Summer hockey starts in Maitland in October for both Juniors and Mixed Seniors.

Junior Summer Hockey is on every Wednesday from 16th October to 4th December.
Cost is $40 for HNSW registered players. If you are not registered, it’s not too late – HNSW has a reduced rate fee for Term 4 of between $35 and $47 depending on age

Register your name for Junior Summer hockey here:

https://www.revolutionise.com.au/mhockey/events/250598

Mixed Summer Hockey is on Thursdays from 17th October to 5th December. Half field, 6-a-side and no GK.

Cost is $530 per team plus Term 4 HNSW registration fee ($66.34) will also apply for any new players not already registered
Under 18 players are subject to MHI approval and HNSW fee $46.95 if not already registered.

Register your team entry here. If you don’t have a team, we will put you in one!

https://www.revolutionise.com.au/mhockey/events/255929

Congratulations to Rustlers and Bluebees as the Major Premiers of A Grade and B Grade, both winning their respective Grand Final on Saturday.

Also congratulations to Hornets and Bluebees as the Minor Premiers in A and B Grade, both finishing top of the table in their respective grades.

Well done to all teams for making the Grand Final and for giving us some very exciting games to watch. It was a great day!

Thank you to Mayor Penfold who presented the inaugural Maitland City Council A Grade Perpetual Trophies to Rustlers as Major Premiers and to Hornets as Minor Premiers.

It’s Grand Final Day at Maitland on Saturday for the Women’s Competition – come along from 12:00 to check it out! It should be an exciting afternoon.

The B Grade Grand Final is at 12:00 followed by A Grade at 1:30.

Also this year, as our annual Grand Final donation, Maitland Hockey Inc is donating to the Cancer Council in support of our players and their families who have been impacted by cancer.

Every dollar to the Cancer Council goes towards cancer research, support services, prevention programs and advocacy and if you’d also like to contribute, we will have donation buckets at the field on Saturday for any cash donations or you can also donate via the Hornets team Hockey Sisters QR code below.

The Junior Carnival is on this Sunday with games kicking off at 8:00 for the U13’s and U16’s and at 9:00 for the U10’s.

See the draw for each age group below:

There will also be our usual full BBQ operating throughout the day, which is always very popular – including tasty sausage and rissole sandwiches/buns, bacon & egg rolls, etc, while the Canteen will be serving pies, sausage rolls, hot dogs, hot chips, toasted sandwiches as well as hot and cold drinks. No-one will go hungry, that’s for sure!

Volunteers are needed to help out at Maitland’s Junior Carnival 18th August!

Please take a look and let us know if you can help by filling in this form:

https://forms.gle/tLQnwxZndjQEU1g1A

There are lots of ways you can help make this Carnival a success!

Congratulations to our Maitland ladies in the NSW O70’s side that won GOLD at the Nationals over the weekend, defeating VIC 1-0 in the Final!

A reminder that National NAIDOC Week will be celebrated across Australia next week 7^th to 14^th July to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Maitland Hockey Inc will recognise NAIDOC Week and the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to hockey and to our Community during this Saturday’s competition, 6^th July, with an Acknowledgement of Country prior to each game.

Check out some other ideas below and at https://www.naidoc.org.au/ on how you can support NAIDOC Week this year.

We are now half-way through the Women’s season and the Hornets are top of the ladder, with a 100% win ratio, followed by Rustlers, Rams and Scorchers. It should be an exciting finish to see who ends up in the final top 4 of the Women’s A grade competition.

Live updates of the point score can be found on our website at: https://www.revolutionise.com.au/mhockey/pointscore/17790/13531

This year’s winning NAIDOC Poster ‘Urapun Muy’ will be displayed at the Maitland Hockey Centre on Saturday 6th July and throughout the following NAIDOC Week as we take this opportunity to recognise the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to hockey in Maitland and the Hunter as well as in our wider Community.

As a bit of background, the National NAIDOC Week Poster Competition has been running since 1967 and each year encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists aged 16 years and over to submit their artwork reflecting that year’s theme. This year’s poster, by Samuawgadhalgal artist Deb Belyea, is entitled ‘Urapun Muy’ (from the Kalaw Kawaw Ya dialect of the Top Western Islands of the Torres Strait) and means ‘One Fire’.

Reflecting this year’s theme, ‘Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud’, it represents the shared fire of passion for the oldest living culture in the world and the sharing of cultural knowledge from one generation to the next.

Further information about NAIDOC can be found at: https://www.naidoc.org.au/

Maitland Hockey Inc will recognise NAIDOC Week on Saturday 6th July with an Acknowledgement of Country prior to each game.

We are very pleased to announce that MHI has received a Glencore Junior Sports Grant to hold a 2-day Hockey 5’s carnival!

Planned for preseason 2025, this will be a key event to promote and grow our junior competition by kicking off with a fun way to further develop those core skills.

Stay tuned for further updates as we now start the planning!