The University of Western Australia Hockey Club (UWAHC), is represented in every level of competition within

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which includes the top Men's and Women's Division, the Men's Wizard Cup and the Women's Wizard League competitions in Western Australia. It was formed in 1924 to cater for students at

The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany and various other facilities ...

who wanted to play

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. The University of WA Hockey Club (UWAHC) is one of the largest hockey clubs in Western Australia with over 400 members in men's, women's and junior teams. Along with being one of the largest clubs in WA it is one of the strongest clubs in competition, with a majority of the teams annually reaching finals. The recent decade has seen the UWAHC accomplish outstanding levels of success. The club is located at the University Sports Park, McGillivray Oval, McGillivray Road off Brockway Road, Mt Claremont, behind HBF Stadium (Perth Superdrome). The fields are a 10 minutes drive from the UWA.

Roll of Honour

Men's

Club

First Grade Champions (10): 1945, 1947, 1949, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007 The Fairest & Best Award is awarded to the player who receives the most votes from the Hockey WA Olympians Medal (Men's First Division).
The HK Smith Players Player Award is awarded to the player who receives the most votes from his teammates (First Division).
The Peter Sims Award is awarded to the Best player Under the age of 21 (First Division).
The Danny Dunn Award is awarded For the best first year player.

InterVarsity

The University of Western Australia competes in

InterVarsity Hockey InterVarsity Hockey refers to field hockey competitions in Australia between rival universities, dating back to 1908. The Men's and Women's competitions were organised and run separately until 1978, when they became a 'combined InterVarsity' (hel ...

against other Western Australian Universities at the Western University Games Series (run by Tertiary Sports WA, or TSWA) and against other Australian Universities at the

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for the Syme Cup. The University of Western Australia has won the Syme Cup a total of 16 times. The club sent their first Men's team to the 1934 InterVarsity Hockey which was held in

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, SA and won by

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(MUHC), and won their first Syme Cup in 1946 when the carnival was held in

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, WA. The Men's Team Mascot is Tonka the Truck. In Recent times the team have been dominant, recording their 7th straight win of the Syme Cup in 2010. To be eligible to represent The University of Western Australia at InterVarsity competition, players must be enrolled at The University of Western Australia, but do not necessarily need to play Club hockey for UWAHC. The Ross Field Award is awarded to the Best UWAHC player who competes for UWA at InterVarsity (Australian University Games). It was first awarded in 1975.

Women's

Club

First Grade Champions (14): 1949, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014. The Fairest & Best Award is awarded the player who receives the most votes from her teammates (First Division).
The Susan Wood Award is awarded to the Best player Under the age of 21 (First Division).
The Angela Kelly Award is awarded For the best first year player.

InterVarsity

The University of Western Australia has won the Women's Hockey Cup a total of 11 times. The club sent their first Women's team to the 1946

which was held in

, SA and achieved immediate success winning at their first attempt. The Women's Team Mascot is a Porcelain Statue. In recent times the team has recorded strong performances, playing in their 3rd consecutive Gold Medal Match and recording their 2nd straight win of the Women's Hockey Cup in 2010. The Erica Herron Award is awarded to the Best UWAHC player who competes for UWA at InterVarsity (

). It was first awarded in 1982.

Club records

David Viner 329 First Grade Games

UWAHC Legends Teams

UWAHC selected a Men's and Women's Legends team to celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2004. Men's Coach: Frank Murray
Captain:

Michael Nobbs Michael Jack Nobbs (born 4 January 1954) is a former international level field hockey player who has represented Australia as a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also coached the India m ...

GK:

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FB: Geoff Boyce
FB: Steve Hayward
RH: Michael Boyce
CH: Michael Nobbs
LH: David Viner
RW:

Tristram Woodhouse Tristram Woodhouse (born 13 June 1974) is a former field hockey forward from Australia, who made his debut for the Men's National Team in 2003 in a Test series against The Netherlands. That was in the second match of the test series in Canberra ...

RI: Frank Murray
CF:

Mark Hager Mark William Hager (born 28 April 1964) is a retired Australian field hockey player, who competed in two Summer Olympics for his native country. After the fourth place in 1988 he won the bronze medal with ''The Kookaburras'' at the 1996 Summer O ...

LI: Rob Clement
LW: Craig McKenzie
RES GK: John Nettleton
RES FB: Frank Fitzgerald
RES HB: Denis Reynolds
RES U: Matthew Jones
RES ST: Chris Rourke Other Legends
Syd Johnson

Ray Strauss Raymond Bernard Strauss (4 November 1927 – 28 July 2013) was an Australian sportsman who played both cricket and field hockey at high levels. From Perth, Western Australia, Strauss attended Perth Modern School and later the University of W ...

Alan Barblett
Robert F Brindley
Todd Williams
Matthew Wells Women's Coach: Pam Rothwell
Captain: Jennifer Wealand (now Edmonds)
GK: Chris Worthington
FB: Perrie Henderson
FB: Fiona Simpson (now Miotti)
RH: Sandy Johnstone
CH: Anthea Haselhurst
LH: Jennifer Wealand (now Edmonds)
RW: Sally Carbon (now Broadbridge)
RI: Suzie Ferguson (now Wood)
CF: Julie Waddell
LI: Pippa Thompson (now Button)
LW: Julie McCormack
RES GK: Liz Allen-Williams (now Pederick)
RES FB: Pam Babb
RES HB: Sarah Pugsley
RES FB: Robyn Kemp (now Harvey)
RES ST: Felicity Barrett-Lennard (now Perry) Other Legends
Margaret Heron (now Longson)
Kathleen Partridge

Rechelle Hawkes Rechelle Margaret Hawkes, (born 30 May 1967 in Albany, Western Australia) is the former captain of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, best known as the ''Hockeyroos'',she was captain for eight years and became the secon ...

Nikki Mott (now Hudson)
Claire Mitchell-Taverner

References

{{Reflist http://www.uwahockey.org.au/awards.html

External links

* http://www.uwahockey.org.au/index.html * http://www.hockey.sport.uwa.edu.au/ Field hockey clubs in Australia Sports clubs and teams in Western Australia Field hockey in Western Australia 1924 establishments in Australia Field hockey clubs established in 1924 University of Western Australia

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