Wombats Hockey Club

Wombats Hockey Club, proudly affiliated with Hockey Albury Wodonga and Hockey ACT One of the inaugural clubs, the YA’s, were founded when the Rev.

The Wombats Hockey Club has its roots in the very beginnings of the Hockey Albury Wodonga Association. The Wombats Hockey Club is an amalgamation of the clubs were that were The Young Anglicans Hockey Club (founded 1953), Wombats Hockey Club (founded 1979) and Royals (“Bushrats”) Hockey club (founded 1990). Frank Woodall through the Anglican Youth group decided to start a hockey team in the new me

n?s competition. Noel Waite and Jim Williams were playing football at Billson Park when they heard about it and decided to have a look. They enjoyed it so much that Jim eventually played over 500 games for YA’s and Noel, to this day, is still involved with the Wombats Hockey Club. YA’s enjoyed instant success winning the first 3 premierships, the first of which was played at the Albury Sports Ground, where they defeated 1/COD (Bandiana) 1-0. Interestingly Altona H.C. travelled from Melbourne to play a curtain raiser match against RAEME, a huge commitment in 1953. The first competition in Albury saw 4 teams compete. They were YA’s (who later amalgamated with Wombats), RAEME, 1/COD (Bandiana) and City

YA’s were successful in winning some 17 Division 1 premierships before merging and continue to enjoy this success with the Wombats winning a hat trick of Division 1 premierships during the 2000’s. The original Wombats Hockey Club was formed in 1979 with one B Grade men?s team. This team was successful and took out a premiership in its first couple of years but it must be said that the focus was the social side of the club. (On the serious side however the club also gave team blood donations twice a season.) In 1984 another team was added to the club in C Grade mens. The home ground for the club was Bilson Park for one year, then Alexandra Park ground 7 (one of the current soccer grounds). In 1990 the Association would only allow a club to form if it had two teams. The Royals Hockey Club was established at that time by Andrea Spittal and her family, with the club comprising a Division 4 Women and an U11 boys team. This club was based around Table Top and Gerogery but had a few Albury players as well (one of whom is still currently playing in Div 3 Women). Training was held at the back of the Gerogery Pub, or on the Table Top Tennis Courts under lights. The Club was successful from the start with the women’s team taking out the Div 4 final. In 1991 Royals went on to be incorporated, but could not use the name Royals (monarch issues), so the club changed its name to “Bushrats”. In 1992 the Bushrats merged with Wombats Hockey Club. This meant that the club had both men’s and women’s sides to go forward with. Today, the Wombats Hockey Club currently has 13 teams in the competition and is well represented in all facets of Hockey Albury Wodonga with players, coaches, managers and umpires at club, board and representative levels. Apart from having great coaches the club also offers all its members an opportunity to enjoy both the competitive side and social side of hockey.

11/08/2026

07/08/2026

After a busy weekend last week celebrating club day and a couple of days this week hibernating the club is pleased to announce winners of the raffles.

1st prize BBQ Barry Clarke

2nd prize trailer load of wood Ben Hawkins

3rd prize hampers Roger Cox

Lolly jar - 317 closest guess 313 Kylie Mars

Number square winner. Number 76 Poppi S-T

The club as it has done over the last few years celebrates club day in conjunction with Mental Health round.

As a club and a family it is a round of reflection of those people in our lives be it at hockey or elsewhere that have been affected by mental health.

In conjunction with Livin For Hockey and R U OK we had a white board set up where members of the hockey community could write messages of support for those that are struggling.
With this 2 notes picked at random and these two winners won a hockey prize pack of a stick , bag, and shinpads

These winners were
Jaz Poulton
Charlie Coventry

Again the club thanks all that volunteered with helping in the canteen, baking goods, attending trivia night, and supporting the teams on what was such a beautiful weekend.

Love to all and remember check on your mates say gday.

05/08/2026

WOOHOO GO Jocie, What a superstar!

Wombats will all be here cheering you on, we know you'll smash it 💚💛

Jocelyn Bartram will head to Amsterdam for her third FIH World Cup, bringing a wealth of big-match experience to the Hockeyroos squad.

A key member of our bronze medal-winning campaign in 2022, Joce produced a series of crucial saves throughout the tournament. The shotstopper enters this year's World Cup in strong form after an impressive finish to the FIH Pro League season, earning two Player of the Match awards and starring in shootout victories, including a memorable win over world No.1 Netherlands.

Your Hockeyroos World cup journey is proudly supported by APM.

Wombats Hockey Club | Hockey Albury Wodonga | Hockey NSW

05/08/2026

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05/08/2026

💚💛Huge thanks to everyone who helped make this past weekend such a massive success!💛💚

A special shoutout to our incredible bakers those treats were an absolute hit. And to our volunteers, you guys are legends. From the early morning setup to the final pack-down, everything ran smoothly entirely because of your hard work and energy.

We also want to send a huge thank you to the local businesses and individuals who generously donated items for our raffle and silent auction. Your support means the world to us and really helped make the weekend special.

Thanks again to everyone who got involved.

31/07/2026

CLUB WEEKEND 💛💚
We are all set up to provide you with goodies!
Come on down and say hello, support our mini Wombats and fill your belly with something warm and yummy!
And Mug Life Coffee is here to serve all of the delicious warm drinks :)

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+61493094229

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https://www.revolutionise.com.au/wombatshc/home/

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Albury Hockey Centre
Albury, NSW
2640

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