Hockey Geelong
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Hockey Geelong is the governing body for the sport of field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 in the region of the city of Geelong
Geelong, Victoria
Geelong is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia, south-west of the state capital; Melbourne. It is the second most populated city in Victoria and the fifth most populated non-capital city in Australia...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. HG coordinates men's, women's and junior local competition, as well as elite men's and women's squads in the Victorian State League conducted by Hockey Victoria
Hockey Victoria
Hockey Victoria is the governing body for the sport of field hockey in Victoria, Australia. It is responsible for the administration of intrastate competitions, state representative teams, officials and the financial position of the sport...

.

History

The first hockey team in Geelong was founded in 1954, traveling to Melbourne to compete on a weekly basis. The Geelong Men's Hockey Association was then formed in 1966, providing for local competition since then.

The association plays most of its matches on the synthetic pitch at Stead Park, Corio
Corio, Victoria
Corio is a residential, industrial and one of the largest suburbs of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, located approximately 9 km north of the Geelong central business district...

. Until 1992 Stead Park consisted only of grass fields, but in that year a sand-based synthetic turf was installed and stage 1 of the clubrooms constructed in their current locations. In 2008 this pitch was replaced with a hybrid (wet-dry) pitch. The Stead Park Master Plan (endorsed by the City of Greater Geelong on the 28th January 2010) recommends the construction of a second synthetic pitch alongside the current one.

Local Competition Premierships

Year Division 1 Men Division 1 Women Division 2 Men Division 2 Women
1967 Belmont
1968 Old Collegians
1969 Belmont
1970 Belmont
1971 Winchelsea
1972 St Josephs
1973 Gordon
1974 Saints
1975 Bellarine Winchelsea
1976 Bellarine Old Collegians
1977 Bellarine Old Collegians
1978 Bellarine Old Collegians
1979 Corio Old Collegians
1980 Corio Winchelsea
1981 Bellarine Leopold
1982 Corio Lethbridge
1983 Saints South Barwon
1984 Corio Winchelsea
1985 Corio Union Saints
1986 South Barwon Geelong Deakin University
1987 South Barwon Deakin University Saints
1988 Saints Geelong Winchelsea
1989 Corio Geelong Teesdale
1990 Corio Geelong Lara
1991 Corio Newtown Corio Deakin University
1992 South Barwon Colac Teesdale Bellarine
1993 Corio Geelong Newtown Deakin University
1994 Corio Corio Deakin University Deakin University
1995 Winchelsea Corio Colac Geelong
1996 Corio Corio Newtown Geelong
1997 Corio Corio Corio Deakin University
1998 Corio Geelong Saints Corio
1999 Corio Geelong Saints Saints
2000 Corio Geelong Newtown Geelong
2001 Corio Corio Schools Geelong
2002 Corio Geelong Winchelsea Geelong
2003 Corio Geelong Winchelsea Saints
2004 Saints Corio Saints Saints
2005 Corio Corio Geelong
2006 Corio Corio Corio Deakin University
2007 Corio Corio Saints Saints
2008 Corio Corio Saints Saints
2009 Corio Corio Newtown Newtown
2010 Corio Corio Corio Newtown

Clubs

Club Colours
Corio
Geelong
Kardinia International College (junior only)
Newtown
Saints
South Barwon
Torquay (junior only)
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