The Hockey Geelong Sharks are offering a coaching clinic for U15 girls and boys, to assist their preparation for Hockey Victoria’s Under 15 Draft Camp (the selection trials for Hockey Victoria’s 2023 U15 Academy). All junior HG Sharks and GHA competition junior hockey players in the Under 15 age group who are registered to attend...
Join the HG Junior Sharks for 2023. It’s a great way to develop your hockey skills and have fun at the same time! And you can play hockey for your local club AND the HG Sharks because the Sharks games are played on Friday nights. Junior Sharks teams play in a home and away competition...
It may be the ‘off’ season but that’s a great time to think about how to improve your game before the next winter season begins. Deb Barnett is offering members of the Geelong hockey community an opportunity to up their game, with a free information session, to be held at Stead Park. Deb’s hockey career...
Affiliate nominees and interested persons are invited to attend the 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Geelong Hockey Association, to be held at Stead Park, Corio at 7.00 pm on Wednesday November 23, 2022. The Annual Report will be presented, detailing the activities of the Association for the 2021/2022 year. Affiliate nominees are entitled to...
Playing the game of hockey involves two teams of players PLUS two umpires. Without the umpires, we cannot play the game! Over the years, Geelong Hockey Association has had many members with high level umpiring qualifications, including GHA Life Member Jan Adams, who umpired at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. However in recent...
The 2022/2023 Summer Hockey competitions will begin on Monday October 10, with the U8 and U10 teams leading the way. It is very pleasing to see that we currently have 44 teams entered across all the divisions and all the competitions. This is a 15% increase on the 38 teams which participated in the 2021/2022...
The Masters Competition is Back. The Australian Masters Championships are back on the national agenda for the first time since 2019. The competitions are being held in Queensland, with both women’s (September 21 to October 1) and men’s (September 24 to October 8) competitions playing. There are plenty of games of interest for us, with...
Learn from the Best! Junior and senior goalkeepers, and potential goalkeepers, are invited to join this Goalkeeper Training Clinic, led by Rachael Lynch of Stomp Goalkeeping. Rachael is the former Hockeyroos keeper, having retired earlier this year from international hockey. With 233 games in goals, Rachael is the most capped goalkeeper ever for Australia. Rachael’s...
Congratulations to the Hockey Geelong Sharks junior and senior teams on a great finish to the 2022 season. Seven of the nine teams participated in the 2022 Hockey Victoria Finals series, earning 2 Premierships and 2 Runners Up finishes. Grand Final Results U14 Boys Pennant – Runners Up – Hockey Geelong Sharks vs KBH Brumbies...
The 2022 Grand Finals have now all been played and won, and congratulations to all the teams who participated. The high standard of play in all the matches provided the crowd of spectators with some exciting and nerve wracking moments, and finished with jubilation and pride for many. The closeness of the matches was a...