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Chill ready to bring the heat to Canberra

Canberra will host the finals series of the 2023 JDH Hockey One League and the hometown teams will be hoping to play a major part in what will be one of the biggest occasions for the sport prior to Paris 2024. For Canberra Chill men’s captain, Jake Staines, the memories of last season’s finals series are not ones he’d like read more »

State of origin rivalries headline Round 2 of JDH Hockey One League

Two fierce and traditional interstate sporting rivalries will reignite in Round 2 of the JDH Hockey One League this weekend. The longstanding cross border rivalry between Victoria and South Australia will be on full display when HC Melbourne host Adelaide Fire at Melbourne Sports Centre – Parkville tomorrow night to start the read more »

Blaze ready to dent the Pride of NSW

To say the Brisbane Blaze men’s team would like to turn the tables on NSW Pride when they meet this weekend in the JDH Hockey One League is quite the understatement. Not only did the Pride defeat Brisbane in the inaugural season’s final, NSW also beat the Blaze in the 2022 semi-finals after the Queensland side topped the tab read more »

Double delight for HC Melbourne on opening night

HC Melbourne has kick started its JDH Hockey One League 2023 Season in ideal fashion after the women’s and men’s teams both recorded first up away victories over the Tassie Tigers in Hobart tonight. A 4th minute Joanne Peeters drag flick was enough for the Victorians to edge past the home side 1-0 in the women’s match, whi read more »

The 2023 JDH Hockey One League – The Teams, The Players, Their Prospects

The signing of an Indian superstar, a new naming rights sponsor and hot competition over Australian Olympic selection is whipping hockey fans into a fever as the Hockey One League returns in 2023.  The eight-week spectacle of world class men’s and women’s hockey double headers across the country is further set to explode af read more »

Age will not weary Wickham

Tom Wickham might be 34 by the time the Paris 2024 Olympic Games roll around, but don’t let anyone tell the Perth Thundersticks forward that his international clock is ticking. Primed for a huge JDH Hockey One League season ahead, Wickham is enjoying the game more than ever before and the results have spoken for themselves. Wh read more »

Kookaburras Top Scorer Locked & Loaded for Round One

Written by Adam Clifford, story courtesy of The Mercury A cannon is defined as a large-calibre type of artillery that launches a projectile forward and the Tassie Tigers will have their own man-made cannon raining terror on opposition defences when the JDH Hockey One League returns to Hobart on Friday night. Kookaburras star read more »

Maddi and Tassie are on the rise

The Tassie Tigers women’s team opened their 2022 Hockey One campaign with a shootout win against the Brisbane Blaze, a match in which Maddison Brooks scored twice. But while the Blaze’s season went from strength to strength, culminating in a shootout loss in the final, the Tigers’ campaign went the other way, failing to re read more »

FIH Umpire of the Year headlines 2023 JDH Hockey One League Officials Panel

The presence of 2021-22 World Umpire of the Year, Coen Van Bunge, complements a list of experienced and elite local officials who will adjudicate at this year’s JDH Hockey One League season. Widely regarded as one of the best umpires of all time, Van Bunge has officiated over 100 internationals in his 15-year career and will f read more »

JDH Hockey One League partners with Spring Media for international growth

International sports media agency Spring Media has continued its surge into Oceania, lending its global distribution arm to grow the JDH Hockey One League outside Australia. The JDH Hockey One League has agreed to a long term deal on distribution of its annual eight-week 54 match series internationally. The partnership comes a m read more »