2024 Australian Development Squad & 2023 Junior World Cup

2024 Australian Development Squad & 2023 Junior World Cup

2024 Australian Development Squad and 2023 Junior World Cup

January 12th, 2024

A huge congratulations to both Cooper Burns and Connar Otterbach who have been selected in the Hockey Australia National Men’s Development Squad for 2024!

The squad consists of 19 players, who are considered the best talent in the country outside of the Kookaburras squad. In the announcement of the Kookaburras squad for 2024, Colin Batch has stated that if required he will select from the Development Squad for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Connar retains his spot in the squad from 2023 with his strong performance for HC Melbourne, while Cooper has been named in the squad for the first time, following on from his performance at the Junior World Cup and with HC Melbourne.

It is not only a great achievement, but a huge opportunity for both players to train with the best in the country and some of the best players in the world at various stages during an Olympic year and continue to improve their hockey.

Cooper Burns - Altona Hockey Club
Connar Otterbach - Altona Hockey Club

Nye Roberts & Cooper Burns at the 2023 Junior World Cup

January 12th, 2024

Well done to Nye Roberts and Cooper Burns who have helped the Australian U21 Burras to a 6th place finish at the Junior World Cup.

They finished the tournament with a narrow 2-1 lose to the Dutch to finish in 6th place, and while they would have loved to finish higher up the rankings, it was an incredible tournament – they narrowly lost the quarter final to eventual finalists the French, and playing the Dutch in the 5 v 6 playoff points to the strength of the tournament. The Australians had a travelling entourage in Malaysia and it was great to see some faces familiar to the AHC in the crowd.

Pictured: Nye and Cooper on the ball, and the 4 Victorians in the Australian team – Liam Henderson, Craig Marais, Cooper Burns and Nye Roberts.

Both players had extremely strong tournaments, if you missed any of the games, they are worth catching up to see the boys performances and some great hockey on: https://watch.hockey/

2023 Altona Hockey Club Annual Report
2023 Altona Hockey Club Annual Report
2023 Altona Hockey Club Annual Report

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100 Goal Milestone for Andrew Scanlon

100 Goal Milestone for Andrew Scanlon

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2021/22 Social Summer Hockey

2021/22 Social Summer Hockey

We have summer hockey back at the AHC from Wednesday December 8th! Mixed senior social hockey with all welcome including older junior players.

2021 Senior Presentation Night

2021 Senior Presentation Night

Despite the 2021 season being cancelled, we decided to go ahead with counting the votes and awarding all 2021 awards based on the partially completed season, watch our Live Streamed Presentation Night.

AHC New Strategic Plan from 2021 – 24

AHC New Strategic Plan from 2021 – 24

In 2021, the Altona Hockey Club Board held multiple sessions through the year to outlay the 2021 – 2024 Strategy. See the outline of the the strategic priorities to take the club forward and grow.

Premier League Coaching in 2024

Premier League Coaching in 2024

Premier League Coaching in 2024

December 12th, 2023

The Altona Hockey Club board is delighted to announce that our 2024 Women’s Premier League Coach will be Danielle Schubach, assisted by Stephanie Young, and our 2024 Men’s Premier League Coach is Greg Drake.

2023 Altona Hockey Club Annual Report

It is fantastic to have Greg returning to Premier League coaching, Many of you will already know Greg well, but for those who do not, a sample of his CV below speaks for itself, and we can’t wait to see what he can achieve with the Men’s Squad.

Greg played 250 State League 1 (PL) games for Altona, playing a key role in our two Premierships and was a Victorian senior side squad member. He has coached our MPL side before, over 10 years ago, and more recently the WPL side. In the time since last coaching MPL, he has coached the Victorian U21s, has won the Australian Hockey League (the predecessor to Hockey One) as a coach of the Victorian Vipers, before moving to coach International hockey as assistant for the Canadian Women, Japan Women, and USA women before also taking over as head coach for Pro-League of the USA Women – and of course taking out the 2023 Women’s Pennant D Premiership as coach.

He will also continue in his role of AHC Club Coach Developer, helping to develop and support our club coaches.

Greg will be supported by Ian Bartlett who is stepping into the Reserves coaching role. Ian is the Premier League games record holder at Altona with 336 games and will bring a wealth of hockey knowledge to the squad.

2023 Altona Hockey Club Annual Report

Danielle and Steph had a great first year coaching the women, finishing the season just outside of finals in 9th place, a marked improvement on the 2022 season result in a highly competitive year. The feedback from the players was overwhelmingly positive and spoke volumes to the work and expertise that Danni and Steph bring to the squad.

2023 Altona Hockey Club Annual Report

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100 Goal Milestone for Andrew Scanlon

100 Goal Milestone for Andrew Scanlon

This past weekend in the Ric Purser Cup against Doncaster, Andrew Scanlon, known affectionately as Goldy, became the 4th player in our history to reach the milestone of 100 Premier League goals behind Darren Duff, Daniel Dawson and Stephanie Young.

2021/22 Social Summer Hockey

2021/22 Social Summer Hockey

We have summer hockey back at the AHC from Wednesday December 8th! Mixed senior social hockey with all welcome including older junior players.

2021 Senior Presentation Night

2021 Senior Presentation Night

Despite the 2021 season being cancelled, we decided to go ahead with counting the votes and awarding all 2021 awards based on the partially completed season, watch our Live Streamed Presentation Night.

AHC New Strategic Plan from 2021 – 24

AHC New Strategic Plan from 2021 – 24

In 2021, the Altona Hockey Club Board held multiple sessions through the year to outlay the 2021 – 2024 Strategy. See the outline of the the strategic priorities to take the club forward and grow.

The New AHC Uniform

The New AHC Uniform

The New AHC Uniform

July 21, 2023

The Altona Hockey Club Uniform

The new playing uniform has arrived!

The Altona Hockey Club playing uniform – modelled here by Premier League captains Bronte Kerley & Andrew Scanlon – is designed to be a modern, inclusive uniform for the whole club. The traditional Royal Blue and Gold of the AHC are prominent in the design, with additional features touching on our heritage.

The uniform features the same design across all Men’s & Women’s pieces, meaning that it can be worn interchangeably at the preference of the player.

Thank you all for your patience, it is now available for everyone who pre-ordered, the uniform shop will be open Thursday from 5.30pm – 8pm. Following the Women’s Premier League shirt presentation last week, the Men’s Premier League squad will be holding a shirt presentation on Thursday evening.

Our Premier League sides will be in the new uniform from this weekend, featuring our Premier Partner Werribee Steel, while the rest of the club has the option to wear either kit until the 2025 season.

For more information, visit: https://www.altonahc.org.au/uniform/

Andrew Scanlon - Altona Hockey Club
Heath McDonald - Altona Hockey Club
Away or Clash Uniform - Altona Hockey Club

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100 Goal Milestone for Andrew Scanlon

100 Goal Milestone for Andrew Scanlon

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2021/22 Social Summer Hockey

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2021 Senior Presentation Night

2021 Senior Presentation Night

Despite the 2021 season being cancelled, we decided to go ahead with counting the votes and awarding all 2021 awards based on the partially completed season, watch our Live Streamed Presentation Night.

AHC New Strategic Plan from 2021 – 24

AHC New Strategic Plan from 2021 – 24

In 2021, the Altona Hockey Club Board held multiple sessions through the year to outlay the 2021 – 2024 Strategy. See the outline of the the strategic priorities to take the club forward and grow.

Celebrating Inaugural AHC Indigenous Round

Celebrating Inaugural AHC Indigenous Round

Celebrating Inaugural AHC Indigenous Round

July 19, 2023

Mark Brown at the Altona Hockey Club Indigenous Round

Thank you to everyone who helped celebrate our Inaugural Indigenous Round this past weekend.

Thank you to Mark Brown from the Bunurong Land Council for the powerful Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony, Aunty Maggie and Manny from the local Balit Gulyna group, and some of our own club members with Indigenous heritage, Barry Briggs, Shaz Briggs and Naish McDonald, who shared in the Yarning Circle, painted artwork and also led Acknowledgement of Country and Medal Presentations.

Altona Hockey Club Women's Premier League

Thank you to everyone who helped celebrate our Inaugural Indigenous Round this past weekend.
Thank you to Mark Brown from the Bunurong Land Council for the powerful Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony, Aunty Maggie and Manny from the local Balit Gulyna group, and some of our own club members with Indigenous heritage, Barry Briggs, Shaz Briggs and Naish McDonald, who shared in the Yarning Circle, painted artwork and also led Acknowledgement of Country and Medal Presentations.

Our Premier League Squads all wore the Indigenous playing tops, with Hawthorn HC joining in an acknowledgement of country before each game, and medal ceremony post-game.

On the pitch, our Premier League men overcame a half-time deficit to win 5-1 thanks to four goals from Cooper Burns and one from Connar Otterbach, while Hawthorn HC were too good in WPL, running away in the last quarter to take the game 0-7.

Thank you to the generous donations of members, and the support of Hobsons Bay City Council, as well as the contribution of the Social & Inclusion committee and all of the playing groups for making the day possible.

We hope you enjoyed the day, and the start of our journey as a club to celebrating and recognising the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Altona Hockey Club Men's Premier League
Mark Brown at the Altona Hockey Club Indigenous Round
Heath McDonald - Altona Hockey Club
Connar Otterbach - Altona Hockey Club
Nye Roberts, Altona Hockey Club
Ainsley Kennedy, Taylah Brennan, Caitlin Arneil, Beth Samson
Altona Hockey Club Indigenous Round

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100 Goal Milestone for Andrew Scanlon

100 Goal Milestone for Andrew Scanlon

This past weekend in the Ric Purser Cup against Doncaster, Andrew Scanlon, known affectionately as Goldy, became the 4th player in our history to reach the milestone of 100 Premier League goals behind Darren Duff, Daniel Dawson and Stephanie Young.

2021/22 Social Summer Hockey

2021/22 Social Summer Hockey

We have summer hockey back at the AHC from Wednesday December 8th! Mixed senior social hockey with all welcome including older junior players.

2021 Senior Presentation Night

2021 Senior Presentation Night

Despite the 2021 season being cancelled, we decided to go ahead with counting the votes and awarding all 2021 awards based on the partially completed season, watch our Live Streamed Presentation Night.

AHC New Strategic Plan from 2021 – 24

AHC New Strategic Plan from 2021 – 24

In 2021, the Altona Hockey Club Board held multiple sessions through the year to outlay the 2021 – 2024 Strategy. See the outline of the the strategic priorities to take the club forward and grow.

2024 Winter Season Key Dates

2024 Winter Season Key Dates

2024 Winter Season Key Dates

April 11, 2024

The 2023 Winter season information, everything from training times, links to fixture, season dates and everything you need to know. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected] – we hope you have a great season! 

JUNIOR SEASON

Starts 5/6th May – Grand Finals 9/10th September

SENIOR SEASON

Starts 15/16th April – Grand Finals 16/17th September

MID-WEEK SEASON

Starts – 24th April – Grand Finals 11th September

All players must be registered with Hockey Victoria prior to playing and AHC membership is due by Round 5 at the lates

Werribee Steel

AHC Membership Fees

To pay fees, visit: shop.altonahc.org.au

2023 HV Fixtures

Key Contacts – The Board

The Altona Hockey Club is a volunteer run club. If you have any questions, or are interested in helping out in any way, please contact the relevant Board member.

Key Policies

The AHC Policies are outline how we operate and how our members are expected to behave on & off the field, how we keep each other safe while playing hockey, and many other elements of our club. 

HV Registration

To register with Hockey Victoria, visit:

Teams & Coaches

Team Coach Training Time
Hookin2Hockey & Stick2Hockey Nicko Myyrylainen Monday 5.30-6.30pm
U10 Girls Lauren Winship Wednesday 5-6pm
U10 Boys Tyeson Hickey Monday 5-6pm
U12 Girls Scott Buckland Wednesday 5.30-6.30pm
U12 Boys Ryan McGraw & Damien Luci Thursday 5.15 – 6.15pm
U14 Girls Jess Brennan & Riely Kenny Wednesday 5.15-6.15pm
U14 Boys Tom Myyrylainen & Harry Simons Tuesday 5.15-6.15pm
U16 Girls Claudia Beamish & Josie Erbsland Tuesday 5.15-6.15pm
U16 Boys Andrew Scanlon Thursday 5.15 – 6.15pm
U18 Mixed Tiff Bartlett Train with Senior teams
Monday Mid-Week Justin Burgess Play Monday Nights
Women’s Pennant & Metro teams Leanne Ivory & Toby Langdon Wednesday 6.30-7.30pm
Men’s Pennant & Metro teams Steve Ritchie & Tim Symons Wednesday 7.30-9pm
Women’s Premier League Reserves Merryn Brennan & Nye Roberts Tuesday 6.30-8pm & Thursday 8-9.30pm
Men’s Premier League Reserves Peter Wroblewski, Ben Guy & Steve McDonald Tuesday 8-9.30pm & Thursday 6.30-8pm
Women’s Premier League Danielle Schubach & Stephanie Young Tuesday 6.30-8pm & Thursday 8-9.30pm
Men’s Premier League Zac Hawes Tuesday 8-9.30pm & Thursday 6.30-8pm

Stay in Touch

The best way to get all of the information from the AHC is via the Weekly Newsletter. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have any news stories or pictures that you would like to share, please send to [email protected]

What we stand for as a club

Our Purpose

Create a safe place for our community to come and always be welcome.

Who we serve

Our present and past members, guests, the sport of hockey and the Hobson’s Bay community.

Our Vision

To lead Victorian hockey in sustainable competition and community engagement.

Our Mission

Amplify our club’s sustainable future success by: Fostering the growth and development of the sport of hockey, by Investing in the ongoing development of our members and our club, and by Inspiring and creating positive community impact.

Our Values

Inclusion, Excellence, Professionalism, Pride, Wellbeing & Spirit.

We are a social, family-friendly sporting club that strives for continual development and improvement in all areas, and support our members and our community. We promote good sportsmanship in a safe environment, and we respond to challenges with positive intent and work together to overcome adversity.

Our Premier Partner in 2023

In 2023 we welcome Werribee Steel as our Premier Partner, thank you to all of our sponsors who support us, and we encourage all members to support our sponsors.

Werribee Steel

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AHC Strategic Project – Seeking Volunteers

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100 Goal Milestone for Andrew Scanlon

100 Goal Milestone for Andrew Scanlon

This past weekend in the Ric Purser Cup against Doncaster, Andrew Scanlon, known affectionately as Goldy, became the 4th player in our history to reach the milestone of 100 Premier League goals behind Darren Duff, Daniel Dawson and Stephanie Young.

2021/22 Social Summer Hockey

2021/22 Social Summer Hockey

We have summer hockey back at the AHC from Wednesday December 8th! Mixed senior social hockey with all welcome including older junior players.

2021 Senior Presentation Night

2021 Senior Presentation Night

Despite the 2021 season being cancelled, we decided to go ahead with counting the votes and awarding all 2021 awards based on the partially completed season, watch our Live Streamed Presentation Night.

AHC New Strategic Plan from 2021 – 24

AHC New Strategic Plan from 2021 – 24

In 2021, the Altona Hockey Club Board held multiple sessions through the year to outlay the 2021 – 2024 Strategy. See the outline of the the strategic priorities to take the club forward and grow.

Introducing…our New Playing Uniform

Introducing…our New Playing Uniform

Introducing…the New AHC Playing Uniform

March 16, 2023

2022 Hookin2Hockey Come & Try Hockey

INTRODUCING…The new Altona Hockey Club Playing Uniform. 

Here for the 2023 season, a lot of work has gone into this new kit that will be available for the whole club.

Apart from a brand new design, the biggest change is a move to give players more options in the uniform that you wear. All pieces feature the same design so any cut or piece can be worn by any player, and on the women’s side players now have the choice of Singlet or Short Sleeve Shirt as their playing top. The idea is to eventually offer Men’s Singlets and Women’s shorts as well, there is an expression of interest below for anyone who would like this items. 

There is also two colours of Unisex training tops available, these match the Women’s Round and Men’s Round that we regular celebrate during the season, and in addition the Pride Cup tops will also be available to order shortly – these are all optional items for training or warming up.There is no change to the socks.

The uniform is available now for pre-order via our Online Shop, the Hoody and Pants that were introduced last year are also available.

For all Premier League players, because it is an expectation that you wear the uniform, you can also contact Kerrie and organise your order and pay on arrival, for all other players the uniform is optional. There will be one other chance in the middle of the season to order. 

Samples of all items and sizes are available to try on at the club uniform shop. We still have stock of the previous uniform available at the uniform shop that will be available at a heavily discounted rate.

Pre-Order: By Friday 24th of March, 2023 at the latest.

To view and order: https://shop.altonahc.org.au/product-category/apparel/

Expectation of Players: Premier League squads to all be playing in the new uniform in 2023. For all other players it is purely optional up until the 2025 season. We will be having both uniforms on pitch in the transition period for all sides apart from Premier League.

Try On Times:

  • Thursday 16th March – 5pm – 8.30pm
  • Tuesday 21st March – 6pm – 8pm
  • Thursday 23rd March – 6pm – 8pm

Expression of Interest for Men’s Singlet & Women’s Shortshttps://forms.gle/TvCwfjcMnPowFwSBA

Contact for any questions: Kerrie Myyrylainen – [email protected]

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AHC Strategic Project – Seeking Volunteers

We are seeking volunteers wanting to learn, build, or offer their professional skills to join our new member pathways project. This is an exciting part of our club strategy to encourage and better support our members to participate in all aspects of our sport.

100 Goal Milestone for Andrew Scanlon

100 Goal Milestone for Andrew Scanlon

This past weekend in the Ric Purser Cup against Doncaster, Andrew Scanlon, known affectionately as Goldy, became the 4th player in our history to reach the milestone of 100 Premier League goals behind Darren Duff, Daniel Dawson and Stephanie Young.

2021/22 Social Summer Hockey

2021/22 Social Summer Hockey

We have summer hockey back at the AHC from Wednesday December 8th! Mixed senior social hockey with all welcome including older junior players.

2021 Senior Presentation Night

2021 Senior Presentation Night

Despite the 2021 season being cancelled, we decided to go ahead with counting the votes and awarding all 2021 awards based on the partially completed season, watch our Live Streamed Presentation Night.

AHC New Strategic Plan from 2021 – 24

AHC New Strategic Plan from 2021 – 24

In 2021, the Altona Hockey Club Board held multiple sessions through the year to outlay the 2021 – 2024 Strategy. See the outline of the the strategic priorities to take the club forward and grow.