The Perth Thundersticks are an

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professional hockey club based in

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. The club was established in 2019, and is one of 7 established to compete in

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's new premier domestic competition,

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. The club is intended to unify men's and women's by combining teams under one name, unlike

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's former representation in the Australian Hockey League as the WA Thundersticks (men) and WA Diamonds (women). Perth Thundersticks will compete for the first time in the inaugural season of

, which will be contested from late September through to mid November 2019.

History

Perth Thundersticks, along with six other teams, was founded on 17 April 2019 as part of

's development of hockey. While this club was established in April 2019, the Perth Thundersticks have competed at a national level in the past. Before transitioning to their current name, the WA Thundersticks, the team previously competed under the name Perth Thundersticks until 2001.

Uniform

The club colours are WA's traditional colours, black, gold and white.

Home stadium

Perth Thundersticks are based out of the

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's capital city,

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

. The stadium has a capacity of 6,000 spectators. Throughout the

league, Perth Thundersticks will play a number of home games at the stadium.

Teams

Men's team

''Details and team rosters to be confirmed.''

Women's team

The following players were named in the women's squad for the 2023 season.

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20070307114712/http://www.hockeywa.org.au/thunderstruck/thundersticks.cfm {{DEFAULTSORT:Thundersticks Field hockey clubs in Australia Sports clubs and teams in Perth, Western Australia Representative sports teams of Western Australia Field hockey in Western Australia Field hockey clubs established in 1991 1991 establishments in Australia