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OFT Nominations Nationals 2024

OFT Nominations are now open for Men and Women's Masters Teams to compete at the Nationals in 2024:

Men's dates:

34+ to 50+ Men 12/7-20/7/2024

55+ to 80+ Men 22/7-1/8/2024

Location: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

 

Women’s dates:

Friday 28 June- Saturday 6 July 2024

Location: Sydney Olympic Park and Briars Hockey Club (Cintra Park) Sydney

 

The Link to the Nomination Form is as follows:

 WA Masters Hockey - State Teams - OFT EOI Nomination Form 

 

To nominate, please complete the nomination form and submit to:

Email:      nominations@wamastershockey.com

                Cc: mastershockeywa@gmail.com

 

For EOI Men cc Naomie Noble noble-gould@hotmail.com

For EOI Women cc Jill van Duuren jill.vanduuren@bigpond.com

 

Men's HA Masters Championships - Change of Dates

Hockey Australia Masters has confirmed changes to the dates of the Men's National Championships in Hobart in July 2024.

2024 Hockey Australia Men’s Masters Championships dates and venue have been reviewed and confirmed dates for Hobart, Tasmania in July will be as follows: 

Venue:  Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

Dates:   Friday 12 July until Saturday 27 July 2024 

Competitions will be conducted in two Tournaments to ensure shorter commitment dates for the 34-50 Men.

  • Tournament 2 34+ to 50+ Men:  Friday 12 July – Saturday 20 July 2024
  • Tournament 3 55+ to 65+ Men:  Tuesday 16 July* – Saturday 27 July 2024  (*There will be a staggered start to Tournament 3.  Teams will commence between 16 and 19 July).

                                  70/75+**   Men:   Sunday 14 July – Saturday 27 July 2024   **MA Men’s Masters Delegates have advised that no 80+ Men’s competition will go ahead in 2024.

 The HA Women’s Masters Championships, Tournament 1, remains Friday 28 June – Saturday 6 July 2024 in Sydney, NSW.

2024 Men's & Women's NOMINATIONS FOR WA STATE MASTER TEAMS OPEN

Hockey WA and the WA Masters Hockey Committee are pleased to announce that Nominations are open 
for players for 2024 Men’s and Women’s State Masters Teams.

You must be registered and logged-in to this website to be able to nominate.

Australian Masters Service Award 2023

During the Welcoming Ceremony at the recent Australian Masters Championships in Perth on Wednesday 27 September, Nicola Ogden was presented with the Australian Masters Service Award for recognition of significant, outstanding, and sustained contribution to Australian Masters hockey at the national or international level underpinned by the ‘One Masters’ tenets of participation, performance, passion, and partnerships.

Nicola has also made significant contribution to master’s Hockey within Western Australia as a player, manager, and official person at a Western Australian master’s local and at her Club level at Melville City Hockey Club.

Western Australian master’s Manager:

2005, 2007, 2010 - WA master’s Women’s teams

2006 - WA master’s Men’s team

 

Western Australian women’s master’s selector:

2023, 2022, 2018, 2017.

 

Australian Masters Assistant Technical Officer / Tournament Director / Technical Delegate

2019 Assistant Technical Officer -Bunbury/Busselton WA (Men)

2017 September - October - Director Tournament Director - Nationals Masters Championships - Hobart, Tasmania

2016 September - October - Assistant Tournament Director - National Masters Championships (Men) - Adelaide SA

2014 September - October - Technical Officer - Perth WA (Men)

 

World Masters / Trans-Tasman Championships / World Cup - Assistant Technical Officer / Technical Officer / Technical Delegate: 2023 and before

2019 July - Technical Delegate master’s European Cup - Rotterdam - 35, 40, 45 age groups - Women and Men - Rotterdam, Netherlands

2019 June - Assistant Technical Officer Grand Master’s European Cup - 60, 65, 70, 75 age groups - Women and Men - Brasschaat, Belgium

2019 April - Technical Officer Trans-Tasman Championships - Women and Men - Gold Coast, Queensland

2018 September-October - Assistant Technical Officer - Men - Lismore and Ballina, NSW

2018 June - Assistant Technical Delegate - Grand master’s World Cup - Women and Men - Barcelona, Spain

2017 - Technical Officer - Trans Tasman - Women and Men - Whangarie New Zealand

2017 August - Technical Officer / Judge - Masters’ European Cup - Women and Men - Tilburg Netherlands

2016 Assistant Tournament Director - World Cup - Women and Men - Canberra ACT

 

Awards

2022–Life Membership Hockey WA.

2000-Melville City Hockey Club - Club person of the year.

2018-Hockey WA - Service to Officiating.

2011-Hockey WA - Volunteer of the Year.

200-Life Member of Melville City Hockey Club

 

Official positions:

Current 2023–2017 - Nicola is the chair of the Hockey WA Officiating Advisory Group

Nicola is a current international, national, and state level technical official.

March 2023  - She officiated at the women’s Australia vs China match in Bunbury.

2023 Technical Officer for Hockey Australia and Hockey WA.

She judges at the FIH Pro League and International test matches.

2022-Tournament Director Men’s National Masters Championships, Gold Coast 2022

2022-Hockey Australia Level 3 Technical Officer qualification.

2019- Member World master’s Hockey Development Committee (WMH)

2019- Member International master’s Hockey Association Officiating Committee (IMHA)

2018 at the Commonwealth Games, she took on a role within the technology team.

2018- 1996 Melville City Hockey Club Administration-

Vice President-Women, Vice President-Juniors, Secretary, Bar Manager, Coach, Manager for senior and junior teams for many years

2002-Volunteer receptionist / enquiries / desk operator Women’s World Cup, Perth

Nicola has led World Grand Masters, Trans-Tasman Masters, master’s Hockey World cups in Europe and Australia.

She has held other positions - Technical Officer / Assistant Technical Officer / Technical Delegate / Assistant Tournament Director / Volunteer Hockey Division Tokyo (2020) Olympics / Liaison Officer / Technical Judge / Manager:

At Local Hockey WA games, WA State level, Hockey Australia Championships level, World Hockey games held in Australia, Asia and Europe, Australian Indoor Championships, Underage Championships in Australia,

Nicola has been involved in all areas and age groups in Official capacity for many years.

 

Club Hockey

Nicola has been playing hockey for over 48 years for Harlequin Wanneroo, Towns-Northam, Murdoch University and Melville City Hockey clubs. 

Nicola has played mid-week master’s Hockey for Melville City master’s hockey club, being involved in many successful teams.

Nicola over her hockey career has been involved in coaching junior and senior hockey teams, having some success.

 

Encouragement of New master’s players

Nicola does a lot of behind the scenes work with organizing club masters’ teams, supporting ‘new’ master’s Players, and anything that needs to be done to support master’s hockey at a club level but also for master’s hockey in Western Australia, and at National master’s level.

Congratulations, Nicola for winning the Australian Masters Service Award.

 

 

WA Women's OFT 2024 Announced

Congratulations to the following OFT selected for the WA Women's Masters Teams to compete in the Masters Nationals in Sydney 2024:

 

Coach WO34                    Allison Rieck

Manager WO34                Tania Dickson

Medical WO34                  Patrick Renner

Coach WO40                    Tammy Cowan

Manager WO40                Cheryl Poustie

Coach WO45                    Temeka Curley

Manager WO45                Dee Middlemiss

Coach WO50                   Charlene Miller

Manager WO50                Lyn Piper

Coach WO55                    Elisabeth Parrick

Manager WO55                Pat Scott

Coach WO60                    Jo Sgro

Manager WO60                Cherryl Pages-Oliver

Coach WO65                    TBC

Manager WO65                Donna Treloar

Coach WO70                    Coleen Dayman

Manager WO70                Colleen Bentley

We are very close in securing selected OFT for the 2 vacant positions (O55s and O65s coach) but if you or someone you know is interested, please complete the nomination form available on the website and send to Jill.vanduuren@bigpond.com asap as we would like to finalize positions this or next week.

 

WA Over 60's - 2011 Match Reports

 


WA vs VIC - Friday, September 30, 2011


In the first half the game was fairly even, although Victoria had a better share of the play. We conceded two penalty corners of which Victoria scored on the second. Their goal came from a push out straight to the stick stop and direct hit at goal. As the game progressed WA improved and started sharing the play. We forced a corner but were not able to convert. At half time the score was 1- 0 down. 

In the second half WA began to string together some good passing and put Victoria under pressure, forcing several penalty corners. However we were not decisive enough on our corners and squandered our opportunities to score. Victoria unfortunately scored when the umpires allowed them to hit the ball into the circle without it travelling five metres. This gave them a buffer which we could not overtake, although we finished the game in a very strong manner, which was very pleasing. 

Result: WA 0 - VIC 2


WA vs NSW - Saturday, October 1, 2011


WA played very well for the first fourteen minutes before allowing NSW to score a runaway goal. WA continued to hold their own until the twenty ninth minute when NSW scored a break away field goal. At half time WA were 2 - 0 down. 

In the second half, WA shared the play with NSW but conceded a penalty corner which resulted in a third goal in the forty sixth minute. After a bad mistrap by WA, NSW scored a field goal in the fifty first minute. WA tried hard but were unable to get back into the game, going down 4 – 0. This was a disappointing result considering the amount of effort put in by all players. 

Also disappointing was an injury to Helen Johanson who fell and broke her wrist bringing her playing competition to an early end. 

Result: WA 0 - NSW 4


WA vs QLD - Sunday, October 2, 2011


WAs passing in this game was very good and the control of the midfield was excellent. Early in the game, in the ninth minute WA scored their first goal, put in by Rosa off of a penalty corner. WA again scored in the thirty fifth minute when Carol hammered home a goal off a penalty corner to give WA the lead 2 - 0. 

After half time, although WA dominated the game they were unable to add any further score, even though they created many opportunities. The final score remained at 2 – 0. This was a good win instilling confidence in our ability to play as a team. 

Result: WA 2 - QLD 0 

Goal scorers: Rosa Garner, Carol Samsa 


WA vs VIC - Tuesday, October 4, 2011


This game was played at quite a good pace with WA controlling the midfield.  
Victoria were frustrated by the fact that they had beaten us 2 - 0 in the first game but they were shut out in this second game.  
WA created more penalty corners than Victoria. 

WA continued to play well. Jesse our goalkeeper played a great game, making some excellent diving saves and a brilliant overhead clearing kick.  
The game ended nil all which was a pleasing result considering the result of the first game against Victoria. 

Result: WA 0 - VIC 0


WA vs NSW - Wednesday, October 5, 2011


The game started with NSW being awarded a penalty corner (the result of a controversial umpiring decision), and converting, giving them a 1- 0 lead.  
WA fought back into the match and scored through Lorraine at the eighteenth minute to level the scores.  
During the next ten minutes WA made several unforced errors allowing NSW to gain two more goals and giving them a 3 - 1 lead at half time. 

During the second half WA tried to fight back but conceded a goal in the forty sixth minute against the run of play to go down 4 -1 at the final whistle. 

Result: WA 1 - NSW 4 

Goal scorers: Lorraine Carnachan 


WA vs QLD - Thursday, October 6, 2011


The introduction of Kerry Hood to the forward line at Right Wing and a good movement down the right hand side allowed Kerry to convert the score to 1- 0.  
This allowed WA to dominate for the first ten to fifteen minutes.  
Then QLD forced a corner against a run of play. A bad mistackle at the top of the D allowed them to score making it 1 all. This allowed them to gain confidence, and get back into the game. A series of bad tackles down WAs left flank allowed QLD to penetrate the circle and from the resulting scrimmage they popped the ball in to make it 2 - 1.  
WA lost their momentum and QLD began to create attacking opportunities.  
WA lost vital key players, Lorraine and Carol in the midfield due to injury, allowing QLD to dominate the game. 
At half time the score was WA 1 QLD 2. 

After half time the team regrouped. Even though we were decimated with injuries, WA began to play team hockey, passing the ball and creating many opportunities.  
Against the run of play QLD scored their third goal.  
WA continued to pass the ball and get back into the game when Kerry K scored their second goal off a well struck penalty corner.  
For the remaining fifteen minutes of the game, WA dominated, forcing many penalty corners and having four or five shots at goal but failing to convert the many opportunities, QLD ran out 3 - 2 winners. 

Result: WA 2 - QLD 3 

Goal scorers: Kerry Hood, Kerry Koltasz 


Bronze Medal Playoff WA vs QLD - Friday, October 7, 2011


WA made a disappointing start with lots of fundamental errors allowing QLD to gain confidence.  
QLD had a defensive structure which did not allow us to create any structure in the midfield.  
QLDs first goal was scored off of a direct penalty corner hit.  
Later, confusion in defence allowed QLD a direct shot at goal giving them a 2 - 0 lead.  
The third goal for QLD came off of a penalty corner variation which allowed their pusher in to sneak the ball in on the far side.  
WA were down 3 - 0 at half time. 

In the second half WA began to string passes together and play as a unit. They created several penalty corner opportunities and after an attack down the right hand flank the ball was crossed, allowing Rosa on the left wing to slog it home to give WA an opening score.  
The whole tone of the game changed with WA dominating and creating many opportunities. 
From a penalty corner Kerry K scored off a direct shot at goal to make the score 2 – 3.  
The game was on!  
WA threw everything into attack creating many chances, forcing many penalty corners and goal scoring opportunities.  
QLD defended desperately and although WA gave their all they were unlucky not to score an equaliser.  
The game ended with QLD finishing 3 – 2.  

WA must learn to control the game from the start, and not play catch up. 

Result: WA 2 - QLD 3 

Goal scorers: Rosa Garner, Kerry Koltasz