Month: November 2014

We hope this finds you well heading onto the festive season. Footscray Hockey Club’s 81st AGM will be held Sunday 7th December 10am for a 10.30am sharp start. AGM Notice 2014 and Notice of Motion Afterwards, all members are invited to join us for a BBQ to celebrate the end the season. Any queries or apologies please e-mail Nicole Virtuoso at details below:   Kind Regards, Nicole Virtuoso Club Secretary Footscray Hockey Club 0424132715 nicolevirtuoso@gmail.com...

Footscray Hockey Club’s Women’s section is seeking expressions of interests from enthusiastic, experienced and qualified coaches for the positions of   Premier League Reserves Pennant A Pennant B Pennant C Metro teams   Under head coach Lachlan Anderson, the candidates will form a part of an integral coaching team that will ensure Footscray Hockey club continues to develop all players across all 9 teams.   Footscray Hockey Club will support coaches who seek professional development to fulfil their role.   Remuneration is negotiable based on experience. Expressions of interest with a brief resume should be lodged with the club via Women’s Director Nicole Virtuoso by Monday 8th December.   Nicole Virtuoso Women’s Director Footscray Hockey Club nicolevirtuoso@gmail.com...

Here are some important dates to pencil for the commencment of the Milo Program FHC is pleased to help promote Yarraville Club Cricket Club’s Milo Cricket and Tblast Cricket programs commencing this week. Saturday 15th November @10:30 – 11:30 – Come and Try plus registration for Milo and Tblast  Saturday 22nd November @9am – 10:30am – Commencement of Milo Program. The program will then run each Saturday up until Christmas  29th Nov 6th Dec 13th Dec – Christmas break up for the kids This gives us four weeks before Christmas and then when school goes back we will run the remainder of the program. A newsletter will be made available with all important dates in coming weeks. We look forward to seeing you all next Saturday. The cost of Milo is $65.00 per child and can be paid next week. Any quereis please get back to me and please feel free to pass on this email to anyone who you think may be interested. For further information please contact Jan Schwartz, Administrator, Yarraville Club Cricket on 0459060448 or email...

Footscray Hockey Club’s life member Harry Zac still continues to amaze everyone with his recovery after a bicycle accident nearly claimed his life. Doctors told Harry he’d never be able to walk again. Harry learned to walked again, get back on a bike, returned to work and played a final game of hockey. Now a hero of TAC he is featuring in a rigorous advertising campaign. Well done Harry, FHC are so proud of you and your...

It is with great excitement that the FHC Board are now able to announce the appointment of Josh Burt as our senior men’s section coach for the next three seasons through to and including the 2017 season. Josh is one of the most significant achievers in Victorian hockey over the past decade, having taken the Mentone Women’s first eleven from SL3 to the top of the women’s Premier League (minor premiers two of the last three years, Josh selected by his coaching peers as coach of the Women’s Premier League All-Star team in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2014), and through this time Josh also coached the Vic Women’s U21 team for several years including an Australian Championships winning team in 2010. Josh holds an NCAS Level 2 Coaching badge, and is also at the top of the Australian / International tree in the areas of tournament and team management (also holding an NCAS Level 3 badge as a technical official). Josh for the past 4 years has been a team manager for the Australian Kookaburras where he has sat at the right hand of elite world coaches like Ric Charlesworth, and the cream of the world’s male hockey players. Another significant gain to FHC is Josh’s experience in Club development. Professionally Josh is a Sports Development Manager for the City of Maroondah, but more importantly he has himself demonstrated...