Trials Matches Vs St George on Sat 13th and Sun 14th March

There are trial matches vs St George & Monteray this weekend. Squads for each match will be announced by Thursday 11th, so please pay close attention to your squad/team and time.  Please bring Sydney Uni kit or a blue shirt, dark shorts & socks and be there 30 mins before your game time for a warm up.

All games will be at St George Hockey Club at Kyeemagh (near the airport) - see our Links page for directions.

The squads we have for this week are by no means finalised, but we want to give everyone an opportunity to give it your all prior to the first week of competition. 

Saturday 13th March
6pm  - 7th & 8th Grade Squad
 
Sunday 14th March

12 Noon - 5th & 6th Grade Squad
1:10 pm - 3rd & 4th Grade Squad
2:20 pm - 2nd Grade
3:30 pm - 1st Grade

Any questions please contact Andy Elton (andrew.m.elton@live.com.au) or Rob Verdon (robv@marcusevansau.com)

Canberra Weekend Report

On the last weekend of February SUHC travelled down to Canberra for trial games against ANU and St Pats.
After an intense pre-game warm up at McDonalds, the team arrived down in a sunny, and very hot Canberra.

In the first game against ANU SUHC showed moments of brilliance, but then unfortunately the game started. It was the first game of the season, and the team was decidedly rusty, and went down 2-1. Casey Alexander earned the admiration of the team for his brilliant off-speed, dribbler of a goal, but lost it later that evening, when he failed to get a quarter into the world's largest chicken parma. The other highlight was male model Dan Paech's injury, as it exposed his cunning cover-up of his alignment/back problems and put his modelling career in serious jeopardy.

After a short hour and a half break, the team was back on the field against St Pats. This was a much better game for Sydney Uni, with the good play not restricted to the warm up. The game was close for the first three quarters before the team finally succumbed to fatigue and the game got a bit out of hand. The highlight of the match was Tom Lobsey surpassing Taekema as the world's best flicker and bettering his lifetime corner percentage to 100%. Special mention goes to coach Moylo who was forced to play in the back with one shoulder.

After the game we discovered the cast of Aladdin 4 had mysteriously taken our hostel reservation, but thankfully we were able to crash at Moylo's house. Despite an average performance on the field, the team really rounded into form that evening. In an action packed evening Tom Lobsey lost his soul and was denied entry into one of the bars. He then had to deal with his soulless foot trying to corrupt his more conservative foot all night. New goalie Bettsie was found out, as it turns out he is actually a robot in disguise. The team did a masterful job of scaring away any girl in a ten mile radius, and to sum it all up there was just "too many d*cks on the dancefloor". Player of the Trip Award goes to Moylo's mum for providing us with ham and cheese toasties  when we got back from the bar, and for picking some of us up in the Civic at 3:30am.

Luckily for Bettsie we did not have a game at 6:30 the next morning, but the Lobseys did manage to destroy Moylo's mum's front room.

Although not as successful on the field as we would have liked, the trip to Canberra was extremely useful for getting our touch back, building some on-field chemistry, and meshing as a group off the field.

Casey and Dave

2010 Men's Training Schedule

The training schedule for the men's teams at SUHC for 2010 is as follows:

Monday: 
5th & 6th Grade 8:30pm-9:30pm at Concord
7th & 8th Grade 8:30pm-9:30pm at Concord

Tuesday
Premier Squad 9:00pm-10:30pm at Concord
3rd & 4th Grade 9:30pm-10:30pm at Concord

Wednesday:
EAP Session* 9:30pm-10:30pm at Concord (*attendees to be invited separately)
Lower Grade Skills** 9:30pm -10:30pm at Concord (**commencing when the season starts:  VP Rob will confirm dates).

Thursday
Premier Squad 9:00pm-10:30pm at Concord
Club Fitness 7pm meet at The Square, Sydney Uni

Please contact your VP Rob or Captain Andy Andy if you have any questions.

Interested in joining SUHC?

Welcome to Sydney Uni Hockey Club, and thank you for your interest in joining our great club. We are delighted to welcome new players. SUHC enters 8 teams in Sydney's Men's Hockey Competition, so we provide the chance to play hockey across all levels, ranging from our highly competitive Premier Grades through to a more social competition.

This year we'll be holding our trials for Men's 3rd-8th grade on March 6th at 9am-1pm at Cintra (see our Links page if you do not know where it is).  We encourage you to come out to trials to be considered for a team in 2010. In addition, trainings will be commencing in the week of Feb 15th. Games through the year are almost all played on Saturday afternoon and evenings at venues across Sydney.

Joining SUHC is a great move. In addition to our serious sporting endeavours we have a fantastic social side, with numerous events and gatherings throughout the year. SUHC has a men's, women's, vetertans and juniors section, so we are one of Sydney University's largest sporting clubs as well as being one of Sydney's largest hockey clubs.

Registration Day is Saturday 27 February from 9:30am to 2:30pm. It is held at HK Ward Gymnasium at Sydney Uni. We encourage you register by this date if you are interested in playing: fees rise for later registrations. If you would like further information, please contact our Men's VP - Rob Verdon at menshockey@suhc.asn.au.

Indoor Finals

The SU Premier indoor team is in the finals this Wed 25th November at Hurstville. They finished 1= on points, but 3rd on goal difference, so they are playing Moorebank [rest of Moylo's description of opposition deleted]

If you want to see some great guys play some even greater indoor, the finals are the place. Come and cheer on the royal blue and gold at 7:50pm. Our Womens team is also playing at Hurstville in their GF at 9pm, so stay for another great match

Our Mens A teams are also both through to the finals on 2 December. Unfortunately they play each other in the semis that night. Their semi-final clash is at 7:50pm. Should be good! Losers shouts the winners (minors excepted), and everyone can be there for the final at 9pm where we are guaranteed a spot. Go Uni!

Tom Lobsey Runner Up for SHA Booth Award

Tom Lobsey was runner-up in the 2009 Brian Boooth Award at the SHA Awards Night on Friday 25th September. The Brian Booth award is Sydney Hockey Association's Brownlow equivalent. Players are assessed each game through the season by the umpires.  Congratulations Tom on a tremendous achievement.

Congratulations also to Cameron Rowland too, who was nominated as one of the Rising Stars in SHA.

And finally, congratulations to Phil Kelly from GNS, who won the Brian Booth award in 2009.

 

Grand Final Victories for Men's 4th Grade and 8th Grade

Men's 4th grade and 8th Grade - WINNERS!!.
 
Congratulations to Men's 4th and 8th grade for doing the double by winning both Minor and now Major Premierships in the Sydney Hockey Competition,

4th grade came out firing and put 4 away in the first half, and cruised home in the second half to win 4-2.

8th grade was a closer affair, with scores tied after half time and then still tied with only 30 seconds on the clock. Uni managed to grab a short corner on the buzzer. Uni stepped up to complete the short corner as the dying seconds closed on the game, and with the boys desperate not to go into extra time the unlikely hero was ex-goalie Clint Williamson. Clint stepped up to the plate and buried the first shot from the top to close the win out 3-2.

Great work to both these teams and big thanks to all the spectators who made the trip to the games to cheer the mighty students home.

Special mentions to Cam Whittaker and Marcus Tjiong, who have done an exceptional job managing and leading these teams this season.
 
Great season to everyone, thanks for all your efforts.

Special prize to the first person to email the webmaster to tell us when SUHC Men last won two flags in a season!

Ben Chiarella
Club Captain

 
2010 Player Profiles
Coming soon... but you have to send your own bio (in the 2009 format) and a usable photo to webmaster@suhc.asn.au
2009 Player Profiles

Ben Chiarella

Age 27
Position Striker
Nickname Remo
Form 2000- Ball in face - Tooth thru lip, stitches. 
2001- Shin Splints
2002 - Torn Hamstring, Torn PCL
2003- Torn Hamstring x2
2004- Torn Hamstring
2005- Nothing!!!! - Better believe it.!!
2006- Torn Adductor Tendon (season)
2007- Ruptured PCL (Season)
2008 - Torn Hamstring
2009 - Torn Hamstring

SHA By-Laws
The SHA By-laws may be relevant in determining player eligibility at the end of the season. Click here to see them (thanks Marcus T)
League Tables, Draw, Grounds and Selection Policy

Once the season starts we will have a link to the SHA website and the draw

The grounds we use can be found here (see 'Grounds").

Nick Brown, the heroic 2009 Mens VP, circulated SUHC's Selection Policy, which remains current. Click here on SUHC Selection Policy to see it.

Teams and reports for past rounds
Click here for reports on earlier games, and other older news.
SUHC Facebook
Got Facebook? Why not join the Sydney University Hockey Club group to keep up-to-date with all current news and events. Click on SUHC members' Facebook