Hockey Geelong ran a free Come and Try Walk Hockey on Saturday November 7, and it was a great success.
A huge thank you to the City of Greater Geelong for the Positive Aging Grant which allowed us to purchase protective equipment, bibs, brightly coloured large hockey balls, sound ball, advertising and morning tea.
A shout out to Hockey Victoria for the loan of the low profile goals.
HC Melbourne player, Greta Hayes, had planned to attend too but was unfortunately unable to join us in the end, but it was wonderful to have her support for the project.
The group of participants were SO enthusiastic. They spanned a broad age spectrum and a variety of hockey backgrounds… men, women, children, no experience to ex Olympian. As well as locals, we had people from Indented Heads andΒ Bendigo.
My favourite quote of the day was ” I haven’t grinned this much in ages“.
Whilst the weather kept a few interested people away it didn’t stop the fun and laughter !
Initially, we had a group walk and then a warm up. Some had never played so we spent some time explaining the basic grip, push and trap. A little time spent on some passing and shooting drills and then it was out on the pitch for a match.
There were many fast walkers, stylish walkers and determined walkers on the amazing new pitch at Hockey Geelong. The hockey was great, but the stories post game, the catch up and reminiscing was priceless.
Thanks to Rachel Moon for all the time and effort which went into organising the event.
