Maitland District Hockey Club

Champions Trophy

Simon Orchard’s Kookaburras took on the top hockey nations in the recent Champions Trophy tournament in Melbourne. Results were:

28/11 Australia 4 Korea 0

29/11 Austalia 7 Netherlands 2

1/12 Australia 2 V England 1

3/12 Australia 1 V Germany 3

5/12 Australia 10 V Spain 3

Final 6/12 Australia 5 V Germany 3

Simon had a great tournament with strong midfield play. He made many breaks and set up a number of goals over the week with some brilliant through passes to the forwards. He received many glowing reports from the commentators during the event.

Posted February 28, 2009 Comments Off

Mens Grand Finals 2009

6th Grade – Maitland defeated Wests 1-0 to take out the Grand Final. A fantastic result as Maitland was clearly the best team all year and should have been Minor Premiers as well. They were unfairly treated by NMDHA when they lost points on a technicality. The team were determined to win despite this setback. However, we could have done without the 2 short corners to Wests in the last few minutes. Some of the older players (which make up most of the team)almost had heart attacks. Well done to all and especially our leader Craig (Chinga) Williams and our manager and moral guardian Al Noronha.

5th Grade Crusaders defeated Cardiff

4th Grade Tigers defeated Colts

3rd Grade Port Stephens defeated Crusaders

2nd Grade Norths narrowly defeated Maitland who reached the Grand Final for the third year in a row. Congratulations to 2nd grade on another great season.

PHL Souths defeated Gosford. Norths were knocked out by Gosford and didn’t make the Grand Final for the first time in many many years.

Posted February 21, 2009 Comments Off

Life Members

Congratulations to the following people whose long service to hockey in Maitland has been recognised through life membership of Maitland District Hockey Club in our 30th year.

Kevin Gallagher

Margaret Richardson

Eddie Bush

Garry Urquhart

Mark Spencer

Posted February 15, 2009