Many thanks to Fred Etter from SUSF for the images from Club Day in June 2009 and the MUHC Centenary Game in March 2009 that you may have at the top of your page. For other photos go to the Gallery section.
 Coaches wanted for 2010
Coaching is fun, and SUHC needs more coaches for 2010. We need them for Mens, Womens and Juniors: Vets are deemed uncoachable. 2010 will be a great year to coach at SUHC as we plan to build on this year's experience with a head of coaching who can help develop all the club's coaches. Contact Andy Andy Elton at clubcaptain@suhc.asn.au if you are interested. (Thanks to Ian Lo for spotting our error in the address first time round) Men's 4ths and 8ths win Grand Finals
The Mens club has won two grand finals in 2009. Men's 4ths and 8ths both won on 19 September. See the News section The Womens teams and the Juniors still have a few chances this weekend. The U15Cs have already won. Go Uni! Welcome to SUHC
Thank you for visiting the website of the Sydney University Hockey Club. Sydney University Hockey Club is 103 years old. We celebrated our Centenary in 2007. We are the oldest hockey club in New South Wales, one of the oldest in Australia and the only remaining club of the five clubs that founded the NSW Hockey Association. Today we are one of the University's largest sporting clubs, and possibly one of the State's largest hockey clubs. We have over 50 teams playing indoor and outdoor hockey at all levels. Our teams range from our Under 9 indoor teams right through to our Premier Division Men's and Women's teams, and then on to our men's and women's Veterans teams. Our players' ages range from 6 to 56. The Club is highly competitive and our top teams in Juniors, Men's, Women's and Veterans all play at the highest possible level in Sydney's hockey competitions. They have enjoyed considerable success over the years. A number of our players are also currently playing in State and national teams. Our match against Melbourne University in 2009 marked 100 years of matches between our two great clubs. This is Australia's longest-running (and perhaps best spirited) hockey contest. It is also unique in Australia's historic sporting contests because matches between our clubs involve games between the men's teams (since 1909) and the women's teams (since 1911) and they are played at the same ground, under the same rules and in the same spirit. We have yet to find any other team sporting event in Australia with this extraordinary heritage. A special highlight of the 2009 match was having many of our great players from the past in the crowd, including two from the early 1930s. Our site has several photos of the game and the players on the field that day courtesy of Fred Etter and SUSF. To find out more about the Club, please read our hockey club history, go to the Men's Hockey, Women's Hockey, Veterans' Hockey or Juniors' Hockey pages, scroll through the Hockey Club News section or simply contact Sydney University Hockey Club. Our main office bearers for 2010 are: President - vacant These and other contact details can also be found here. |
Registering for 2010
Rego day has been and gone. Many thanks to Rob, Harriet, Anne, Shiv, Camel, Katie and all the others who helped make the Junior and Senior Rego Days such successes. If you missed Rego Day you need to contact the Vice President for your group (Men's, Women's Vets or Juniors) to make arrangements. Remember that fees have risen slightly from 1 March. Uniforms will be available again later this month. Watch the website for details.
How to Join our Club
SUHC, one of the largest clubs associated with Sydney Uni Sport and Fitness, welcomes new players interested in joining the Club in 2010 and playing indoor and outdoor hockey with us. Click here for information on our indoor and outdoor competitions, and on how to contact us to find out more. We have also included links to information on some of the benefits available to those studying at Sydney University. See the Links page. Current players and students will be aware of them, but if you are attending University in 2010 you should still contact SUSF now to find out how to apply for these benefits. Thinking about Hockey
Many of the current and past leaders of hockey in NSW and Australia have been involved with SUHC. Our members and friends clearly have ideas and vision. We want to encourage you to use those talents to consider some of the bigger picture issues facing hockey. We have created a forum for you to contribute your thoughts on these issues. These are not intended to be the Club's opinions, and the Club may disagree with some of the ideas, but we want to make sure there is a debate. To contribute you need to email your thoughts to webmaster@suhc.asn.au. We will post everything relevant. You can choose to add your name, or just whether you are a current player/former player/administrator/parent or whatever. Click here to read the latest contributions on issues facing hockey. At the moment thee are pieces on Spoerts Funding, Junior Development, Umpiring and Governance in Sport. Unashamedly, we thank Glebe Hockey Club for the idea, because their website has been posting interesting thoughts on hockey issues for several years. Women Vets Wanted (Age no Barrier)
A team of former SUHC women players has played together for several years as "SU Rollers". There is room for more players again this year (2010). The team plays at Ryde on Sunday afternoons in Div B of the SNWHA competition. Its all good fun. Contact Katie Price or email veterans@suhc.asn.au if you are interested in joining them. Our History and Our Future
2007 was the 100th anniversary of Sydney University Hockey Club. The history of the Club and more details about the Centenary can be found on this site. Our Centenary Dinner was held in August 2007 at the Great Hall. The guests spanned all 100 years of our history. Jessie Street was the first Women's team captain some 100 years ago, and her son, Sir Laurence Street, spoke at the Dinner. Other special guests or speakers included some of our stars over that 100 years, such as Emeritus Professor Ruthven Blackburn, who played first grade for the Club 75 years ago, Bruce Pryor, who played 50 years ago, Steph Newby, who played some 25 years ago, and Harriet Moore and the Lobsey legends of today. More details can be found here. The Sydney University Hockey Foundation was launched at the Dinner. It will raise capital to further the development of hockey at Sydney University. Its first goal is to raise $500,000 to help the University build an Olympic-standard turf at the University. The next goal is to build a capital base of $2 milllion to fund services for the hockey club in perpetuity. Read more about the Foundation here. |
