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Welcome to the internet site of the Newcastle Veterans Hockey Association. Newcastle, New South Wales, is located on the east coast of Australia, approximately 160kms north of Sydney. It was founded in 1797 and is Australia's sixth largest city and is home to the second biggest port in Australia. Novacastrians appreciate the many advantages of living in this seaside city - a magnificent temperate climate, superb beaches, industry, a large university, only thirty minutes drive from the world famous Hunter Valley wineries and only ninety minutes away from the bustle of Sydney. The climate is so good that every sporting activity can be played throughout the year, and Field Hockey is one such sport. The Newcastle Veterans Hockey Association(NVHA) conducts two competitions - a club championship competition from 1st April to 6th October and a summer competition from 26th October to 31st March. Veterens Hockey caters for players aged 40 and over. A seperate womens veterans competition is also run during summer for players over 35. The NVHA fields representative teams in the annual NSW State Championships in three age groups- over 50, over 45 and over 40. Teams come from throught NSW to compete. At the end of the tournament, a NSW state representative team is chosen to compete in the Australian Veterans Hockey Championships. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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OVER 45 NSW CHAMPIONSHIPS-LISMORE MAY 21,22,23 The NVHA selectors have announced the teams to represent Newcastle at the State Titles. NO.1 TEAM - G O'Brien, I Yates, W Tagget, K Coleman, S Preece, A Probert, A Sweeney, S Moane(vc), J Hayes, V Moult, D McNally, W Adamson, P Sweeney(c). Mgr/ump- D Sweeney. NO.2 TEAM - S Hart, S Churches(c), J Gillespie, M Carey, G Patteson, P Leslie, J Lawrence, J Dohmen, B Nowak(vc), J Abbott, B Stanborough, B McPhie, A Whitaker, D Christensen Mgr/ump- B Hawke. OVER 40 NSW CHAMPIONSHIPS-WAGGA WAGGA JUNE 18,19,20 The NVHA selectors have announced the following teams to represent Newcastle. NO.1 TEAM - M Finch, K Sweeney, G Kay(vc), B Stanbury, D Sweeney, S Preece, A Sweeney, R Brown, I Manners, K Noack, K Beckett, P Germon, P Sweeney(c). Reserves- D Birt, B McKinnon. NO.2 TEAM - C Ford, W Tagget, T Mayers, A Probert, J Kuczynski, C Davies, J McDonald(vc), P Judd(c), R Gajewski, D Birt, B McKinnon, J Walshe, P Adair. NO.3 TEAM - K Fleming, J Gillespie(vc), J Hayes(c), S Hart, B Nowak, J Lawrence, P Leslie, R Brazel, P Mathews, P Clements, W Muir, D Withers, R Declerk. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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