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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 »

Thundersticks gun Geers wants to build a legacy

Thundersticks gun Tim Geers says he wants to be part of a legacy-building Perth team at the highly anticipated Hockey One League set to kick off next month. The midfielder said after a two-year competition hiatus due to the pandemic, this year’s tournament felt like a clean slate for the State’s premier side to get back to t read more »

Perth Thundersticks partner with ERM HV Asset Specialists

The Perth Thundersticks and Hockey WA are proud to announce a partnership with ERM HV Asset Specialists. As part of the partnership, ERM will have uniform branding on the Perth Thundersticks men’s and women’s team uniforms for the 2022 Sultana Bran Hockey One League program. Hockey WA’s CEO Fabian Ross said the partne read more »

Family ties brings Harvie to ‘hockey joy’

Jake Harvie has performed on the world stage on more than 70 occasions. The 24-year-old has three international goals to his name, and has stamped his position as a spearhead of the Kookaburras defence. Harvie is one of 18 players set to don the green and gold in Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games in just a matter of weeks read more »

Thundersticks’ Rennie ready for black and gold hit out

“It’s still super important to still be able to play for WA in between national commitments,” “Socially - I love it. Playing with and against those I have grown up around.” That’s what Kookaburra Ben Rennie had to say about his selection into this year’s Perth Thundersticks squad. Rennie has had a standout read more »

Hockeyroos heroes headline powerful Perth Thundersticks women’s squad

Six current Australian Hockeyroos Commonwealth Games representatives form the nucleus of a strong 2022 Perth Thundersticks squad that’s aiming to put on a show across the 2022 Sultana Bran Hockey One League season. Aleisha Power, Karri Somerville, Penny Squibb, Shanea Tonkin and Georgia Wilson alongside new recruit Brooke Peri read more »

Hockey legends to take Perth Thundersticks reins in 2022

Former stars Phil Hulbert and David Guest will lead WA’s top-tier women’s and men’s hockey sides, the Perth Thundersticks, in this year’s Sultana Bran Hockey One season. The Perth Thundersticks, Western Australia’s premier open-age hockey side, will return to the field after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 whe read more »

Thundersticks Head Coaches step down

Ahead of the 2022 Sultana Bran Hockey One season, Perth Thundersticks Head Coaches Stephen 'China' Davies and Kate Starre have announced that they will be parting ways from WA's top-level sides, the Perth Thundersticks. Kate Starre OAM has had a decorated career in hockey and was passionate about restoring the Perth Thundersticks 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 »