Hockey Australia

Hockey Australia^[1] is an organisation that formed from the merger of the Australian Hockey Association and Women's Hockey Australia in 2000. It is the national body responsible for the promotion, development and administration of field hockey in Australia. Hockey Australia is a full member of the International Hockey Federation, and comprises the State and Territory associations.

1 History
2 National Teams
3 Tournaments
4 Tournament results
- 4.1 Men
- 4.2 Women
5 References
6 External links

History

The British Army has been credited with the spread of hockey throughout the world, but in Australia's case, the British Navy deserves the honours. In the late 1800s, Australia did not have a naval fleet of its own and relied upon the Royal Army for the security of the coastline. The British Naval officers stationed in Australia taught the locals the game of hockey and laid the foundations for a sport which Australians have developed and mastered.^[2]

National Teams

Hockey Australia is the governing body that oversees Australia's National Teams.

The Kookaburras (Men)
The Hockeyroos (Women)
The Burras (Under 21 Men)
The Jillaroos (Under 21 Women)

Tournaments

Hockey Australia organises National Tournaments, at various levels. These are as follows:

Australian Hockey League^[3] 1991-Present (Men) 1993-Present (Women)
National Championships Last Run in 1993 (Women) 1994 (Men), Replaced by AHL
Under 21 National Championships
Under 18 National Championships
Under 15 National Championships
National Country Championships
Veterans National Championships
Indoor National Championships
Under 21 Indoor National Championships
Under 18 Indoor National Championships

Tournament results

Men

Year	Open/AHL*	Under 21	Under 18	Schoolboy¹^[4]	Under 15
1925
1926
1927
1928	South Australia
1929	Western Australia
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952				Western Australia
1953				Western Australia
1954
1955
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978	South Australia			New South Wales
1979				Victoria
1980				South Australia
1981				New South Wales
1982				New South Wales
1983		Western Australia	New South Wales	Queensland	Western Australia
1984		New South Wales	Western Australia	New South Wales	New South Wales
1985		Victoria	New South Wales	Western Australia	New South Wales
1986		Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland
1987		New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	Queensland
1988	Victoria	Western Australia	Victoria	Queensland	Queensland
1989		Western Australia	Queensland	Queensland	New South Wales
1990		New South Wales	Western Australia	Victoria	Victoria
1991	Brisbane Blades	Queensland	Western Australia	New South Wales	New South Wales
1992	Victoria / Perth Thundersticks	Victoria	Victoria	New South Wales	New South Wales
1993	WAIS Thundersticks	Victoria	New South Wales	New South Wales	New South Wales
1994		Queensland	Victoria	New South Wales	Queensland
1995	Perth Thundersticks	New South Wales	New South Wales	New South Wales	New South Wales
1996	Melbourne Redbacks	Western Australia	New South Wales	New South Wales	Western Australia
1997	New South Wales Warriors	Queensland	Victoria	Western Australia	Victoria
1998	Melbourne Redbacks	Victoria	Western Australia	Western Australia	Queensland
1999	Perth Thundersticks	Victoria	Victoria	Queensland	Western Australia
2000	Perth Thundersticks	Queensland	New South Wales	Queensland	Northern Territory
2001	New South Wales Panthers	Queensland	Queensland	Western Australia	Western Australia
2002	SmokeFree WA Thundersticks	Western Australia	Western Australia	New South Wales	Queensland
2003	Queensland Blades	Victoria	Northern Territory	Queensland	Victoria
2004	Queensland Blades	New South Wales	Western Australia	New South Wales	Victoria
2005	New South Wales Waratahs	Western Australia	Western Australia	Queensland	Queensland
2006	Queensland Blades	Victoria	New South Wales	Western Australia	New South Wales
2007	Queensland Blades	Victoria	Queensland	Queensland	New South Wales
2008	SmokeFree WA Thundersticks	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	New South Wales
2009	SmokeFree WA Thundersticks	Queensland	Queensland	New South Wales	New South Wales
2010	Queensland Blades	Victoria	Queensland	New South Wales	New South Wales

Women

^[5]

Year	Open/AHL*	Under 21	Under 18	Schoolgirl¹	Under 15
1910	New South Wales
1911	Tasmania
1912	New South Wales
1913	South Australia
1914	New South Wales
1920	Tasmania
1921	South Australia Tasmania
1922	Tasmania
1923	South Australia
1924	New South Wales
1925	South Australia
1926	Victoria
1927	New South Wales
1928	New South Wales Victoria
1929	Western Australia
1931	New South Wales
1932	Tasmania Victoria
1933	Tasmania
1934	Tasmania
1935	Tasmania Victoria
1936	New South Wales
1937	New South Wales
1938	Western Australia
1939	Western Australia
1946	Western Australia
1947	Western Australia
1948	New South Wales Western Australia
1949	Western Australia
1950	Western Australia
1951	Western Australia
1952	Western Australia
1953	Western Australia
1954	New South Wales
1955	Western Australia
1957	Western Australia
1958	Western Australia
1959	Western Australia
1960	Western Australia
1961	Queensland
1962	Western Australia
1963	Western Australia
1964	Western Australia
1965	Western Australia
1966	Western Australia
1967	Western Australia
1968	South Australia Western Australia
1969	Western Australia
1970	South Australia Western Australia
1971	Victoria
1972	Western Australia
1973	Western Australia			Western Australia
1974	Western Australia			Western Australia
1975	Western Australia		Queensland	Western Australia
1976	Western Australia			Western Australia
1977	Western Australia			Western Australia
1978	New South Wales Queensland Tasmania			Western Australia
1979	Western Australia
1980	Queensland
1981	Western Australia
1982	Western Australia
1983	Queensland		Queensland
1984	Western Australia	Queensland
1985	Western Australia	Western Australia	Western Australia
1986	Western Australia	New South Wales	New South Wales
1987	Western Australia	Queensland	Queensland Western Australia
1988	Western Australia	Western Australia	New South Wales
1989	Western Australia	New South Wales	Queensland
1990	Western Australia	Queensland	New South Wales Queensland
1991	Western Australia	Queensland	Queensland Victoria
1992	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland
1993	Queensland / New South Wales Balsam Arrows	Queensland	New South Wales
1994	WAIS Diamonds	Victoria	New South Wales
1995	SASI Diet Coke Suns	Victoria	New South Wales Queensland
1996	New South Wales Arrows	Victoria	Western Australia
1997	QAS/Queensland Scorchers	New South Wales	Western Australia
1998	New South Wales Arrows	Victoria	Victoria
1999	New South Wales Arrows	Victoria	Australian Capital Territory
2000	NSWIS Arrows	Queensland	Queensland
2001	New South Wales Arrows	South Australia	South Australia
2002	NSWIS Arrows	New South Wales	Queensland	Queensland
2003	VIS Vipers	Queensland	Queensland	New South Wales	New South Wales
2004	SmokeFree WA Diamonds	Queensland	Victoria	Queensland	New South Wales
2005	Queensland Scorchers	Australian Capital Territory	New South Wales	New South Wales	Western Australia
2006	SmokeFree WA Diamonds	Queensland	Western Australia	New South Wales	Australian Capital Territory
2007	SmokeFree WA Diamonds	Queensland	New South Wales	New South Wales	New South Wales
2008	SmokeFree WA Diamonds	Western Australia	New South Wales	Queensland	Western Australia
2009	New South Wales Arrows	Tasmania	New South Wales	New South Wales	New South Wales
2010	SmokeFree WA Diamonds	Victoria	Victoria	Queensland	New South Wales

Open National Championships were discontinued after 1994, so for the early years of the AHL there was also a National Championships.
In 2010, Hockey Australia did not play a finals series in the U15 National Championships, so the winners were the teams ranked highest on the ladder after the round-robin competition.

References

The Oxford Companion to Australian Sport (1994), The Australian Society for Sports History