#39 KAREN JOHNSTONE (2023)

Member since 2007
Involved with the club since 2003
Retail Director: 9 years 2012 – 2023
Women’s Pennant/Metro Coordinator: 13 years
Women’s Chairperson of Selectors: 1 year
Women’s Pennant Coach: 2 years
Women’s Team Manager: 13 years
Junior Age Group Coordinator: 11 years
Junior Team Manager: 4 years
Junior Singapore Hockey Trip: 2012
Summer Hockey FHC Mixed Competition Coordinator: 10 years
Summer Hockey FHC Women’s Social Competition Coordinator: 6 years
Assistant to sponsorship, fundraising and social: 9 years
Men’s Country Champs – Stevie’s Kitchen: 4 years
Hockey Tournaments Canteen: 9 years
Uniform Committee: 2009, 2023
75th Anniversary Committee: 2009
PL Player Sponsor – Business & Personal: 11 years
383 games

#38 LYNDA THOMAS (2023)

Member since 1979
Assistant Women’s Director: 21 years
Women’s Recruitment, Discipline Panel, Chairperson of Selectors: 21 years
State League Captain: 10 years
Women’s Club Dual Champion: 1984, 1989
Women’s Director: 2000
Women’s Chairperson of Selectors: 10 years
Women’s Delegate to Victorian Women’s Hockey Association: 10 years
Women’s Captain Coach: 5 years
Junior Committee: 10 years
Junior Coach 10 years
525 games

#37 DAMIEN TOUSSAINT (2023)

Member 1981 – 1997, 2002 – current
Masters Director – 2013 – current
Junior Coach: 7 years
Senior Men’s Captained/Team Managed: 15+ years
Masters Coach/Team Manager 2011 – current
Victorian 45s Masters Team (2012, 2013)
Australian 45s Masters Team (2012)
283 games

#36 DARRYL JAHNKE (2016)

DIR MENS: 2012-17
ASSIST DIR MENS: 2005-07
CLUB CHAMPION: BOYS 1977, MENS 1989
MENS 1st X1 COACH: 2002
WOMENS 1st X1 COACH: 2001
JUNIOR COACH: 10+ YEARS
MENS 1st X1 TEAM MANAGER: 2012-2017
548 GAMES

#35 NICOLE VIRTUOSO (2012)

DIR WOMENS: 2003- CURRENT
DIR GENERAL SECRETARY: 2002-14
VICE PRESIDENT: 2015-2021
PRESIDENT: 2022 – CURRENT
HV DELEGATE: 2003-2010
HV TRIBUNAL/OTHER: 2004-CURRENT
ORGANISER SOCIAL/FUNDRAISING/SPONSORSHIP: 10 YEARS
JUNIOR COACH: 10+ YEARS
SENIOR COACH: 3+ YEARS
Currently 600+ GAMES

#34 HEATHER SHAW (2011)

UNIFORMS/FEE COLLECTOR: 9 YEARS
JUNIOR TEAM MANAGER: 24 YEARS
SENIOR TEAM MANAGER: 14 YEARS
EVENT VOLUNTEER
WILDCATS COMMITTEE REP: 9 YEARS
Currently 600+ GAMES

#33 LYNN GALE (2010)

JUNIOR TEAM MANAGER: 9+ YEARS
SENIOR TEAM MANAGER: 25+ YEARS
EVENT VOLUNTEER
ASSIST DIR FINANCE: 30 YEARS

#32 RODNEY JOHNSTONE (2008)

PRESIDENT: 2014-21
DIR MENS: 1994-98, 2001-03, 06
DIR PROM’/F’RAISING: 2013-22
JUNIOR COACH 5+ YEARS
SENIOR COACH/CAPTAIN
MASTERS: VIC 2006
Currently 700+ GAMES

#31 GREG HOPKINS (2007)

JUNIOR COACH: +15 YEARS
MENS 1st X1 COACH: 1989-91
CLUB CHAMP: BOYS ’78-79, MENS ’79, 87 & 88
DIR PROM’/F’RAISING: 1998-99
DIR PLAN’ & PERFORMANCE: 2021- CURRENT
JUNIOR COMMITTEE: 10+YEARS
WOMENS 1st X1 TEAM MANAGER: 2013-18
Currently 900+ GAMES

#30 ERIC THOMAS (2004)

TREASURER: 1943-47
VAHA DELEGATE: 1943-47
PRESS SECRETARY: 1945-47
SOCIAL TREASURER: 1948
U/AGE COACH: 1945-54, 57, 93 (produced 6 future mens club champions)
VIC COLTS: 1946
MENS CLUB CHAMPION: 1945-1946
METRO MEN SENIOR COACH 2003-2010
400+ GAMES

#29 JULIE-ANNE SHEEHAN (1999)

ASSIST GEN. SECRETARY: 1978-79
DIR SOCIAL: 1982
DIR JUNIORS: 1983-85
DIR LADIES: 1986-89
Currently 650+ GAMES
JUNIOR COACH: 20+ YEARS
INCLUSION OFFICER: 4 YEARS
FACILITATOR OF ALL ABILITIES PROGRAM

#28 HARRY ZACHARIOU (1995)

PROPERTY STEWARD: 1980
DIR PROMOTIONS: 1990-91
DIR JUNIORS: 1992-94, 96
500 GAMES
WOMENS 1st X1 TEAM MANAGER:
2019 – CURRENT
FHC PATRON: 2021-CURRENT

#27 BRENDAN SHEEHAN (1990)

VICE PRESIDENT: 1977
DIR JUNIORS: 1978-79, 81, 86-89, 03-11
DIR MENS: 1982-85, 90-93, 99-00
DIR PLAN’ & PERFORMANCE: 1995, 2012-20
PRESIDENT: 1999, 2012-13
471 GAMES
MENS 1st X1 COACH: 1977-79, 81, 83
1st X1 P’SHIP (PLAYER/COACH) 1977
JUNIOR COACH: 25+ YEARS

#26 NEIL COSTER (1982)

PRESIDENT: 1985-88, 91-98, 96-98, 02-11
VICE PRES: 1978-81
DIR SOCIAL SEC: 1976, 86-88, 91-92, 98
DIR PROM’/F’RAISING: 1983-85, 97, 2003-11
DIR BAR/KITCHEN: 1993-96, 01-02
DIR PLAN’ & PERFORMANCE: 2003-11
DIR GROUNDS: 2018-19, 21
DIR GEN SECRETARY: 2020
Currently 1100+ GAMES (CLUB RECORD)
MENS 1st X1 COACH: 1980
CLUB CHAMP: BOYS ‘64, MENS ’81-82

#25 CHRISTINE HENDERSON (1981)

ASSIST. TREASURER: 1969-70
LADIES SECRETARY: 1971-76
U/AGE SECRETARY: 1996-97, 1999
UMPIRING COACH: 1996-99
300 + SENIOR GAMES

#24 LEON GALE (1979)

TREASURER: 1972-78, 80-84, 91-10
VICE PRESIDENT: 1979
PRESIDENT: 1982-84
600 + SENIOR GAMES

#20 GRAHAM WHINNEY (1975)

COMMITTEE PERSON: 1966-68
MENS SEC: 1969-77, 80-81
PROP STEWARD: 1975
U/AGE SEC: 1998
750 + SENIOR GAMES
FIRST XI P/SHIP: 1977
VIC VETS (o/45): 1998

#22 VAL SWANN (1977)

COMMITTEE PERSON: 1964, 19
ASST TREASURER: 1974
U/AGE SEC: 1975-77
SOCIAL SEC: 1979

#21 BARRY REEVES (1976)

VICE PRES: 1962-63, 1976
COMMITTEE PERSON: 196
300 + SENIOR GAMES

#20 GRAHAM WHINNEY (1975)

COMMITTEE PERSON: 1966-68
MENS SEC: 1969-77, 80-81
PROP STEWARD: 1975
U/AGE SEC: 1998
750 + SENIOR GAMES
FIRST XI P/SHIP: 1977
VIC VETS (o/45): 1998

#19 HARRY SWANN (1974)

COMMITTEE PERSON: 1958, 1963
TREASURER: 1963
500 + SENIOR GAMES

#18 CLYDE ASHER (1968)

SOCIAL SECRETARY: 1949-50
COMMITTEE PERSON: 1950
TREASURER: 1951-52
VICE PRESIDENT: 1954-57, 64-70
PROPERTY STEWARD: 1966-
300 + SENIOR GAMES

#17. RON SMALLEY (1967)

U/AGE + SOCIAL SEC: 1959
ASSISTANT SECRETARY: 1960
MENS SECRETARY: 1961-63, 65
TREASURER: 1964-66
VICE PRESIDENT: 1964
AUSTRALIAN UMPIRE

#16 BOBBIE SPEED (1965)

VICE PRESIDENT: 1960, 64-65
COMMITTEE PERSON: 1961
SOCIAL SECRETARY: 1962-63
ASSISTANT SECRETARY: 1974

#15. ALBY SPEED (1962)

COMMITTEE PERSON: 1953-55
MENS SECRETARY: 1956-60
VICE PRESIDENT: 1961
PRESIDENT: 1962-76, 78-81
GROUNDS/PAVILION: 2002-2011
946 FHC GAMES
MENS CLUB CHAMP: 1973-74
FIRST XI P/SHIPS: 1955, 1977
MENS COACH: 1960, 62-71, 76
VIC/AUST VETS REP: 1980-2004

#14 HARRY BROWNING (1961)

COMMITTEE PERSON: 1951-53
VICE PRESIDENT: 1957-58
TREASURER: 1959-60
VIC U/21: 1949
FIRST XI P/SHIPS: 1955, 1958

#13 ALLEN HERIOT (1960)

COMM. PERSON: 1949-50, 56-57
VICE PRES: 1951-55, 1958
PRESIDENT: 1959-61
FIRST XI P/SHIP: 1955
MENS CLUB CHAMP: 1957
COACH: 1959

#12 VIC HANDLEY (1958)

COMMITTEE PERSON: 1951-52
VICE PRES: 1955-58
FIRST XI P/SHIPS: 1955, 1958

#11 BOB BLACKBELL (1955)

TREASURER: 1953-57
VICE PRES: 1965-68, 71-72
CLUB AUDITOR FOR MANY YEARS
FIRST XI P/SHIP: 1940
INTERNATIONAL UMPIRE

#10 RON WALSH (1955)

FOUNDATION MEMBER
VICE PRES: 1936-38, 1949-55
COMMITTEE PERSON: 1948

#9 CLIFF ACTION (1949)

VICE PRESIDENT: 1946-48
SECRETARY: 1950
PRESIDENT: 1953-58
FATHER OF AUSTRALIAN PLAYER BEN ACTION
NEVER PLAYED

#8 RON GOVAN (1947)

FOUNDATION MEMBER
COMMITTEE PERSON: 1937-39
SECRETARY: 1940-42
VICE PRES: 1953, 66, 68-70
U/AGE SEC: 1965-67
ORIGINAL TEAM MEMBER: 1935
VIC U/21: 1938
COACH: 1939-41
FIRST XI P/SHIPS: 1936, 1940
MENS CLUB CHAMP: 1937-38, 1940

#7 GEORGE SIGLEY (1947)

FOUNDATION MEMBER/OFFICE BEARER
PRESIDENT: 1946-48
SOCIAL SECRETARY: 1954
VICE PRESIDENT: 1954-55
BUCK SIGLEY’S BROTHER, FATHER OF MEDIA IDENTITY ERNIE SIGLEY

#6 EVA BRIGGS (1946)

LADIES COACH: 1939-46
COMM.PERSON: 1940,45-47
LADIES SEC: 1942-44
FIRST XI P/SHIP (BOTH PLAYER + COACH) 1939, 1941

#5 JIM NOONAN (1944)

FOUNDATION MEMBER/OFFICE BEARER
SECRETARY: 1935,37-39
VICE PRES: 1937-39, 46-47
PRESIDENT: 1944-45
FIRST XI P/SHIP: 1936

#4 MRS A MOORE (1944)

VICE PRES: 1939-46
NON PLAYER (DAUGHTER YVONNE WAS WOMENS CLUB CHAMP – 1939
SOCIALLY INVOLVED

#3 STAN GOVAN (1942)

VICE PRES: 1937-47
UNCLE OF LIFE MEMBER RON GOVAN
NEVER PLAYED

#2. HAZEL HOLLAND (1941)

FOUNDATION MEMBER
ASSIST. SEC: 1939-48
SOCIAL SEC: 1940
VICE PRES: 1947-48
PLAYER/COACH

#1 H (BUCK) SIGLEY (1941)

FOUNDING MEMBER/OFFICE-BEARER
TREASURER: 1936-37
MENS SEC: 1947
400+SENIOR GAMES
MENS CLUB CHAMPION: 1935-36,43
FIRST XI PREMIERSHIP: 1936
COACH: 1943-44,46-48