The OAMPS Queensland Scorchers are an Australian women's
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
team based in
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
. In the 2014 season, they were the runners-up to the
NSW Arrows
The New South Wales Arrows are a nationally competing field hockey team based in Sydney, Australia.
Their most recent Australian Hockey League title win was in 2014. In 2015, NSW beat the ACT in the bronze medal playoff, securing 3rd place i ...
Premiership, as well as the 2015 AHL Premiership.
In 2016 they made it back-to-back premierships, beating Victoria in the final. When they again met Victoria in the 2017 final, the two teams were level at full time. The match then went to shoot outs, with Victoria coming away with the championship.
Current roster
The following is the Queensland Scorchers team roster for the 2017 AHL:
Head coach:
Lee Bodimeade
Lee Bodimeade (born 12 February 1970 in Warwick, Queensland) is a former field hockey player from Australia, who was part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
A member of Australia's men's ...
Ashlea Fey
Ashlea Fey (born 14 May 1992) is an Australian field hockey player.
Fey was born on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, and made her senior international debut in the Trans-Tasman Trophy against New Zealand in November 2016.
Fey is also a prominen ...