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The Queensland hockey community lost one of its most dedicated members on the 15th December 2022. Patricia (Tricia) Hansen’s involvement with hockey in Queensland began when she arrived in Mackay from New South Wales in 1988 and joined Camerons Hockey Club. Tricia played at master’s level for Mackay but took on more representative duties by…

It is with great sadness that Hockey Queensland advises of the passing of Vicki Warren OAM. Vicki selflessly gave over 50 years of dedication to hockey and softball in Queensland. Vicki was still volunteering her time and effort for the Hockey Queensland community up until this year when she fell ill. As a technical official…

As the hockey world weathered the uncertainty of COVID 19 over the past two seasons, the curtain came quietly down on the coaching career of one of Queensland women’s hockey’s great contributors. Graham “Wakey” Wakefield – the quiet guiding influence behind the success of many women’s masters’ teams – retired from coaching in 2019 after…

When Rockhampton No 2 Women’s Masters Team discussed what “dress theme” would best depict their team, association and town, they decided they should celebrate Rockhampton’s iconic Australian Beef Week and proudly represent the Beef Capital with a ‘cow’ boy dress up. Sticking with their association colours of black and red they luckily found that this…

HELEN SMEULDERS (nee Scamp , nee Aitkenhead)Helen is the daughter of Judy Aitkenhead and the eldest of her six children, including three sisters, all of whom have been very successful in their hockey careers. She began playing with the then newly formed Souths Hockey Club in Gladstone at age six and developed her talent and…

After sixty years involvement across three generations, Judy Aitkenhead has retired from playing, but her love of hockey will keep her involved in the game she loves. The Gladstone icon first took the chance to play hockey in the No. 1 Team at Kelvin Grove Teachers Training College in 1957, going against her father’s warning…

Vicki Warren has been awarded for her Lifetime Contribution to Volunteering. Vicki became involved in hockey when she was looking to play sport after living in a rural area where there weren’t the opportunities to play. Vicki was a foundation member of Army Escorts Hockey Club (1969) where she played for four years. The opportunity…

Anne Proctor and her daughter Jane-Ellen Negus recently attended the Women’s Masters Indoor Championships in Maryborough. Anne’s school friends were playing hockey and it looked like fun, so Anne decided to join them at the age of 12. It has been 58 years since her first involvement with the sport.Hockey became a family sport. Anne…

Article by R A Hunter