University of Western Australia Hockey Club
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| Founded | 1924 |
| Home arena | University Sports Park |
| Colours | Green, blue and gold |
| Website | http://uwahockey.org.au/ |
The University of Western Australia Hockey Club (UWAHC), is represented in every level of competition within Hockey WA which includes the top Men’s and Women’s Division, the Men’s Wizard Cup and the Women’s Wizard League competitions in Western Australia. It was formed in 1924 to cater for students at The University of Western Australia who wanted to play field hockey.
The University of WA Hockey Club (UWAHC) is one of the largest hockey clubs in Western Australia with over 400 members in men’s, women’s and junior teams. Along with being one of the largest clubs in WA it is one of the strongest clubs in competition, with a majority of the teams annually reaching finals. The recent decade has seen the UWAHC accomplish outstanding levels of success.
The club is located at the University Sports Park, McGillivray Oval, McGillivray Road off Brockway Road, Mt Claremont, behind HBF Stadium (Perth Superdrome). The fields are a 10 minutes drive from the UWA.
First Grade Champions (10): 1945, 1947, 1949, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007
The Fairest & Best Award is awarded to the player who receives the most votes from the Hockey WA Olympians Medal (Men’s First Division).
The HK Smith Players Player Award is awarded to the player who receives the most votes from his teammates (First Division).
The Peter Sims Award is awarded to the Best player Under the age of 21 (First Division).
The Danny Dunn Award is awarded For the best first year player.
The University of Western Australia competes in InterVarsity Hockey against other Western Australian Universities at the Western University Games Series (run by Tertiary Sports WA, or TSWA) and against other Australian Universities at the Australian University Games for the Syme Cup.
The University of Western Australia has won the Syme Cup a total of 16 times. The club sent their first Men's team to the 1934 InterVarsity Hockey which was held in Adelaide, SA and won by The University of Melbourne (MUHC), and won their first Syme Cup in 1946 when the carnival was held in Perth, WA.
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