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West Devonport Hockey Club

Locality: Devonport, Tasmania

Address: William St 7310 Devonport, TAS, Australia

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25.01.2022 PHOTOS OF THE ROUND This week we have our best photos from the Coastal Division 2 women preliminary final where West Devonport Green took on West Devonport Red. These photos were taken by Jenna King and The Davey Family.

25.01.2022 WHAT A NIGHT! The West Devonport Hockey Club hosted its 73rd Annual Dinner and Trophy Presentation last night at the Thai Imperial at Latrobe. The night crowned individual performances across all grades and club awards but the highlights were the awarding of Life Memberships Mathew Baxter and Doug Clark.... Award winners Life Memberships: Mathew Baxter, Doug Clark Bruce Peters Medal: Jodie Clark Nipper Walters Trophy: Jodie Thow John Baxter Memorial: Lucy Withers, Robert Chant Colin Emmett Trophy: Amelia Williams Tas Fire Doors Trophy: Alexander Walters David Saunders Goal Keeping Trophy: Zack King Gerard Bell Incentive Trophy: Noah Purton Shearwater Mechanical and Tyre Award: Jessie Gibson Mary Peters Encouragement Trophy: Lauren Chant Adrian Mallinson Memorial Trophy: Maklyn Jones Photo of the Year: Isaac McLeod GNLW Best and Fairest: Sammy Lawrence GNLW Coaches Award: Morgan West GNLM Best and Fairest: Zack King GNLM Coaches Award: Charlie Clark Div 2 Women Red Best and Fairest: Brielle Geard Div 2 Women Red Coaches Award: Louise McConachie Div 2 Women Green Best and Fairest: Suzanne Gibson Div 2 Women Green Coaches Award: Kadie Purton Div 2 Men Best and Fairest: Matty Brydon Div 2 Men Coaches Award: Jonah Evans Under 17 Best and Fairest: Mitchell Saunders Under 17 Coaches Award: Toby Purton, Zoe Last Under 13 Best and Fairest: Molly Davey Under 13 Coaches Award: Jack Novaski Male Goal Scorer: Noah Purton, Hayden Davey Female Goal Scorer: Molly Davey WDHC Congratulates all, very deserving, award winners. A special public thank you to Narelle Davey, Wayne and Sandra Hobson, Ali Last, Jenna King and Jodie Clark for their brilliant behind the scenes work that enabled 100 odd of us to enjoy a great night. Bring on 2021. #WestIsBest

25.01.2022 Well Done to our club representatives from West Devonport who are representing Tasmania in the upcoming master games, awesome work to see so many people from our club West is Best Sarah Gray Angela McAuliffe Emmalee Purton... Lucy Withers Ian Clarquinn Wayne Hobson See more

24.01.2022 Just a reminder RSVP’s for dinner are due tomorrow, if you haven’t let me know, please do as soon as possible Happy Friday everyone have a great day

24.01.2022 Good Luck to our Division Two Womens team taking on the old enemy in the Grand Final on Sunday. 11am at Meercroft sounds like a great way to spend a lazy Sunday morning supporting the girls! #WestIsBest #GoDragons #FinalsHockey

23.01.2022 The West Devonport Hockey Club held is Annual General Meeting last night. Election of office bearers Patrons: Nick King and Colin Emmett President: Narelle Davey... Vice President: Will Braid Secretary: Jodie Thow Treasurer: Jodie Clark General Committee: Doug Clark, Sarah Gray, Lisa King, Zac King, Anthony King, Caitlyn French, Andrew French, Morgan West, Jacinta Rennie. Meercroft Park Reps: Narelle Davey and Wayne Hobson NW Hockey Reps: Narelle Davey, Will Braid and Damon Last Officiating Rep: Annette Saunders Public Officer: Annette Saunders Of note, The WDHC Committee thank Paul Yeates, Annette Saunders, Jye Dodt, Ali Last and Ella Bishop for their service in 2020. Wayne Hobson will continue is his important role of statistician. The WDHC Committee thanks all those who attended last night, it was a big turnout, and now gets ready to roll up the sleeves ready for 2021. #WestIsBest

23.01.2022 HOODIES!!!! We have West Devonport Hockey Club hoodies on sale. $40 each, check out the design and sizing chart.... We have gone with the traditional colours and thank Charlie Eastoe and Brett Geeves at VM Cricket for making it all happen. Get our orders into [email protected] early so we can be kitted out before the season starts. It's soon!

23.01.2022 SUMMER HOCKEY ROSTER -

22.01.2022 West Devonport Hockey Club is proud to announce it has signed a new coach for the 2021 Greater Northern Mens Hockey League season. With an impressive representative coaching resume including multiple indoor hockey coaching appointments and as head coach of the Tasmanian under 15 outdoor team in 2019, Nathan Dart has will take up the position with the hope to make the Dragons more competitive next season. Dart is excited by the prospect of taking the Dragons up the ladder.... It’s something new for me, Dart said. I haven’t done GNL for a while and it’s a great challenge. The platform the club has set over the last year or two is something great to work with in terms of past coaches and from my belief the culture is better than most in the GNL. West Devonport’s men had a torrid season last year in the Greater Northern League, scoring its only goal in the final match of the year against Burnie Baptist, something Dart hopes to improve on. I build my coaching around defence first, he said. So for me it’s working on that platform, from there trying to allow the team to get itself out of defence and into a good attacking positions. It’s about setting up our defensive network. Everyone can score goals but it’s how we get into that attacking opportunity. West Devonport has a band of talented junior boys coming through and the opportunity to work with them was a drawcard for Dart. From a junior perspective, fantastic, Dart said. They make a good percentage of up and coming juniors in the GNL and knowing that West Devonport is so keen to develop the club from grass roots up, I’m so happy to work with juniors to that end. Dart’s philosophy on coaching will be tested but West Devonport believe he is up for the challenge. West Devonport hopes to announce a Greater Northern Womens coach in the coming weeks as well as a division two and three leaders.

22.01.2022 Meet our new State Reps Molly Davey, Hayden Davey and Noah Purton. These three have been selected to represent Tasmania in Bathurst next year with the under 15 teams. #WestIsBest #Haydo #Noah #Molly #StateReps

21.01.2022 https://www.theadvocate.com.au//one-final-surprise-for-s/

21.01.2022 GO DRAGONS #westisbest

20.01.2022 Training times announced! We have locked in our training times for this season. Men - Thursday 6-8 starting Feb 25th... Women - Thursday 6-8 starting Feb 25th GNLW Extra - Monday 7-8 starting Feb 22nd Juniors - Monday 6-7 starting Feb 22nd If you are interested in a game and have not signed up yet, contact [email protected] for more information.

19.01.2022 Just a quick couple of updates from Monday night’s board meeting; The board attended, via ZOOM, a session on Safe Hockey Education, they went through the new ...Safe Hockey Framework, which can we found on the HA website. In the coming months this training will be delivered to all clubs across the country, I will advise when available, we will also cover this important subject at our annual members meeting. The board welcomed new Director - Lucy Byrne, a short bio as follows: o Lucy Byrne is a community and health professional and a leader in her field. o Lucy has a strong connection with community, and prioritises meaningful consultation and collaboration. Ensuring that the views and opinions of members of the community are heard and acted upon has been the hallmark of Lucy’s career to date. o As a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Lucy acts with integrity, has the ability to think critically, focuses strategically and is often praised for her communication style. Lucy has been published in peer reviewed literature and presented her research at international conferences and represents community on numerous boards and committees across Tasmania. o Lucy has spent almost 20 years as a public servant with local government, state government and the university in various roles focusing on health improvement, but is now a small business owner of a company called Healthy Tasmania which works to improve social, economic and health outcomes for Tasmanians. o Lucy was recently awarded the inaugural ‘Health Entrepreneur Award’ in the 2018 Launceston Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards for the work of her company Healthy Tasmania. Annual Members Meeting is now confirmed, I will send you all a meeting request; Saturday 7 November Grange: Campbelltown 11am-4pm (morning tea & lunch provided) the draft agenda as follows: o Participation: deep dive into our current numbers and challenges next year and beyond (Damian) o Infrastructure discussion (Wayne & Glenn) o Culture external facilitator (with assistance from Lucy & Nic) o Safe Hockey Framework (Ken) o Big ideas/ opportunities (Brett & Damian) o Any other business

19.01.2022 SAVE THE DATE - ANNUAL DINNER - Date has changed to 17th October!!! Our annual dinner will be held on Saturday night 17th October at Thai imperial cafe (Axema...ns Hall of fame) due to a lot of places having COVID limits this is good for 210 people to attend Further details to follow soon See more

19.01.2022 It’s a beautiful day to get along to some hockey games today and support the Div 2 girls in their first round of finals. West Green play at 11am against Devonpo...rt Blue in an elimination match and West Red play at 1pm against Devonport Orange the winner of this round will go straight to the grand final in a fortnight’s time. Good luck to both teams for today. GO DRAGONS See more

18.01.2022 Good luck to our Dragons of the future taking part in the Hockey Tasmania June Long Weekend tournament in Launceston starting tomorrow. The following players were either selected to represent the North West or are helping out our Northern friends. U13 Girls... Zara Braid, Molly Davey, Alexis Purton U13 Boys Stirling Braid, Ziggy Clark, Bryce Evans U15 Girls Zoe Last, Olivia Yeates U15 Boys Charlie Clark, Hayden Davey, Noah Purton, Toby Purton, Jonah Evans, Ryan Brown U18 Girls Georgia Baxter, Chelsea Webb, Sam Sefton, Kadie Purton Staff Madi Clark - U13 Girls coach John Trueman - U13 Girls assistant coach Narelle Davey - Convenor, U13 Girls manager and U15 Boys manager. Isaac McLeod - Umpire #WestIsBest #FutureDragons #JLW21

18.01.2022 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING All members are requested to attend the Annual General Meeting of the West Devonport Hockey Club Inc. This will be held on Monday, 9th November, 2020 7:30pm at the Meercroft Park Hockey Centre, Bluff Road, Devonport.... We need as many members as possible to attend, and to consider taking up positions thus ensuring that the Club remains successful both on and off the field. AGENDA: Apologies Minutes of the Previous A.G.M Presidents Report Treasurers Report and Balance Sheet Election of Office Bearers for the season: - Patron - President - Vice President - Secretary - Treasurer - Umpiring Committee - Auxiliary Committee Members General Business It is essential that we try and get new people involved in this Committee, so even if you are not sure please come along and get involved.

18.01.2022 Oh we are close! Discussions are progressing really well with a potential new mens senior coach. Watch this space for an announcement soon!... #WestIsBest #AnnouncementSoon

16.01.2022 STATE SELECTION NEWS! Season 2021 is still a while off but West Devonport Hockey Club already has reason to celebrate with three players selected in the Tasmanian Under 15 teams to play in Bathurst in April. Tasmania Under 15 Boys... Hayden Davey and Noah Purton Tasmania Under 15 Girls Molly Davey This will be Hayden’s third carnival in state colours, a second for Molly while Noah will debut for the State. West Devonport is proud to have such a strong junior program and we congratulate Haydo, Noah and Molly on their selection. Keep up the good work you three and we can’t wait to see you in the green and red next season and a rep strip in April. Keep an eye out for a live on Tuesday night (8th) about 7:45 as we chat to these up and coming stars. #WestIsBest #StateReps #Haydo #Noah #Molly

16.01.2022 SOCIAL SUMMER HOCKEY ROSTER 2020/21 Social Summer hockey will start in Devonport on Tuesday nights from 27th October it will run for 8 weeks before a Chris...tmas break and then kick off again for another 4 weeks in February. If you are keen to get a team together please fill out the attached sheet and email back to [email protected] or PM me a photo. Team entries need to be back by 20th October. Please remember this is a social and fun roster to keep up some skills during the off season and everyone is welcome Cost is $5 per week/ $30 per team - 6 per side minimum. Any questions let me know. Thanks Narelle See more

15.01.2022 West Devonport Hockey Club is proud to announce two more pieces to its coaching jigsaw. Newly inducted Life Member Mathew Baxter will continue in his role as under 17 coach. Matt has been at the helm of this group for a few years, leading the team to finals last year. A dedicated coach teaching his team the West Devonport way, Matt will be looking to build on last year as he educates our young players to get them ready for senior hockey.... Good luck Matt! Will Braid will lead the under 13 team for a third year with big things hoped for from the legends. The under 13s have played in finals the last two seasons and 2021 shapes as a big year as Will drills in the basics skills that hopefully take them forward and into higher level hockey over the next few seasons. Go well Bill! If you know a junior looking for a game, there is a home for them at West Devonport. To find out more please email [email protected] More coaching announcements will be made in the coming weeks as we lock in our leaders for a massive 2021. #WestIsBest

14.01.2022 FINALS TIME for the Greater Northern League women against City Marians Hockey Club Might not be a great day for fishing but it's perfect to head to McKenna Park and watch our ladies try and book a place in the big dance! #WestIsBest

13.01.2022 Don’t forget to get along and support the Div 2 west girls - GREEN vs RED tomorrow at 11am, we know one thing is a certain!!! West will WIN

13.01.2022 Photo of the Year was a new thing this year for WDHC. We had hundreds of photos enter the competition and narrowing it down was a challenge. Finalists were Paul Yeates, Isaac McLeod and Jenna King. Special mention to the Davey Family who took countless shots. The winning photo was this one. Isaac McLeod took this photo of Mitch Saunders and Charlie Clark in the under 17s setting up for a PC. For the record, it was a goal against the other Devonport based club. It captures to ...concentration on both lads, the fatigue also and the importance of having strong on field leaders in key moments. Congratulations Isaac #WestisBest

13.01.2022 ANNUAL DINNER - Just a reminder Annual Dinner payments are now due :-) BSB - 067402 Account - 28028310 Looking forward to a great night

13.01.2022 West Devonport Hockey Club congratulates Mathew Baxter and Doug Clark on being awarded Life Membership. Interviews were conducted as part of an oral history project and the Life Membership presentation. These interviews are available here https://www.creativebillmedia.com.au//tell-your-story-ep-3... You can hear what the club means to five life members with more to come over the following weeks. #WestIsBest

13.01.2022 West Devonport Hockey Club is calling for expressions of interest for coaching positions in all grades. Proudly fielding teams in the Greater Northern League Men and Women, Division Two Men and Women and underage sides, the Dragons are looking for coaches to take their current players to the next level and create a destination club for new players. Please see attachment for more information

12.01.2022 Good luck to our Lady Dragons playing in the state club cup tomorrow. . Go Dragons

12.01.2022 Hi All, Updated Summer roster that goes till December. Thanks Narelle

11.01.2022 It's finals time! Previewing the Greater Northern League Women's Prelim and Div 2 Grand Final is Will Braid and Molly Davey. #WestIsBest #GoDragons #finalshockey

11.01.2022 Get Into Hockey registrations are now open, and every new player that signs up will receive a FREE PLAYING KIT including a stick, ball, shinguards, singlet, and... backpack! Click here to see all programs in your area: https://www.hockeytasmania.com.au/particip/get-into-hockey/ *Smithton opportunity still in the works! Stay tuned! The perfect program for primary school aged kids to learn hockey, Get Into Hockey now also comes with a free starting kit for all new players! Sign up here: https://www.hockeytasmania.com.au/particip/get-into-hockey/

09.01.2022 Please find attached link if you need to register for a casual summer hockey registration

08.01.2022 Don’t forget mid week hockey again this week Our GNL men play in Devonport against Devonport at 6:30pm tomorrow night, get along and cheer them on in what should be a great match. Then our Div 2 men take on South Burnie at 8pm. Get along for some mid week rivalry ... Go Dragons

07.01.2022 PHOTOS OF THE ROUND This weeks photos of the round are from both our Women’s Greater Northern League Preliminarily final in Devonport against Queechy, and the Coastal Division 2 Grand Final in Devonport against Devonport. The GNL women took the win and move on the the grand final taking on City Marian’s in Burnie, and the Div 2 ladies unfortunately lost, however a stellar effort to make it as far as they did never the less!... These photos were taken by: Jenna King & Angeline Drury

06.01.2022 The Canterbury Hockey Club Premier League Men’s side are having a preseason training camp at the Meercroft Park Hockey Centre, Devonport. The side will be hosting a free hockey clinic for juniors who wish to learn some new skills, get keen for a new season or just to have a bit of fun on a Saturday afternoon. It is open to all juniors with free entry from any club. Prior to the clinic the side will be having an intra-club match starting at 12. Kids are able to come along ea...rlier to watch the game. The teams will have current and former Tassie Tigers players including U21 Australian Player Sam McCulloch. Please RSVP by clicking on the link: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSdQsbntoUS9Uqar9/viewform

06.01.2022 Hi All, Please find attached this years Annual Dinner invite. It would be fabulous to see as many players, family members and life members attend to celebrate ...the 2020 season we have had. Thanks Narelle

05.01.2022 OUR NEW CLUB SONG! Introducing the tune that we hope to belt out on a weekly basis across all grades. Cool story about this one, it was written by three of our juniors in Hayden, Molly and Zoe and submitted.... Thanks you to everyone who voted, participated and shared the post in our quest to find our new song. To the GWS tune Well there's a big, big sound From the west of the town It's the sound of the mighty Dragons You feel the ground a-shaking The other teams are quaking In their boots before the Dragons We take the longest strides And the hardest hits We're stronger than the rest We're the mighty West Devonport Dragons We're the biggest and the best And we will never surrender We'll fight until the end We're greater than the rest. https://youtu.be/27XRugei364 #WestIsBest #Dragonvision #DragonsWantASong

05.01.2022 Preliminary Final day tomorrow for the Greater Northern League Women against Queechy Penguins Hockey Club. Get along to Meercroft if you can to support the girls trying to book a place in next week's Grand Final against City Marians . #WestIsBest #GoDragons #FinalsHockey

04.01.2022 PHOTOS OF THE ROUND Another exciting round of hockey for the club over the past weekend. Here are some snaps from our Under 17’s in Burnie on Friday night, our Division 1 men in Devonport on Saturday, and our Coastal Division 2 women’s teams in Devonport on Sunday. Thanks to ur photographers this round;... Jenna King Isaac Mcleod The Davey Family These photos are proudly brought to you by MS Motorsport Media.

04.01.2022 The GNL girls were unlucky today an amazing first half of hockey unfortunately city got a quick goal in the third and then another in the fourth followed by a s...troke in the last 2 minutes to take the score to 3-0. An amazing season. Well Done to you all Great work Sammy Lawrence on taking out the association best and fairest #westisbest See more

03.01.2022 Congratulations Brielle Geard on winning association best and fairest for the Division 2 women

03.01.2022 It's finals time!!!

03.01.2022 Great picture used by the Advocate today

02.01.2022 There's a big, big sound from Dragonland, down from Tiagarra, where the sons of the West are trying to fly up! The Dragonvision Song Contest voting has CLOSED! We will post the winning song tomorrow morning for the whole club to learn. ... Who will sing it first? GNL Men play Devonport on Wednesday night, what better chance to debut the new tune! #WestIsBest #dragonvision #dragonswantasong

02.01.2022 Well Done to all the WDHC players playing in the indoor tournament this weekend. The Under 13’s missed out in the grand final by 1 goal. The open men missed out... on finals. The open women are about to play for top spot and Hayden is also about to play for top spot in under 15’s as well. And a special thanks to coach John Trueman who has coached nearly all our north west teams this weekend Special thanks to Hockey Tasmania for organising a great weekend See more