OFFICIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
2026 Masters Indoor Hockey World Cup – Nottingham, England – Thursday 26th March to Tuesday 31st March2026
2026 HQWM State Team Trials – Brisbane – Thursday 11th June 2026
2026 HQWM State Championships- Brisbane – Friday 12th June to Sunday 14th June 2026
2026 Masters World Cup – Women 35+ – 50+ – Thurs 23rd July to Sat 1st August at HC Rotterdam, Netherlands
2026 Masters World Cup – Women 55+ – 70+ – Thurs 6th August to Sun 16th August at KHC Dragons, Belgium
2026 Australian Women’s Masters Championship – Hursday 24th September to Saturday 3rd October, Adelaide
OTHER MASTERS EVENTS
2026 International Masters Cup – Women 45+ – 50+ – Thurs 23rd July to Sat 1st August at Rotterdam, Netherlands
2026 International Masters Cup – Women 55+ – 70+ – Thurs 6th August to Sun 16th August at Braaschaat, Belgium
NEWS UPDATE!
2026 Hockey Queensland Women’s Masters Coach and Manager Appointments
| Team | Coach | Manager |
|---|---|---|
| 34 Maroon | Lisa Morgan | Sue Howard |
| 40 Maroon | Rachel Sihota | Yvonne Davis |
| 45 Maroon | Jeanene Lynam | Shelley Griffiths |
| 50 Maroon | Kirsten Dodds | Sue Achilles |
| 55 Maroon | Gail Lomas | Deb Brown |
| 60 Maroon | Kylie Harnden | Joy Lewis |
| 65 Maroon | Pam Nitarski | Michelle Cole |
| 70 Maroon | Mick Brown | Belle Davis |
N.B. Gold Team Appointments will be announced once the number of Gold Teams and Age Divisions
are determined at the State Championships
The 2026 Australian Women’s Masters Championship will be held in Adelaide, South Australia.
N.B. Competition will run from Thursday 24th September to Saturday 3rd October, HOWEVER all players and officials will need to be in Adelaide from Monday 21st September as training will be held on Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd.
2026 Queensland Women’s Master Committee
| Belle Davis (Returning) | Toni Day (New Appointment) | Amanda Paech (New Appointment) |
| Kathy Anderson (Returning) | Sue Howard (Returning) | Kathy Rogers (Returning) |
| Deb Creighton (Returning) | Linda Hunter (Returning) | Karin Walduck (Returning) |
The Committee Profiles can be viewed at 2026 Committee Profiles
Jenny Heron has been awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the Australia Day Honours List for 2026. Jenny has devoted more than 40 years of her life to women’s hockey. She has been a Qld Women’s Masters Hockey committee member, a Qld Masters Team Manager as well as contributing as a Technical Official. Well deserved Jenny on this wonderful acknowledgement of your contribution to women’s hockey.
Vale Kym Ireland
The Queensland Hockey Community along with Rockhampton Hockey are mourning the loss of a hockey legend.
Kym was a member of the first Australian Women’s hockey team to play at an Olympic Games in 1984 in Los Angeles. She was proud to be an Olympian and could easily have been a dual Olympian had it not been for the 1980 Moscow boycott.
She was a trailblazer, a fantastic (and fierce) goalkeeper, a great coach and umpire and a formidable field player in her later hockey career. She played for Queensland in Masters, coached for Queensland and continued to give back to the sport she loved. In 2002 she was inducted into the Hockey Queensland Hall of Fame.
Our condolences go out to her family and the wider hockey community. Her contribution to this sport will long be remembered.
Rest in peace Kym
QLD Women’s Veterans/Masters Association 40th Year History
Please click on the Association names below to view their page.
Atherton, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Cairns, Gladstone, Gold Coast, Gympie, Hervey Bay, Ipswich, Mackay, Maryborough, Moranbah, Mt Isa, Redlands, Rockhampton, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, Townsville, Tweed and Warwick.