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Dates
30 July to 4 August 2023

Age Groups
12 Years and Under

Participating States and Territories
Boys - ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
Girls - ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA

Host
Hockey Tasmania

Venue
Tasmanian Hockey Centre
19 Bell Street, New Town 7008 TAS

Age Dispensation
Age Dispensation has been granted to one or more States or Territories for these Championships as allowed through the SSA Sport Participation Policy.

Contact
For all Hockey Championships enquiries, please contact the School Sport Australia National Hockey Advisor:

Mrs Michelle Cassidy
Mobile: 0418 833 641
E-Mail: michellecassidy2561@gmail.com

Dates
12 to 19 August 2023

Age Groups
16 Years and Under
From 2024 will be 15 Years and Under

Participating States and Territories
Boys - ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
Girls - ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA

Host
School Sport SA

Venue
Hockey SA Mate Stadium
10 Anna Meares Way, Gepps Cross

Age Dispensation
Age Dispensation has been granted to one or more States or Territories for these Championships.

Contact
For all Hockey Championships enquiries, please contact the School Sport Australia National Hockey Advisor:

Mrs Michelle Cassidy
Mobile: 0418 833 641
E-Mail: michellecassidy2561@gmail.com

Rules and Guidelines

To view the Boys and Girls 12 Years & Under SSA Hockey Championships rules click here (updated March 2023).

To view the Boys and Girls 16 Years & Under SSA Hockey Championships rules click here (updated March 2023).

To view the School Sport Australia Policies click here.

School Sport Australia 12 Years and Under Championship

Fixtures

Hobart: 30 July - 4 August 2023
Hobart: 30 July - 4 August 2023 Altius

Previous championship results

School Sport Australia 16 Years and Under Hockey Championship

    Fixtures

Adelaide: 12 - 19 August 2023
Adelaide: 12 - 19 August 2023

    Previous championship results

International Tour 2019

Dates May / June 2019 Destination Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany Contact Tour Leader: Michelle Cassidy

International Tours 

All Australian Touring Team

School Sport Australia Hockey History Like most sports on the School Sport Australia roster, school hockey at state representative level began as an exchange competition between New South Wales and Queensland teams. This program began in the 1960’s, and involved secondary school students. In 1973, thanks to the foresight of Sandra Sheedy (a past national secretary and secretary of the Victorian Secondary Schools Sports Association), the Schoolgirls National Netball Championship was combined with Schoolgirls Hockey to be called the U16 Hockey/Netball Championships. Mr Theo Leonard, the then Secretary of the Victorian Metropolitan Secondary Schools Sports Association, demonstrated his support for the combined championship by donating the Theo Leonard Trophy to the event. In 1990, the combined championship was disbanded, to allow the formation of separate girl’s hockey and netball national championships. The Australian Schoolboys Hockey Championship began for secondary students in 1978, hosted in Sydney by New South Wales Combined High Schools. 1978 also saw the first boys and girls 12 years and Under Exchange take place. Like the early secondary sport programs, this competition began as an exchange between New South Wales and Queensland, but later expanded to include other states and territories. The Exchange is now known as the 12 years and Under Championship. After a long association, the relationship between School Sport Australia Boys and Girls hockey, and Hockey Australia was formalised with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two parties in 2012. The School Sport Australia hockey program is now formally acknowledged as an important component of the Hockey Australia development pathway. In 2014, the formerly separate School Sport Australia Boys and Girls Hockey Associations amalgamated to form the School Sport Australia Hockey Association.