Women's Hockey
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Melville City Hockey Club caters for women of all ages and skill levels, from serious competitive turf based hockey through to grass and more social divisions. We currently field teams in Willow Bridge (1B), Promotional 2 (2B), Provisional 1, Provisional 2 and 3, Metro 1 (grass) and Vets (over 35's) in grades 1 and 3 (who play on a Wednesday night). Melville teams currently train at our home turf facilities at Morris Buzzacott Reserve in Kardinya on Tuesday and Thursday nights.
Jan Davis, Women's Masters Co-ordinator M: 0407 991 069 has updated some information and important dates for Womens Vets on the Veterans page - click here.
Jan 12 2012 - Please find a link for the pre season schedule for womens 1 2 and 3s teams, feb and march.
We are keen to get as many ladies to pre season BBQ with coach on the 31st of January at Melville City clubrooms, so please encourage all players who would like to play in these grades to attend so we know what numbers we are training with. If you have any questions or to confirm RSVP please contact Steve Silvey, Assistant Womens VP on mobile 0438 988 902 or email Steve Silvey.
Welcome to season 2012!
We’ve had a very busy off-season behind the scenes, with the establishment of the Women’s Hockey Development Committee (WHDC) who have been working tirelessly to improve the women’s hockey program at Melville.
Thanks to the efforts of WHDC members Steve Silvey, Dave & Catherine Timmel, Craig Orr, Sue Clark and Demelza Dravnieks, we are pleased to be able to give you some exciting news.
Firstly, our 2011 coach Sami Gale has signed on to be a player in our Willow Bridge team. You all know Sami as our 2011 WBL coach – she has a great passion for the sport and tremendous drive and skill and we are looking forward to seeing her in maroon on the field and scoring plenty of goals.
We are pleased to announce that our 2012 senior women’s coach will be Steph Andrews. Steph comes to us with great credentials – in 2011 alone she played in Vic Park’s AHG women’s team as well as coaching the Vic Park 11/12 women, coaching the WA U15 women’s state side (assisted by Sami) and was the assistant coach for the WA U18 women. Steph has been part of the WAIS program and played in the Diamonds as well as representing Australia in the U21 women.
Steph will have the support of Russell Lee (Melville’s former men’s AHG coach, among other achievements) with coaching by other invited guests including Mal Cowan (WA U21W coach & goalkeeper specialist). Steve Silvey is also our Club Development Coach for the women’s program and will be liaising with the Junior coaches and assisting with the transition between juniors and seniors. John de Bes will also be assisting with the pre-season training program – John is a long time Melville member and the Development Manager at Athletics Australia and is well experienced on setting preparatory programs, including sprint training. Our pre-season program can be viewed at this link. We will also have our Women’s Action Group (WAGs) running again in 2012 – this is one of our methods of keeping in touch with the needs of our players, and relaying information between players and club management, so please make use of them.
From a club perspective, we are looking at installing a second turf in the next two years or so, with plans for the new turf and new clubrooms available on display in the clubrooms from March 2012. There are many irons in the Melville fire and I would personally encourage you to register as soon as possible so you don’t miss out.
I hope you all had a wonderful christmas and new year and are looking forward to getting back into hockey in 2012. See you at the club!
Nicola Ogden
Vice President - Women's Administration
M: 0411 478 444
Steve Silvey
Assistant Vice President - Women's Administration
M: 0438 988 902
Jan Davis
Women's Masters Co-ordinator
M: 0407 991 069
We also have an active social side to the club with our clubrooms and bar open and operating on training nights and all weekend. These facilities make for a welcoming atmosphere for both new and returning players.
Register online via the Register page (2012 registration will open early 2012)
