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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.…

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…

Congratulations to Karin Walduck on receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2025 as part of this year’s King’s Birthday honours, for her service to hockey. Karin has been a member of the QLD Women’s Masters Committee since 2014 and our QLD Women’s Masters Contingent Leader since 2016. Read more of…

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…

This year the endearing red and white characters from Redlands Hockey Association returned to the HQ Women’s Masters Championships (HQWMC) with a fun interactive dance to take out the inaugural “Best Warm Up Routine” award. The Redlands (RHA) Women’s Masters teams first adopted “The Where’s Wally” persona at the HQWMC in Townsville in 2018 as…

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…