Victorian Vikings
Appearance
Full name | Victorian Vikings Hockey Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Vikings | ||
Founded | 1991 | ||
Home ground | |||
League | Australian Hockey League | ||
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The Victorian Vikings are a field hockey team which participate in Australia's national field hockey league, the
State Netball and Hockey Centre.[1]
Championships
Since their inception in the inaugural 1991 season, the Vikings have won 2 championships; the fourth most of any club in the league. These two championships came in the 1996 and 1998 competitions. They came second in 1991 season and have finished in 3rd place on numerous occasions.[2]
2009 squad
Player | Victorian Club |
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Angus Allen | KEW |
Lachlan Anderson | Essendon |
George Bazeley | Hawthorn |
Andrew Beck | Greensborough |
Chris Ciriello | Doncaster |
Brett Dempster | Doncaster |
Luke Doerner | Waverley |
Russell Ford | Doncaster |
Declan Geraghty | Camberwell |
Matthew Guest | Altona |
Corey Joseph | Waverley |
Malcolm Kemp | Greensborough |
Aaron Kleinschmidt | TEM |
Paul Mackinnon | Hawthorn |
Alistair McKlennan | Essendon |
Josh Pollard | Greensborough |
David Pruden | Essendon |
Tom Scott | Waverley |
Glenn Simpson | Greensborough |
Heath Simpson | Greensborough |
Ian Smyth | Greensborough |
Tim Snow | Doncaster |
Will Unkles | Camberwell |
James Webster | Camberwell |
Notable players
Player |
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Stephen Mowlam |
Jay Stacy |
Colin Batch |
Luke Doerner |
Chris Ciriello |
Andrew Smith |
Jeremy Hiskins |
David Shaw |
Aaron Kleinshmidt |
Travis Brooks |
Glenn Simpson |
Russell Ford |
George Bazeley |
Stadium
The team's home ground is the
State Netball and Hockey Centre
. which is located within a kilometre of the Melbourne CBD. The stadium has a capacity of about 4,500 with 1000 seats however capacity is expanded through temporary seating for big tournaments. The stadium was used for the 2006 Commonwealth games and will host the 2009 Champions league.
Women's team
Since the women's competition was included into the
Hockeyroos include Louise Dobson
and Rachel Imison.
References
- ^ http://www.hockeyvictoria.org.au/siteContent/teamDetail.asp?MainMenuID=4&SubMenuID=23&SubSubMenuID=122&TeamID=368 [dead link]
- ^ "Hockey Australia > AHL > Results > Past NHL/AHL Results". www.hockey.org.au. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007.
- ^ "Hockey Australia > AHL > Results > Past NHL/AHL Results". www.hockey.org.au. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007.