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Star-studded leadership group to drive Thundersticks women glory

The Perth Thundersticks women have voted in their leadership group for 2022, with a wealth of knowledge and success on the international, national and local stage set to lead the State’s premier hockey side into this year’s Sultana Bran Hockey One League season. WASPs’ and Thundersticks veteran Kyra White will captain the read more »

Thundersticks women draw in warm-up match as they begin to build

The Perth Thundersticks women put in an impressive performance to come away with a draw against the highly-rated Hockey Australia High Performance squad on Wednesday night. The Thundersticks drew 2-2 with the High Performance squad who were stacked with a number of Hockeyroos. Georgina Dowd and Jade van der Zwan scored for th read more »

Guest expects loss to HA High Performance squad will pay dividends

Perth Thundersticks coach David Guest believes Wednesday night’s loss to Hockey Australia’s High Performance squad will only make the WA team stronger. The Thundersticks went down 9-1 – including conversion attempts from field goals like in the modified Hockey One – at Hale Turf against a High Performance team boasting m read more »

Thundersticks’ Squibb shows the road for country kids with big dreams

Penny Squibb’s journey from hitting hockey balls against a plank of wood on her parent’s farm in Tambellup to playing for the Hockeyroos at massive international events proves that you can achieve anything you set your mind to. The Perth Thunderstick’s star grew up almost four hours south-east of Perth in Tambellup, a read more »

Wealth of knowledge on Thundersticks coaching panel set to drive success

A host of hockey heroes, including Commonwealth Games, Australian Hockey League and World Cup winners, will lead the men’s and women’s Perth Thundersticks sides as part of a star-packed coaching cohort. The assembled coaching panel for each team is full of top-level experience, world-class talent and WA legends as they look read more »

2022 Men’s Perth Thundersticks squad announced

A powerful squad of 20, featuring significant Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games and World Cup experience, has been selected for the men’s Perth Thundersticks ahead of their 2022 Sultana Bran Hockey One League season, which commences October 1. The group, which can be amended in the final weeks before season commencement, inclu read more »

2022 Women’s Perth Thundersticks squad revealed

A star-studded squad of 20 has been selected for the women’s Perth Thundersticks ahead of their 2022 Sultana Bran Hockey One League season which commences October 1. The group, which can be tweaked in the final weeks of preparation in the lead-up to the competition, includes some of Australia’s highest-profile Olympic and Co read more »

Golden opportunity to support our Thundersticks off-field team

The Perth Thundersticks are Western Australia’s premier hockey franchise, representing the best male and female players in our great state in the Sultana Bran Hockey One League… and now you and your company have the opportunity to support our state’s leading mentors. Partnerships around the coaches of the men’s and women read more »

Guest’s winding road leads him to Thundersticks’ top job

David Guest’s journey to becoming head coach of the Perth Thundersticks has been anything but a straight line, but the new leading man believes he is right where he is supposed to be. Since retiring from professional hockey with the Kookaburras more than a decade ago, Guest has had a number of career changes, spending time wit read more »