Last week the club celebrated Women and Girls round. Following our premier league match against Hawthorn, head coach David Wansbrough gathered his five international players onto a panel for a fun discussion about their hockey journey. This episode is a live recording of the panel discussion. Participating are our home grown Hockeyroos stars Laura Barden, Sophie Taylor & Krissie Bates; and our fantastic guest players Belgium Red Panther Joanne Peeters and The Cherry Blossoms Hazuki Yuda from Japan ..read more

This week Wansey and Ando return to host. David Wansbrough of-course is an Olympic champion himself and is currently transforming our women's premier league group as head coach. Lachlan Anderson heads up high performance for Hockey Victoria and is head coach of our men's premier league group, currently playing great hockey and sitting at the top of the Victorian premier league. We're super excited that the guys are presenting, fresh from Tokyo; Kookaburras assistant coach Anthony Potter and Hockeyroos assistant coach Katie Allen. Pottsie is a past camberwell state league player. Plying his tra ..read more

At our club or workplace, we all want everyone to feel welcome. To feel included, valued, respected and safe. Unfortunately, this may not always be a given. In this episode of the Camberwell Hockey Podcast, you’ll meet members of our Pride Committee and hear about what they’re doing with the club and wider associations to raise awareness and education to make it so. Tom Winter returns to host CHC Pride Committee chair Stacy Clarke and members Julie Patterson & Sam Daily. You’ll learn about inclusion, the committee’s goals, The Pride Cup and understand how some simple thought about the pron ..read more

Sporting clubs around Australia have been wearing blue socks in support of Men's Health week with special events to promote the health and wellbeing of men and boys. In this timely & pertinent first episode of season 2, Tim "Frosty" Everist joins the hosting crew to present Matt DeFina and Camberwell junior player Jack Brant. Matt is a former Camberwell player, a state representative and current premier league goalkeeper with Powerhouse St. Kilda hockey club. https://phskhockey.org.au Professionally Matt is a registered Psychologist working a Head of Programs at the Man Cave, which deliver ..read more

Episode 30 - Phil Merriman Hamish Ridland presents Phil Merriam, who joined Camberwell in Minkey and played through the ranks to State League 1. Phil then moved into coaching with stints at TEM, Powerhouse and Footscray before moving to the AFL industry working in High Performance with Hawthorn Football Club and is currently head of Strength & Conditioning at Melbourne Football Club. You'll hear how Phil got into hockey and played a role linking our generational players in the early 2000's. You'll hear the guys' memories of Jesse Foster and learn about Phil's instrumental role in establish ..read more

In this episode we'll look at what's next for our top aged juniors as they transition into seniors. We'll canvas common questions and concerns from players and families on issues including communication, selection and player safety; and we'll meet a couple recently graduated players to hear about their experiences of the program and playing senior hockey. Men's and Women's coordinators Tim Oldham and Pip Mann will detail the transition programs and pre-season arrangements. We'll hear from five recently graduated players on topics including differences playing senior hockey, balancing school co ..read more

Liv Bell joins our hosting crew to present Women's Premier League coaching team Geoff Perriman & David Wansbrough. Geoff Perriman as you'll learn has extensive experience. An AHL player himself he has coached Waverley and Hawthorn Women's Premier League, the Tasmanian Tigers state team and secured no less than 9 APS premierships with the Caulfield Grammar girls. Wansey needs little introduction to our hockey listeners: Camberwell Life Member, Left Inner in the club's Team of the Century and Olympic Kookaburra with over 200 international caps. He's previously coached our Men's Premier Leagu ..read more

Episode 27 - MPL coach Lachlan Anderson Around this time last year our Men's Premier League program were looking to appoint a new head coach; and after some discussions were delighted to secure top candidate in Lachlan Anderson. A strong start to the pre-season ensued with renewed purpose and determination. As you'll hear a terrific off-site camp focusing on conditioning, trust and teamwork led into training and practice matches featuring some very encouraging passages. The COVID pandemic then arrived and ultimately cancelled the season; denying many of our supporters and members the opportuni ..read more

Episode 26 - Desiree Yap This week we get to know one of our members. Suz Cannell presents an entertaining chat with masters player Des Yap who was encouraged into returning to our summer competition four years back and has continued playing ever since. Outside hockey, Dr Desiree Yap is a specialist O&G with a passion for women’s health.She is a qualified specialist in both Australia and the United Kingdom and has a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine from James Cook University. On 26 January 2020, she was appointed Member of the Order of Australia for her ‘significant service to ..read more

Episode 25 - Minka Woolley & Aleisha Neumann Back in episode 5, Soph Sheahan hosted Camberwell’s Jim Unkles, Sherie Patterson and Vanessa Ponza to discuss all things umpiring. In this episode Jim takes the hosting chair to present legendary Australian Umpire and Umpire Manager Minka Woolley and Queensland international umpire Aleisha Neumann. Minka Woolley is the Umpire Manager for Tokyo, her fifth Olympic event while Aleisha Neumann will be officiating at her first games in Tokyo. You'll hear about their journey into umpiring, their memories of Olympic selection and get an insight into th ..read more