Life Members
These are individuals who have contributed greatly to shape the history and present day of the Altona Hockey Club over our 90 year plus history.
J.K.Grant
L.Fleming
J.Studley
W.Smith
K.O’Shannessey
F.T.Ranger
P.Challis
E.Phillips
A.Roadley
B.Smith
I.Bartlett
K.Symons
M.Brennan
K.Roadley
R.Stewart
V.Smith
R.J.Ford
C.Turner
D.Smith
C.Brennan
P.Byrne
J.Bartlett
B.Forrester
P.Shields
P.Symons
M.Burgess
D.Burns
Life Members at our 90th Anniversary function in April 2022.
From L-R: Merryn Brennan, Frank Ranger, Brian Smith, David Burns, Carmel Brennan, Peter Byrne, Paddy Shields, Morris Burgess and Karen Symons.
Life Member Induction Speeches by Carmel Brennan & Ian Bartlett
The 2021 Presentation Night was held virtually due to Covid Lockdown, one of the highlights of the evening was the Life Member Induction of Merryn Brennan, Karen Symons, Morris Burgess and Peter Symons, our first Life Member Inductions in over ten years.
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Read on below for all of the news from the Altona Hockey Club.
Greg Drake appointed Women’s USA National Team Assistant Coach
Greg Drake appointed Women's USA National Team Assistant Coach Congratulations to Greg Drake who has been appointed the USA Field Hockey Women's Assistant Coach. Since finishing his distinguished playing career and long stints as both the Men's Premier League and...
Vale Ross Ford
Vale Ross Ford 27th December, 2020Just prior to Christmas we had some very sad news that Ross Ford, much-loved member of the AHC since 1961 has passed away. Our sincere condolences to the entire Ford family. We wanted to take this opportunity to share some memories of...
2020 Locked Down Trivia Night!
2020 Locked Down Trivia Night!We are coming to the end of lockdown in Melbourne (hopefully!), and Locked Down Trivia have been running all through lockdown and coming to the end of their season.The AHC Trivia Night is normally one of our biggest nights of...
2020 Winter Season Cancelled
2020 Winter Season Cancelled Hi to all members, I’m sure many of you have already heard that Hockey Victoria have confirmed that the 2020 winter season has been officially cancelled for all teams. It’s not the news we wanted, and a shame that we cannot get...
AHC Isolation Challenge
AHC Isolation Challenge Sport as we know it is off the cards for a little while, so we want to make sure that you can still practice your skills and have some fun at home. We want everyone to join in, so send a video or else tag us on Instagram @altonahc...
Vale Norm Hunter
Vale Norm Hunter January 2, 2020 It is with sadness that we announce that Norm Hunter passed away late in 2019. Norm was a longstanding member of the club, including as captain of the pictured 1960 B Grade Premiership team including Life Members John Bartlett, Cyril...
Altona celebrates inaugural Pride Cup
Altona celebrates inaugural Pride Cup On Sunday the Altona Hockey Club hosted its inaugural Pride Cup to celebrate inclusivity and acceptance of the LGBTQI community as they faced Southern United in crucial Premier League clashes. The Men and Women played in an...
Summer Hockey for Juniors at Altona
Check out all of the details below for a free come & try day for Hookin2Hockey as well as the Junior Summer Series running throughout February! Contact [email protected] if you have any questions, or we'll see you down at the club soon - all...
Premier League Coaching in 2019
At the conclusion of the 2018 season, both Greg Drake and Ben Newell stepped down from their respective roles as the Women's and Men's Premier League coaches. Tracey Drake is also stepping down from her role as Assistant. Greg has been in charge of the women for 5...
Danni Schubach selected in historic Victorian Vipers All-Star Team
Danni Schubach selected in historic Victorian Vipers All-Star TeamDanielle Schubach has been recognised by Hockey Victoria as one of the best Victorian Vipers players in their 26 year history, selected in the midfield in an absolutely star-studded line-up for the...
Come & Try, Hookin2Hockey and Summer Games
SUMMER STICK2HOCKEY PROGRAM Small games and activities for under 8 and under 10 players Thursday Nights from 6:00 to 7:00pm at the Altona Hockey Club *COME & TRY 18TH OCTOBER, 2018* Dates: 25th of October to 13th of December, 2018 New and existing players...
Junior Intra-Club Games & Training for 2018
Junior training is underway from the 9th of April! Apologies for the delay, the pitch is now completely fixed and ready for a big season with full details on training times listed below. Coming up this Friday night and Saturday morning is the Junior Intra-Club Cup:...