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2026 World Cup Selectors, Coach's, Managers Men's & Women's

2026 WMH World Cup Selectors, Coach's, Manager's Nominations

The HAMC committee are happy to open up the nomination process for positions for the 2026 WMH World Cup - Australian  Selectors, Coaches and Managers.

We are still waiting for the official dates, Venue's & Countries to be announced on June 15th 2025 from WMH.

These positions will be named in time to allow for nominees to officiate at the Australian Nationals in Hobart (Women) and Newcastle (Men) for Sept/Oct 2025.

 

HAMC hope to encourage New nominees as we will be looking for the following.

Convenor, 

Panel Chair (per age group), 

Selector (Full time),

Assistant Selector (part time)

Coaches and Managers for Australian Teams for Men's and Women's.

More details can be found in each nomination category.

 

Contingent managers will be selected at a later date once nominations for those positions are opened.

Player nominations will open within the next few weeks once the venues have been named. 

 

Please see link below to the HAMC web page

2026 WMH World Cup Selectors, Coach's, Manager's Nominations

 

For further information please contact either

admin@hamc.org.au

or

admin.teams@hamc.org.au

WA Women's Masters OFTs Announced 2025

Congratulations to the following women's teams coaches who have appointed:
Elisabeth Smith, Charlene Miller, Thor Amundsen, Joanne Sgro, Damian Della, Troy Kelly, Suzanne Wood, Nathan Smoker
 
Congratulations to the following women's teams managers who have been appointed:
Pat Scott, Adrienne Holt, Janine Tate, Lyn Piper, Tania Dickson, Carrie Parsons, Donna Treloar, Lauren Newman
 
Congratulations to the following Medical appointment:
Patrick Renner
 
Coaches and Managers will not be aligned to any team until player nominations are in.
 
Championships to take place in Hobart from 23rd September to 5th October, 2025
 
WAMHC

Men's 2025 State Teams Announced

Thank you to all the players who have nominated for this year’s WA Men's master’s teams to compete in the Nationals in Newcastle in September/October 2025. Also, a big thank you for all the selectors and OFT for your commitment and efforts getting the teams selected. We appreciate everything you do for Masters.

Congratulations to the following players selected in our WA Men’s Masters Teams:

Note: teams for Over 34, 40, 45 Div 1 / Div 2, Over 50 Div 2 and Over 55 Div 2 are yet to be determined.  We will keep you posted.

 

Over 50s

Todd Barrett
Benjamin Bott
Ben Fraser
Scott Fraser
Richard Gardiner
Michael Illingworth
Shane Jamieson
Kristan Jobe
Alan Kearnan
Gordon Mathwin
Justin Mercy
Matt Read
Steve Sexton
Brian Siva
Jason Thompson
Daniel Woodward

 

Over 55s

Anton Brown
Allan Colthart
Craig Emslie
Warren Farrow
Bruce Hancock
Pat Knott
Drew Loxley
Mark Lyons
Scott Macdonald
Stewart McDonald
Matthew Needham
Mark Oosterling
Stephen Reid
Cameron Robinson
Andrew Sanders
Nathan Stevenson
Paul Tang

 

Over 60s

Robert Behets
Bruce Campbell
Stuart Campbell
Peter Connolly
Alan Dick
Geoff Horsley
Andrew Johnston
Tony Jones
Brian Kelly
Chris Kennedy
Kevin Knapp
Tim Mcdonald
Ken O'Driscoll
Russell Rieck
Brian Saxby
Nick Seddon
Michael Watson
Darran Wilson

 

Over 60 Division 2

Peter Barblett
Dominic Berry
Wayne Brittan
Trevor Cook
Darryl Dedman
Kevin Dempster
Ray Embry
Marcus Frayne
Paul Huggett
Nick Hyde
Michael Jensen
Alex Le Dain
Scott Morgan
Steven Noble
Tim Reynolds
Greg Ryan-Gadsden
John Sims
Michael Sputore

 

Over 65

Andrew Barker
Shaun Bunn
Craig Burgess
Paul Cartwright
Peter Crowe
David Elliott
Martin Ferrari
David Lockett
Graeme Malatesta
John McGuckin
John Pestana
Stephen Pestana
Bede Rogers
Paul Scicluna
Jeremy Walsh
Michael Waters
Russell Wood

 

Over 70

Peter Aylmore
Eddie Bartnik
Wayne Cutler
Maurice Giles
Colin Howell
Peter Kontor
Thomas Long
Graeme Nicholls
John Ostaszewskyj
Geoff Robinson
Peter Selfe
David Sheridan
Ian Simes
Richard Staynor
Peter Westlund
Phil Wilson
Greg Wood

 

Over 75

William Campbell
Harrill Challenor
John Chapman
Dudley Evans
Peter Fogels
Thomas Freeman
Bruce Goetze
Ian Kealley
K Y Lee
Peter Morgan
Ian Pestana
Keith Platel
Don Sanders
Len Walker
Bob Woodrow
Lance Woods
Graeme Worth

 

Over 80

Kenneth Beer
Scott Blackwell
Len Blyth
Alan Bryce
Robert Butler
Graham Challenor
Robert Claxton
Peter Eastlake
John Harper
Peter Livingstone
Peter Murray
Rod Spencer
Ronald Venables
Les Waldon
Ken Walter
Peter Willett
Simon Williams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFT for Women's Masters Hockey 2025 Hobart

Congratulations to the OFT placed into the following teams:

 
Coach 
Manager
0ver 34
Elisabeth Smith
Tania Dickson
over 39
Thor Amundsen
Lyn Piper
over 44
Joanne Sgro
Donna Treloar
over 49
Charlene Miller 
Carrie Parsons
over 54
Nathan Smoker 
Pat Scott
over 59
Troy Kelly
Adrienne Holt
over 64
Suzanne Wood
Lauren Newman
over 69
Damian Della
Janine Tate

Update on Trials at UWA

Saturday 12th April 2025 

7am        34, 39, 44, 49s 

9am         54, 59, 64, 69s

Sunday 13th April 2025

8am      34, 39, 44, 49s

9am      54, 59, 64, 69s

No state or Australian colours

The canteen will not be opening.

 

 

 

WA Men's Masters OFTs Announced 2025

Congratulations to the following men's teams OFT who have appointed:
 
 
  2025 OFT Appointments for Mens Masters State Tournament
  AGE Group Manager  Coach 
35's 34 - 38 Martin Ferrari Julie Branley
40's 39 - 43 Vacant Vacant
45's 44 - 48 Antony Eaton Vacant
45's Div 2 Vacant Damien Pougnault
50's 49 - 53 Scott Fraser Alan Kearnan
55's 54 - 58 Stewart McDonald Alan Colthart
60's 59 - 63 Paula Dick Brian Saxby
60's Div 2 Naomi Noble Michael Jensen
65's 64 - 68 Lynn Lockett Stephen Pestana
70's 69 - 73 Shane Knapp Wayne Cutler
75's 74 - 78 William Campbell Butch Worth
80's 79 -  Vacant Vacant
 
 
Trials are scheduled to take place on Monday Evening 2 June at PHS (34s to 60s) and Wednesday 4 June from 11am at PHS.
 
WAMHC

WA Over 50's - 2012 Match Reports

 


WA vs QLD - Friday, September 28, 2012


We started the tournament with a road trip to Footscray although one bus took the scenic route via Ballarat (well almost). 
The cold wet day did not dampen our spirits. Even Sally admitted she was here to win gold. 
We started off on the back foot with Queensland playing a sliding forward line which created some free players and confusion as to who WA shoud be marking. Some constant talking from the back and smart running from our midfielders countered and after half time (0 - 0) our forwards I came into the play more. Sue Wilson took one for the team trying to take out the goalie and then a waist height deflected shot into the top of the goal by Kate Main gave us our only (but winning nonetheless) goal. 
A great way to celebrate Frenchie's birthday. 

Voted Best on Ground - Frenchie (Marie Hadet) 
Coach's Award - Ingrid Matthews 
Goal - Kate Main 
Green card - Kate Main (although she wasn't sure what it was for - the rest of us knew) 

As the coach Ali would say "Go Soaks" - well we were all soaked!! 

Congratulations to the committed members of the team who went beyond the call of duty by walking through the icy waters at Williamstown Beach as part o f their recovery session (and managed to find their way back to Footscray to collect Pearl). 

Result: WA 1 - QLD 0 


WA vs VIC - Saturday, September 29, 2012

We beat the terrible weather that had been forecast. 
We beat the start of the footy grand final but we couldn't beat the Vic's. 
Again we started off a bit frantic and a mistimed substitution didn't help Frenchie's blood pressure but we survived all forward thrusts and short corners. 
Couldn't beat the umpire's interpretations. 2 dodgy strokes awarded against us which were both scored off. 
We actually managed a few attacking short corners today but had 2 attackers sent back for breaking. 
Another 2 green cards - Kate again (she still can't understand why) and one to Bee. 
So it wasn't a great game but we'll take them in the finals. 

Result: WA 0 - VIC 2 

Voted Best on Ground: Sue Clarke 
Coaches Award: Bee Kirkness


WA vs SA - Monday, October 1, 2012


Letter of the day was P. Perfect preparation prevents p!ss poor performance. 
After the chaos that was our warm up on SAturday we were over prepared arriving at the ground before it opened and having time for a lovely walk to the zoo. We allowed extra time for traffic but the most traffic we saw was on the field. 
Got off to a more positive start with linking through the forward line and the ever present talking from the back. 
Kate stuck her stick out to a rocket pass from Tiki from just outside the circle and opened her eyes long enough to see the fly over the goalie's head and into goal. She called it a fluke, we called it being in the right place at the right time. 
SA came back to level the score before a deflected baseline shot off the goalie found itself on the end of Sue Wilson's stick and she pushed it in to score our second goal. 
Celebrations were short lived as SA's forwards again found the back of the net but not one WA head dropped and we fought back to earn a short corner and Ritzie swooped on the rebound to put us a goal up. 

Well if you are going to have to be awake at sparrow's fart for an early game you had better make it worth it by winning!!! 
Mission accomplished. 

Result: WA 3 - SA 2  
Voted Player of the day - Sally Dare 
Coach's award - Kim Chandler 
Green cards - none -Kate seems to have learned her lessons!!!


WA vs NSW - Tuesday, October 2, 2012

This was our best game of the tournament so far. Got the preparation right. Everyone was switched on right from the start. 
Players were linking and our backs got their act together superbly to cover what we thought would be their danger players. 
Great talking meant their forwards were always covered. Our forwards looked dangerous and we earned a couple of short corners but were unable to convert. 
We seem to be hitting our straps at the right time. Difficult picking best players as it was a real team effort. 
That draw puts us into third place with NT to face on Thursday and then the finals. 

Result: WA 0 - NSW 0 

Voted best player: Judy Ritz  
Coach's award: Gaye Glaskin 


WA vs NT - Thursday, October 4, 2012


Our place in third was guaranteed before we went out but our goal was to score more goals. Unfortunately NT got the jump on us and scored first. 
Bee (Elsebe Kirkness) then got on to the end of a great long ball, brought the ball into the circle and passed across the goal to Sue W who had got on her bike and made it to the perfect posit to knock the ball into the goal behind the goalie. 

Things were looking good after half time when Gayesy converted a short corner. 
Things were really heating up on the field both temperature-wise and with the amount of running our forwards were doing but unfortunately no more conversions. 
NT then got a breakaway goal with 5 minutes left to go to level the score. 

Yes we were playing in the middle of the day. Yes it was hot out there (30 degrees today) and yes we had the majority of the attacking play but no - we couldn't put the game beyond reach. 
We will have to lift our conversion rate tomorrow when we play off for a spot in the gold medal game. 

Result: WA 2 - NT 2 
Goal scorers: Sue Wilson and Gaye Glaskin  
Voted Best players: Judy Ritz and Sue Clark 
Green Cards: Ingrid Matthews, Alison Cooper and Helen Rule (for one of the softest tackles to stop a runaway you will ever see - that should give you a hint to who is writing these reviews). Actually all the cards were pretty soft!!! 

We all then headed back for ice baths in our own baths (none available at the grounds). The air was as blue as our toes!!! Anything to give us an edge tomorrow!  


SF WA vs NSW - Friday, October 5, 2012


We had to win this game to make the gold medal game tomorrow. 
That was the plan. It was a good plan. 
Unfortunately things did not go to plan and NSW scrambled a goal in the first half. 
We had the better of the play in the second half but someone kept moving the goals. 
A lot of close misses but none between the posts. (insert expletives here). 

We get to play for bronze tomorrow against Qld. Not the result we were hoping for but the best we can get at this stage. Let's go out with a bang. 

Result: WA 0 - NSW 1 
Goals: 0 (insert expletives here)  
Voted best player: Everyone 


Bronze Medal Playoff - WA vs QLD - Saturday, October 6, 2012

Do or die. This was our last chance at glory. The weather was gloomy, a biting wind cutting straight through everyone and heavy clouds threatening to drown us but we weren't going to let anything rain on our parade. 
We managed to find a small vacant space under cover to warm up and the rain stayed away during the game - as did the fair weather spectators who abandoned us to get themselves beautiful for the dinner. By the time the game finished there was only one lone WA spectator left in the stand. Thankyou Stoney. 

Qld managed the first goal on a breakaway but we came back strong and had equalized by half time after Bee finished off a great pass from Kate to ease Ali's nerves. We only needed a draw to keep our third position but we didn't want to end the tournament that way. 
The backs once again held strong during defensive short corners, even though we didn't manage one attacking short corner. After a plethora of missed opportunities in the attacking circle Kim got on the end of a great pass from Ritzie and we got condescensioncond goal. 

A fantastic way to end the tournament. 

Thanks to Alison McVee and Pearl Watene (coach and manager/photographer) for their fantastic support, leadership, photos and organization during the tour and to all the Fabulous Fifties for a great tournament. 

Woohoo - Bronze medallists (if only they gave out actual bronze medals...sigh...) 

Result: WA 2 - QLD 1 

Goal scorers: Elsebe Kirkness, Kim Chandler  
Voted Best player: Kate Main