The University of Western Australia Hockey Club (UWAHC), is represented in every level of competition within Hockey WA 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 who wanted to play field hockey.
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 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 Australian University Games 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 Adelaide, SA and won by The University of Melbourne (MUHC), and won their first Syme Cup in 1946 when the carnival was held in Perth, 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.
Year Syme Cup Result Ross Field Award TSWA Result 1970 Champions No Award No Competition 1971 No Award No Competition 1972 No Award No Competition 1973 No Award No Competition 1975 Chris Jones No Competition 1976 Champions Terry Green No Competition 1977 Graeme Wright No Competition 1978 John Bouchier No Competition 1979 Neil Jilley No Competition 1980 Champions David Viner No Competition 1981 Matthew Jones No Competition 1982 Champions Bruce Johnston No Competition 1983 Bede Rogers No Competition 1984 David Albrecht No Competition 1985 Bruce Johnston No Competition 1986 Stephen Hicks No Competition 1987 John Hui No Competition 1988 Justin McKirdy No Competition 1989 Stephen Hicks No Competition 1990 Richard McKay No Competition 1991 Geoff Sandilands No Competition 1992 Tim Rear No Competition 1993 DNC Not Awarded Runners-up 1994 DNC Not Awarded Champions 1995 Champions Peter Swingler Champions 1996 Greg Thompson Champions 1997 7th Champions 1998 DNC Not Awarded Runners-up 1999 3rd Runners-up 2000 DNC Ryan Harry Champions 2001 3rd Chris Webster Champions 2002 DNC Not Awarded Disqualified 2003 4th Simon Tiverios Champions 2004 Champions Brendon Gairns Champions 2005 Champions Simon Tiverios Champions 2006 Champions Jonothan Wyber Champions 2007 Champions Dylan Foley Champions 2008 Champions Ben Ashford Champions 2008 Champions Ben Ashford Runners-up 2010 Champions Champions
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 InterVarsity Hockey which was held in Adelaide, 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 (Australian University Games). It was first awarded in 1982.
Year Women's Hockey Cup Result Erica Herron Award TSWA Result 1973 Champions No Award No Competition 1974 Champions No Award No Competition 1975 Champions No Award No Competition 1976 No Award No Competition 1977 Champions No Award No Competition 1978 No Award No Competition 1979 No Award No Competition 1980 No Award No Competition 1981 No Award No Competition 1982 Janice Adams No Competition 1983 Pippa Thompson No Competition 1984 Christine Walker No Competition 1985 Kate Moore No Competition 1986 Pippa Thompson No Competition 1987 Kate Leeming No Competition 1988 Lisa Ward No Competition 1989 Kim Aitken No Competition 1990 Meredith Blake No Competition 1991 Stephanie Calder No Competition 1992 Val Boggs No Competition 1993 DNC Not Awarded Champions 1994 Emma Hall 1995 12th Emma Hall 1996 DNC Not Awarded Champions 1997 DNC Not Awarded Champions 1998 DNC Not Awarded 1999 2000 DNC Kirsty Hewitt Champions 2001 14th Tegan Martyn Champions 2002 DNC Not Awarded 3rd 2003 4th Shonelle Duthie Champions 2004 7th Sarah Newman Runners-up 2005 Runners-up Felicity Riddell Champions 2006 5th Shayni Buswell Champions 2007 5th Aleisha Broom Runners-up 2008 Runners-up Annalyse Lister Champions 2009 Champions Caitlin Pascov Champions 2010 Champions Champions
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 GK: Damon Diletti FB: Geoff Boyce FB: Steve Hayward RH: Michael Boyce CH: Michael Nobbs LH: David Viner RW: Tristram Woodhouse RI: Frank Murray CF: Mark Hager 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 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 Nikki Mott (now Hudson) Claire Mitchell-Taverner
References
http://www.uwahockey.org.au/awards.html
External links http://www.uwahockey.org.au/index.html http://www.hockey.sport.uwa.edu.au/