Perth Hockey Stadium is

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's premier

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facility, with two world-class synthetic turf pitches, a large bar and canteen area and a function centre all available to the public. The venue holds up to 6,000 fans. The Perth Hockey Stadium (PHS) is located at the Curtin University in the south eastern suburb of

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. PHS played host to the

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Champions Trophy and also the

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. In recent years PHS hosted several Internationals matches and the very successful International 9's Super Series in 2011 and 2012. The stadium is home to the offices of Hockey WA and the Hockey Australia High Performance Programme (including the

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and the

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). Until the end of 2012 the

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(WAIS) hockey programme was based at PHS.

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