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Chill’s Atkin proud to be LGBTQI+ trailblazer

By Adam Clifford American civil and children’s rights activist Marian Wright Edelman famously coined the phrase: “you can’t be what you can’t see,” words that have made a lasting impression on the Sultana Bran Hockey One League’s first openly gay male hockey player, Davis Atkin. At the heart of Wright Edelman’s read more »

Canberra Chill and Brisbane Blaze share the spoils

By Adam Clifford It was honours even as Canberra Chill’s Women’s Team and Brisbane Blaze’s Men’s Team enjoyed victories in front of another super crowd to open Round 2 of the Sultana Bran Hockey One League. Women’s Match Canberra Chill extinguished Brisbane Blaze on their home deck with a 4-2 victory in their fir read more »

Winter is coming: Chill heads to Brisbane for season debut

By Kate Allman Here comes the Chill. After a bye in week one of the Sultana Bran Hockey One League 2022 Season, Canberra Chill will run out for the first time on Thursday night against Brisbane Blaze at the Queensland State Hockey Centre. Tickets are available through Ticketek. Catch all the action LIVE on Kayo and FOX Spor read more »

Chill blow with Edwina Bone to miss Season 2

The adage ‘do you want the good news or the bad news?’ could not be more fitting following the announcement former Hockeyroos defender Edwina Bone will not play for Canberra Chill in the Sultana Bran Hockey One League 2022 Season. The bad news is just that. Bone’s absence and experience will be sorely missed by a Canberra read more »

Conversions add to goalkeepers’ significance

By Adam Clifford The role of the goalkeeper has evolved drastically in the modern game, with the Sultana Bran Hockey One League’s unique field goal conversion rule and requirement for a mandatory winner of each match placing added emphasis on those between the posts. In addition to all drawn matches heading to a penalty sho read more »

Sultana Bran Hockey One League 2021 Season put on hold

Season 2 of the Sultana Bran Hockey One League has been pushed back and will not begin as scheduled due to the current COVID situation in many parts of the country. The second season of Australia’s premier domestic men’s and women’s hockey competition was set to start on 1 October and run until mid November. However, th read more »

Oikawa and Ockenden claim MVP honours

A Japanese international and one of Kookaburras’ co-captains have been named the Sultana Bran Hockey One League 2019 Women’s and Men’s MVPs. Canberra Chill defender Shihori Oikawa edged out Hockey Club Melbourne pair Amy Lawton and Madi Ratcliffe, and Brisbane Blaze’s Ashlea Fey to win the women’s top individual prize. read more »

HC Melbourne v Canberra Chill Women’s Preview

Canberra Chill find themselves heading south for a do-or-die showdown against the top of the table HC Melbourne and will be keen to make the most of their lucky fortune that saw them cling onto fourth spot. With the bye in the final round of the season, the Chill could only sit and watch anxiously as Perth Thundersticks needed t read more »

Naomi Evans with the winning touch again  

Women’s: Canberra Chill 2 def Tassie Tigers 1 Men’s: Tassie Tiger 6 def Canberra Chill 2   After two rounds away the Canberra Chill were back at home to take on the Tassie Tigers in two must win games. The women were up first and after a toughly contested first quarter the score was 0-0. Early in the second qua read more »

Winning now the only option on Sunday for Canberra Chill

Round four of the inaugural Hockey One League has come and gone with the Canberra Chill Men’s and Women’s sides suffering losses at the sticks of HC Melbourne. Women: HC Melbourne 2 def Canberra Chill 0 Men: HC Melbourne 10 def Canberra Chill 5   In the women’s match Canberra held possession for most of the game an read more »