2024 CL1 Womens Preview

Coach

Craig Pontt

Captain

Sarah Knight

Key Ins

Meg Searle, Eloise Purtell

Team says

Lead by our passionate coach Pontty, our captain Sarzy, with the help of our leadership team Jess & Red! We are in for a big season filled with determination, learning, positive vibes and ALOT of hockey!!

Coach

Wal Gaynor & Tim Cullen

Leadership Group

Tamika Potter©, Emma Lomas, Linda Nixon

Key Ins

Meg Searle, Eloise Purtell

Team says

Looking to be more consistent and to build onto our skill level to allow us to play our best hockey, while building a cohesive and fun club.

Coach

Mel Titley

Leadership Group

Madi Dooley, Sarah Steinhardt and Claire Williams

Key Ins

Sofia Havas (moved from Armidale)

Outs for 2024

Grace King

Rising Star

Clare Crossman
Sofia Havas

Isla Syrek

Team says

This season the Central CL1 women are aiming for a top 4 finish, improving on where they finished last season.

With a supportive and cohesive group, they will be throwing everything at working towards their goals.

The team has a good breath of experience and quality, which includes players representing ACT from u16s through to Hockey One and Masters.
This includes Madi Dooley, Sarah Steinhardt, Isla Syrek, Ava Wilton, Mikayla Kemp, Ella Slater, Yasmeen Sidhu, Lil Mutton and Kate O’Keefe.

The team is excited for the season ahead and looking forward to their first game this weekend.

Coach

Naomi Jones

Captain

Chloe Montgomery

Key Ins

Tacquira McGrath, Litiana Field, Lucy Nash

Outs for 2024

Makayla Jones ,Georgie Smithers Alana Kavanagh, Laura Reid, Emmalee Croker, Georgia Staines, Sam White, Ellen Cornish

Team says

Goulburn are heading into a rebuild phase for the association so looking for the younger players to gain some valuable experience and continue to develop their knowledge and skills.

Coach

Glenn Turner

Captain

Laura Monterosso

Key Ins

Lauren Yee, Georgina West, Taylor Thomson

Key Outs

Grace Ronnfeldt , Anna Kelly, Emma Ronnfeldt

Rising Star

Zy Holloway, Jade Norwood

Team says

We are very excited about continuing to progress as a team and club this year. With the new players coming in and with our players from last year improving all the time, we are looking to play an attacking brand of hockey while continuing to make of harder for the opposition to trouble our defence.

We know how hard it is to finish the season near the top of the ladder but we are confident as a club of having a successful season

Coach

Tristan Kearns

Coach

Chris Moylan

Leadership Group

Aleisha Price, Nicola Williams & Zanthe Sheargold

Outs for 2024

Taylor Thomson

Rising Star

Kaidey O'Connor, Sophie Bolton and Layla Bettoil

Team says

Team says: With a new coach and change in their training regime St Pats will have a fresh approach with a focus on attacking flair. Off the back of a successful Chill campaign Mikayla and Naomi Evans along Chill Squad Members Zanthe Sheargold and Ash Seivers will form a very dangerous forward line.

With a young and exciting midfield supporting experienced campaigners Aleisha Price and Nicola Williams St Pats will have a strong spine that will be hard to write off come the business end of the season.

Coach

Brent Clark

Leadership Group

Sophie Gaughan ©, Sarah White VC, Immi Dorsett VC

Key Ins

Laura Reid, Kalindi Commerford

Outs for 2024

Ash Deacon (Overseas), Jess Cox, Jessie Thearle

Rising Star

Immi Dorsett

Team says

Tuggeranong Vikings will be looking to continue their successful 2023 season in 2024, which saw them runners up to Goulburn in the season decider.

This year sees a great balance of proven experience and talented up and coming athletes. Dual McKay medalist Sophie Gaughan leads the team and reigning, and dual McKay medalist Mikki Patterson is joined once again by fellow Chill players Sarah White and Sassie Economos. Kalindi Commerford, Chill Captain, makes a long awaited and welcomed return to Vikings as does last year’s highest scorer in the Canberra competition and Hockey 1, Laura Reid.

Combined with an exciting and talented ‘up and coming’ group including Imogen Dorsett, Australian Futures Squad, Pip Lendrum, Ellen Vahey and Jess Speechley all off the back of a successful Under 21s Nationals, Vikings are looking forward to some great hockey this season.

Coach

Andrew Bewick

Leadership Group

Olivia Martin/Emma De Kiefte/Meredith Bone

Key Ins

Gabby Millan - GK (Moved from ANU), Jess Healey - GK (NSW U21s GK), Addi Chapman - Orange

Outs for 2024

Lauren Yee

Rising Star

Lizzy Salter - second season with UC, played in the U21s group in 2024. She is an understated player who can hold her own and is a solid carrier of the ball. She stands out in the midfield and will be one to watch this season.

Team says

With the playing group remaining somewhat similar, we are looking to build on the success we have had in the last couple of years. We are aiming at finishing in the top 4 and making a run at finals time. We are excited for the new additions to the group who are already standing out not only in our club practices, but also making waves in state programs (Jess - NSW U21s GK, Addi - NSW AAP Squad). The group is closer than ever and have welcomed the new recruits into the squad seamlessly. We are looking forward to a positive season where we can grow as a group and get some good outcomes.

Coach

Cameron Smith

Captains

Sophie Backhus & Alyssa Smith

Key Ins

Lucy Neely - Coming off the back of a strong U21s Tournament Lucy will provide an attacking option from the outside half

Georgia Staines - making the move from Goulburn and adding strength to United's defence

Jess Cox - Brings a wealth of experience and returns to United. Coxy will add to the strong culture and work well with the younger players

Outs for 2024

Emily Robson - A massive out as she was probably the #1 defender in Canberra. She will return following her rehad for her ACL injury suffered in the HockeyOne season.

We have also lost a few other young players due to moving for uni or concentrating on completing year 12. Eliza Kemp, Chloe Kemp and Annie Knight

Rising Star

We have three players who we hope to see stamp their foot on the competition this year.

Lucy Neely - had a strong U21s, playing as a back 4 defender and showing that she can have a strong impact as an overlapping half. Her Corner running will add strength to United's penalty corner defence.

Alyssa Smith - while she is in her 6th year in CL1 at 18 years old, she has also come off a strong U21s Tournament hoping to push a case for Jillaroos selection.

Mackenzie Hughes - In her second year with the club, Macka comes off the U21s tournament in goal scoring form, scoring 3 goals and equal top goal scorer for ACT.

Team says

United is still in a developing stage and will look to continue to build connections across the field. While developing we have expectations to be able to challenge a number of teams this year, while being a young team we are full of junior and senior representative players. This includes players that have been part of the Chill squad, hold ACTAS scholarships, as well as U21, U18 and U16 ACT teams. We can't forget about one of our favourites Sally Pratley who will also be going to a masters World Cup this year.

The team is excited about the season ahead. With a strengthened defence, including additions of Georgia Staines, Lucy Neely and Jess Cox playing in front of Alyssa in the goals we hope to keep the goals against to a minimum. If we can bag some early wins through our key strikers including Macka Hughes, this will set up our season allowing us to grow in confidence and eyeing off September (Finals) hockey, which would be a great reward.