Rockhampton Hockey Association
According to our records Rockhampton first entered the Championship in 1987 and competed in Mackay.
The team consisted of the following players:
HQ Women’s Masters Championships were hosted by our Association in 1989, 1997 and 2011.
Rockhampton has struggled to maintain a spot in the top division over the years needing to win Div 2 four times and even coming from as far back as Div 3 in 2010 to eventually move up to the Div 1 position held today.
Since entering the then QLD Veteran’s State Championships in 1987, Rockhampton has competed in every Women’s Masters State Championships, apart from 2020, the Covid year. A second team first entered in Bundaberg in 1994 and has continued to compete except in 2008. A third team first appeared in Rockhampton in 1997 and on another three occasions however unfortunately numbers don’t support a regular third team.
Achievements
The Rockhampton No 1 team’s first and only Div 1 win occurred in 1997 when the Championships were held in our home town.
2002 Div 2 winners No 1 team in Maryborough
2005 Div 2 winners No 1 team in Mackay
2010 Div 3 winners No 1 team in Warwick
2015 Div 5 winners No 2 team in Tweed
2017 Div 2 winners No 1 team in Gympie
2019 Div 2 winners No 1 team in Mackay
Mothers and daughters
The 1993 Open & Veterans State Championships held in Toowoomba featured mother-and-daughter combinations. Three mothers played in the veterans team with daughters playing in the Senior Women’s team.
Representative success
Over the years many players have been selected to represent Queensland at the National
Championships with several going on to represent Australia at International level.
Women’s Masters coaches, Evelyn Denney, Linda Hunter, Lisa Morgan and Dianne Barrie have been
appointed as Hockey Queensland Women’s Masters coaches and or Selector as well as Hockey
Australia Masters coaches at International Tournaments both in Australia and overseas.
AWARDS
Hockey Australia State Service Awards
2011 Evelyn Denney
2015 Dianne Barrie
Hockey Queensland Women’s Masters Players & Officials Representative Awards — 10 years
Evelyn Denney, Dianne Barrie, Lyn Black and Cheryl Greene
Hockey Queensland Women’s Masters Association Service Awards for significant contribution to Women’s
Masters hockey within the Rockhampton Hockey Assn have been presented to Evelyn Denney (2014),Dianne Barrie (2016), Lee Tunny (2017) and Tracy Doble (2021).
Over the years there have been several changes to the playing uniform including the following:
