Sutherland Shire Women's Hockey Association Inc
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SUTHERLAND SHIRE WOMEN’S HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC. LIFE MEMBERS MRS OLIVE WATKINS (Dec) MRS EDNA MESSER MRS DOT SYMONDS MISS WENDY WEIR MRS JOAN STILGOE MRS SANDRA FENTON MRS PATRICIA WADE MISS TERESA CLEWS MRS CAROL HARRISS MRS SYLVIA BRENNAN MR LAWRIE DALY Ms HEATHER SUTHERLAND 2011 BOARD MEMBERS PRESIDENT TERESA CLEWS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT CAROL HARRISS VICE PRESIDENT HEATHER SUTHERLAND SECRETARY CAROL HARRISS (from 16/3/11) TREASURER SYLVIA BRENNAN ASSISTANT SECRETARY JANELLE RUSSELL (resigned 16/2/11) CAROL HARRISS (from 16/2/11) ASSISTANT TREASURER VACANT 2011 CONVENORS REGISTRAR & POINT SCORE FRANK CRAWFORD FIXTURES JANICE TULLY GRADING BRAD FUSSELL JUNIORS VACANT JUDICIARY JANICE TULLY PUBLICITY ALLEN KAVANAGH SELECTION WENDY CHALLAND REPRESENTATIVES JULIANNE CLIFT UMPIRES HEATHER SUTHERLAND (Acting) BRAD FUSSELL, WAYNE SOUTHWELL, GLEN SELECTION COMMITTEE HORSLEY, SHAUNAGH CORFIELD, KAREN SOUTHWELL AFFILIATED CLUBS CRONULLA RSL EDDIE JONES 9524 9655 DANEBANK SCHOOL ROBYN ACKLAND ST JOHN BOSCO YOUTH CENTRE, ENGADINE ROBYN BRADY 9520 0108 SHARKS SARAH HUNT SUTHO BLUES MAGS NOY 0409 224 623 SYDNEY GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BILL CLEMENTS 9662 6480 TARTANS ALLEN KAVANAGH 9540 1006 SEACLIFF KIRALIE ALLAN 4294 2243 PRESIDENT’S REPORT I would like to thank all Board Members for their support and hard work throughout the season. Without your dedication we would not be able to run a competition. This has been one of the most difficult years for our Board, as we enter a new era for our Association whereby we will move some time in 2012 to our new Hockey complex at Greenhills. This new complex will consist of two water-based turfs and a new club house, which will enable our Association to continue to survive and grow Hockey in the Shire. It is important to thank the Turf committee for all their hard work and dedication, and for constantly giving up their time to attend meetings with the Council and other bodies. To Brad, Mick and Bernie we thank you. We also must say thank you to our Treasurer Sylvia Brennan, who has decided to retire after seventeen years doing the Treasurer’s job. Sylvia has put in a fantastic effort over these years and on behalf of the whole Association we thank you for your dedication. I would like to congratulate all players who represented our Association at Metro (SWHL), Veterans (SWHL) and State, and underage State Championships. To our Under 15 team we congratulate you on making the finals. To be able to field all of these teams takes a lot of hard work and dedication by a number of Coaches, Managers and Umpires. This year we again entered three open teams in the Sydney Women’s Hockey League. Our number one team was promoted to second division after being minor premiers in third division in 2010. This was a lot stronger competition for our players, and hopefully they will have learnt a lot and be stronger in 2012. Congratulations to the three coaches Wayne, Karen and Lynne and to all the Managers. To the three Veterans teams who played in the State Championships congratulations to all the players. All three teams made the semis, one team went on to win their division, and one team went on to be runners-up - well done ladies. Congratulations to all teams that made our Association Semis, Finals, and Grand Finals and to the eventual winners, well done. As most of you are aware the combined First Grade competition (SEPL) will no longer exist in 2012. We are endeavouring to arrange a new competition with Campbelltown. I would like to thank those people who served on the SEPL committee. Next year will still be a difficult year for the incoming Board as we come closer to moving to our new hockey complex, and making this viable for all of our players. We can only achieve the end results if we have the support of all our players and club officials. HNSW are still looking at making changes in 2012, but as yet we do not know how, or whether, such changes may impact on our Association. We need to continue to look at ways to increase our numbers both in juniors and seniors. We will continue to look at this and hopefully will achieve success. Once again thank you to all Board members and volunteers who helped make the season a success. Remember hockey should be about FUN, FRIENDSHIP AND FRATERNITY I hope you all have a great Christmas and New Year – keep safe. See you all next year. Teresa Clews President CLUB COMPETITIONS Competition was conducted across four grades of Seniors, four of Juniors, one of Modified (Sevens) and two non-competitive grades of Sevens and Minkey. The Senior 1st Grade was the South East Premier League managed in conjunction with Eastern Districts Women's Hockey Association. All Senior Grades were administered through the Fixtures Committee as were the Junior Grades, as there was no Junior Convenor. The 2nd Grade Senior competition was played primarily on turf at Sutherland and at Kyeemagh, although occasional games were also at Moorebank due to the shortage of available Turf fields throughout the district. The 3rd and 4th Grade played some of their games on the Sutherland turf but the majority were played at Jenola, on the grass. In addition, due to low team numbers in both 3rd and 4th Grade, the bulk of their competition was combined, being split at the end for the finals series. Season Honours Grade Premiers Runners-up Premier League Sutherland 1 (Arangas) * Sutherland 2 (Blues) Senior 2nd Grade Bosco Beavers * SuthoBlues Wildcats Senior 3rd Grade Tartans Tarts * RSL Vixens Senior 4th Grade Bosco Barracudas * SuthoBlues Blue Jags * Denotes Minor Premiers South East Premier League – SEPL Season 2011 saw the fourth year of the ‘South East Premier League’, SEPL competition, the joint venture of a combined 1st grade competition with our neighbouring association, EDWHA. SEPL continued in 2011 to be a very high standard, 8 team 1st grade competition played on a Saturday afternoon. Five of the SEPL teams were SSWHA based, Sutho Blues (2 teams), Cronulla RSL, Sharks and Seacliff. The SSWHA based teams showed their strength in the competition, with both Major semi final spots going to SSWHA teams and ultimately it was a grand final played between two SSWHA based teams as well. The Grand Final was fought out between both Sutherland (1) and Sutherland (2), which showed the strength and dominance of the local Club. Sutherland (1) took out the title comfortably, winning 7-1, a fitting end for the Minor Premiers and form team of the season. The bringing together of two separate Associations with two different sets of rules, ideas and expectations is not without challenges, and unfortunately this season has seen SEPL discontinued for the time being. This comes as a big disappointment to all the Clubs involved as the competition itself was highly regarded amongst the Clubs and players, and ultimately it will be the players who miss out. Thanks must go to the SEPL Committee, made up of two officials each from SSHWA (Susie Wiggins and Alison Banks) and EDWHA (Briony Nilan and Tanya Arathoon) for their tireless work and dedication to running SEPL, in at times difficult circumstances. SEPL Final Pointscore Team Plyed Won Drwn Lost Bye For Agnst Diff Points Rank Sutherland 1 (Arangas) 16 14 1 1 0 64 13 51 43 1 Sutherland 2 (Blues) 16 11 1 4 0 49 27 22 34 2 St George 1 16 8 3 5 0 33 38 -5 27 3 UNSW 1 16 6 4 6 0 20 17 3 22 4 RSL 1 16 5 3 8 0 18 25 -7 18 5 Sharks 1 16 5 2 9 0 25 35 -10 17 6 Seacliff 1 16 5 1 10 0 24 46 -22 13* 7 Easts 1 16 0 5 11 0 2 34 -32 4 * 8 Semi-Finals, Preliminary Finals and Grand Final Results Major Semi Final Minor Semi Final Preliminary Final Grand Final Sutherland (1) 6 St George 3 Sutherland (2) 3 Sutherland (1) 7 defeated defeated defeated defeated Sutherland (2) 0 UNSW 0 St George 2 Sutherland (2) 1 Grand Final winners Sutherland 1 Second Grade Seniors This competition was slightly smaller than previous years with only 7 teams, played entirely on turf, but was still very competitive, with any team capable of an upset win on any particular week. During the course of the season Bosco Beavers proved they were far more consistent, taking out the minor premiership, with RSL Rockettes slotting into second place and then a group of four teams that were continually swapping positions. For the second year, the composition of the finals was not determined until the completion of the final round. The semi-finals were tough matches, with the results similar to the rest of the season, in that Bosco proved too strong for RSL, but SuthoBlues upsetting Seacliff, in normal time. The Preliminary Final was an upset with SuthoBlues stepping up another level to compete with RSL, and then using their loss in extra-time the previous year to fight through to a win this year and a position in the Grand-final. The Grand-final was a tight game between the minor premiers and the fourth placed team, but there was really little between them. Bosco did get off to a good start and held a slim lead during most of the game, to take out a much deserved Premiership. Senior Second Grade Table P W D Forfeit L Bye F A Points Adj Bosco Beavers 15 12 1 - 2 3 50 16 40 48.00 RSL Rockettes 15 9 3 - 3 3 26 24 36 43.20 Seacliff 2 15 7 1 - 7 3 42 37 30 36.00 SB Wildcats 16 5 6 - 5 2 39 40 32 36.00 SB Cougars 16 6 3 - 7 2 33 25 31 34.88 Sharks 2 16 3 5 1 7 2 20 32 23* 25.88 Tartans 2 15 1 1 - 13 3 12 48 18 21.60 * -3 point penalty Major Semi Final: Bosco Beavers (3) beat RSL Rockettes (0) Minor Semi Final: SuthoBlues Wildcats (3) beat Seacliff 2 (2) Final: SuthoBlues Wildcats (2) beat RSL Rockettes (1) (Extra Time) Grand Final: Bosco Beavers (2) beat SuthoBlues Wildcats (1) Combined Third/Fourth Grade Seniors This grade originally started with four teams in 3rd Grade and four teams in 4th Grade, but the withdrawal of the 4th Grade Sharks team in the 1st Round forced this to be a combined competition.