Hockey Club Melbourne

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HC Melbourne
Hockey Club Melbourne Logo.png
Full nameHockey Club Melbourne
Founded17 April 2019;4 years ago (2019-04-17)
Home ground State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne, Australia
(Capacity 8,000)
League Hockey One
Website hockeyvictoria.org.au

HC Melbourne is an Australian professional field hockey club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club was established in 2019, and is one of 7 clubs to compete in Hockey Australia's premier domestic competition, Hockey One. [1]

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The club unifies both men and women under one name, [2] unlike Victoria's former representation in the Australian Hockey League as the VIC Vikings (men) and VIC Vipers (women). [3] [4]

HC Melbourne competed for the first time in the inaugural season of Hockey One, which was contested from late September through to mid November 2019.

History

HC Melbourne, along with six other teams, was founded on 17 April 2019 as part of Hockey Australia's development of hockey. [5]

HC Melbourne opted for a pure hockey club name, with a view to attracting the Victoria hockey public community whom CEO Andrew Skillern said "showed the rest of the country and the world what we can achieve by getting behind the home team and filling the stands as part of the 2019 FIH Pro League and we cannot wait to have the same support in the new league. The club logo includes 'M' for Melbourne.

Hockey Victoria had over 1,400 inaugural HC Melbourne members before the launch of the club. Hockey Victoria had strong aspirations to double their membership base before the season’s opening match, matching the club's bold identity.

Uniform

HC Melbourne's colours are black and white with gold. The uniform moves away from Victoria's traditional navy blue.

HC Melbourne Men's Uniform HC Melbourne Men's Uniform.jpg
HC Melbourne Men's Uniform
HC Melbourne Women's Uniform HC Melbourne Women's Uniform.jpg
HC Melbourne Women's Uniform

Home Stadium

HC Melbourne are based out of the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Victoria's capital city, Melbourne. The stadium has a capacity of 8,000 spectators, with 1,000 fixed seats. [6]

Throughout the Hockey One league, HC Melbourne plays a number of home games at the stadium. [7]

Teams

Men's team

The following players were named in the men's squad. [8]

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1FWFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Craig Marais
2MFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Max Henry
3DFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Simon Borger
5MFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Andrew Philpott
8MFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joshua Pollard
9FWFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nathan Ephraums
10FWFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Russell Ford (Captain)
11GKFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS George Bazley
12MFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Casey Hammond
13DFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jayshaan Randhawa
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14DFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jonathan Bretherton
15DFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Josh Simmonds
17FWFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kiran Arunasalam
18GKFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Johan Durst
21FWFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jake Sherren
23DFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joel Carroll
24FWFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS James Knee
25FWFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Aaron Kleinschmidt
29DFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Oscar Wookey

Women's team

The following players were named in the women's preliminary squad. [9]

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1GKFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Bridget Laurance
2FWFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Aisling Utri
3MFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nicola Hammond
4MFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Amy Lawton
5MFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kristina Bates
6DFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Josie Lawton
7FWFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ciara Utri
8FWFlag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Hannah Cotter
9DFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Carly James
10MFFlag of Argentina.svg  ARG Rosario Villagra
No.Pos.NationPlayer
11MFFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Joanne Peeters
12DFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Emily Hamilton-Smith
13DFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Megan Alakus
14DFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Anna Moore
15FWFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Olivia Downes
16MFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Gracie Geddis
20DFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Zali Ward
22FWFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Madeleine Ratcliffe
25FWFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Hannah Gravenall (C)
27GKFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Rachael Lynch

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References

  1. ↑ "Hockey Club Melbourne" (PDF). Hockey Victoria. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Hockey One - WHAT'S THE CONCEPT?". hockeyone.com.au. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "VIC Vikings". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "VIC Vipers". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "A New Era Begins - Hockey One Is Here!". Hockey Australia . Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Capacity for hockey". www.melbourne2006.com.au. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Hockey One - WHAT'S THE FORMAT?". hockeyone.com.au. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "Hockey Club Melbourne's Men's Squad". Hockey Victoria . Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Hockey Club Melbourne's Women's Squad" (PDF). Hockey Victoria . Retrieved 11 July 2019.
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