him free from the
Dockers and the Men’s Program.
On tour staffing – managerial, medical and physiotherapy – was
drawn from an available pool with our principal staff being Liz
Booth (manager), Andrew Potter (doctor) and Jennifer Cook
(physiotherapist).
Athlete Support
Financial support to athletes was provided through the Australian
Sports Commission, the Australian Olympic Committee and
Hockey Australia. State Institutes and Academies provided varying
degrees of direct financial support to their individual athletes.
Program Ahead
The World Cup is the next major competition opportunity and will
provide another benchmark for our program. The Netherlands
would appear to be ahead of the rest at this point of time with
Argentina, Germany, China, Korea, England and Japan all in the
mix with us snapping at the Dutch heels.
The 2007 Champions Trophy follows closely after the World Cup
and will provide an opportunity to have another look at some
youngsters prior to us forming a squad post the 2007 AHL. This
will be the squad that will take us through to Beijing.
Frank Murray
Head Coach
Australian Women's Hockey Team
National Squad Members
2005 National Squad
Nicole ARROLD
Teneal ATTARD
Wendy ALCORN
Madonna BLYTH
Toni CRONK
Ursula DITTON
Suzie FAULKNER
Emily HALLIDAY
Susannah HARRIS
Kate HOLLYWOOD
Nikki HUDSON OAM
Rachel IMISON OAM
Fiona JOHNSON
Amy KORNER
Kobie McGURK
Emma MEYER
Donna-Lee PATRICK
Megan RIVERS
Rebecca SANDERS
Angie SKIRVING OAM
Karen SMITH
Ngaire SMITH
Sarah TAYLOR
Melanie TWITT
2006 National Squad
Nicole ARROLD
Teneal ATTARD
Wendy BEATTIE (nee Alcorn)
Madonna BLYTH
Toni CRONK
Casey EASTHAM
Suzie FAULKNER
Peta GALLAGHER
De-Anne GILBERT
Emily HALLIDAY
Kate HOLLYWOOD
Nikki HUDSON
Rachel IMISON
Fiona JOHNSON
Amy KORNER
Kobie McGURK
Emma MEYER
Donna-Lee PATRICK
Rebecca SANDERS
Angie SKIRVING
Karen SMITH
Sarah TAYLOR
Melanie TWITT
Kim WALKER
2006 Women's Commonwealth Games Team
Wendy BEATTIE (nee ALCORN)
Nicole ARROLD
Madonna BLYTH
Toni CRONK
Suzie FAULKNER
Emily HALLIDAY
Kate HOLLYWOOD
Nikki HUDSON
Rachel IMISON
Kobie McGURK
Rebecca SANDERS
Angie SKIRVING
Karen SMITH
Sarah TAYLOR
Melanie TWITT
Kim WALKER
Denise DURAJSKI
De-Anne GILBERT
Hayley PHIPPS
Sian SMITHSON
Kim WALKER
Danette BOLAND
Kary CHAU
Shelly LIDDELOW
Hayley PHIPPS
Megan RIVERS
Hockeyroos Award Winners
Player of the Year (2005)
Angie SKIRVING
Highest Goal Scorer (2005)
Angie SKIRVING
Photos, left to right, top to bottom: Victorious Commonwealth Games team (photo: Grant Treeby);
Emily Halliday - Commonwealth Games (photo: Grant Treeby); Suzie Faulkner - Commonwealth
Games (photo: Grant Treeby); Nikki Hudson - Champions Trophy (photo: Wolfgang Sternberger);
Karen Smith - Korean series (photo: Damien Rowett); Wendy Beattie - Canada series (photo:
Damien Rowett)
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Game Development
2005/06 has been a year of further progress for Game Development.
Central to this progress has been the retention of staff, specifically
Development Officers, during the year. This has enabled the knowledge
base to grow and the focus on a range of long-term initiatives to be
continued.
Game Development Conference
Hockey Australia conducted an inaugural ‘National Game Development
Conference’ to coincide with the Samsung Women’s Champions Trophy
in Canberra. All state/territory associations supported this initiative, and
encouraged all state and regional development staff to attend.
Invitations were issued to all national, state and regional game development
personnel throughout Australia, and resulted in approximately 50
attendees. This was a fantastic opportunity for this key group to meet
and discuss a number of important issues, in addition to representing a
valuable professional development and networking activity.
Conference topics included:
•
HA’s proposed national schools program - Rookey
•
Hook in2 Hockey
•
New Coaching (NCAS) and Officiating (NOAS) Accreditation
Structures
•
Resource development & distribution
•
Presentation (s) from national/ international coaches
All conference, accommodation and meal costs were met by Hockey
Australia, and attendees received complimentary tickets to the Samsung
Champions Trophy finals. It is intended that a Game Development
Conference be held every two years in future.
National Hockey Census
The Game Development department conducted the National Hockey
Census for the second year, again with the assistance of Street
Ryan & Associates. The Census provides Hockey Australia and state/
territory associations with objective data regarding the number of players
participating in hockey across Australia and trends at the grassroots level.
Participation information is important for both game development and
marketing strategies.
Clubs were again asked to complete the club survey, in addition to
the main census document, to provide Hockey Australia and the state
associations with information relating to:
•
How much it costs to play hockey
•
Pitch facilities at clubs and associations
•
What information and assistance clubs would like from Hockey
Australia and their state associations,
Some key findings were:
•
Nationally, there are 177,127 participants and 129,391 players
•
52.74% were male and 47.26% female
•
56.00% of club hockey teams are in country regions
Hockey Australia would like to thank the clubs and associations who
participated in the census.
Rookey – the new hockey
The Game Development department, in conjunction with equipment
supplier Kookaburra Sport, has developed a modified form of hockey
aimed at the primary school market called Rookey.
Rookey equipment has been designed to make controlling and playing
the ball easier than traditional hockey. The sticks have a large flat head
which allows the ball to be played with both sides and the ball is larger and
lighter than a normal hockey ball.
Rookey is being rolled out across the country by state/territory and regional
development personnel as Hockey Australia’s national schools program.
Schools running a Rookey program will receive a free cross-curricular
resource called ‘RookeyEd’, provided on CD and in booklet form.
Rookey will link with Hook in2 Hockey by promoting local club/associationbased programs as the avenue for further participation in hockey. The
transition of participants from Rookey to Hook in2 Hockey and then into
club hockey is a priority of Hockey Australia.
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Hook in2 Hockey
In October 2005 Hockey Australia’s national participation program
entered its final year of funding from the Australian Sports Commission
(ASC) as a Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program. Both the
total number of Hook in2 Hockey programs and participants has
grown significantly from the previous year with nearly 100 programs
and approximately 4,000 participants.
Hockey Queensland’s initiative requiring their member associations
to adopt Hook in2 Hockey as the introductory program for children
between the ages of five and ten, has been a great success with
over 1,500 participants from nearly 30 programs.
The ongoing role of state/territory association-based Hook in2
Hockey Community Officers has continued to provide a local contact
point for clubs and associations. Their role in promoting the program
and providing resources and support to Hook in2 Hockey Centres
has been vital in the ongoing growth of the program.
Awareness of the program has been helped by the development of a
television advertisement filmed at the Perth Hockey Stadium with the
assistance of Hockey WA. This is being shown in metropolitan and
regional areas across Australia on free to air and pay-tv networks as
a Community Service Announcement.
The promotion of Hook in2 Hockey has also been aided by the
ongoing presence of the program Ambassadors and Olympic Gold
medallists, Liam de Young and Angie Skirving. Both Ambassadors
have given their time to visit Hook in2 Hockey Centres during
the year and also promote the program during the AHL and at
international matches around Australia. Liam and Angie have also
agreed to be the Ambassadors for the Rookey program.
Hockey Australia is committed to ensuring the ongoing success and
viability of Hook in2 Hockey and as such would like to thank the
staff of the Junior Sport Unit at the ASC and the game development
staff of the state/territory associations for their continued support of
Hook in2 Hockey.
HockeyNet
Since becoming a Game Development responsibility in July 2005,
HockeyNet has progressed significantly. At the conclusion of the
2005/06 year there are now over 96,000 members registered on
HockeyNet, which has tripled in twelve months.
Training has been conducted in all states and territories with future
training to be facilitated by the HockeyNet Coordinators based in
each state/territory office.
The benefits of HockeyNet continue to be seen throughout
many associations. Associations are now able to administer their
competitions more effectively and efficiently than in the past. The
amount of time spent on competition and membership administration
has been dramatically reduced for associations using HockeyNet, by
up to 75% in some reported cases.
Hockey Australia is continuing to work with the state/territory
associations and SportingPulse to continually improve HockeyNet
for all clubs and associations in Australia.
Game Development at the Samsung Champions Trophy
In addition to the National Game Development Conference , a number of activities were undertaken during this tournament:
‘Champions Zone’ –was received very positively and enabled HA
to showcase the Rookey concept. The inflatable pitch was very
popular among participants and a similar concept was on display
in Melbourne during the test matches, in addition to the Hobart test
matches.
School Visits – two schools visited a training session prior to the
Champions Trophy tournament commencing. The schoolchildren
were accommodated very well by the athletes and coaching staff.
Feedback provided to HA was that their hockey experience “was
better than a recent day spent with the AFL Sydney Swans”.
Hook in2 Hockey – was promoted via flyers etc during the tournament,
with a program advertised/scheduled for the New Year. Participant
numbers for this program were, as a result, very high.
Giveaways/Promotional Items – the HA booth within the expo was very
popular, and was presented very professionally. Posters, CDs, stickers,
census information and club locations etc were all distributed and made
available to visitors to the display.
Indigenous Program
The past twelve months has seen the continuation of the Australian
Sports Commission (ASC) funded Indigenous Sports Program (ISP),
with four of the eight states and territories – QLD, NT, SA & WA
– participating. This reporting period has again seen the ASC’s ISP Key
Outputs and Activities being achieved in the following areas:
Active Participation – increasing the number of Indigenous Australians
participating in hockey activities.
Infrastructure and Skill Development – increasing the number of
accredited coaches and officials.
Access to Facilities, Equipment and Competition Structures – increasing
the awareness of cultural diversity of Indigenous Australians among
non-Indigenous sports administrators.
Development and Support – Assisting Indigenous clubs and sporting
organisations to coordinate their services and programs.
Scholarships provided under the ASC’s Indigenous Sporting Excellence
Scheme (ISES) give Indigenous sportspeople the opportunity to improve
their sporting performance and hopefully assist them to reach an elite
level. Of the scholarships provided by the ASC across all sports, there
were seven hockey recipients; Mark Pilkington, Paul Casey, Desmond
Abbott, Joel Carrol, Symone Bell, Jonathon Peris and Emily Peris.
The ASC’s Elite Indigenous Travel and Accommodation Assistance
Program (EITAAP) provides funding to assist with travel and
accommodation expenses for Indigenous sportspeople who have been
selected for a state team to compete at a National Championships or an
Australian team to compete at an international event. There have been
over 80 Indigenous hockey players, coaches and officials who have
received EITAAP funding.
Female Apprentice Coach Program
As the second year of the Female Coaching Apprenticeship Program
continued, the coaches got together during the Women’s Champions
Trophy for a four-day workshop conducted by David Bell and included
other guest coaches and presenters. The coaches have undertaken a
wide range of opportunities during the year, including involvement at
national and international competition levels.
Coaching & Officiating Accreditation Review
A comprehensive review of HA’s coaching and umpiring accreditation
structure commenced in late 2005. This process was facilitated by Les
Bee (Manager - Sport Education Victoria). The review has embraced
a Victorian Focus Group (coaches and umpires from a range of participation/competition levels within Victorian hockey), a National Review
Committee and State Association Game Development staff.
The following ‘brief’ was the aim for this review:
“Develop a joint coach/officiating program for Hockey Australia that is
competency based, flexible, inclusive and reflects current participant
requirements. To do this the review committee will:
Review entire coach/officiating education structure and establish a joint
education program that:
Matches competition levels with coach and official
accreditation
Accommodates the relevant target audience for each role
Identify:
Competencies and assessment criteria for each identified
level.
Presenter/assessor criteria and a training/recognition
process
Flexible delivery options e.g. integrated/separate coaching
principles quality assurance processes.”
Four ‘Guiding Principles’ are to be used in reviewing and developing
appropriate competencies for the various levels. These are:
How does a coach or umpire:
1. Manage themselves?
2. Manage the athletes?
3. Manage the environment?
4. Manage others (parents, admin. etc)? At each ‘level’ of
our sport.
The review is scheduled to finish in late 2006, with the new structure
to be implemented in 2007.
Officiating Commission
The Officiating Commission held one face to face meeting during the
year. Outcomes and initiatives of the Commission this year have
included:
• Revision of Umpire Selection Policy and procedures for
national championships, resulting in a larger ‘pool’ of
available umpires and subsequently the standard of
umpiring at these tournaments;
• Introduction of selection policies for Umpire Coaches and
Tournament Directors at national championships;
• Prioritisation of the identification of future international
technical officials.
Officiating
An Umpire Coaches workshop was held in conjunction with the Women’s
Champions Trophy in Canberra. This workshop was very successful,
with Don Prior doing an excellent job as presenter. It is intended that
the attending Umpire Coaches will be used for national championships
during 06/07. All attendees are also required to conduct a pre-season
workshop for their local umpire coaches and umpires using resources
provided to them via Hockey Australia/Don Prior.
Women’s Official of the Year
The final women’s nominees for 2005 were:
Minka Woolley (Tas)
Julie Ashton-Lucy (Qld)
Melissa Trivic (WA)
The winner of the Women’s Official of the Year for 2005 was Julie
Ashton-Lucy. The pinnacle of her 2005 achievements was to be
an umpire during the final of the Junior Women’s World Cup in
Argentina.
While she is recognised as one of the FIH’s elite umpires, and is
Australia’s number one ranked umpire, Julie is also heavily involved in
her home state of Queensland with their successful ‘Umpire Mentoring
Program’.
Men’s Official of the Year
The final men’s nominees for 2005 were:
Paul Ludwig (Qld)
Ken Read (Tas)
David Gentles (NSW)
John Nettleton (WA)
The winner of the Men’s Official of the Year for 2005 was David
Gentles. While he is recognised as one of the FIH’s elite umpires, and
is Australia’s number one ranked umpire, David is also very respected
amongst his peers at international, national and local levels.
Included in his 2005 achievements was a strong performance as an
umpire during the Champions Trophy in India.
International Officiating Appointments 2005/06
Umpires
Men’s Junior World Cup: Adam Kearns
Men’s European Nations: Paul Ludwig
Women’s Junior World Cup: Lisa Roach, Julie Ashton-Lucy
Women’s Champions Trophy: Judy Barnesby
Men’s Champions Trophy: David Gentles
Women’s 4 Nations Invitational Tournament: Melissa Trivic
XVIII Commonwealth Games: David Gentles, Paul Ludwig, Julie
Ashton-Lucy, Minka Woolley
Men’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament: Murray Grime
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Game Development
Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament: Peri Buckley, Lisa Roach
Men’s 15th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: Kieran Deland
Umpire Managers
Women’s Junior World Cup: Jan Hadfield
Women’s Champions Trophy: Jan Hadfield
XVIII Commonwealth Games: Don Prior, Jan Hadfield
Tournament Director
Men’s Champions Trophy: Ken Read
Technical Officials
Women’s Junior World Cup: Rosie Stern, Larry Cornofsky
Women’s Champions Trophy: Rosie Stern, Chris MacKinnon
XVIII Commonwealth Games: Dallas Riseley, Phillipa March, Fiona Hodges
Men’s 28th Champions Trophy: Dallas Riseley
FIH Panels
World Panel
David Gentles
Murray Grime
Julie Ashton-Lucy
Judith Barnesby
Minka Woolley
Promising Umpires List
Melissa Trivic
International Umpires
Kieren Deland
Adam Kearns
Annette Asplin
World Development Panel Lynn Cowie-McAlister
Peri Buckley
Tim Pullman
Indoor International Umpires
Lisa Roach
Mark Sandhu
Grade 1
Stewart Dearing
Paul Ludwig
FIH Golden Whistle
Murray Grime 2005
Brendan Denning
Manager - Game Development
Retirements
Peri Buckley
Staff Changes & Restructure
The past twelve months have seen some changes in structure to
Hockey Australia’s marketing, communications and finance areas. In
early 2006, the three merged to become the ‘Commercial Department’,
with positions of Communications Coordinator, Business Development
Coordinator, Finance Officer and Marketing Officer now overseen by
the Commercial Manager.
These developments were brought about following consideration that
a revised structure would be more effective in driving marketing and
communication initiatives as well as managing the organisation’s
finances.
To date, the structure has proved to be a positive step in managing
these functions with some promising initiatives underway.
Marketing Advisory Group
In conjunction with these structural changes, and at the directive of
HA’s Board, a Marketing Advisory Group has been established to
provide feedback and guidance to the Commercial Department Staff.
This voluntary group comprises a number of experienced marketing,
communications and media personalities – Stuart Carruthers, Sally
Carbon, David Christison, Jason Greenhalgh, Claire Mitchell-Taverner
and Jim Wilson – and it is intended that the group meet annually to
discuss relevant initiatives and offer advice. Members of the group
have also made themselves available via telephone and email for
assistance, therefore providing an extremely valuable resource for the
organisation.
Marketing Consultant
In addition to the establishment of a Marketing Advisory Group,
Marketing Consultant Narelle Finch was also engaged on a short term
contract to assist Commercial Department staff in developing a revised
approach to sponsorship procurement as well as leverage leads
obtained at the post-Commonwealth Games ‘nab Celebration lunch’.
Narelle’s time at HA also saw the department undertake an audit of
sponsorship properties, with the view to ensuring that we are able to
tailor the benefits we offer prospective partners and provide excellent
return on investment opportunities to them. Narelle has also offered
some terrific advice on better servicing sponsors and managing
sponsor relations, encouraging HA staff to take a pro-active roll in
promoting sponsorships and generating creative means of doing so.
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Feedback from current and prospective sponsors on these new
approaches has been very positive.
Sponsorship 2005-06
The past 12 months saw Hockey Australia re-sign some of its
key sponsors in Musashi Sports Supplements (term extended for
another year) and Skins Compression Garments (an additional
three years).
Furthermore, long term sponsor of hockey in Australia, Kookaburra
Sport has re-signed for another three year period. In addition to
supplying Dimple Elite hockey balls for team and tournament use
and travel bags for national teams, the partnership will focus on
grass-roots hockey with significant support now afforded to new
Game Development initiative Rookey. Kookaburra Sport has
worked with staff at Hockey Australia to develop a modified stick for
the participation program which are Hockey Australia - Kookaburra
Sport co-branded and brightly coloured in green and gold.
In addition to those who have re-signed, HA wishes to thank
all of its sponsors for their continued support of hockey – the
Australian Sports Commission, the Australian Commonwealth
Games Association, the Australian Olympic Committee, Asics, PPS
Hairwear, InterContinental Hotels, SportsLink International and Just
Hockey.
Samsung Champions Trophy 2005
One of the highlights of the year was hosting the Samsung Women’s
Champions Trophy in Canberra in November/December.
More than 17,000 hockey fans enjoyed six days of world class
hockey, culminating in a sell-out, nail-biting final between our
Hockeyroos and the Dutch which was eventually decided by penalty
strokes.
Advertising and marketing of the tournament was extremely
comprehensive, with buses, billboards and cinema screens
featuring alongside traditional television, radio and press advertising.
Canberra Tourism was instrumental in ensuring regional areas were
aware that the year’s biggest women’s hockey event would be in the
Nation’s capital, with generous sponsorship of regional marketing
programs. The Canberra Times were extremely supportive of the
tournament, providing comprehensive coverage in the lead-up to
and during the event.
In addition to some fantastic hockey, spectators were treated to a retail
expo, a showcase of hockey and sports retailers and sponsors, and the
Champions Zone where aspiring hockey players could try their hand at
Rookey or test the speed of their goal shots.
The need for a redevelopment of hockey.org.au can be further
emphasised with the increase in visitors to the site throughout
2005/06, from roughly 15,000 visitors per month in 2004/05 to just
under 20,000 visitors per month in 2005/06.
Pitch-side corporate and VIP hospitality was enjoyed by many in the
newly refurbished ‘Australia Lounge’ at the Canberra Hockey Centre,
whilst the traditional Tournament Dinner was held at Old Parliament
House giving our international visitors a chance to experience some
Australian history. The tournament dinner was generously supported
by BDO Accountants and Advisors.
It is expected that this will increase further with the launch as
hockey.org.au becomes a central portal for web browsers to find
all their hockey information.
It was also pleasing that the tournament was watched by Australians on
free-to-air television courtesy of the ABC broadcast.
Spanish Series - Men
The Kookaburra’s had their first hit-out on Australian soil for some time
in a series against Spain in January/February. The series kicked off in
Melbourne, giving Australia the opportunity to test the Commonwealth
Games venue before heading further south to Tasmania. Crowd
support was particularly pleasing in Hobart where in excess of 6000
spectators turned out to see the Kookaburras in action.
From a sponsorship perspective, one highlight was the Asics ‘Half
Time Sprint’ conducted in Melbourne and featuring entrants from local
hockey clubs. Triple M in Melbourne also conducted a competition to
win tickets to ‘sit on the bench’ with the Kookaburras, also sponsored by
Asics. The competition winners were delighted to have the opportunity
to meet their hockey heroes and sit in the thick of the action.
nab Celebration Luncheon
Following the Gold medal success of each of the Australian Hockey
teams, Commonwealth Games Team sponsor National Australia
Bank joined with Hockey Australia to host a function to honour the
Hockeyroos and Kookaburras. Around 250 nab staff members,
corporate clients, sponsors and athletes enjoyed lunch in the Olympic
Room at the MCG. Perhaps the biggest highlight for many was the
opportunity to sit among the athletes as one member of the successful
Hockeyroos or Kookaburras team was seated at each table, all with
their shining Gold medals in hand. Hosted by Jim Wilson and Louise
Dobson, a handful of athletes stepped up to the stage to be quizzed
on their Games success, World Cup preparation and provide an insight
into life as an elite hockey player.
Hockey Australia would like to thank the nab for its support in co-hosting
the function. Not only did it provide a terrific opportunity to celebrate the
success of our teams, but also showcase our athletes to the business
community in attendance.
Korean Series – Women
The Korean Women’s Hockey Team toured in August, providing the
Hockeyroos a pre-Champions Trophy hit-out. It was pleasing to have
secured naming rights sponsorship of the series which saw matches
the played in Brisbane, Ipswich, the Gold Coast and Adelaide under the
name Holiday Inn Women’s Hockey Challenge. We extend our thanks
to Holiday Inn for their support of the series.
Website
One of the major goals for the 2006 year is the redevelopment of
hockey.org.au. As a national sporting body, our website is outdated in
appearance and content and in desperate need of a facelift.
Communications
With the termination of HockeyZone, Hockey Australia’s hard
copy subscription magazine, more emphasis has been put into
online communications which will come into effect with the
launch of hockey.org.au, including more articles, images and the
redevelopment of Hockey Huddle.
Hockey Huddle will become a regular newsletter containing all
Hockey Australia information, across all departments, replacing
the old Hockey Huddle, the development newsletter and the
HockeyNet newsletter.
Several development posters and flyers have been produced in
house, as well as a poster commemorating both national teams’
Commonwealth Games success.
Media
Media coverage for the sport has had some mixed results as we
continually battle for air time and print coverage with other sports.
The Champions Trophy in Canberra received good coverage due
to the team’s success, while the men’s Champions Trophy also
received time in the press after they took out the title. As is always
the case during Olympics and Commonwealth Games the profile
of the sport increased dramatically before and during the event,
particularly with it being in Melbourne.
Processes have been put in place to increase the coverage of the
sport in print media. At all home tournaments, and during the AHL
finals weeks, photographs have been provided to all media across
the country, for use free-of-charge, to accompany hockey news
stories, with many papers – particularly regional – publishing the
photos.
News editors have suggested Hockey Australia continue this
for international tournaments too which is something for further
consideration.
Television coverage for the sport has been at its highest level with
thirteen hours of the Women's Champions Trophy broadcast by
ABC Television, Commonwealth Games coverage by the Nine
Network and FoxSports coverage of the Men's Champions Trophy
from Chennai.
Conclusion
My thanks to all members of the Commercial Department for their
hard work and dedication throughout the year.
Stephen Aylward
Commercial Operations Manager
In March 2006, a brief was prepared and sent to seven web development
companies for tender on the redevelopment of hockey.org.au. That list
of seven was then narrowed down to three, before our current host,
Oriium Consulting Pty Ltd, was given the tender. Their selection was
based on an existing working relationship and a superior quote.
Design of the website was all done in-house by the Communications
Coordinator, while Oriium were responsible for the back-end
development of the site.
The launch of the new website is expected during the second half of
2006.
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In 2006 the AHL continued with the format of four weeks home and
away before a finals week series. The competition started later than
previous years due to the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in
March, but if anything, this allowed additional preparation time for all
teams. Approximately 26,000 people attended AHL matches this year
which showed a decline in numbers from 2005. This was disappointing
to see, and following the completion of the AHL season the AHL
Commission decided to undertake a review which would focus on this
and other issues.
The women’s finals week attendance in Adelaide was very disappointing
with approximately 1200 spectators over the week. In stark contrast,
the men’s finals week in Hobart was well attended with over 11,000
spectators though the gates throughout the week. Attendance levels in
Hobart were aided by the performance of the Tassie Tigers who fought
their way through to the grand final.
The competition in 2006 was, once again, very close with a number
of men’s and women’s teams in positions to push for a top four finish
at the conclusion of the round matches. This year the shock omission
from the final four was 2005 men’s premiers, the NSW Waratahs. Both
men’s and women’s finals were memorable with the highlight being the
thousands that flocked to the Tasmanian Hockey Centre in Hobart to
watch the Tassie Tigers take on the Queensland Blades. This was a
very hard fought match with the Blades managing to defend an early
1-0 lead to take the title. In an exciting game in Adelaide the week
before, the WA Diamonds proved too strong for reigning champions the
Queensland Scorchers. With a 1-1 score line at half time, and a quick
goal from the Scorchers early in the second half, WA managed to come
from behind and score three quick goals in the last 17 minutes of the
game to regain the championship.
Communication between HA and State Associations prior to the league
was constant and informative. Reminders were sent when items due,
dissemination of information, and answers to general queries were dealt
with in a timely manner. Although most State Associations adhered to
the timelines for the submission of forms, as set out in the Operations
Manual, there were a few who needed constant reminders.
This year the competition was overseen by two experienced Tournament
Directors in Rosie Stern and Gary Marsh. Both are to be commended on
their hard work over the finals weeks where they ensured everything ran
smoothly in Adelaide and Hobart respectively. They provided valuable
feedback in their reports which will assist in updating the Operations
Manual for the 2007 season. Feedback from State Associations was
positive in regards to the umpires during the finals weeks and officiating
in general was of an appropriately high standard.
The AHL Commission is currently finalising its review. With the
assistance of a marketing consultant they are investigating ways to
increase spectator numbers and make the competition more of a
spectacle for players and spectators alike. The AHL is the premier
hockey competition in this country and it is hoped that everyone will
continue to support the event which showcases Australia’s elite hockey
players in as many locations as possible.
Tammy Lugg
Competitions Coordinator
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Men’s Final Standings
1.
2
3
4
5
6.
7.
8.
Queensland Blades
MIA Tassie Tigers
Victoria Vikings
Smokefree WA Thundersticks
Adelaide Hotshots
NSW Warratahs
Canberra Labor Club Lakers
Northpharm Territory Stingers
2006 SportsLink Player of the League:
Mark Knowles (Queensland Blades)
Highest Goal Scorer:
Chris Cirello (VIC Vikings)
Player of the Final:
Dean Butler (Queensland Blades)
Women’s Final Standings
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
SmokeFree WA Diamonds
Queensland Scorchers
Canberra Labor Club Strikers
NSW Arrows
Adelaide Suns
Victoria Vipers
Paspaley Territory Pearls
Wrest Point Van Demons
2006 SportsLink Player of the League:
Peta Gallagher (Canberra Labor Club Strikers)
Highest Goal Scorer:
Peta Gallagher (Canberra Labor Club Strikers)
Player of the Final:
Emily Halliday (Smokefree WA Diamonds)
Photos, left to right, top to bottom: Player of the Final - Dean Butler - QLD v TAS (final);
Penalty Stroke blocked - WA v VIC (3rd place play-off); Craig Victory drives toward goal
- SA v NSW (5th place play-off); Congestion on the baseline - ACT v NT (7th place play-off);
Strong defence from Emily Halliday - WA v QLD (final); Taking cover - NSW v ACT (3rd place
play-off); Claire Messent takes on the Suns - VIC v SA (5th place play-off); Caroline Pericles
in action - NT v TAS (7th place play-off)
Photos by Damien Rowett
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International Hockey Federation
Australian hockey is fortunate to have many committed and influential
positions within the management structure of the International Hockey
Federation (FIH):
Peter Cohen
Richard Aggiss
Honorary Secretary General
Hockey Rules Board
Ken Read
John Giles
David Christison
Renita Garard
Don Davies
Competition and Events Committee and Disciplinary
Commission
Equipment Committee
Marketing Committee
Athlete's Panel and Events and Competitions
Committee
Chair, Disciplinary Commission
Oceania Hockey Federation
The 2005/06 year saw an emphasis on development within Oceania.
In September 2005 the Honorary Secretary-General of the FIH called
a meeting of Continental Presidents and Secretaries to outline to them
the importance of development within the continents so as to fulfill IOC
guidelines.
The HS-G reported that the Report of the IOC Program Commission
provides a set of criteria against which sports will be measured
when the IOC elects the sports to be included on the Program for
future Olympic Games. He said that the FIH must take notice of
these criteria and must take action to ensure that hockey will always
measure up. Mr Cohen said that “although we can be satisfied with
hockey’s overall achievements, there are three obvious areas where
considerable improvement is required and, might I say, with some
degree of urgency:
•
Increase membership
•
Increase the number of National Associations participating in
Olympic Qualification tournaments.
•
Increase the number of National Associations participating in
Continental Championships.”
At the time of the last report only Australia and New Zealand (both men
and women) were listed on the world rankings. During the 2005-2006
year Fiji have earned a place for both men and women and Tonga a
place for its women’s team.
Notwithstanding the fact that these members have competed in a
ranking event there remains much to be done in development of the
game in our region. The target during the last year has been the
South Pacific Games in 2007 where it was hoped there will be six
men’s and six women’s teams competing. This event was intended
to be a pre-qualifier for the Olympic Qualifier with the winner able
to challenge for a place in the Olympic qualifier tournament and
each competing team earning world ranking points. Unfortunately
there are insufficient entries at this time for a men’s event and the
numbers are a little down but more optimistic for the women.
To turn around the problems in our continent and to help maintain
hockey as a sport of the Olympic Program by satisfying the IOC
Program Commission criteria it is essential that people with energy
become involved. There is a reasonable level of finance available
that can be used for the airfares and accommodation for an
enthusiastic volunteer hockey person from Australia to go to the
island nations and assist in ensuring competition at SPG and hence
involvement in Olympic Qualification.
Oceania Hockey Federation Office Bearers for 2005-06
President
Derek Wilshere (NZ)
Secretary/Treasurer
Ken Read (AUS)
Continental Development Officer
Gill Gemming (NZ)
Ken Read
Secretary/Treasurer
Veterans
There have been two major highlights for the Veterans in 2006. The
first was the holding of the Trans-Tasman Trophy in Hobart in early May.
The Tasmanians turned on an outstanding tournament which resulted in
a welcome return of the trophy to Australia.
The Tasmanian organisation and hosting of the event was excellent.
Yvonne Buckley and her team are to be congratulated and acknowledged
for their efforts.
The standard of play throughout was excellent and highly competitive.
The performance of the over 35 Women and Over 40 Men is worthy of
particular mention. These games displayed the skill, enthusiasm and
athleticism generally shown by players from younger age groups and
speaks volumes for the quality of veteran’s hockey.
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The second highlight for the year was an agreement being reached
between Hockey Australia and the Australian Veterans’ Hockey
Association after some drawn out negotiations. The two groups drew
up a Memorandum of Understanding which was announced at the
presentation dinner held at the Trans Tasman Trophy Tournament.
This brings the AVHC under Hockey Australia organisation and a
fruitful partnership in domestic and international veterans’ events is
looked forward to.
David Gilbert
Chair
HA Veterans Commission
Country
The Country Commission met in Berri, South Australia in July. The
Commission’s major deliberations concerned:
•
Confirming and tightening the eligibility criteria for participation
in the Australian Country Championships
•
Agreeing to produce a Code of Conduct specifically for
Australian Country team officials and players
•
Agreeing to produce definitive Duty Statements for all Australian
Country team management positions
Terry Turner retired as a Commissioner. The Commission noted the
contribution made by Terry Turner to the formation and progress of the
Commission since its inception.
Country Championships
The Australian Country Championships were hosted by the Riverland
Hockey Association in Berri, South Australia. The outstanding success
of the Championships is directly attributable to the excellent organisation
of the local association, supported by the local government authority.
New South Wales won the women’s competition, with Queensland
victorious in the men’s competition.
The Mick Anderson Medallist (men’s fairest & best) was Matthew
Butturini from Queensland, with Renae Aldridge of New South Wales
receiving the June Allen Medal (women’s fairest & best).
Australian Country Teams
The following players and officials were selected to represent Australia
for the tour to Fiji:
Tour Manager
Statistician
Video
Keith Wilkie
Rob Laffin
Ron Fairhall
Physiotherapist
Perry Moore
Men
Coach
Assistant Coach
Team Manager
Assistant Manager
Rod Whitelock
Greg Steele
Gordon Summors
Scott Downs
Queensland
Queensland
Western Australia
Australian Defence
Force
Steve Hawthorne
Chris Hamer
Matt Curran
Tristan Hunt
Brett Stokes
Adam Williamson
Queensland
New South Wales
Queensland
New South Wales
South Australia
Queensland
Captain
Vice Captain
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Defence
Force
Australian Defence
Force
Steve Sexton
Nigel Giacomi
Grant Pocock
Ben Hawken
Steve Rogers
David Carlson
Chris Neville
Graham Isedale
Adam Spry
Women
Coach
Assistant Coach
Team Manager
Assistant Manager
Captain
Vice Captain
Vice Captain
Matthew Btturini
Nathan McFarlane
Peter Cleave
Western Australia
Queensland
Queensland
New South Wales
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Defence
Force
Queensland
Queensland
Victoria
Jeff Aldridge
Neil Shearer
June Allen
Susan Aitkenhead-Brown
New South Wales
Queensland
New South Wales
Queensland
Renae Aldridge
Jodie Fraser
Anna Souter
Ashley Allen
Melissa Andrews
Joanne Bisby
Jay Burnes
Jessica Chad
Susan Doyle
Billie-Jo Hammerstein
Kea Hogan
Dirranie Kirby
Helen Page
Stephanie Purdy
Julie Rodda
Jodie Searle
Sarah Watson
Shannon Worth
New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
New South Wales
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
South Australia
New South Wales
Western Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
New South Wales
Queensland
New South Wales
Queensland
Although it was necessary to make some changes to the selected
teams prior to the Fiji tour, the tour was an outstanding success with the
Australian Country teams remaining undefeated on tour. However, the
competition and hospitality provided by the Fiji Hockey Association was
of an excellent standard. An invitation to the Australian Country teams has
been extended by the Fiji Association, and the Country Commission has
approved a return tour in 2008.
Rowley Tompsett
Chair
HA Country Commission
Indoor
The focus of the Indoor Commission has been the preparations for
the 2007 Indoor Hockey World Cup. The coaches of the men’s and
women’s teams have held a training camp in Canberra to gauge the
fitness of squad members and to prepare members for this major
event. Both coaches expressed satisfaction with the progress of squad
members at this stage.
The teams will be announced at the conclusion of the National
Championships being held in Canberra in early December. All players
have been provided with estimates of the individual costs of their
commitment to this second World Cup. It is vital that both teams
perform at a high level to ensure continued development and support
for the support in the future.
Kombat have agreed to sponsor and provide the playing strips for both
teams.
The commission has made some changes to the format of the final day
of the National Championships. Concern had been expressed at the
behaviour and attitude during the finals and, as a result, presentations will
be made at the conclusion of each final. Further, a letter will be written to
each competing state seeking to ensure that the approach and attitudes
displayed by players is appropriate to the level of the competition.
David Gilbert
Chair
HA Indoor Commission
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State Reports
Open Women: NSW CHS 4 d NSW CCC 3
U16 Men: Adrenaline Rush 3 d ACT Schoolboys 0
U16 Women: ACT 2 d NSW CCC 0
Hockey ACT
Another successful year has passed and Hockey ACT was proud to be
a part of the international hockey family when we hosted the Samsung
women’s Champions Trophy during Nov/Dec 2005. This event was the
culmination of 20 years of hard work in establishing the Canberra Hockey
Centre and a high level of administrative expertise in order to assist in the
coordination of this significant event for Canberra. It was a great week of
hockey, some unpredictable weather and a wonderful final between the
Hockeyroos and the Netherlands.
Local Competitions
The men’s Capital League One competition in 2005 was as usual very
competitive and it was Wests who defeated the 2004 premiers Central to
win the title for the first time in the club’s history.
In the Women’s 1st Grade, United spoiled Central’s chance at a double
celebration for the second year in a row. In a hard fought final United
triumphed taking home the premiership cup.
The 2005 Brophy Medal for the best and fairest player in the men’s
competition was awarded to Russell Cornish from the St Pat’s Hockey
Club and Peta Gallagher from the University of Canberra Hockey Club
was awarded the McKay Medal for the best and fairest player from the
women’s competition.
The 2005/06 Men’s Super 6 Indoor Competition was won by United while
the Women’s Competition was won by University of Canberra.
Andrew Tomadini from Central and Peta Gallagher from the University of
Canberra Hockey Club won the best and fairest player awards.
Hockey ACT continues to play a leading role in Australian indoor hockey
with a large number of players selected in the Australian squads in the
lead-up to the 2007 World Cup.
Quikstix Schools’ Cup
The Canberra Quikstix Schools’ Cup, a combined national boys and girls
carnival for school teams, continues to be a major event on our calendar.
As an end of year event, it gives school teams an opportunity to combine
a visit to our national capital and see some of its many places of interest
and entertainment with a high standard of competition against their
interstate counterparts. It is gratifying to see the number of teams entering
steadily rising each year. The 2005 Quikstix School’s Cup was held from
December 2nd-9th and was held in conjunction with the Samsung 13th
Women’s Champions Trophy.
The 2005 winners were:
U14 Boys/Mixed
Scotch College
U14 Girls
Lyneham High School
U16 Boys/Mixed
Eltham College
U16 Girls
Radford College
U18 Boys/Mixed
Eltham College
U18 Girls
MacKillop College
ACT Regional Boys Program
2006 saw the introduction of the Regional Boys Program for the ACT. This
program is aimed to offer ACT players a stepping stone between club
hockey and National Championships which is very important in the ACT’s
development pathway.
While the tournament only had a small roll out in 2006 the improvement
in the playing standards of the players is already evident. This program
is specifically designed at improving the standard of the representative
players in the ACT and with that improving the quality of the ACT teams
competing at National Championships.
Canberra Youth Hockey Tournament
Canberra Youth Hockey Tournament built on its success of 2005 with a
strong competition in 2006. The founding sides of the tournament are
HACT, NSW CCC, CHS and CIS. The tournament was open to both boys
and girls in the Under 18 and Under 16 age categories.
The Canberra Youth Hockey Tournament aimed to provide high quality
teams with high quality competition in a carnival like atmosphere and the
results were:
Open Men: NSW CHS 5 d ACT 2
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The Canberra Labor Club Strikers were back to their brilliant best
in 2006. They took a very young and inexperienced side into the
tournament and while they had an indifferent start to the round
matches they were outstanding from round four through final’s
week. New coach Anthony Thornton took them back into the top
four and only lost to eventual champions WA in extra time before
defeating NSW and securing third place. An excellent achievement
for a team that ‘blooded’ seven debutants throughout the year.
A special congratulation goes to Peta Gallagher on being awarded
the 2006 Women’s AHL Player of the Year, 2006 Leading Goal
Scorer and being rewarded with a return to the national team.
Congratulations also to Nicole Arrold and Sarah Taylor on their
selection in the Hockeyroos squad.
It was another case of so close yet so far for the Canberra Labor
Club Lakers. They were competitive against every side this year
again and could have secured a final’s spot with a win over Victoria
in the final round. It wasn’t to be however and with a penalty stroke
loss to NSW in the classification match they again found themselves
playing off for, and finishing 7th.
Congratulations to Josh Hawes, Nathan Burgers, Glenn Turner
and Daniel Hotchkis on their selection in the National Development
Squad and to Daniel for receiving an AIS scholarship.
Our thanks go to the coaches, players, physios and the managers
of both teams for all of their hard work and dedication.
Sponsors and supporters
Hockey ACT thanks the supporters of hockey in Canberra who
make our achievements possible, including The ACT Government
and Sport & Recreation ACT, Australian Capital Tourism, Canberra
Labor Club, Telstra Country Wide, Healthpact and Diabetes Australia
– ACT Branch, ACT Academy of Sport, Prime Television, Canberra
Tradesmen’s Union Club, The Dickson Quality Inn, Sports Moves,
Vili’s Pies, Sportsmans Warehouse, Allied Technologies, FM
104.7, Guideline ACT, GA Anderson’s and Sons, Carlton & United
Breweries, Coca Cola Bottler’s and the Friends of Hockey ACT.
Chris Hume
Chief Executive Officer - Hockey ACT
Hockey NSW
In the inaugural President’s Report for Hockey NSW in 2004/2005,
Carol Purdy introduced the philosophy of making Hockey a “first
choice” sport in New South Wales. This was based on the need
to recognise the massive demographic changes and relentless
technological change that has taken place in the last generation.
For these reasons, the Hockey NSW Board is adopting the approach
that its primary role is “about creating the future and not minding the
shop”.
The first step towards this approach was enacted during 2006 when
the Board decided that one of its first responsibilities was to ensure
that Hockey NSW has a clear Vision and Mission together with a set
of strategic initiatives for achieving them. These were required to
ensure our focus was on becoming a “first choice” sport.
The vision for Hockey NSW is ‘’to develop the game of hockey to
become a ‘first choice’ sport.
•
A ‘first choice’ amongst females and males of all ages;
•
A ‘first choice’ sport for families;
•
A ‘first choice’ sport for community minded volunteers.”
There should be no misunderstanding that the vision is all about growth.
It is about taking positive steps.
To achieve the goal of becoming a ‘first choice’ sport within the
community, Hockey NSW will continually focus on strengthening and
developing its brands and services. Hockey NSW aims to maximise the
growth of the sport and enhance brand identity through four strategic
approaches:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Developing leading positions in all markets
Achieving excellence in execution
Innovative leadership
Matching our structure to our consumers
An important part in making hockey a “first choice” sport is obtaining
buy in from the membership. Put simply, it means getting people on
side and supporting Hockey NSW. Communication is a key element
in obtaining support. Effective communication will persuade people
to believe in the vision and act to make it happen. The Directors, as
the leaders of Hockey NSW, will be communicating this goal when
interacting with all levels of the membership.
Associations and clubs are the bedrock of the hockey family. Attracting
and retaining members is critical to the future growth and viability of
our sport. Hockey NSW has a role to play, however this equally applies
to associations and clubs within NSW. The philosophy of making
hockey a first choice sport needs to become the mantra at every level
of our game. As the hockey family, we must find ways to engage with
generation Y (born 1980-1994) and generation Z (born 1995 -2009) and
recruit them to the product which we offer, and that is hockey.
Hockey NSW has made great strides in the last two seasons.
Associations and Clubs have had to deal with a lot of change as the
hockey family went about the function of integration. This is not an
easy task in any business. Reorganising and reviewing the governance
structures was necessary for hockey to deal with ever-increasing social,
financial, legal and business demands.
In 2006, the Hockey NSW Board reviewed the level of resources
available in the hockey office. This opportunity followed the departure of
staff and an earlier decision taken by the Board to look at our structure
at the completion of the initial 18 months following integration.
The Board accepted a recommendation to redesign several of the
positions and to engage additional resources to assist management.
While the sport will continue to rely upon volunteers, the Board does
need to respond to the complexities of managing a State Sporting
Association.
Hockey NSW has been prepared to look at and take lessons from the
corporate world. It was clear that to keep pace with the fast changing
social and commercial environment we needed to be proactive
in exploring the suitability of having four different structures and
organisations representing the sport in NSW. While we have been in
operation for two seasons, there is still some bedding down required
of the new structure. It should be acknowledged that the existing
framework is more cohesive and creative in the absence of the men,
women and juniors “patch protection” behaviour which bedevilled the
sport. While there are some “tribal” issues raised from time to time, the
Board’s “whole of sport” approach has been significant in keeping the
organisation on track.
While the Hockey NSW Board is diverse in background and expertise,
there has been a unity in the direction they want to take hockey, and this
has provided a solid platform of certainty from which the business has
been able to operate. It is why we have a Game Development Unit and
why the NSWIS Hockey Program is part of that department. It is why the
hockey NSW family is an important part of the National Association.
Hockey NSW continues to support the need to have an active and
engaging Game Development Department. The Game Development
Department now has the capacity to compile Hockey NSW DVD’s
and CD’s and to mass produce and label them for use in our
educational and training programs. I acknowledge the leadership of
our Game Development Manager, Ron Riley OAM, who is very ably
assisted by Briana Harvey (Education Officer) and Roxanne
Clarke (Participation Officer). It is also appropriate to acknowledge
the support given to our staff by the members of the Game
Development Committee.
It is appropriate to acknowledge the state teams which form the
pinnacle of our participation pyramid in NSW.
At the very apex are our AHL teams, the Arrows and the Waratahs.
The contribution made by the players, coaching staff and support
services personnel is recognised. Both teams had new head
coaches, Brenda Baker and Ivan Boulton, and the Board is grateful
for their professional contribution.
Underpinning the AHL Teams are age group State Teams, for both
field and indoor hockey. The Men’s Under 18 Team under the
charge of Barry Reid, who was ably assisted by Ron Charlton and
Aaron Oman took out the HA Under 18 Nationals.
Other state teams which tasted triumph this year were the
Women’s Indoor Open, Under 21 and Under 18 State Teams and
the Indoor Under 18 Men’s Squad. At the mature age athlete level,
the women’s Over 40 and Over 55 squads also finished with the
silverware.
I believe we can close the books on 2005/06 with some pride and
comforted by the knowledge that our work has just begun. The
work undertaken will serve to raise the bar in terms of expectations
which will present many new challenges. These challenges are
positive ones that should be embraced by all those who are part of
the hockey NSW family.
The promotion of hockey as a first choice sport is fundamental to
underpinning the long term future of our game. Resources need to
be invested in marketing this philosophy. Leaving to one-side the
generational challenges which we face as a sport, hockey must
meet the challenge of other competitors who are vying for a share
of the sport and leisure market.
The backbone of the sport remains the volunteers. This resource
remains our most precious and valuable asset. In an ever
increasing complex world, their role remains pivotal to the delivery
of our sport. In the end our product will only be as good as our
people.
To our corporate supporters; Sportscover Australia, Kombat Pty
Ltd, Hemingway Sports, Adrenaline Rush, NSW Department of
Sport & Recreation, Coca Cola Amatil, Hockey Australia, NSW
Institute of Sport, Sydney Olympic Park Authority and DHB &
Associates we express our gratitude and thanks on behalf of the
Hockey NSW Family.
Ian Holmes
Executive Director
Hockey NSW
Northern Territory Hockey Association
After a few years of changing faces amongst our staff, 2005/06
provided a year of stability that allowed people to gain ownership
of their roles and grow in their respective areas of expertise. The
benefits of having staff located in the one area are beginning to
reap rewards that manifest in the desired outcomes of our five
year business plan.
The executive comprised a stable platform of people continuing
in their established roles coupled with the injection of new faces
to provide the ever needed stimulation to driving the association.
We welcomed Deb Schapel as Treasurer after our long-standing
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Treasurer, John Condon, blew the final whistle. We owe John a debt
of gratitude for his efforts and wise counsel over many years. Also
new to the fold, and a very welcome addition, is Richard Bryson from
Alice Springs as our VP- Men. Peter Stoner continued as President
with Bill Van Dijk from Alice Springs and Maureen Oakes staying in
their current roles.
AHL
AHL 2006 started with some innovation/improvisation, with the existing
sponsor of the Stingers pulling out, it required all grey matter to find
a new sponsor and in a hurry. Some brilliant thinking and listing the
Stingers naming rights on EBAY brought immediate response and the
renaming of the side to the ‘Northpharm Territory Stingers’ for season
2006.
A media release to a Sydney radio station and more precisely Allan
Jones program allowed us to get some valuable airplay for the
Stingers and also the Australian Hockey League and its struggle to
secure major sponsors. As a priority we believe that the AHL program
should be highlighted to the Australian public, the only way to achieve
this is to provide appropriate media outlets with stories and issues as
state associations and as the national body governing our sport. This
is the reason that we took this approach to raise awareness in the
general community.
To add to our 2006 woes was the need for a coach for the Pearls'
program. Again it was from outside the square that we managed
to secure the services of Melissa Hall from Western Australia (Head
Coach) and Sarah Storen from Victoria (Asst Coach) to culture the
Pearls in 2006 into a competitive outfit.
Relocating Melissa to Darwin was rather hassle free, with work
secured at Kormilda College and accommodation at Chateau King/
Carey for the duration of her stay, what more could Melissa require. “A
full team list would be nice”. Sarah was even easier as she remained
in Melbourne and travelled with the team on weekends.
This is an area that needs to be addressed for NT Hockey as, at
present, we have very few numbers eligible and capable of playing
at this level, more so in the women’s program. Again we called on
Hockey Australia to allow us to import more than the determined import
numbers.
With all this change it seemed appropriate to bring back some pride
to the Territory sides and change the uniforms from the bright Orange
and Blue of the Stingers and Orange and Black of the Pearls to the
traditional Ochre/ Black and white of the Territory. This was a popular
choice from feedback given from political figures and the general
hockey community in Darwin.
Numbers through the gate were an improvement from last year,
almost doubling the previous mark. This could be attributed to the
competitiveness of both sides throughout the league or the lateness
of the competition. With the Stingers taking points in both home
rounds against the more fancied Thundersticks and Waratahs, interest
definitely grew and as a result our numbers also increased.
Media was mainly supported through the NT News however for the
first time in my seven years in Darwin, a Channel 9 sports crew taped
the full match in both men’s games and part of the women’s games.
This is a giant step forward and we will continue to push for this sort of
coverage at home rounds in future years.
The Canteen performed well, however, low volunteer numbers
elsewhere at the centre drove expenses up and therefore reduced any
profit over the counter to insignificant numbers.
Government support was again good with $25,000 going to each team.
We would hope that this dollar value support will continue, however,
there are, as we know, no guarantees. In 2007 I will be pushing for
government to provide free bus services from Palmerston and Darwin
to encourage people to come and enjoy our fine sport.
Events and Awards
NT Hockey featured again in the NT Sports Awards this year with
nominations in the Junior Sports Person of the year, Joel Carroll and
the Performance of the Year by a Territorian, Colin Hennessy.
Pleasingly for the individual and NT Hockey Joel Carroll was
recognised and won his award category while Colin Hennessy was
extremely unlucky in not taking out his category as his efforts at the
Junior World Cup in achieving highest goal scorer, were second to
none in NT Hockey’s eyes.
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Development
The JDS and Academy Programs have again been valuable in bridging
the gaps between NTIS athletes and club players.
The new structure introduced this year has worked extremely well and
will continue to evolve over coming years.
A new High Performance Committee Chairperson has been appointed,
Sean Cooke a well respected coach, player, umpire and individual has
taken over from Sean Ranie.
Sean Cooke is also involved in the NTIS as an employee in athlete
management, and has a good relationship with current local juniors and
coaches alike.
Samantha Farrow (Development Officer) has spent time in Alice Springs
and Nhulunbuy with schools running coaching sessions and looking at
current training programs from each of the centres.
An Interschool Hockey Challenge was held in March this year, Interest
was received from eight schools made up of five from Darwin, two from
Daly River and one from Adelaide River. The event was a huge success
and will hopefully expand in coming years as interest spreads throughout
the school programs.
Junior Championships were held again this year in June. This year
included under 13 and Under 15 competitors. Alice Springs supported
the event with three teams while 16 teams participated in all. The three
day event was a great release for the juniors and allowed our junior
selectors an opportunity to view the talent from many clubs and regional
centres.
Alice Springs continues to provide some outstanding hockey talent, the
inclusion of a part time Development Officer would go a long way to
increasing the depth of NT Hockey however funding for an additional
position is currently outside NT Hockey’s financial capabilities.
Office of Sport and Recreation run community sports programs based
in Mataranka and Tennant Creek and supported by surrounding
communities. Samantha attended both events where at least 600
kids were introduced to varying sports over a period of three days.
Teachers and community recreation officers also received professional
development in all sports represented.
National Representation
Desmond Abbott – Australian Development Squad, AIS
Joel Carroll – Australian U/20 Team, AIS Invite scholarship
Travis Carroll – Australian U/20 Team
Adrian Lockley – Australian U/20 Team
Facilities
NT Hockey’s home at Marrara Hockey Centre has now lasted 20 years.
July this year was the twentieth anniversary of Hockey’s move to a
synthetic surface. In recognition of this milestone NT Hockey will be
honouring two people very much involved in driving the progression from
grass to synthetic surfaces.
The grandstand overlooking the main surface will be named the Keith
and Irene Kemp Stand and turf one will be renamed to the Lloyd Smith
Field. These people were the driving force behind hockey in the Northern
Territory getting its first synthetic pitch. While we recognise these
people, it must be remembered that there were many other people that
had a hand in planning this terrific facility.
NT Hockey is in the process of writing a submission to the NT
Government for the upgrade of the current facility as it is now twenty
years old. We will be looking to secure a joint venture between a locally
based construction company and the Territory Government to upgrade
the facility to enhance the possibility of future international matches being
played in Darwin. We currently accommodate the Arafura Games every
second year and with this in mind, and the attraction of hosting other
internationals, we are hoping for a positive outcome.
Sponsors
The Northern Territory Hockey Association acknowledges and thanks the
following sponsors who continue to support Northern Territory Hockey
to achieve at a National level: NT Government, NTIS, Coca Cola Amatil
Australia Pty Ltd, Cazaley’s, Paspaley and Parap Village Apartments for
their continue support over the last 7 years with the Pearls, Northpharm,
Cricket and Football shop, Le Cornu and the many individual sponsors
who support the players and the Association.
Wayne G King
Executive Officer
Hockey Queensland
Sponsors
Major League Corporate Marketing via Queensland Hockey Promotions
provide all of our marketing requirements. Hockey Queensland
acknowledge and thank the following sponsors and supporters:Queensland Government, Queensland Academy of Sport, Coca Cola,
Kombat, Southside Sports and Community Club, Medibank Private,
Flight Centre, Konica Minolta, Just Hockey, Whitehill Business Advisers,
Kookaburra, Four’n’Twenty, Streets, Quest Apartments, CAT the Rental
Store, Ebanc, Black and White Cabs, OAMPS Insurance, Southbank
Institute and Fone Zone.
Governance and Management
Hockey Queensland is now the owner and manager of the State Hockey
Centre at Colmslie in Brisbane. It is hoped that, as well as providing
a base for the two Brisbane Associations, the State Hockey Centre
in conjunction with the Colmslie Sports Club, will become a source of
significant funding.
The operation of the facility has been readily absorbed into the Board’s
Legal Planning and Facilities Committee, with supervisory functions taken
over by our Facility Manager. Regular meetings of users are convened to
ensure any issues are dealt with speedily and efficiently.
Confusion about the roles and responsibilities of the State Council and the
Board of Directors has been addressed. The Board has foreshadowed
major changes to the Constitution to replace the Council with a Members
Forum in accordance with the recommendations of the Australian Sports
Commission.
Ultimate control will remain with the affiliated centres through the Annual
General Meeting, which will elect the Board, approve the budget and
adopt the Board report and audited financial statements.
Also streamlined is the reporting and adoption of reports to the Board from
its five standing committees. Put simply, the committees do the hard work
and report their findings. Clearly the Board retains the ultimate decision
making capacity.
For their part, the committees operate under guidelines or ‘terms of
reference’ approved by the Board. Currently the committees are working
through policies for adoption by the Board and these in effect will replace
the existing By-Laws, placing clear responsibility with the relevant
committees.
When adopted, Hockey Queensland will have a constitution and range of
policies in helping with the very latest in business administration.
Facilities
Sport and Recreation Queensland have approved a grant (50%) to
replace Field Two at the State Hockey Centre with a Team Sport Aquaturf.
Rockhampton, Cairns and Mackay have had replacement surfaces
installed. Hockey Queensland is discussing with Sport and Recreation
Queensland, a major redevelopment of the State Hockey Centre facility
that would provide a multi-purpose indoor facility, a third playing surface
and offices located on Field One. In addition, negotiations are continuing
with the Brisbane City Council and the local community regarding the
development of a community swimming pool.
Game Development
Together with Hockey Australia, Hook in2 Hockey became the key
entrance point to the game in Queensland. A positive outcome where
over 1800 players commenced playing the game, many of whom moved
into the club forms of the game.
The North Queensland Remote and Indigenous Program continues to
expand and gain National and International recognition. The commitment
and understanding of the communities and the environment by Julie
McNeil, Wes Ferns and Michael Robertson (Regional Development
Officers) provide a unique experience for coaches, umpires, officials,
players and families. The game is now played on Palm Island and
Thursday Island, with formal Hockey Clubs in Karumba, Normanton
and Georgetown.
Hockey has expanded into Cloncurry and Stanthorpe via the initiative
of a number of teachers who have moved out to these western
towns.
Medibank Private continues to support our Secondary Schools
Competition and U/13 – U/15 Development Camps. Over ten
Level One and Level Two Coaching Courses have been conducted
throughout the state, in addition to two Umpiring Courses. Our statewide Umpire Mentor Program provides support and advice together
with workshops and seminars to Umpires throughout the state.
Competitions
The twelve State Championships all of which are hosted at different
locations throughout the states, provides our affiliates an opportunity
to conduct, experience and be involved with thousands of players
who are endeavouring to perform at their highest level. Our Regional
Coaching Directors and NTC/QAS Coaching attend many of these
events and together with appointed selectors, teams and squads are
selected for the National Championships.
A successful year which has seen three firsts, three seconds and
a fourth and fifth from our under age and country teams. The
Queensland Blades made it three wins out of four with the Scorchers
following up their win last year with a second this year.
Congratulations to all the players, coaches, officials, managers and
volunteers who provided everybody with an opportunity to succeed.
Cairns Hockey Association hosted the Inaugural Cairns International
Hockey Challenge, a pre AHL competition where squads of players
from ACT, Tasmania, Singapore and Queensland competed over a
five day period. Next year more teams will compete making an ideal
introductory program into the AHL.
Garry West-Bail
General Manager
Hockey SA
Governance
In January of this year Hockey SA requested that Rec and Sport
conduct a full finance and governance review, following a report from
the Director of Finance stating that Hockey SA was living “beyond
its means” as there had been a significant deficit, due mainly to the
funding of AHL for a number of years, creating financial burden. The
independent review was expected to report by June 30 but as this
was not possible, members adopted a levy to raise funds to loan the
association pending the outcome of the review.
Hockey SA was also placed under significant pressure after the
resignation of the General Manager, Development Manager and
Communications Manager.
Facilities
An excellent new sporting facility was erected in Port Lincoln including
a world class, state of the art hockey centre. Port Adelaide and Seacliff
had refurbishments of their clubrooms and added water based pitches,
along with many other clubs, including regional areas having synthetic
pitches put down.
Hockey SA continued to work towards a second synthetic pitch at
Distinctive Homes Hockey Arena (The Pines) to bring it up to full
International standard.
Sport development
Aggressive development programs continued throughout the year and
were viewed as highly successful with our pathways squads and had a
large influx of new players enter into these programs, particularly from
regional centres across SA.
Umpire development programs were planned and proposed, and
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culminated in Hockey SA receiving a $5000 grant which was used
to train and develop over 200 umpires under the Coloured Shirt
Scheme.
We also expect the resignation of SASI coach Robert Haigh, we have
been fortunate to have a coach of such a high standard and he will
be sorely missed.
International events
We had over 700 players register for the world masters games which
brought over one million dollars directly into the SA economy.
Representative teams
South Australia experienced some mixed results this year. Teams
worthy of note are both of our AHL teams who finished just outside
the 4 on points, and 5th over all. We will retain all experienced
players for 2007, so we are expecting to further our position in the
upcoming season.
Other results were:
Under 21 men 7th
Under 21 Women 5th
Under 18 Boys 7th
Under 18 Girls 7th
Under 15 Boys 6th
Under 15 Girls 6th
Sponsors
Hockey SA thanks its sponsors, including: Distinctive Homes,
Hockey World, Foodland, Wavals, The Schirripa Group, Performance
Mouthguards, Mix 102.3FM, Kombat Clothing and Rising Stars
Travel. In particular Hockey SA expresses its appreciation to the
Office of Recreation and Sport (ORS) and its staff and the South
Australian Sports Institute for their involvement and support.
Thanks
Once again the tireless efforts of the many hundreds of volunteers
within the sport of hockey is both acknowledged and appreciated
by Hockey SA. Their staunch dedication to the sport and loyalty
to the cause of the Association has much to do with the success of
hockey.
Jim Tolson
President
Hockey SA
Hockey Tasmania
Active Participation
A variety of roster formats were conducted in each Region, catering
for players from veterans to U11, both men and women, High School,
Primary School & Minkey rosters being conducted in all regions.
Summer social rosters around the state maintained their popularity,
allowing hockey to be the choice of activity year round.
Statewide competitions were held for underage players – U13, U15
& U18 Men & Women, Veteran Men, and Veteran Women, with state
finals for regional winners being conducted in four divisions for men,
and two divisions for women.
Development Officers Ilene Carr (South) and Jeremy Stebbings
(North/North West) continued to work with Regional Associations to
deliver a variety of programs aimed at exposing new participants
to the game, and assisting regional associations with the continued
development of identified athletes. The Development Officers
were also involved in school holiday clinics, for both beginners and
current players in all age groups, with specialist clinics conducted for
goalkeepers. Support was provided for Sports Expos, and Primary
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Exchanges.
Hook in2 Hockey programs continued in each region, with eight
clubs and one association being involved.
Coaching
Coaching accreditation courses were delivered in each region,
providing the opportunity for state team & club coaches to continue
to upgrade their knowledge. A major positive was the decision
to source assistant coaches for state teams, thus providing the
opportunity for interested coaches to continue to develop their
skills.
Player Development
Continued support was provided for the NTC program, with
development programs running in each region. Camps were held
for underage state teams, and increased use of the Gamebreaker
program assisted the development of the players and officials.
Teams showed improved performances at National Championships,
with the MIA Tassie Tigers finishing 2nd in the Men’s AHL. Men’s &
Women’s teams competed in AHL, U21, U18 & U15 Championships,
with an increased number of teams competing in Veteran Men
(four teams), and Veteran Women (three teams) Championships.
Regional teams competed in the Australia-wide U16 Women’s
Tournament held in Hobart, and the Elizabeth College ADP Team
travelled to Canberra to compete in the Quik Stix Event.
Player achievements were recognised at several functions during
the year.
Patrick Ward: MIA Rising Star Award (Male)
Emma Lake: WPC Rising Star Award (Female)
Ben Creese: Junior Goalkeeper of the Year (Male)
Emma Lake: Junior Goalkeeper of the Year (Female)
Ben Creese & Eddie Ockenden:
Junior Athletes of the Year (Male)
Sofie McLeod: Junior Athlete of the Year (Female)
Ken Read was named TasSport’s 2005 Official of the Year, Ben
Creese and Eddie Ockenden were jointly named TIS Junior Athlete
of the Year in 2005 and were presented the Junior Male Athlete of
the Year Silver Award, and Daniel Sproule was inducted into the
Tasmanian Sports Hall of Fame.
National Representation
National Senior Squad: Matthew Wells, David Guest; National
Development Squad: Marcus Richardson; National Junior Squad:
Geoffrey Cock, Eddie Ockenden, Patrick Ward, Lucy Ockenden;
Junior World Cup Team: Ben Creese, Eddie Ockenden; Junior
World Cup Squad: Sofie McLeod; Australian Schoolgirls Team:
Elle Perriman; International Umpires: Peri Buckley, Minka Woolley;
National Team Scouting: Andrew McDonald; Hockeyroos Video
Operator: Ilene Carr; International Tournament Director: Ken
Read; Australian Veterans Women Teams: Tracey Beltz, Susan
Brooks, Amanda Conrad, Kirsten McTaggart, Peri Buckley, Linda
Gaskell, Claire Pearce, Jacqui Tolland, Joanne Traynor, Rachael
Martin (shadow), Liz Butler (Physio), Joanne Phillips, Greg Peart
(Asst Coach), Kathy Costelloe (Asst Coach),
Alison Monk (Selector, Manager); Australian Veteran Mens
Teams: Gary Street, Colin Pearce, Arthur McHugh, Dean Williams
(Umpire), Annette White (Masseur)
Marketing
The AHL Teams were supported by naming rights sponsors,
Wrest Point Casino and Medical Imaging Australia, along with a
significant contribution once again from Jerry Hampton Pharmacies.
Tattersall’s Hobart Aquatic Centre sponsored gym memberships for
the players, thus enabling the Wrest Point Van Demons, and the
MIA Tassie Tigers to be fully prepared to compete in the Australian
Hockey League. Individual players enjoyed significant support
from their personal sponsors, and once again the AHL Supporters
Club members provided a valuable contribution.
The State Government, through Sport & Recreation Tasmania,
continued to provide support for Administration and Participation.
Together with the assistance of the Tasmanian Institute of Sport,
through the TIS Hockey Program, Government support has
enabled Hockey Tasmania to deliver quality programs in elite and
junior development.
Hockey Tasmania hosted a highly successful three Test International
Series between Australia and Spain, the Trans Tasman series between
Australia and New Zealand for Veteran Men’s & Women’s teams across
four age groups; and hosted the AHL Men’s Finals Week in May.
Officiating
The Officiating Committee continued to be active in the development
of technical officials and umpires. A Level 1 Umpire Coach course
attracted participants from all regions.
The depth of officials continued to grow, and Tasmanian umpires were
selected to represent on all national panels.
Volunteers
Volunteers in all regions continued to give their time and expertise
in coaching, officiating, team management, and club management.
Hockey South was announced as the winner of Sport & Recreation
Tasmania’s Award for Excellence in Volunteer Management.
Facilities
THC Redevelopment Committee has been successful in securing
State Government funding for upgrading the facilities at the THC, and
work on the redevelopment is expected to start in October. When
completed, the complex will comprise 3 artificial surfaces, a new
Clubhouse, additional office facilities, and an Indoor Centre.
Gai Cross
Executive Officer
Hockey Victoria
Governance
In accordance with the HV Constitution, the period of transition post
amalgamation is now completed.
At the 2005 AGM eight of the eleven Directors retired and four positions
became vacant, thereby reducing the Board to seven Directors. Chris
Chittick and Mike Nelson were re-elected and Glenda Wilson and
Shaun Dooley became the newly elected members.
A huge vote of thanks must go to the retiring Board members Ken
John, Esther Wood, Kathy Kostos, Lou Dobson OAM, Richard Clancy
and Ian Stewart for their long term and valued commitment to Victorian
hockey and particularly for their guidance and wisdom through the
period of amalgamation.
The previous Board began the process of developing a strategic plan,
which has been completed and adopted by the current Board. The
strategic plan has as its main planks, improvement in the quality and
growth in participation at all levels of the sport.
The Board is now part way through a process of reconstituting a series
of advisory groups and sub-committees to enable the Board members
to better access the collective wisdom and abilities of its passionate
and dedicated hockey community.
Club Competition
Congratulations to Waverley for their third successive victory in the
State League 1 men’s competition. Waverley also took out the women’s
State League 1 premiership – a great performance by the club.
The winner of the men’s SL1 best and fairest award – the Fin McNab,
was Doncaster’s Andrew Smith and the Don Vincent Award – women’s
SL1 best and fairest, was Waverley’s Renee Trost.
Country
Board member country visitations continued throughout the year
in recognition of the significant role country hockey plays in the
development of the sport in Victoria and where a sizeable proportion
of HV’s development effort is directed.
It is also pleasing to note that two new synthetic facilities have been
established, one in the southwest at Warrnambool and another in
central Victoria at Bendigo. Furthermore, there are good prospects
for at least one and possibly two more facilities in other parts of the
state that do not currently have ready access to synthetic pitches.
Development
The last twelve months has been an exciting one for HV’s
Development Department with the newly established Strategic Plan
providing a framework for the direction of development programs.
Strategic plan objectives include:
• Maximising participation across all facets of the sport
• Development of innovative player recruitment programs
• Lift in standards across all facets of the sport
Program initiatives / strategies as a result of the strategic plan have
included:
• Review and restructure the Sportscover Vic Stix Talent
Squad Program
• Implementation of umpire recruitment and mentoring
programs
• Review and restructure talent development programs
– (U/14 & U/17)
• Continue the delivery of targeted programs with program
partners, Vic Health, Melbourne City Council and the
Department of Victorian Communities
Sportscover Vic Stix Talent Squad Program
As a step towards creating a clear pathway for talented players in
Victoria, the age groups for the Sportscover Vic Stix Talent Squads
Program was reduced to encompass a younger group of 13 &
14 year old players. This also enabled HV to join forces with the
Victorian Secondary Schools Association to promote and support
both school hockey and HV programs and effectively exposing a
broader base of players to representative opportunities.
Approximately 250 athletes participated in a variety of training
sessions conducted in many venues throughout the state.
A comprehensive holistic program was delivered including sessions
on physical preparation appropriate for the training athlete, nutrition
& recovery strategies, time management and skill development.
The Victorian Institute of Sport also provided an opportunity for the
coaches and officials to attend a session with some of Victoria’s
Commonwealth Games gold medal winning athletes (Loudy Tourky
and Stephen Mowlam), to learn about their journeys to success
and the role their coaches played in their lives. These professional
development sessions are a regular part of the program and it
provided opportunities for those that give up so much of their
valuable time to help improve the young hockey players of Victoria.
Coach Development
HV has continued to promote the benefits of the National Coaching
Accreditation Scheme by conducting numerous courses throughout
the year. These have included introductory courses as well as Level
1 and Level 2. Approximately 256 participants attended at various
venues.
Mark Hager, Assistant National Coach conducted a session for all
club coaches early in the year. A captive audience of approximately
60 coaches listened to Mark as he spoke about the strategies and
patterns of play utilised by the national program.
Congratulations to the following coaches who have achieved high
levels of accreditation:
Paul Jones:
Level 2
Jim Lekkas
Level 2
Simon Cleave
Level 2
Jim Galanos
Level 2
Mick Morrow
Level 2
Umpire Development
In partnership with Vichealth, the Regional Umpire Coach Program
continues to gain momentum, with many clubs and new umpires
utilising the services of these coaches out and about within the
regions.
These coaches conducted courses; assisted clubs to develop
umpiring plans, coached and assessed many umpires. As a result,
the South West Zone has developed an umpiring recruitment
strategic plan up until 2009 and Elaine Hood from the Northern
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Zone has developed an Umpire Mentoring Program that will be
promoted throughout all clubs in the future.
Talented umpires identified via this program will be encouraged to
move through the ranks and officiate at higher levels.
Umpire Coaches were also appointed to assist with developing
umpires at senior levels and approximately 300 participants
attended officiating courses conducted throughout the twelvemonth period at various venues. This is a large increase in
numbers from previous years.
Junior Participation
School Holiday Program
The Australian Sports Camps again assisted with the conduct of
school holiday programs during the July School Holidays. 160
young players participated in sessions overseen by Head Coach
Andrew Smith and guest coaches consisting of the majority of the
VIS Vipers and VIS Vikings players.
Thanks to this professional organisation that assists with promoting
Hockey to the wider community.
School Programs – FUNSTIX & Rookey
During the last 12 months, HV’s Participation Officer, Jim Lekkas
has been working enthusiastically to encourage clubs to work
within their local schools and promote their services/clubs.
In the last half of 2005, 550 participants attended FUNSTIX
sessions conducted by local club coaches in their local community
schools. Approximately 380 of these then attended Hook in2
Hockey sessions conducted as follow-on programs in the club
environment, by 10 of the participating clubs.
The Hook in2 Hockey program and the newly launched Rookey
program are the national recruitment strategies designed to
introduce new players to hockey in a fun and game-sense format.
In 2006, we have had eight clubs and 41 schools conduct FUNSTIX
sessions for approximately 6,935 participants, 2,256 of these also
participated in Rookey sessions. As a follow on, 15 clubs have
conducted Hook in2 Hockey programs, where approximately 500
children have registered to participate.
These programs have not only proven to be extremely successful
in creating links between local hockey clubs and their local
communities, but also in promoting our sport to the wider
community and creating extra development opportunities for our
coaches and school teachers.
Under 11 & Under 12 Development Squad Program
The Junior Development Squad for 2005 proved to be an
overwhelming success, with a record number of children trialing
for the program. Some 200 boys and approximately 130 girls tried
out, which highlights the popularity of the program amongst junior
participants.
The selected 112 children were broken up into four groups of
14 and underwent a four week training program, part of which
included a session teaching them all about correct running
techniques from a VIS running coach. In addition the children also
received nutritional and time management advice. Included on
top of all these benefits, the children were exposed to some great
coaching tips from some of Victoria’s elite young players.
The program cultivated with the traditional round robin carnival day.
This was also used as a vehicle for some of the coaches and young
umpires to complete coaching and umpiring accreditations.
Community Events
HV again participated in the Australia Day celebrations at
Alexander Gardens. Jim Lekkas, Kimberley Morrow, Claire
Messent conducted introductory Hockey sessions and promoted
the Hook in 2 Hockey program whilst dealing with extremely hot
weather conditions.
Club Development
In partnership with Vichealth, HV continues to promote the
benefits of clubs providing safe and healthy environments for their
members.
Club HELP workshops and discussions have been held for
Mornington Peninsula Women’s HA, Frankston HC, Camberwell
HC and Mornington Peninsula HC.
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With the ever-increasing incidents of bad spectator behaviour, and
the national increase of child obesity, it is important for clubs to
promote a safe and healthy culture for their members.
It has been encouraging to be a part of the consolidation of Hockey
in Victoria over the last twelve months. Jim Lekkas, as Participation
Officer, has been outstanding in promoting hockey to the wider
and school communities. The enthusiastic club coaches that have
worked with Jim, highlight the strong community spirit within the club
environment, a real positive for our sport.
The number of participants attending courses and wishing to
step into coaching and officiating roles is certainly promising for
the growth of our sport in the future. The increase in the number
of participants we have attending our development programs, is
testimony to the work that the clubs do in their local areas.
Overall, a busy and fulfilling year for the development department
with many new initiatives planned for the future.
Conclusion
Hockey in Victoria is poised for a leap forward in participation and
improvement in the overall “hockey experience”.
We have a well thought out strategic direction, a strong and
committed hockey community, a growing participation base and a
fine network of top class synthetic hockey facilities.
The Board looks forward to a significant growth of participation
in all areas of hockey, an improvement in standards across the
sport, developing, maintaining and supporting a viable and effective
affiliate and club networks and increasing access to high quality
facilities.
Our thanks to all affiliates, our volunteers, sponsors, Hockey
Australia and the State Government for their commitment and
support.
Adam Wallish
Chief Executive - Hockey Victoria
Hockey WA
Hockey WA has undergone a positive consolidating year with the
imminent transfer of the ownership of the Perth Hockey Stadium and
its catering and turf facilities to Hockey WA. The new management
structure was implemented which allowed for the employment of an
Operations Manager and a Profile and Branding Manager. Their
areas of expertise have brought numerous benefits to the stadium
and hockey in Western Australia.
The board held a strategic planning retreat in early 2006 at which
time both the strategic plan and the corporate governance structure
were reviewed. New objectives were included into the strategic plan
and progressed through the year. The corporate governance model
was agreed to and implemented with success through 2006.
Marketing and promotion was given precedence in 2006 and our
new look website, increased level of sponsorship and other branding
initiatives have been well received. A formal marketing plan has given
these initiatives the necessary direction required to keep on track.
Increases in attendance at showcase games and our Gala Grand
Final Weekend is evidence of the success being achieved through
the implementation of the marketing plan.
Developmentally Hockey WA is busy encouraging hockey at all
levels. Seven coaching courses were held state wide and the Elite
Competitions Committee arranged for National Coaches to deliver
speeches to our state teams and Wizard Home Loans team's
coaches.
Like most sports, officiating is becoming an uphill battle. Hockey WA
rolled out our State Officiating Program with great success. New
and experienced umpires can access courses with local games film
footage and tests available on our website. Panel umpires now selfappoint their duties on-line in all but Wizard Home Loans grades.
Courses have also been held for junior and senior umpires throughout
the season. 112 umpires successfully passed the SOP Level 1 course
with 32 going on to pass the SOP Level 2 course.
Facility management has become a new area in the Hockey WA
umbrella. With the assistance of the Department of Sport and
Recreation a state-wide Facility Forum was conducted with great
success, and will become a permanent annual event on the Hockey
WA calendar. All sports with synthetic surfaces were invited to
attend, and it was pleasing to see more than hockey facility owners
in attendance.
Competition
Hockey in Western Australia is in a healthy state with an increase
in our metropolitan competition. Juniors are booming with over 300
children at our annual Minkey Carnival and a successful first trial of
Rookey at a local indoor recreation centre. The Rookey pitch has been
a hit with all ages in its first two outings.
Our growing Minkey competition (up 18% to 2238 participants) has
been bolstered by twenty Hook in2 Hockey centres state-wide with
Hook in2 Hockey participants up 30% over the 2005 numbers.
The grass roots competition has taken to the HockeyNet on-line
results and fixtures enthusiastically. SportingPulse has rated Hockey
WA’s metropolitan competition in its top four national sporting users.
The season’s umpiring allocations are also now on-line for the first
time and clubs have been enthusiastic about being able to view this
alongside their fixtures.
Our premier divisions have had a boost with Wizard Home Loans
sponsoring our first division women’s and men’s teams. Wizard Home
Loans were so happy with the experience Hockey WA provided
through the season that they have re-signed already for the 2007
competition. The season culminated in our Gala Grand Final Weekend
with the Wizard Home Loans League and Cup Grand Finals. The
weekend attracted well over 4000 spectators, representing a 30%
increase in spectators from 2005.
Our AHL women’s team were victorious in Adelaide and a new look
SmokeFree WA Thundersticks came fourth. Other state teams who
did well included the Under 18 Women (1st), Under 21 women (2nd)
Under 16 School Boys (1st) and Men’s Country (3rd). The Women’s
Veterans had their best tournament ever with 35s (1st), the 40s (3rd)
and the 50s (2nd). The Indoor results were also good with Men (1st),
the U18 Women (2nd) and U18 Women (2nd).
Another highlight at the Perth Hockey Stadium were two Kookaburra
vs ‘Australia A’ Showcase games with very appreciative crowds.
Western Australia was also excited to host a sequence of friendlies
in both the lead up to the Commonwealth Games and the World
Cup. The Chinese, Malaysian (twice) and Canadian women and the
Malaysian and Japanese men provided us with high level exhibition
matches. Our location near Asia must help, as the Indian men and
Japanese women will also be with us soon.
At a national level we must congratulate Kobie McGurk, Emily Halliday,
Kim Walker, Hope Munroe, Aaron Hopkins, Michael Boyce and Bevan
George for their Australian representation.
Sponsorship
Hockey WA continues to benefit from several long term strategic
alliances with sponsors and other partner organizations. The
Department of Sport and Recreation, Healthway, Wizard Home Loans,
Gryphon, Hockey Action, CBH Group, Chestnut Grove Wines, Cadbury
Schweppes, Underwater Contracting Services, WA Institute of Sport,
Curtin University of Technology, Rising Stars Travel, Community
Newspapers, Precision Films and WA Trophies and Gifts all contribute
in many different ways to the ongoing success of WA Hockey.
Thanks
Many thanks must go to the huge contribution of committees, officials
and volunteers at a club and regional level. Hockey WA would not
exist without the help of all these volunteers, no matter how small
their contribution.
Linda Hammersley
Chief Executive Officer
Hockey WA
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Results
KOOKABURRAS
V Germany
European Tour 2005
Hamburg, Germany
8 & 10 August, 2005
Michael Boyce, Travis Brooks, Ben Bishop, Dean Butler, Liam
De Young, Luke Doerner, Jamie Dwyer, Nathan Eglington,
Bevan George, Rob Hammond, Aaron Hopkins, Stephen
Lambert, Brent Livermore, Michael McCann, Stephen Mowlam,
Matt Naylor, Grant Schubert, Andrew Smith, Craig Victory,
Matthew Wells
Luke Doerner, Jamie Dwyer, Nathan Eglington, Bevan George,
David Guest, Rob Hammond, Aaron Hopkins, Mark Knowles,
Stephen Lambert, Brent Livermore, Michael McCann, Stephen
Mowlam, Matt Naylor, Grant Schubert, Andrew Smith, Craig
Victory, Matthew Wells
15 November, 2005
Australia 4 New Zealand 2 (Half Time 1-2)
Australia – De Young 11m FG, Brooks 54m FG, Eglington
57m FG, McCann 70m FG, New Zealand – Burrows 5m FG,
Naylor 22m PC
V Germany, Netherlands, Pakistan
Hamburg Masters 2005
Hamburg, Germany
12-14 August, 2005
17 November, 2005
Australia 26 Fiji 0 (Half Time 14-0)
Australia – Andrew Smith 7m PC, Grant Schubert 8m FG,
Mark Knowles 10m FG, Andrew Smith 11m FG, Grant
Schubert 13m FG, Matt Naylor 14m PC, Grant Schubert 15m
PC, Matt Naylor 17m PC, Nathan Eglington 22m FG, Matt
Naylor 24m FG, Andrew Smith 25m FG, De Young Liam 27m
FG, Luke Doerner 33m PC, Jamie Dwyer 34m FG, Grant
Schubert 37m FG, Matt Wells 40m PC, Matt Naylor 46m
FG, Jamie Dwyer 48m FG, Travis Brooks 52m FG, Nathan
Eglington 54m FG, Nathan Eglington 57m FG, Luke Doerner
59 PC, Jamie Dwyer 62m FG, Jamie Dwyer 63m FG, Jamie
Dwyer 66m FG, Jamie Dwyer 69m FG
Michael Boyce, Travis Brooks, Dean Butler, Liam De Young,
Rob Hammond, Aaron Hopkins, Stephen Lambert, Brent
Livermore, Michael McCann, Stephen Mowlam, Grant Schubert,
Andrew Smith, Craig Victory, Matthew Wells
19 November, 2005
Australia – Schubert 14m FG, Smith 24m FG, Schubert 27m
FG, Wells 51m PC, De Young 52m FG, New Zealand – Hari
15m FG
12 August, 2005
Australia 1 Netherlands 3
Australia – Matt Naylor 62m PC, Netherlands – Matthijs Brouwer
19m FG, Rob Derikx 40m FG, Roderick Weusthof 45m FG
Sahara Champions Trophy
Chennai, India
8-16 December, 2005
8 August, 2005
Australia 0 Germany 1 (Half Time 0-1)
Germany – Christian Zeller 14m PC
10 August, 2005
Germany – No.7 23m FG
13 August, 2005
Australia 6 Germany 0
Australia – McCann 4m FG, Bishop 33m FG, Doerner 44m PC,
Schubert 48m PC, Bishop 64m FG, Livermore 69m PS
14 August, 2005
Australia 4 Pakistan 3
Australia – Livermore 8m PC, Dwyer 10m FG, Schubert 37m
FG, Smith 51m PC, Pakistan – Muhammad 41m PC, Shakeel
47m FG, Muhammad 54m PC
Rabobank Trophy 2005
Amstelveen, Netherlands
14-21 August, 2005
Rob Hammond, Aaron Hopkins, Stephen Lambert, Brent
Livermore, Michael McCann, Stephen Mowlam, Grant Schubert,
Andrew Smith, Craig Victory, Matthew Wells
16 August, 2005
Australia 7 Korea 1(Half time 4-0)
Australia - Schubert 5m/70m PC, McCann 18m/25m FG, Brooks
22m FG, De Young 50m FG, Hammond 68m FG; Korea - Hong
64m FG
17 August, 2005
Australia 6 England 2 (Half time 1-0)
Australia - Wells 33m PC, Dwyer 44m FG, Schubert 50m FG,
Bishop 55m FG, Doerner 66m PC, Naylor 70m FG; England
- Alexander 38m FG, Moore 60m FG
19 August, 2005
Australia 4 Netherlands 1(Half time 1-0)
Australia - Grant Schubert 4m/64m FG, Luke Doerner 53m PC,
Travis Brooks 69m FG; Netherlands - Taeke Taekema 38m PC
21 August, 2005
Australia 3 Pakistan 4
Australia – Brooks 9m FG, Schubert 24m FG, Bishop 33m PC,
Pakistan – Warsi 17m PC, Zakir 32m FG, Butt 42m FG, Khan
50m FG
V Fiji, New Zealand
Oceania Cup
Suva, Fiji
15 – 19 November, 2005
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Travis Brooks, Dean Butler, Liam De Young, Luke Doerner,
Jamie Dwyer, Nathan Eglington, Bevan George, David Guest,
Aaron Hopkins, Mark Knowles, Stephen Lambert, Brent
Livermore, Michael McCann, Stephen Mowlam, Matt Naylor,
Grant Schubert, Andrew Smith, Matthew Wells
10 December, 2005
Australia – Dwyer 14m FG, Eglington 30m FG, Dwyer 36m
PC, Livermore 39m PS, Germany – Zeller 61m FG
11 December, 2005
Australia 4 Spain 2 (Half Time 2-1)
Australia – Brooks 5m FG, Livermore 45m PS, Doerner 50m
PC, McCann 66m FG, Spain – Frexia 12m PC, 26m FG
13 December, 2005
Australia 4 India 1 (Half Time 4-1)
Australia – Eglington 1m FG, Butler 12m FG, Eglington 14m
FG, Brooks 20m FG, India – Khandekar 31m FG
14 December, 2005
Australia 3 Netherlands 3 (Half Time 2-1)
Australia – Naylor 12m FG, Smith 27m PC, McCann 68m FG,
Netherlands – Taekema 21m PC/42m PC
16 December, 2005
Australia 3 Pakistan 3 (Half Time 1-1)
Australia – Doerner 31m PC, Naylor 55m FG, Wells 57m PC,
Pakistan – Imran 34m PC, Butt 39m PC, Khan 60m FG
18 December, 2005
Australia 3 Netherlands 1(Half time 1-0)
Australia - Matthew Wells PC 21m, Liam de Young FG 36m,
Jamie Dwyer FG 62m; Netherlands - Taeke Taekema PC 66m
V Spain (5 Test Series)
Melbourne & Hobart, Australia
27 January- 5 February 2006
Travis Brooks, Michael Boyce, Dean Butler, Luke Doerner,
Jamie Dwyer, Bevan George, David Guest, Aaron Hopkins,
Mark Knowles, Stephen Lambert, Brent Livermore, Michael
McCann, Matt Naylor, Grant Schubert, Andrew Smith, Craig
Victory
27 January, 2006
Australia 4 Spain 4 (Half time 3-2)
Australia - Livermore 19m PS, Schubert 21m FG, Doerner
28m PC, Brooks 55m FG; Spain - Amat 26m FG, Allegre
35m/62m PC, Freixa 45m FG
29 January, 2006
Australia - Brooks 27m FG, Doerner 44m PC, Victory 63m FG
1 February, 2006
Australia – Dwyer 19m/48m FG, Schubert 59m FG, Eglington
70m FG; Spain – Sojo 34m FG, Tubau 40m PS
3 February, 2006
Australia – Dwyer 14m FG, Smith 29m PC/48m FG, Eglington
42m FG; Spain – Amat 19m FG/47m PC, Allegre 34m PC,
Freixa 40m FG
5 February, 2006
Australia 1 Spain 3(Half time 1-2)
Australia - Dwyer 28m FG; Spain - Allegre 2m FG/41m FG,
Amat 8m FG
V Malaysia
Perth, Australia
2-10 March, 2006
Jamie Dwyer, Nathan Eglington, Bevan George, Rob
Hammond, Aaron Hopkins, Mark Knowles, Stephen Lambert,
Brent Livermore, Michael McCann, Stephen Mowlam, Grant
Schubert, Matthew Wells
7 March, 2006
Australia 3 Malaysia 0 (Half time 1-0)
Australia - Hammond 22m FG, Doerner 39m PC, Brooks 70m
FG
9 March, 2006
Australia 5 Malaysia 0(Half Time 0-0)
Australia – Doerner 38m PC/ 39m PC/ 70 PC, Dwyer 45m PC,
Livermore 55m PS, Malaysia – Muhamad 59m PC, Tg Ahmad
Tajuddin Tg 68m FG
18th Commonwealth Games
Melbourne, Australia
15-26 March, 2006
Jamie Dwyer, Nathan Eglington, Bevan George, Rob
Brent Livermore, Michael McCann, Stephen Mowlam, Grant
Schubert, Matthew Wells
17 March, 2006
Australia 5 Scotland 1(Half time 3-1)
Australia - Wells 12m PC, Butler 26m FG, Doerner 32m FG,
Brooks 62m FG, Livermore 66m FG; Scotland - Stott 13m FG
19 March, 2006
Australia 5 Canada 1 (Half time 3-0)
Australia - George 10m/42m PC, Eglington 11m FG, McCann
29m/48m FG; Canada - Wettlaufer 69m PC
21 March, 2006
Australia - Eglington 2m/33m/62m FG, Livermore 42m PC/47m
PS; Tindall 55m PC
22 March, 2006
Australia 5 New Zealand 2 (Half time 0-0)
Australia - Knowles FG 40m, De Young 53m FG, Doerner 60m
PC, Schubert 63m FG, Dwyer 64m PS; New Zealand - Brooks
52m FG, Child 55m FG
24 March, 2006
Australia 6 Malaysia 0 (Half time 1-0)
Australia – Livermore 33m/42m PS, Dwyer PC 51m, Doerner
56m PC/70m PS, De Young 67m FG
26 March, 2006
Australia 3 Pakistan 0 (Half time 1-0)
Australia - De Young 18m PC, Doerner 57m PC, Dwyer 60m
FG
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Kuala Lumper, Malaysia
18-25 June, 2006
Luke Doerner, Troy Elder, Russell Ford, David Guest, Rob
Brent Livermore, Daniel McPherson, Matt Naylor, Eddie
Ockenden, Grant Schubert, Matthew Wells
18 June, 2006
Australia 4 India 1(Half time 2-1)
Australia - Troy Elder 7m FG, Matt Naylor 11m/40m FG, Luke
Doerner 64m PC; India - Tejbir Singh 23m PC
19 June, 2006
Australia 0 Korea 3 (Half time 0-3)
Korea- Jang Jong Hyun 20m/23m PC, You Hyo Sik 21m FG
21 June, 2006
Australia 2 Malaysia 2
Australia - Brent Livermore 27m PS, Travis Brooks 41m FG;
Malaysia - Ismail Abu 16m PC, Megat 70m PS
23 June, 2006
Australia 7 New Zealand 1
Australia - Grant Schubert 7m/48m FG, Luke Doerner 21m/23m
PC, Matt Naylor 38m FG, Travis Brooks 58m FG, Dean Butler
60m PC; New Zealand - Richard Petherick 69m PC.
25 June, 2006
Australia 2 Netherlands 6
Australia - Matt Naylor 60m FG, Grant Schubert 69m PS;
Netherlands - Roderick Weusthof 6m/47m/66m FG, Taeke
Taekema 22m PC, Teun de Nooijer 42m FG, Ronald Brouwer
52m FG.
2 October, 2005
3 October, 2005
Australia 2 Malaysia 1 (Half Time 2-0)
Australia – Hudson 2m FG, Arrold 31m PC, Malaysia – Sitinoor
A Ruhani 60m PS
5 October, 2005
Australia 4 Italy 1 (Half Time 3-0)
Australia – Taylor 3m FG, Hudson 19m FG, Skirving 33m
PC/37m FG, Italy – No. 15 66Mm PC
7 October, 2005
Australia 2 India 0 (Half Time 1-0)
Australia – River 31m FG/ 64m FG
8 October, 2005
Australia 2 India 2 (5-3) (Half Time 0-2)
Australia – Hudson 56m PC, Patrick 59m PC, India – Mamia
6m FG, Jaskeer 28m PC
V New Zealand
Oceania Cup
Auckland, New Zealand, Sydney, Australia
30 October, 2005, 3 & 5 November, 2005
Wendy Alcorn, Nicole Arrold, Madonna Blyth, Toni Cronk,
Ursula Ditton, Suzie Faulkner, Emily Halliday, Kate Hollywood,
Nikki Hudson, Rachel Imison, Emma Meyer, Donna-Lee
Patrick, Megan Rivers, Rebecca Sanders, Angie Skirving,
Karen Smith, Melanie Twitt, Kim Walker
HOCKEYROOS
V Korea
Adelaide & Queensland, Australia
12 – 21 August, 2005
29 October, 2005
Australia 0 New Zealand 1 (Half Tim 0-0)
New Zealand – H Dillon 39.40m PC
Ursula Ditton, Denise Durajski, DeAnne Gilbert, Emily Halliday,
Kate Hollywood, Nikki Hudson, Rachel Imison, Fiona Johnson,
Kobie McGurk, Donna-Lee Patrick, Hayley Phipps, Megan
Rivers, Rebecca Sanders, Angie Skirving, Karen Smith, Ngaire
Smith, Sian Smithson, Sarah Taylor, Melanie Twitt, Kim Walker
3 November, 2005
Australia – Madonna Blyth 46m FG, Karen Smith 49m FG,
Emily Halliday 57m PC, Angie Skirving 67m PC
11 August, 2005
Australia – Nikki Hudson 8m FG, Donna Lee Patrick 19m FG,
Angie Skirving 70m PC, Korea – Kim Mi Seon 35m FG/ 47m
FG
12 August, 2005
Australia – Sian Smithson FG 29m, Nikki Hudson FG 55m;
Korea – Kim Mi Seon FG 5m.
14 August, 2005
Australia – Angie Skirving 60m PC, Nikki Hudson 69m FG,
Korea – Kim Yun Seon 22m PC
18 August, 2005
Australia – Donna Lee Patrick 22m FG, Nikki Hudson 55m PC,
Korea – Kim Jung Hpp 28m PC
20 August, 2005
Australia – Nikki Hudson 16m FG, Karen Smith 24m FG,
Madonna Blyth 30m PC, Angie Skirving 42m PC, Nikki Hudson
69m FG
21 August, 2005
Australia – Karen Smith 27m FG, Nikki Hudson 41m FG, Karen
Smith 44m FG, Kate Hollywood 45m FG, Korea – Kim Jung
Hee 41m FG, Park Jeong Sook 65m FG
7th Indira Gandhi International Gold Cup
New Delhi, India
29 September – 10 October, 2005
Wendy Alcorn, Nicole Arrold, Toni Cronk, Ursula Ditton, Suzie
Faulkner, Emily Halliday, Nikki Hudson, Rachel Imison, Fiona
Johnson, Emma Meyer, Donna-Lee Patrick, Hayley Phipps
Megan Rivers, Rebecca Sanders, Angie Skirving, Ngaire Smith,
Sarah Taylor, Kim Walker
5 November, 2005
Australia – Wendy Alcorn 27m FG, Suzie Faulkner 40m FG
V Argentina (Test Matches)
Wendy Alcorn, Nicole Arrold, Madonna Blyth, Suzie Faulkner,
Deane Gilbert, Emily Halliday, Kate Hollywood, Nikki Hudson,
Fiona Johnson, Amy Korner, Kobie McGurk, Emma Meyer,
Donna-Lee Patrick, Megan Rivers, Rebecca Sanders, Angie
Skirving, Karen Smith, Melanie Twitt, Kim Walker
20 November, 2005
Australia 3 Argentina 1 (Half Time 0-1)
Australia – Angie Skirving 40m/45m PC, Fiona Johnson 16m
FG, Argentina - Alejandor Laura Gulla, 4m PC
22 November, 2005
Australia – Angie Skirving 10m PC, Nicole Arrold 30m PS,
Nikki Hudson 42m FG, Emily Halliday 53m PC, Kim Walker
57m PC
V Argentina, China, Germany, Korea, Netherlands
Samsung Champions Trophy
Canberra, Australia
26 November – 4 December 2005
Wendy Alcorn, Nicole Arrold, Madonna Blyth, Toni Cronk, Emily
Halliday, Kate Hollywood, Nikki Hudson, Rachel Imison, Amy
Korner, Kobie McGurk, Emma Meyer, Megan Rivers, Rebecca
Sanders, Angie Skirving, Karen Smith, Sarah Taylor, Melanie
Twitt, Kim Walker
26 November, 2005
Australia – Rebecca Sanders 6m PC, Nikki Hudson 45m PC
27 November, 2005
Australia 2 Korea 0 (Half Time 0-0)
Australia – Karen Smith 42m PC, Nikki Hudson 63m FG
29 November, 2005
Australia 1 China 0 (Half Time 0-0)
Australia - Angie Skirving 45m PC
1 December, 2005
Australia - Madonna Blyth 61m PC, Argentina – Alejandra
Gulla 7m PC
3 December, 2005
Australia – Madonna Blyth 11m FG, Rebecca Sanders 55m
FG, Angie Skirving 63m PC, Netherlands – Sylvia Karres 12m
FG
4 December, 2005
Australia 0 Netherlands 0 Penalty Strokes (4-5) (Half Time
0-0)
V Argentina, England, Netherlands
4 Nation Tournament Argentina Tour
Cordoba, Argentina
23-30 January, 2006
Wendy Alcorn, Nicole Arrold, Madonna Blyth, Toni Cronk, Suzie
Faulkner, Emily Halliday, Susannah Harris, Kate Hollywood,
Nikki Hudson, Rachel Imison, Kobie McGurk, Emma Meyer,
Rebecca Sanders, Angie Skirving, Karen Smith, Sarah Taylor,
Melanie Twitt, Kim Walker
20 January, 2006
Australia 0 Argentina 0
21 January, 2006
Australia – Angie Skirving 5m FG, Suzie Faulkner 18m FG,
Nicole Arrold 32m PC
24 January, 2006
Argentina – Garcia 39m FG
25 January, 2006
Australia – Suzie Faulkner FG, Netherlands – PC
27 January, 2006
Australia 2 England 2 (Half Time 2-1)
Australia - Sarah Taylor FG, Madonna Blyth FG, England – K
Walsh PC, Dawson PC
28 January, 2006
Australia 0 England 0 Penalty Strokes (4-3)
V Canada
3 Test Series
Perth, Australia
22-26 February, 2006
Suzie Faulkner, Emily Halliday, Kate Hollywood, Nikki Hudson,
Rachel Imison, Kobie McGurk, Rebecca Sanders, Angie
Skirving, Karen Smith, Sarah Taylor, Melanie Twitt, Kim Walker
22 February, 2006
Australia 2 Canada 1 (Half Time 2-1)
Australia – Suzie Faulkner 12m PC, Angie Skirving 24m PC,
Canada – Andrea Rushton 17m PC
24 February, 2006
Australia – Suzie Faulkner 37m PC, Angie Skirving 58m FG,
Karen Smith 65m FG
26 February, 2006
Australia – Nicole Arrold 13m FG, Wendy Alcorn 18m PC,
Suzie Faulkner 30m PS, Wendy Alcorn 32m FG, Nicole
Arrold 35m PC, Suzie Faulkner 47m FG, Suzie Faulkner 61m
PC, Kate Hollywood 62m FG, Kim Walker 66m PC, Canada
– Stephanie Jameson 25m PC, Deb Cuthbert 51m FG
18th Commonwealth Games
Melbourne, Australia
15-26 March, 2006
Nicole Arrold, Wendy Beattie, Madonna Blyth, Toni Cronk,
Suzie Faulkner, Emily Halliday, Kate Hollywood, Nikki Hudson,
Rachel Imison, Kobie McGurk, Rebecca Sanders, Angie
Skirving, Karen Smith, Sarah Taylor, Melanie Twitt, Kim Walker
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Results
16 March, 2006
Australia 4 India 2 (Half time 2-2)
Australia - Beattie 1m FG, Smith 23m FG, Sanders 41m FG,
Skirving 70m PC; India - Lukra 13m PC, Kharb 22m PC
17 March, 2006
Australia – Sanders 9m PC, Arrold 23m FG, Hollywood 25m
PC, Hudson 28m FG, Faulkner 49m FG, Sanders 49m FG,
Blyth 57m FG, Skirving 65m PC
19 March, 2006
Australia 12 Nigeria 0 (Half time 7 - 0)
Australia - Blyth 1m FG, Skirving 7m PC, Arrold 16m
FG/19m PS, Hudson 30m PC/35m FG/PC 53m, Halliday
32m PC, Beattie 39m FG, Taylor 51m FG, Smith 58m FG,
Hollywood 62m PC
28 September, 2005
AIS 2 Japan 1
AIS - Cleghorn 57m FG, Ford 64m FG; JAP – Yoshida 7m PC
15 September, 2005
Australia 2 China 0 (Half Time 2-0)
Australia –Amy Korner 7m PC, Susanah Harris 33m PC
BURRAS
8th Junior Men’s World Cup
Rotterdam, Netherlands
12 June – 13 July, 2005
17 September, 2005
Australia 3 Chile 1 (Half Time 1-0)
Australia – Shellt Liddelow 16m PC, Kate Hollywood 46m FG,
Shelly Liddelow 57m FG, Chile – Maria Jose Fernandez 42m PC
Des Abbott, Kiel Brown, Ian Burcher, Joel Carroll, Jon
Charlesworth, Chris Ciriello, Tom Cleghorn, Ben Creese, Ian
Davidson, Colin Hennessy, Daniel Hotchkis, Mark Knowles, Ed
Ockenden, Mark Paterson, Ian Smyth, Glenn Turner
18 September, 2005
Australia – Rheannin Kelly 10m PC, Kobie McGurk 25m PC,
Netherlands – Hevvel Dirkse 34m FG, Maartjie Pavmen 48m PC,
Vera Vorstenbosch 70m FG
20 June, 2005
Australia – Hotchkis 46m PC, Germany – 20m PC, 21m FG
23 March, 2006
Australia - Hollywood 28m FG, Halliday 37m PC, Faulkner
69m FG
22 June, 2005
Australia – Hotchkis 37m FG, Knowles 52 FG, Cleghorn 56m
FG/ 57m FG, Germany – 18m PC, 69m PC
25 March, 2006
Australia 1 India 0(Half time 0-0)
Australia - Hudson 62m FG
29 June, 2005
Australia 12 Chile 0 (Half Time 7-0)
Australia – Hennessy 2m PC/ 11m FG/ 38m FG/ 44m FG,
Cleghorn 5m FG/ 9m FG, Charlesworth 17m FG, Davidson
23m FG, Turner 34m FG/ 49m FG, Abbott 44m FG, Brown
69m FG
DEVELOPMENT
AIS Tour
12 September – 1 October, 2005
AIS v Korea
Seoul, Korea
Ben Bishop (WA), Darren Booth (NSW), Geoff Boyce (WA),
Steven Boyce (WA), Kiel Brown (QLD), Nathan Burgers
(QLD), Tom Cleghorn (SA), Russell Ford (VIC), David Guest
(TAS), Josh Hawes (ACT), David Hennessey (NT), Eli
Matheson (NSW), Daniel McPherson (NSW), Matt Naylor
(NSW), Seyi Onitiri (ACT), Marcus Richardson (TAS), Greg
Reece (SA), Andrew Smith (VIC)
15 September, 2005
AIS 4 Korea 4
AIS - Eli Matheson 6m FG, Andrew Smith 41m/44m FG,
Marcus Richardson 61m FG; Korea – 18m PC, 45m PC,
48m PC, 70m PC
17 September, 23005
AIS 2 Korea 2
AIS - Andrew Smith 27m PC, Liam De Young FG 56m;
Korea – 7m PC, 40m PC; KOR – Oh D.K 7m PC/40m PC
19 September, 2005
AIS 1 Korea 3
AIS – Matheson 10m FG; KOR – Oh D.K 35m PC/44m PC,
Seo JH 45m FG
30 June, 2005
Australia 7 Belgium 1 (Half Time 3-1)
Australia – Hennessy 2/35/38m FG, Knowles 5/53m FG,
Hotchkis 61m FG, Abbott 69m FG, Belgium – Jerome 28m PC
2 July, 2005
Australia 3 Pakistan 2 (Half Time 1-1)
Australia Smyth 29m FG, Hennessy 50m FG/ 53m FG,
Pakistan – Tario 28m FG, Shakeel 55m FG
3 July, 2005
Australia – Hennessy 28m FG, Knowles 58m FG, Cleghorn
61m FG, Malaysia – Rejabzulkifh 6m PC/ 45m PC/ 63m PC
JILLAROOS
JWWC Camp v New Zealand
Christchurch, New Zealand
2 – 9 September, 2005
Jane Bennett, Madonna Blyth, Fiona Boyce, Kary Chau, Jade
Close, Casey Eastham, Jacklyn Eddy, Susannah Harris, Kate
Hollywood, Kate Hubble, Rheannin Kelly, Amy Korner, Shelly
Liddelow, Rachael Lynch, Kobie McGurk, Lisa Pamenter,
Emma Patterson, Jayde Taylor
20 September, 2005
Australia 1 USA 0 (Half Time 0-0)
Australia – Madonna Blyth 69m PC
21 September, 2005
Australia 4 England 1 (Half Time 1-0)
Australia Shelley Liddelow 27m PC, Amy Korner 36m FG/ 66m
FG, Kate Hollywood 69m PS, Chile – Alex Dawson 69m FG
23 September, 2005
Australia 0 Germany 0 Penalty Strokes (3-4) (Half Time 0-0)
25 September, 2005
Australia Kate Hollywood 25m FG, Netherlands – Alessia
Padalino 10m FG, Maarje Pavmen 52m PC
JILLAROOS
4 Nations U21 Tournament
Jiangsu, Wujin, China
29 July - 10 August, 2005
Close, Casey Eastham, Jackie Eddy, Samantha Gale, Susannah
Harris, Kate Hollywood, Kate Hubble, Rheannin Kelly, Amy
Korner, Shelley Liddelow, Rachael Lynch, Kobie McGurk, Lisa
Pamenter, Jayde Taylor
2 August, 2005
Australia 3 Germany 2 (Half time 2-1)
Australia – Lisa Pamenter 20m FG, Rheannin Kelly 30m PC,
Casey Eastham 66m PC
3 August, 2005
Australia 1 Japan 1 (Half time 0-1)
Australia - Samantha Gale 53m PS
5 August, 2005
Australia 4 China 0 (Half time 2-0)
Australia - Jade Close 11m FG, Lisa Pamenter 28m/50m FG,
Emma Paterson 43m FG
20 September, 2005
AIS 5 Korea 1
AIS – Cleghorn 21m FG, De Young 29m FG, Smith 40m FG,
Bishop 50m FG, Ford 53m FG; KOR – Oh D.K 11m PC
4 September, 2005
Australia – Kobie McGurk 6m PC, Amy Korner 8m FG, Emma
Paterson 10m FG, Susannah Harris 14m FG/ 58m FG, Jade
Close 27m PC, New Zealand – 25m PS
21 September, 2005
AIS 2 Kim Chee Hockey Club 3
AIS – Naylor 21m/56m PC; KIM – Yed WK 4m/37m PC,
Kang 20m FG
5 September, 2005
New Zealand 30m PC, 42m PC
8 August, 2005
Australia 5 Japan 1 (Half time 2-1)
Australia - Shelley Liddelow 7m/48m/61m FG, Lisa Pamenter
15m FG, Kate Hollywood 38m FG
7 September, 2005
Australia – Kary Chau 52m FG, Susannah Harris 65m FG,
New Zealand – No. 16 21m PC
9 August, 2005
Australia 4 China 1 (Half time 3-1)
Australia - Lisa Pamenter 2m PC, 41m FG, Emma Paterson 23m
PC, Kobie McGurk 34m PC
JILLAROOS
BDO Junior World Cup
Santiago, Chile
14 – 25 September, 2005
AHL
Australian Hockey League - Women
Various
8 April – 14 May, 2006
Close, Casey Eastham, Jacklyn Eddy, Susannah Harris, Kate
Hollywood, Kate Hubble, Rheannin Kelly, Amy Korner, Shelly
Liddelow, Rachael Lynch, Kobie McGurk, Lisa Pamenter,
Emma Patterson, Jayde Taylor
Round 17 April, 2006
SmokeFree WA Diamonds 2 NSW Arrows 2 (Penalty Strokes
2-1)
NSW - Belinda Brooks 7m PC, Nadia Pritchard 53m FG
WA Diamonds - Chantelle Ciallella 61m FG, Emily Halliday 66m
PC
AIS v Japan
Japan
24 September, 2005
AIS 2 Japan 2
AIS - Smith 44m PC, Hawes 57m PC; JAP – Yoshida 9m
PC/35m PC
25 September, 2005
AIS 5 Japan 1
AIS - Ford 20m FG, Smith 28m FG, Bishop 47m PS, De
Young 52m FG, Hennessy 59m FG; JAP -15m FG
26 September, 2005
AIS 3 Japan 2
AIS - Richardson 8m FG, Ford 28m PC, Hennessy 34m PC;
27 September, 2005
AIS 3 Japan 0
AIS - De Young 29m FG, Naylor 33m PC, Matheson 45m
FG.
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14 September, 2005
Australia 1 Spain 2(Half Time 0-2)
Australia – Amy Korner 43m FG, Spain – Maria Romagosa
11m PC/ 24m PC
6 August, 2005
Australia 1 Germany 1 (Half time 1-1)
Australia - Shelley Liddelow 18m FG
8 April, 2006
SmokeFree WA Diamonds 2 NSW Arrows 1
WA Diamonds - Hope Munro 35m PC, Emily Halliday 64m PC
NSW Arrows - Jade Close 67m FG
Queensland Scorchers 5 Adelaide Suns 1
Scorchers – Nikki Hudson 8m FG/ 12m FG, Karen Smith 39m
FG, Wendy Beattie 48m PC, Jane Bennett 53m PC
Vipers- Jessica Shakes 34m FG
23 April, 2006
Queensland Scorchers 8 Wrest Point Van Demons 0
QLD- Emma Paterson 6m FG, Karen Smith 12m FG, Renae
Holmes 14m PC, Amy Korner 39m FG, Lisa Pamenter 48m
FG, Amy Korner 51m FG, Nikki Hudson 56m FG, Danette
Boland 71m PC
NSW Arrows 2 Azuma Vipers 1
Arrows - Megan Rivers 2m PC, Melissa Simpson 70m PC;
Vipers - Amanda Gillon 13m FG
Queensland Scorchers 2 SmokeFree WA Diamonds 1
Scorchers - Jane Bennett 56m FG, Amy Korner 57m FG;
Diamonds - Kim Walker 9m FG
Azuma Vipers (Vic) 3 Northern Territory 0
Victoria- Leah Merret 16m FG, Claire Messent 13m FG,
Amanda Gillon 22m PS
Canberra Labor Club Strikers 3 SmokeFree WA
Diamonds 3 (Strikers won 4-5 on penalty strokes)
Diamonds – Fiona Boyce 23m FG, Kim Walker 26m FG, Fiona
Boyce 38m FG; Strikers – Peta Gallagher 20m FG, Michaela
Mihailou 21m FG, Clare Hanrahan 43m FG
Wrest Point Van Demons 2 Adelaide Suns 0
Van Demons - Lis Paget Chaffey 4m PC, Jackie Jones 70m
PC
Strikers 7 Van Demons 3
Strikers - P. Gallagher 3m FG, J. Lucas 14m FG, S. Vaughan
23m FG, T. Staunton 44m FG, J. Lucas 48m FG, J. Lucas 54m
PC, P. Gallagher 63m FG; Van Demons - J. Jones 33m PC,
C. White 43m FG, L. Paget Chaffey 65m FG
Victoria Vipers 2 d Adelaide Suns 1
Azuma Vikings - Lauren Brook FG, Kimberley Morrow PC;
Adelaide Suns - Leanne Hammond FG
Round 7
11 May, 2006
Canberra Labor Club Strikers 4 Azuma Vipers 1
Strikers - Kyralee Urquhart 4m PC, Peta Gallagher 32m/34m
48m PC/FG/PC; Vipers - Amanda Gillon 55m PC
9 April, 2006
Queensland Scorchers 4 Adelaide Suns 0
Scorchers – Suzie Faulkner 14m FG, Shannan Bain 42m
PC, Madonna Blyth 46m PC, Amy Korner 64m FG
Azuma Vipers (Vic) 3 Northern Territory Pearls 1
Victoria: Leah Merret 8m FG, Tegan Riordan 11m FG,
Claire Messent 23m PC; Northern Territory -Terri Bergin 25m
PC
Strikers 2 Van Demons 0
Strikers - U. Ditton 20m PC, A. Paul 32m PC
NSW Arrows 3 Paspaley Territory Pearls 0
NSW Arrows - Jade Close 45m FG, Sam Gale 57m FG,
Megan Rivers 63m PC
Wrest Point Van Demons 2 Paspaley Territory Pearls 0
Wrest Point Van Demons: Eloise Duay 22m FG, Charlotte
White 68m FG
Azuma Vipers 1 Western Australia Diamonds 1 (Strokes
1-0)
Victoria - Renee TROST 26m PC; Western Australia: Amy SHAW
56m PC
Azuma Vipers 2 Wrest Point Van Demons 0
VIC - Renee Trost 21m FG, Claire Messent 56m PC
NSW Arrows 1 Adelaide Suns 2
NSW - Kellie Lee-James 55m FG; SA - Emma Lee 36m FG,
64m FG
Adelaide Suns 2 Canberra Strikers 1
SA - Bronte Pickett 17m, Elise Stacey 49m; Canberra Strikers
- Sarah Taylor 65m
Canberra Labor Club Strikers 3 Queensland Scorchers 2
Strikers - E. Taylor 28m PS, S. Vaughan 42m FG, T. Stewart
61m FG; Scorchers - P. Eiser 13m FG, L. Pamenter 58m FG
NSW Arrows 0 Queensland Scorchers 3
QLD - Boland 20m PC, Pamenter 62m PC, Paterson 66m FG
29 April, 2006
Wrest Point Van Demons 3 Paspaley Territory Pearls 2
Paspaley Territory Pearls – Tate Napier 4m PC/65m PS,
Michelle Caden 15m PC; Wrest Point Van Demons – Katrina
Paterson 21m FG, Lucy Ockenden 49m FG
SmokeFree WA Diamonds 6 Paspaley Territory Pearls 1
WA- Hope Munro 14m FG, Emily Halliday 41m PC, Sian
Smithson 45m FG, Hope Munro 49m PC, Felicity Riddell 61m
FG; NT- Samantha Syder 51m FG
16 April, 2006
Azuma Vipers 6 Wrest Point Van Demons 0
VIC - Bec Waley 16m FG/69m FG, Claire Messant 25m FG,
Kimberley Morrow 33m FG, Lauren Austin 45m PC, Amanda
Gillon 66m PC
Canberra Strikers 1 Adelaide Suns 0
Strikers - Sarah Taylor 55m
NSW Arrows 1 Queensland Scorchers 4
NSW - Harris 49m FG; QLD - Hudson 17m/39m FG, Bain 20m
PC, Boland 47m FG
WA Diamonds 5 Territory Pearls 1
WA - F Riddell 7m, S Smithson 16m, J Buckley 26m, H Munro
44m, C Ciallella 58m; NT - T Napier 22m
Queensland Scorchers 8 Wrest Point Van Demons 0
QLD- Nikki Hudson 4m FG, Wendy Beattie 12m PC, Shannon
Bain 34m G, Nikki Hudson 40m FG, Emma Patterson 58m FG/
60m FG, Hayley Phipps 63m FG, Amy Korner 65m FG
SmokeFree WA Diamonds 3 Canberra Labor Club
Strikers 2 (in extra time)
Diamonds – Rachel Robertson 40m PC, Hope Munro 47m PC,
Emily Halliday 73m PC; Lakers – Kyralee Urquhart 7m PC,
Peta Gallagher 68m PC
Victoria Vipers 3 Adelaide Suns 1
Azuma Vikings - Renee Trost 9m, Minute Claire Messent
27m, Leah Merrett 43m; Adelaide Suns - Bronte Pickett 56m
NSW Arrows 6 Paspaley Territory Pearls 1
NSW - Brooks 2 goals, Sanders 1 goal, Youmann 1 goal,
Megan Rivers 1 goal, Lee-James 1 goal; NT - Sider 1 goal
Azuma Vipers 1 SmokeFree WA Diamonds 4
Vipers - Claire Messent 17m FG; Diamonds - Emily Halliday
6m PC, Sian Smithson 10m FG, Shelley Liddelow 39m FG,
Amy Shaw 51m FG
NSW Arrows 6 Wrest Point Van Demons 0
Arrows - Belinda Brooks 6m/37m PC, Kate Hollywood 54m
FG, Jade Close 55m FG, Megan Rivers 56m FG, Samantha
Gale 67m FG
Queensland Scorchers 2 Paspaley Territory Pearls 0
Scorchers - Amy Korner 9m FG, Carly Lennon 50m FG
SmokeFree WA Diamonds 4 Adelaide Suns 3
Diamonds - Emily Halliday 3m PC, Hope Munro 5m PC,
Chantelle Ciallella 24m PC, Sian Smithson 70m PC; Suns
- Bronte Pickett 37m PC, Jessicca Cibich 52m PC, DonnaLee Patrick 60m PC
Semi-Finals
13 May, 2006
Azuma Vipers 3 Paspaley Territory Pearls 0
Vipers - Stacia Joseph 11m PC, Tegan Riordan 24m FG,
Kimberley Morrow 64m FG
Adelaide Suns 4 Wrest Point Van Demons 1
Suns - Bronte Pickett 4m PC, Donna-Lee Patrick 43m FG,
Mignon Marles 66m FG, Melody Rowe 68m FG; Van Demons
- Lis Paget Cheffey 10m FG
Queensland Scorchers 6 NSW Arrows 2
Scorchers - Renae Holmes 20m/67m PC, Suzie Faulkner
38m FG, Madonna Blyth 44m PC/64m FG, Shannon Bain
52m FG; Arrows - Kellie-Lee James 5m FG, Melissa Simpson
61m FG
NSW Arrows 2 Adelaide Suns 0
\NSW - Megan Rivers 11m FG, Rebecca Sanders 28m PC
SmokeFree WA Diamonds 4 Canberra Labor Club Strikers3
Diamonds - Emily Halliday 4m/65m/76m PC, Hope Munro
50m PC; Strikers - Sarah Taylor 11m PC/61m FG, Michaela
Mihailou 69m FG
Canberra Labor Club Strikers 3 Queensland Scorchers 3
(Strokes 5-4)
Strikers - Peta Gallagher 50m FG, Clare Hanrahan 60m FG,
Alicia Paul 69m FG; Scorchers - Wendy Beattie 23m PC,
Suzie Faulkner 54m FG, Renae Holmes 67m PC
Finals
14 May, 2006
Paspaley Territory Pearls 2 Wrest Point Van Demons 1
Pearls - Samantha Syder 24m FG, Olivia Chiu 32m FG;
Van Demons - Eloise Duay 8m PC
Round 5
8 May, 2006
Adelaide Suns 2 Paspaley Territory Pearls 0
Adelaide - Mignon Marles 20m PC, Donna-Lee Patrick 53m
PC
Adelaide Suns 2 Azuma Vipers 1
Adelaide - Rachel Militz 9m FG, Melody Rowe 27m PC;
Vipers - Jane Elzinga 20m FG
SmokeFree WA Diamonds 5 Wrest Point Van Demons 0
Diamonds - Shelley Liddelow 16m FG/66m PC, Emily Halliday
35m/37m/41m PC
Canberra Labor Club Strikers 3 NSW Arrows 1
Strikers - Sarah Taylor 19m FG, Michaela Mihailou 37m FG,
Toni Stewart 41m FG; Arrows - Susannah Harris 17m PC
Queensland Scorchers 4 Azuma Vipers 0
Scorchers - Shannon Bain 21m PC, Danette Boland 46m/47m
PC, Karen Smith 70m FG
Round 6
9 May, 2006
Canberra Labor Club Strikers 3 Paspaley Territory
Pearls 1
Strikers - Peta Gallagher 5m/22m FG, Emma Taylor 67m PC;
Pearls - Emily Peris 54m PC
Canberra Labor Club Strikers 2 NSW Arrows 1
Strikers - Michaela Mihailou 5m FG, Nicole Arrold 43m PC;
Arrows - Samantha Gale 35m PC
SmokeFree WA Diamonds 4 Queensland Scorchers 2
Diamonds - Chantelle Ciallella 21m PC, Shelly Liddelow 57m
FG, Emily Halliday 58m PC, Ashleigh Nelson 61m FG;
Scorchers - Nikki Hudson 23m PC, Wendy Beattie 40m PC
AHL
Australian Hockey League - Men
Various
7 April – 21 May, 2006
Round 1
7 April, 2006
NSW Waratahs 2 SmokeFree WA Thundersticks 1
NSW - Josh Miller 6m FG, Stuart Fletcher 23m PC; WA - Ben
Bishop 40m FG
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Results
Queensland Blades 3 Adelaide Hotshots 0
QLD- Kiel Brown 44m FG, Jason Wilson 64m, Mark Harris
49m
Northpharm Territory Stingers 4 NSW Waratahs 2
Stingers - Desmond Abbott 2 goals, Adam Spry 1 goal, Jarrod
Lockley 1 goal; Michael McCann 2 goals
Azuma Vikings (Vic) 7 Northern Territory Stingers 0
Victoria: Chris CIRIELLO 11m PC, Aaron LEINSCHMIDT 14m
FG/18m FG, Daniel MIRECKI 21m FG, Andrew SMITH 45m
PC/59m PC, Russell 56m FG
23 April, 2006
Queensland Blades 2 MIA Tassie Tigers 0
QLD- Dean Butler 13m PC, Mark Harris 51m FG
Tassie Tigers 4 Canberra Lakers 2
Tassie Tigers - D. Guest 10m FG, P. Marshall 20m FG, J.
Corney 42m PC, P. Marshall 56m FG; Canberra Lakers - I.
Davidson 37m FG, I. Davidson 50m FG
8 April, 2006
NSW Waratahs 2 WA SmokeFree Thundersticks 1
NSW - Alex Hardman 36m FG, Matthew Naylor 46m PC;
WA Thundersticks - Andrew Smith 53m PC
Queensland Blades 4 Adelaide Hotshots 1
QLD- Jacob Burns 7m FG, Mark Harris 38m PC, Jason
Wilson 40m PC, Adelaide- Tom Cleghorn 43m FG, Wayne
Barry 64m FG
Azuma Vikings (Vic) 2 Northern Territory Stingers 1
Victoria: Joshua POLLARD 41m FG, Declan GERAGHTY
54m FG; Northern Territory: Adrian LOCKLEY 38m FG
Tassie Tigers 3 Canberra Lakers 1
Lakers - B. Brown 56m FG, P. MacKinnon 59m PS, B. Brown
66m PC; Tassie Tigers - O. Close 12m FG
Round 2
15 April, 2006
Azuma Vikings 4 MIA Tassie Tigers 3
VIC - Chris Ciriello 3 goals, Andrew Smith; TAS - David Guest
2 goals, Matthew Wells
Adelaide Suns 2 Canberra Strikers 1
SA - Bronte Pickett 17m, Elise Stacey 49m; Canberra Strikers
- Sarah Taylor 65m
NSW Waratahs 3 Queensland Blades 4
NSW - Naylor 39m PC, Fletcher 58m PC, Matherson 60m
FG; QLD - Wilson 6m FG, Harris 12m PC, Eglington
48m/55m FG
Northpharm Territory Stingers 3 SmokeFree WA
Thundersticks 1
NT- Adrian Lockley 21m FG, Joel Carroll 27m PC, Desmond
Abbott 44m FG; WA- David Galvin 58m PC
16 April, 2006
Azuma Vikings 4 MIA Tassie Tigers 5
VIC - Russell Ford 6m FG, Andrew Smith 10m PS, Chris
Ciriello 26m PC/44m PC; TAS - David Guest 13m PC/58m PC,
Marcus Richardson 22m PC, Michael Park 41m PC, Paul
Ancher 70m FG
Canberra Lakers 6 Adelaide Hotshots 2
Lakers - Glen Turner 18m, Josh Hawkes 22m, Evan Gilson
23m, Paul MacKinnon 41m, Jonathan Stebbings 54m, Iain
Davidson 59m; Hotshots - Charles Rundle 64m, Mat
McGregor 69m
NSW Waratahs 1 Queensland Blades 2
NSW - Booth 68m FG; QLD - Wilson 19m PC, Hammond
46m FG
WA Thundersticks 3 Territory Stingers 0
WA - M Boyce 34m, J Dyer 38m, B Bishop 50m
Round 3
21 April, 2006
TAS- Phillip Marshall 14m FG; QLD- Wayne Barry 16m FG,
Jacob Burns 56m FG
22 April, 2006
Canberra Labor Club Lakers 2 SmokeFree WA
Thundersticks 2 (Lakers won 6-5 on strokes)
Strikers – Iain Davidson 14m FG, Blair Brown 24m PC;
Thundersticks – Fergus Kavanagh 13m PC, Judd Dyer 66m
FG
Azuma Vikings 3 Adelaide Hotshots 2
Vikings - Jason Brooks 4m FG, Andrew Smith 12m FG, Chris
Ciriello 54m PC; Adelaide - Adam Jeffrey 21m/29m FG
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SmokeFree WA Thundersticks 4 d Canberra Labor Club
Lakers 1
WA- Judd Dwyer 10m FG, Ben Bishop 23m FG, Ian Burcher 37m
PC, Andrew Smith 45m PC; ACT- Luke Mac Kinnon 43m PC
Azuma Vikings 5 d Adelaide Hotshots 5 (Penalty strokes 4-5)
Vikings - Chris Ciriello 3xPC, Travis Brooks FG, Jason Brooks
FG; Hotshots - Adam Jeffery FG, Brad Fitzgerald FG, Matthew
McGregor 2xFG, Tom Cleghorn PC
NSW Waratahs 6 Northpharm Territory 2 Stingers
NSW - Brendan Booth 21m FG, Matt Naylor 35m FG, Stuart
Fletcher 42m PC, Alex Hardman 60m FG, Josh Miller 64m FG,
Simon Beaton 66m FG; NT - Travis Carroll 14m/19m FG
Round 4
28 April, 2006
MIA Tassie Tigers 4 Northpharm Territory Stingers 3
MIA Tassie Tigers: Hayden Shaw 20m PC, Shea McAleese\
23m FG, Matthew Wells 62m PC, David Guest 65m PC;
Northpharm Territory Stingers: Travis Carroll 24m PS/39m
FG, Brendan Narkle 70m FG
Azuma Vikings (Vic) 3 Western Australia Thundersticks 1
Victoria: Declan Geraghty 11th PC, Andrew Smith 45th PC,
Andrew Monte 49th PC; Western Australia: Judd Dyer 37th FG
NSW Waratahs 1 Adelaide Hotshots 2
NSW Waratahs - Michael McCann 25m FG; Adelaide Hotshots
- Adam Jeffery 48m PC, Tom Cleghorn 65m FG
Canberra Labor Club Lakers 4 Northpharm Territory
Stingers 0
Lakers - Iain Davidson 6m PC, Daniel Hotchkis 15m FG,
Glenn Turner 23m PC, Lucas Judge 55m FG
Azuma Vikings 3 NSW Waratahs 1
Vikings - Chris Ciriello 17m PC, Russell Ford 42m FG, Jason
Brooks 66m FG; Waratahs - Matt Naylor 53m FG
SmokeFree WA Thundersticks 3 Queensland Blades 1
Thundersticks - David Galvin 7m PC, Brendan Gairns 28m
PC, Ben Bishop 50m FG; Blades - Mark Harris 49m FG
MIA Tassie Tigers 3 Adelaide Hotshots 1
Tigers - Hayden Shaw 23m PC, Joshua Corney 54m FG,
David Guest 59m PC; Hotshots - Adam Jeffery 13m FG
Round 7
18 May, 2006
Queensland Blades 5 Northpharm Territory Stingers 1
Blades - Troy Elder 4m PC/31m PC, Rob Hammond 21m FG,
Jamie Dwyer 21m PS, Mark Harris 65m FG; Stingers - Jarrod
Lockley 69m FG
Adelaide Hotshots 2 SmokeFree WA Thundersticks 1
Hotshots - Adam Jeffery 10m FG/50m PC; Thundersticks
- Michael Boyce 22m FG
Azuma Vikings 3 Canberra Labor Club Lakers 2
Vikings - Luke Doerner 11mm/44m PC, Ian Smyth; Lakers
- Glenn Turner 63m FG, Luke MacKinnon 65m FG
MIA Tassie Tigers 4 NSW Waratahs 3
Tigers - David Guest 4m PS, Shea McAleese 44m/69m FG,
Marcus Richardson 46m FG; Waratahs - Eli Matheson
23m/62m FG, Josh Miller 34m FG
Canberra Labor Club Lakers 2 Queensland Blades 3
Canberra Labor Club Lakers - Matthew Hotchkis 4m FG, Iain
Davidson 13m FG; Queensland Blades - Jason Wilson 31m
FG, Robert Hammond 40m PS, Kiel Brown 81m FG
Semi Finals
20 May, 2006
Adelaide Hotshots 3 Northpharm Stingers 2
Adelaide - Grant Schubert 12m FG, Tom Cleghorn 23m FG,
Ian Wishart 45m PC; Stingers -Ben Collier 33m FG, Jarrod
Lockley 47m FG
29 April, 2006
MIA Tassie Tigers 3 Northpharm Territory Stingers 2
MIA Tassie Tigers – Hayden Shaw 12m PC, Eddie Ockenden
39m FG, Josh Corney 43m FG; Northpharm Territory Stingers
– Casey Henwood 21m FG, Nathan Edwards 31m FG
NSW Waratahs 3 Canberra Labor Club Lakers 3 (Strokes
4-2)
Waratahs - Matthew Naylor 7m FG, Simon Beaton 13m FG,
Stuart Fletcher 57m PC; Lakers - Daniel Hotchkis 7m/29m
FG, Glenn Turner 53m PC
Azuma Vikings 4 SmokeFree WA Thundersticks 3
Vikings - Chris Ciriello 46m/50m/60m PC, Glenn Simpson 73m
FG; Thundersticks - Aaron Hopkins 16m PC, Judd Dyer 55m
PC, Ben Bishop 68m FG
Queensland Blades 5 SmokeFree WA Thundersticks 0
Blades - George Clutton 2m FG, Nathan Eglington 11m FG,
Jamie Dwyer 49m PS, Troy Elder 57m PC, Jason Wilson
66m FG
NSW Waratahs 7 Adelaide Hotshots 3
NSW Waratahs - Michael McCann 2m/60m FG, 55m PC,
Stuart Fletcher 12m/17m PC, Josh Miller 14m FG, Matt Naylor
40m PC; Adelaide Hotshots - Dale Stephen 27m FG, Matthew
McGregor 29m FG, Ross Fitzgerald 66m FG
MIA Tassie Tigers 2 Azuma Vikings 1
Tigers - Nick Tremayne 9m FG, Marcus Richardson 52m
FG; Vikings - Jason Brooks 44m FG
Queensland Blades 3 Canberra Labor Club Lakers 2
Blades - D. Butler 31m PC, R. Hammond 35m PS, J. Wilson
36m FG; Lakers - L. MacKinnon 9m FG, L. MacKinnon 48m
FG
Round 5
15 May, 2006
WA Thundersticks 2 MIA Tassie Tigers 1
Thundersticks - David Galvin 47m PC, Geoff Boyce 64m
FG; Tigers - Nick Tremayne 41m PC
NSW Waratahs 3 Canberra Labor Club Lakers 1
Waratahs - Michael McCann 21m FG, Eli Matherson 25m FG,
Alex Hardman 47m FG; Lakers - Josh Hawes 3m PC
Adelaide Hotshots 5 Northpharm Territory Stingers 0
Hotshots - Grant Schubert 4m/6m FG, Matthew McGregor
16m FG, Greg Reece 22m/24m FG
Queensland Blades 4 Azuma Vikings 3
Blades - Nathan Eglington 24m FG, Robbie Hammond 27m
FG/54m PS, Jamie Dwyer 76m FG; Vikings - Chris Ciriello
17m FG, Glenn Simpson 54m/58m FG
Round 6
16 May, 2006
Finals
21 May, 2006
Canberra Labor Club Lakers 4 Northpharm Territory
Stingers 2
Lakers - Paul MacKinnon 14m PC, Jonathan Stebbings 28m
FG, Luke MacKinnon 45m FG, Blair Brown 69m PC; Stingers
- Adrian Lockley 10m FG, Cameron Finlay 55m FG
Adelaide Hotshots 4 NSW Arrows 3
Hotshots - Craig Victory 41m FG, Greg Reece 45m FG,
Grant Schubert 52m FG, Ian Wishart 66m PC; Arrows - Matt
Naylor 26m FG, Brendan Booth 32m PC, Alex Hardman
61m FG
Azuma Vikings 5 SmokeFree WA Thundersticks 5
(Strokes 5-4)
Vikings - Travis Brooks 6m/24m/38m FG, Jason Brooks
50m FG, Luke Doerner 40m PC; Thundersticks - Brendan
Gairns 28m PC, Ben Bishop 41m FG, Judd Dyer 47m/58m
68m FG
Blades - Liam De Young 23m PC
UNDER 21
Australian Under 21 Women’s Championship
Darwin, Northern Territory
12 – 23 July 2005
Over 50’s
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Western Australia
Victoria
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Queensland
Northern Territory
Over 55’s
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Victoria
New South Wales
Queensland
Western Australia
South Australia
Australian Women’s Country Championship
Berri, South Australia
30 July – 5 August, 2005
Semi Final
Western Australia 2 Queensland 4
WA – Terri Jasper 58m FG/68m FG; QLD – Shannon Worth
21m FG, Jade Scouller 46m FG, Jessica Chad 49m FG,
Ebony Phillip 57m FG
South Australia 1 New South Wales 4
SA – Sara Jenzen 38m FG; NSW – Melissa Greer 27m FG,
Julie Rodda 35m PC, Sarah Watson 38m PC, Stephanie
Purdy 50m FG
Classification Final
South Australia 1 Western Australia 1
SA – Susan Doyle 70m PC; WA – Amy Della 67m PS
Final
Queensland 1 New South Wales 3
NSW – Ashley Allen 2m FG, Renee Aldridge 15m PC/23m PC;
QLD – Josie Smith 34m PC
Women Final Standings
1.
New South Wales
2.
Queensland
3.
South Australia
4.
Western Australia
5.
Victoria
6.
Australian Defence Force
Australian Men’s Country Championship
Berri, South Australia
30 July – 6 August, 2005
Semi Final
Queensland 3 Victoria 2
QLD – Ben Fitzpatrick 21m FG/56m PC, Steve Rogers 37m FG;
VIC – Adam Osredkar 31m PC, Cameron Goward 37m FG
New South Wales 1 Western Australia 2
NSW – Chris Hamer 38m PC; WA – Steve Sexton 41m PC,
Mark Johnson 78m PC
Classification Final
News South Wales 3 Victoria 0
NSW- Barry Gardiner 27m FG, Ben Hawken 31m PS, Brad
Smith 34m FG
Final
Queensland 2 Western Australia 1
QLD – Chris Neville 6m PS, David Carlson 26m FG; WA
– Geoff Neaves 4m PC
Men Final Standings
1.
Queensland
2.
Western Australia
3.
New South Wales
4.
Victoria
5.
Australian Defence Force
6.
South Australia
INDOOR
2005 Australian Senior and U/21 Indoor Championships
Wollongong, New South Wales
5 – 10 December, 2005
Open Men
Semi Final 1
Western Australia 5 Victoria 3
WA – J Black 9m 22m 28m PC, D Brennan 27m PC, R
Wilson 37m FG; VIC – T Allan 3m PC, A Mowat 14m FG, M
Pain 34m FG
Semi Final 2
Australian Capital Territory 4 New South Wales 3
ACT – S Onitiri 15, FG, P MacKinnon 37m FG 50m PC, M
Hotchkis 38m PS; NSW – M Hogan 17m PC, M Harris 28m
FG, A Nilan 34m FG
Final
Western Australia 6 Australian Capital Territory 4
WA – J Black 5m PC 19m 20m FG, P Nicholls 6m 30m FG,
G Watts 11m FG, R Wilson 34m FG; ACT – M Hotchkis 15m
24m PC, A Farry 30m 35m FG
Final Standings
1. Western Australia
2. Australian Capital Territory
3. New South Wales
4. Victoria
5. Queensland
6. South Australia
Open Women
Semi Final 1
New South Wales 7 South Australia 0
NSW – P Sanders 8m FG, Z Michaleff 9m 38m FG, M
Williams 16m 22m 34m FG, G Tarrant 24m FG
Semi Final 2
Victoria 8 Western Australia 2
VIC – L Austin 1m PC 23m 24m 40m FG, T Cumpston 3m
22m FG, K McKinnon 19m PC, D Dastman 38m FG; WA – F
Young 25m FG, L Fail 38m FG
Final
New South Wales 2 Victoria 0
NSW – K McLeish 10m PS, J Ford 38m FG
Final Standings
1. New South Wales
2. Victoria
3. South Australia
6. Queensland
2006 Australian Under 18 Indoor Championships
Bunbury, Western Australia
16 – 21 January 2006
Under 18 Men
Semi Final 1
New South Wales 7 Queensland 2
NSW – T Muldoon 14m FG, D Pearce 26m FG 33m PC, D
Spence 28m 29m 31m PC 40m FG; QLD – S Kenny 8m PC,
P Rowe 9m PC
Semi Final 2
Western Australia 3 Australian Capital Territory 1
WA – M Bycroft 24m FG, M Bartnik 30m FG, P Redfern 34m
PC; ACT – E Christian 35m PC
Final
NSW – D Pearce 2m PC, R Gray 3m PC, B Heemskurk 17m
PC, N Dart 31m FG; WA – M Bycroft 25m FG, M Bartnik
20m FG
\Final
New South Wales 3 Victoria 2
NSW – M Simpson 9m PC, D Eastman 40m FG; VIC – G
Tarrant 19m PC, 25m PS, K Smith 28m PC
Final Standings
1. New South Wales
4. Queensland
5. Victoria
Final Standings
1. New South Wales
2. Victoria
4. South Australia
6. Queensland
Under 18 Women
Semi Final 1
New South Wales 9 Australian Capital Territory 0
NSW – E Hurtz 5m 13m FG, V Kristaly 11m 16m 32m FG,
S Watson 24m FG, R Miller 37m FG, E Cobbin 38m FG
Under 21 Men
Semi Final 1
NSW – L Freeman 20m FG, K Ogilvie 37m PC, J Poulton
43m PC; WA – M Bartnik 23m FG, A Whitehouse 29m FG,
Semi Final 2
Australian Capital Territory 4 Victoria 2
ACT – D Hitchkis 15m FG, C Jorgensen 29m FG, S Baker
Finch 22m PC, J Bunt 38m FG; VIC – D Van-Meeuween
10m FG, P Bunting 18m FG
Final
Australian Capital Territory 5 New South Wales 1
ACT – S Baker-Finch 13m FG 27m PC, D Hotchkis 22m FG,
M Hamilton 37m FG, C Jorgensen 39m PC; NSW– K Govers
16m PC
Semi Final 2
Western Australia 5 Victoria 4
WA – S Andrews 2m 37m PC, A Maskell 2m 26m FG, D
Garstone 39m FG; VIC – A Agostino 3m 10m 38m FG, S
Daly 15m PC
Final
NSW – E Cairnduff 4m PC, E Hurtz 9m 10m 33m FG, J Ford
10m FG, S Watson 29m 31m FG; WA – M Linaker 19m PC, D
Garstone 32m FG
Final Standings
1. New South Wales
3. Victoria
5. Queensland
Final Standings
2. New South Wales
3. Victoria
5. Queensland
6. South Australia
Under 21 Women
Semi Final 1
New South Wales 6 Australian Capital Territory 0
NSW – K McLeish 14m FG 36m PC, J Cramp 20m 32m
40m FG, B Muldoon 38m FG
Semi Final 2
Victoria 4 South Australia 2
VIC – S Riordan 3m FG, S Kutrolli 13m FG, S Evans 34m PC,
T Riordan 40m PC; SA – S Cass 18m PC, S Common 35m
PC
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2005-06 Annual Report

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