2019 WA Masters Hockey Women's O45 State Team

Nominations are open for WA State Masters Hockey trials.

Follow link for details https://www.wamastershockey.com/index.php/news/571-state-team-nomination-are-open

Unfortunately our age group is still TBA! But congratulations to all coaches and Managers.
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The OFT positions have been announced for the WA Masters Teams travelling to Gold Coast and Cairns later this year. Follow the link for more information:
https://www.wamastershockey.com/index.php/news/544-2020-ofts-announced-for-wa-masters-hockey-teams

NOMINATIONS OPEN ( Close Wednesday 18 March)
Nominations are OPEN for all players wishing to trial for the WA State Women’s Masters Hockey Teams from Over 35s – Over 65s. The Australian Championships are in Cairns (1 July to 11 July) this year to make room for changes to World Cup dates which are in September. Please go to https://www.revolutionise.com.au/wahockey/events/61395/ or via our Master’s website to nominate.

SELECTION TRIALS ( New format)
Please save the date of Saturday 21 March for WA Masters Women’s State Trials for all age divisions from ~8am to 5pm. The format will be an all day lightning carnival format with all trials completed and teams selected on that day only. No other trials will be held. Attendance at trials is compulsory for all players wishing to play at the Australian Championships (as per Selection Policy).

Over 35s / 40s/ 45s / 50s – Fremantle Turf from 8:00am – 5:00pm (please note times may change slightly depending on GK trials)
Over 55s/ 60s/65s – Whitfords Turf from 8:30am – 5:30pm (please note times may change slightly depending on GK trials )

AUSTRALIAN SELECTORS PANEL (EOIs called for and closing Monday 16 March)
Finally, we invite you to consider nominating as an Australian Selector, Technical Bench Official or Umpire? We need more WA representatives at this level and strongly encourage you to nominate. Technical Officials are given financial support to attend. See link for Selectors here or via our website.

REGISTER or FOLLOW US
Register your details via the MASTERS website or follow us on WA Masters Hockey page to get the latest up to date information, particularly any time changes etc.

Lock in the dates and start saving for hockey in sunny Cairns!!

Next year's Masters National Championship's locations have just been announced. The Hockey Australia Masters Championships are heading to Queensland in 2020 following confirmation that Cairns and the Gold Coast have secured the events.
Cairns will play host to the 2020 Australian Masters Women’s Championships from 1-11 July, while next year’s Men’s Masters Championships will be held on the Gold Coast over two separate periods, moving away from the traditional September/October period in order to avoid clashes with the 2020 Masters World Cup events.

The 45+ to 75+ age categories for the 2020 Australian Men’s Masters Hockey Championships will be held from 27 June – 12 July, with the 35+ and 40+ competitions to take place from 1-10 October 2020.

Look forward to seeing everyone in the Sunshine State.

Jodie George and myself were very honoured to receive the Myrna Bosio Over 45’s Team Contribution Award. Thanks to Nashi for her fabulous coaching, Irish and Sami for managing and keeping us all in one piece on and off the field! Thanks to our loaner Manager Sharen and all our team. It was a great tournament x

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Congratulations to Donella Berry Katy Vipond and Isobel Bevis for being selected in the Australian Over 45 team that will be playing in Cape Town. Very excited and proud of you all x

We won 2-1
Possession hockey won the game. Great one time shot from Charlene Watters after TV hockey passing put us 1 up in the first quarter. In the second quarter Sinead French-Bluhm showed us all how to toma to put us 2-0 up. They scored at some point in the third quarter. We fought it out and with weary legs it almost turned into walking hockey.
We won the 3 vs 4 game but due to playing a round robin with no finals we ended 4th on goal difference.
Thanks to our amazing coach, Fay Nash, who spends hours analysing games to prepare us for the matches. Also to our captain, Anita Scott, who is the calm voice on the pitch and has led by example all tournament.
Player of day; Donella Berry

Finally our hard work, determination and process paid off with a 4-0 victory over ACT.
The game was played in good spirit with ACT keeping the pressure on until the final whistle.
Field goals from Sami (emergency player) Cameron, Charlene ( Darlene) Waters, Anita (Captain Extrordinaire) Scott and Mel (D.O.T.D.) Willis all assisted by Katy Vipond

Yesterday was a much needed rest day! Some went to Mt Tambourine, the beach at Burleigh Heads, Brisbane and off with friends. Some went on a croc adventure. Then we got to watch our o35’s play some good hockey, loved being there to support you girls 👏🏻👏🏻

Our 2nd game vs NSW was our fourth in a row and we needed to dig deep into our reserves to be competitive. We settled after 10 minutes and worked well together finding connections across the pitch. We dominated possession but were unable to pe*****te the NSW defense. NSW scored 2 breakaway goals in the second and third quarters. We continued to believe in our process and were rewarded with a short corner goal by Jodie George. Final score 1-2.
Player of the game; Nic Ilich