Hockey Geelong Sharks

Hear from one of Sharks currently overseas, Angus Ayerbe, about his life overseas:

If you had told me, when I first started playing hockey, that I would be living in a foreign country, coaching and playing the sport I love as a job, I wouldn’t have believed you. But fortunately for me, I am living just that.

I am currently a coach for Gotemba Nishi High School, where the team recently went to the ‘All Japan Inter-High’ national hockey tournament. Playing a knockout format, GNHS advanced to the round of 16, before going doing 1-1 (2-1) to shootouts, in what was an incredible match, placing Gotemba in the top ranked schools across the country.

After the loss, it made me realise what a special opportunity this has been, and how rewarding such an experience has been for me. Living and experiencing a completely different culture has been incredibly rewarding, and I have adjusted smoothly into life in Japan. While I learnt Japanese all throughout High School, language was still quite a barrier to overcome, however, the universal language of sports eventually broke that down, allowing the players to understand my instructions, and likewise, their feedback to me.

While coaching, I was also fortunate enough to play for Shizuoka Prefecture, representing them in various tournaments across the country, achieving a dream of mine to play what I love internationally, making new friends from the teammates I have played with along the way.

Now, none of this would have been possible, had I never picked up a stick at the age of five. I encourage anybody either starting sport, trying a new sport, or a returning player, to pick up a stick and have a go, as you never know where it could bring you in the future.

It’s that time of year! Our Senior Presentation night will be held on October 12th at the Captains Room at GMHBA Stadium! Tickets are now available through Team App 🦈 make sure to purchase yours before September 27th!

Congratulations to our VIC State Teams at the recent Country National Championships. 🙌
Our Women brought back the Bronze after defeating WA, while our Men finished 4th after a tight battle against QLD.
📷 Peter Oliver Imagery

Congratulations to all the Sharks who have just competed in the Australian Country Championships in Goulburn! The women are coming home with a bronze medal after defeating WA in the final 1-0, while the men finished 4th after a close semi final against QLD going down 3-2. Emma Robertson also went away to Goulburn, playing for SA!

Congratulations also to the Sharks who were selected in the u21 and Senior Aus Country teams:
Senior women: Sophie Collings, Alice Arnold, Kahlua Smart and Caitie Philpott. Coach Tammy Hansford and manager Gillian Armstead
Senior men: Cale Rout (captain) and Nathan Mcbain
u21 men: Ewan Wightman

Great effort by everyone involved 🦈

Our last clinic is tonight for any girls wanting to come and try a new sport or learn a new skill! 🩷

Congratulations to our three raffle winners who have each received hundreds of dollars worth of vouchers and goodies all donated from our wonderful club members and supporters! Thanks to everyone who donated and bought tickets!

Good luck to all of our Sharks competing in the Aus Country Championships in Goulburn! 🦈

First games start tomorrow morning, and can be livestreamed at livehockey.com.au

Monday nights at Shark Park!!

We have both our goalie clinics and this girl can clinics running tonight, so come on down to have some fun and learn some new skills 🦈

Congrats to our Sharks who have just participated in the Men’s Masters Tournament in Hobart! 🦈
In the Over 35s Richard Shelverton won Silver representing Tasmania, the Over 40s Won Gold with Captain Andrew Purcell, Coach and player of the tournament Steve Macumber and top goal scorer Thomas Griffen! Glenn O’Shannessy also came home with a Gold in the over 45s competition! Well done Sharks!

All teams are back this weekend, check out this weekends fixtures to see where you can show your support! 🦈

Thanks to Fionn for capturing these photos from the women’s games against Knox! 🏑

Junior hockey is back this week!! 🥳

Check out the leading goal scorers are for our Junior Sharks, who do you think will be on top at the end of the season?! 🏑

Congratulations to Oli who has just gotten back from competing in the Hockey Australia under 18 championships in the Gold Coast! A great experience, with proven resilience and determination playing against top athletes 🏑

A few familiar Sharks faces you might recognise, with Tucker and Ashton both playing in the tournament too.

We are very proud 🦈

With no junior hockey this weekend, check out where our junior teams are sitting on the ladder! Well done to our u14 Sharks who are both sitting on top 🥳

Join us for our indigenous round this Saturday where we have all five of our senior teams playing at home! 🦈

Check out who from the Senior Sharks are leading the way with goal scoring! Who do you think will be on top at the end of the season? 🏑

Congratulations to all of our Junior Sharks who have just competed in Bendigo and Shepparton in the Junior State Championships! So many medals coming home and lots of great hockey played by all of our Sharks, we are so proud 🦈

Congratulations to our Sharks who have just competed in the masters tournament in Sydney 🏑

Jane played in the 34s and finished up 5th after a really close tournament, beating QLDG 2-1 in the final classification game!
Cass played in the 40s and finished equal 5th with NSWB after a tight 3-3 draw in the final classification game - a really hard fought tournament!
Al played in the 55s and is coming home with a bronze medal after only losing 1 game for the whole tournament!

Well done Sharkies 🦈

Make sure you get your tickets for the Major Raffle in the next couple of weeks! Lots of great prizes to be won!

Tickets will be available on Team App this week! Bring along your family and friends for a great night of fun!!

Check out how our senior teams are standing on the ladder as we head into our mid season break this weekend! Our Senior Sharks have scored an impressive total of 196 goals so far across the board 🦈

We are pleased to welcome Max Ferrier (ex HG Shark and current Hockey Club Melbourne) to our coaching team for the Junior Skills Clinics on July 2 and 3.

Registrations for the Clinics close at 5 pm on Friday June 28.

⭐️ July 2 and 3
⭐️ 10 am to 2.30 pm
⭐️ Stead Park, Corio
⭐️ $80/ day or $140 for both days

https://www.hockeygeelong.asn.au/news/2024/06/junior-skills-clinic-reminder

Meet our player protection officers 🦈

Emmaline and Glenn are here to support all of our Sharks players and be your #1 advocate. Physical and mental wellbeing is a key factor in playing to the best of your ability and we want to make sure all of our Sharks feel supported in every aspect of their wellbeing. Make sure to say hello when you see them around Shark Park, they are always open for a chat!

Hard to be believe we are almost half way through the season!
We have our Pen C men playing at home on Saturday, while the rest of our junior and senior teams are on the road this weekend! Go Sharks 🦈

Looking for something to do on the school holidays? Why not learn some new skills!

Check out the link below and sign up now 🦈

Join the Holiday Skills program provided by the Hockey Geelong Sharks and take your skills to the next level. The program includes a session for goalkeepers too.

📅 July 2 & 3
📍 Stead Park, Corio

https://www.hockeygeelong.asn.au/news/2024/06/school-holiday-skills-program

Congratulations to all our Sharks selected in the Aus Country Championships heading to Goulburn in August! 🦈

Massive shout out to our goalkeepers! Lots of learning, sharing, and support for each other during our goal keeper training sessions.

Next session Monday the 10th from 6pm at Stead Park. It’s not too late to join the fun!

Special thanks to our coaches who give their time and expertise, we appreciate your efforts. Benjamin Champion, Brayden Caldow, Chris Love, Alice Arnold and Blair Chalmers 🦈

If you have anything you can donate please DM our Instagram or get in contact with Ailish Seaton!

Just over two weeks to go till our annual trivia night!

Get a table toegther and make sure you grab a ticket on Team App 🦈