University Juniors Hockey Club Inc 
Week ahead: Round Fifteen 1-3 September
Everything you need to know about our club – match results, upcoming matches, social events, ACT Hockey news/links and much more.
Contents:
- Presidents Message
- 2017 Finals Draw – now avail
- Presentation Night U11-U18’s
- Important dates to remember (incl H2H Carnival location)
- Team nominations for Indoor Hockey
- 2017 Oceania Cup – Hockey Australia
- ACT Hockey Results & Fixtures
- Team Reports
- Sponsor “Thank you’s”
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE:
Saturday’s inaugural ANU v UC InterVarsity Day was a fantastic day with our senior clubs playing 11 games against each other and University Juniors contributing with a free barbeque, face painting and some of our U11s and Hin2H players joining in to welcome the CL1 players onto the field as well as playing a short game at half time.
I would like to pay a particular thanks to our hardworking Committee who ran the BBQ, Meredythe, Michael, Tamara, Melanie and Andrew H and Tracey who took charge of the face-painting, as well as Doug and Sonnie who brought a great group of kids down from Under 11s and a few Hin2H families who also participated.
This weekend we have the second Hin2H Carnival at Queanbeyan from 9.00am – 11.30am and the final round of the Minor Premiership. We are also hosting the BBQ at Willows for the Under 11 games – please pop along and support the Club.
Good luck to those teams looking to hold or improve their positions on the ladder with respect to semi-finals, and for those that have missed out, may you finish your season on a positive note.
Andrew Sutton
President
Wanted – BBQ helpers.
Next weekend (the 9th of September) we are running the BBQ at Willows and together with the Under 11 Finals we have our Hin2H Presentations which includes a free sausage sizzle for those participants.
With the Under 13 and Under 18s finals also on at Lyneham that morning, we are seeking your help to run the BBQ. We are particularly asking those that are in the Under 15s, the Hook in2 Hockey and Under 11 families to help out. If you can spare some time from 8.00am until around noon, can you please contact Andrew Sutton at contact@unijuniorshockey.com.au with your availability. Thank You.
Bunyip Trophy – InterVarsity Games
The day started off with the Roulettes flying over to welcome the ANU and UC CL2 Women to the field. It was a tight game with both teams having their chances to score but after a scoreless draw, the CL2 Men took to the field. UC took the lead before ANU responded with 2 goals before UC scored late to keep the Bunyip Trophy alive with the CL1 Women to play. ANU took the lead with a goal late in the first half and managed to hang on to win 3-2 in a terrific hard fought game to retain the Bunyip Trophy for the 5th year running. It was fantastic to see quite a few current and ex- Uni Junior girls featuring throughout the day and we look forward to seeing a few of our boys doing likewise in the years to come.
2017 JUNIOR FINALS DRAW –
Here is the LINK to use to view. To view the entire Junior draw spreadsheet, you will need to press on “2017 Juniors Draw”.
Good luck to every one in the race to the end! For a second year of support, the club would like to advertise a sponsorship opportunity for Andrew Sutton in his quest to run in the Canberra Times Fun Run to raise much needed funds and suicide prevention awareness.
Buy your ticket now!!
UNI JUNIORS Hockey Club Inc
2017 Senior Presentation Night – Thursday September 21
U11 – U18 players & families – it’s a night of celebration
Club annual raffle to be held on the night – bring a little extra to be involved!!
Please head over to the website HERE to purchase your ticket/s. If you have a dietary requirement, please email Communications@unijuniorshockey.com.au with who and what (requirement with only a surname does not assist with the process & you may miss out).
IMPORTANT DATES:
The second half of the season will teams hopefully heading towards finals, but we will be having a number of events before we wrap up late September. (please note HACT changes to H2H/Game On schedule):
- The 2nd Hin2H Carnival is to be held on 2 September over at Blundell Park in Queanbeyan NSW. This is due to Willows having insufficient field space on this particular day. As always, please make contact with us if you have any questions
- 9 September – Semi Finals and Grand Finals for Under 11s; Semi Finals for Under 13s – U18s – Added to a very busy schedule, we will also be holding the Club Hin2H/Game On Annual Presentations on this day – We will have a couple of kids v parents games, followed be presentations and finally a free sausage sizzle for the kids.
- 15 -17 September – Grand Finals for Under 13-18s
- 21 September – Under 11 – 18 Presentation Night Ainslie Football Club (invitation to follow)
2017/18 Indoor Hockey
Hockey ACT are asking for team nominations for the upcoming Indoor Season. Your Team Managers have been asked to canvas their teams over the coming 2 weeks to see if your children are keen to play.
The competitions commence 22 October for U16 Boys and Girls and U18/2 Girls and everyone else their competitions commence 1-3 November; they then break mid-December, returning early February and finish up early March.
Under 12 Girls play Wednesday evenings at Melrose High School
Under 12 Boys play Thursday evenings at Melrose High School
Under 14 Boys and Girls play Friday evenings at Melrose and Stromlo High Schools
Under 16 Girls and Under 18 Div 2 play Sundays at the Hockey Centre
Under 18 Girls Div 1 play Friday nights at the Hockey Centre
To be eligible for the respective age groups:
Under 12 Competition. All members of the team must be under 12 as at 31 December in the year the competition commences i.e. born in 2006 or later
Under 14 Competition. All members of the team must be under 14 as at 31 December in the year the competition commences i.e. born in 2004 or later
Under 16 Competition. All members of the team must be under 16 as at 31 December in the year the competition commences i.e. born in 2002 or later
Under 18 Competition. All members of the team must be 18 or under as at 31 December in the year the competition commences i.e. born in 1999 or later
Fees have been set at $110 for the season and that will include an allowance for umpires – the teams will possibly still have to play its part in sourcing umpires, but everyone will receive $15 per game that they umpire. Full payment of fees needs to be made prior to the first game.
Also if anyone is interested in coaching teams, can you please also let me know?
If you are receiving this Newsletter but are not playing Outdoor this season, but would like to resume playing Indoor over the summer, please contact me directly at contact@unijuniorshockey.com.au.
On a safety issue, the Club is recommending that face masks be considered for all players especially in the older age groups.
Andrew Sutton
If you are thinking of attending the Oceania Cup later in the year, please head to the Hockey Australia website HERE (https://events.ticketbooth.com.au/events/25620/tag/universityjuniors ) and book your tickets. This is Uni Juniors unique link, please press on our link to attribute your purchase. Hockey Australia will then know you are from the club and after a certain amount of tickets are purchased, a rebate will be given to the club.
It’s going to be a huge event and not one to miss!
Tracey Burgess
Communications
2017 RESULTS & FIXTURES:
2017 FINALS DRAW HAS BEEN RELEASED…… Head on over to Hockey ACT via this LINK to view how the next few weeks look!!
Each week, you will have the opportunity to read reports from previous weekend games. We ask that you please understand that reports can be written by players of all age groups & level of comprehension/grammar standards. Our job is to enjoy and celebrate the child standing up and publishing a reflection of something as powerful as sport.
U11/1 Boys – Yet another great game from the team on saturday winning 2~0 against st pats. Big thanks to Jack from div2 for helping us out. With one more game till the final we should finish 2nd.
~ Brayden & Deck
Best & Fairest was Decklan and Makhaya and the Grill’d Award went to Makhaya.U11/2 Boys –
U11/2 Boys – We started the game with a lot of confidence, and it was a real tussle early on with neither team able to score a goal. Late in the first half the undefeated Queanbeyan team (10 wins, 2 draws) scored a goal against the run of play, and we went into half time down 1 goal to nil. After coach Richard spoke to us at half time we came out with a lot more energy, and we had a lot of possession in the second half. There was some great passing between our midfield and our forwards and our defence was rock solid in the second half, with Charlie making some great saves in goals. Jack also did some really good hits from the back which made it all the way up to our forwards, but Queanbeyan’s defenders managed to stop our attack. Felix almost scored a goal late in the second half, but unfortunately the ball touched his foot just before it went through the posts. Although we didn’t win, the game was definitely our best game of the season.
By Matt K
U11/1 Girls – It was always going to be a tough game against the undefeated United team this week. The scoreline was 1-0 (down) at half time, thanks to great defence by Julia and Pippa (who made an amazing chest high save!). Indira, Luca and Ainsley were all solid defensive supporters, and their marking was excellent. Olivia scored a goal, from a great period of teamwork which started with a free hit from Julia in the back. We lost 3-1 but against the top team, so it was a fantastic effort.
Awesome Effort award – Sophie, who worked hard this week to run back and help out our defenders throughout the game.
U11/2 Girls – This week we played United and it was a tight and thrilling game with Remy in goal having to make a number of saves. Up front Chloe and Saraya lead our forays into the opposition circle on a number of occasions, culminating in an impressive first up shot by Saraya, which after deflecting of the full backs stick was slotted in by Chloe to secure our only goal of the game. Once again the girls have put into practice those skills they learned on Wednesdays with Coach and the passing was sharp and to our own players. Strong performances by Josie, Natalia and Maddi in the halves kept the ball moving forwards.
U13/1 Girls – Last Saturday we played against Central, the score was 9-0. We won! We played at Tuggeranong on the beach field. The weather was lovely to play a game.
The goals were scored by: Lauren H, Lauren Y, Ruby, Abbey, Sarah, Olivia
We played well and improved some of our skills like passing wide and calling. Ed and Dani put us in different positions that we don’t usually play, and it worked quite well. Jess (our goalie) didn’t even touch the ball in the circle. Central played quite well as they were down by a few players. Their goalie played well and saved more goals then she let in.”
Grill’d Awesome Effort award went to Abbey L who scored 3 goals whilst playing outside her usual position, great work Abbey
Match report as written by Zoe Wilson
U15/2 B Girls – Our game on Friday night was a real attack game. We started strong with our team scoring a goal in the first 15 minutes. We had lots of positive talk on the field and went on to score another 3 goals before half time. Darramalan came back fighting in the second half and scored a tomahawk goal. We fought back, had lots of missed shots but went on to score another goal. Overall it was a great game with lots of positive talk, great passing to each other and trying some different position’s. Great game girls!!
This weeks Awesome Effort award went to Ash for some good back stick hits across the circle, even if Rachel disapproved!
~ Dani Ewer
U18 Girls The Pink Panthers took on St Pats in the 2nd last game of the minor premiership and came away with a solid 5-0 victory. With a few keys players out injured, it took us a while to take the lead, but from then on, we were never headed. Goal scorers were Madi and Skye 2 each and Sophie (Woody) 1. Skye was also Best and Fairest.
The Grill’d Awesome effort Award goes to Jane for her outstanding block tackling with no one able to penetrate all game
THANK YOU – Please support those who support the club…….
The Ainslie Football Club has kindly supported our club with our upcoming Presentation night (21/9/17). The Ainslie Football Club is a wonderful friendly, family environment. Please make your next dining/social experience over at the Ainslie Football Club located on Wakefield Avenue, Ainslie.
Sponsoring the weekly team “Awesome Effort” awards.
Ron “Barry” Hawkes Butchery – Fyshwick Markets
proudly supporting our Club BBQ’s with quality sausages at an unbelievable price.
COLES Supermarket – City
Proudly supporting us with all the products we need to enable us to run & make a profit on our Club BBQ’s. Product such as and not limited to: onions, bread, sauce, serviettes, soft drink and more.
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