Seeing Is Believing

The Seeing is Believing campaign showcases the profiles of female role models within the Victorian Hockey Community who are transferring their every day skills to make a positive difference in the sport they love. Successfully performing in roles across Coaching, Umpiring and Administration they demonstrate the pathways available to women and girls, the benefits of diversity and having females involved in leadership and decision making and encourage women and girls to recognise the value they can contribute to our sport and the importance of having women involved in the sport. To learn more have a read through Hockey Victoria's Gender Equity & Diversity Strategy.

Coaches
Stacia Strain Position: VIS Women's Hockey Head Coach Accreditation: Level 2 Coach and Level 1 Coach Number of years coaching: 15 years Occupation: High-performance Hockey Coach Stacia's Videos Stacia Strain, tells us about her biggest supporters throughout her journey in this video. Stacia Strain shares the life skills she has learnt as a coach in this video.
Trudy Hairs Position: Premier League Coach Local Club: Essendon Hockey Club Accreditation: Level 2 Coach Number of years coaching: 25+ years Occupation: Trudy's Videos Trudy Hairs shares her pathway from coaching juniors, to coaching Premier League hockey in this video. Trudy Hairs shares her advice to young female athletes interested in coaching in this video.
Carly James Positions: Junior club coach, Hockey Victoria Academy coach, Hockey Victoria Participation Officer, All Abilities coach Local Club: Footscray Hockey Club Occupation: Casual Hockey coach and Student - studying a Masters of Teaching Accreditations: Level 1 Coach and Community Coach Hockey Achievements: National Junior Squad (2018, 2019), Australian U21s Jillaroos (2018, 2019, 2020), VIS Scholarship holder (2018, 2019, 2020), Hockey Club Melbourne player (2019), State Outdoor representative (u13s - u21s), State Indoor Representative (U15s - U21s) Carly's Videos Carly James shares, her pathway into coaching and what she most likes about it in this video. Carly Jame shares, why is gender equality, diversity and inclusion important in sport in this video.

Umpires
Rhiannon Murrie Position: FIH International Umpire - Advancement Panel Local Club: Melbourne University Hockey Club Accreditations: Australian Umpire Occupation: Policy Adviser - Department of Health Rihannon's Videos Rhiannon Murrie, shares her advice to young umpires on how to face and overcome challengers in this video. Rhiannon Murrie, shares what it means to her to be an umpire, the relationships she has formed and the support she has received in this video.

Umpire Coaches
Keeley O'Reilly Position: Umpire Coach National u13's/ state and promising Premier League female umpires Local Club: Melbourne University Hockey Club Accreditations: Australian Umpire and Level 2 Umpire Coach Occupation: Marketing Manager Keeley's Videos Keeley O’Reilly shares her experience on her inspiring journey to becoming an umpire coach in this video. Keeley O’Reilly shares her advice to Girls’ who are thinking about getting involved in this video
Robyn Bannerman OAM Position: National and International Umpire Coach/Manager, and Tier 2 Umpire Local Club: Mornington Peninsula Hockey Club Accreditations: Level 3 Umpire Coach and Level 2 Technical Official Occupation: Retired Primary School Principal and teacher. Robyn's Videos Robyn Bannerman shares her advice to females who are thinking about taking up umpire coaching in this video. Robyn Bannerman shares her umpire coaching journey in this video.

Administrators
Suzanne Henderson Position: Hockey Victoria's Strategic Projects General Manager Local Club: Camberwell Hockey Club Occupation: Sports Administrator Suzanne's Videos Suzanne Henderson shares her view on the importance gender equality has on the sporting landscape in this video. Suzanne Henderson shares the legacy she hopes to leave at Hockey Victoria in this video.
Ellen Williamson Position: Hockey Victoria appointed Board member and member of the Risk and Governance sub-committee Local Club: Camberwell Hockey Club Occupation: Lawyer Ellen's Videos Ellen Williamson shares her pathway to becoming a board member and talks about how you can get involved in similar roles at your hockey club in this video. Ellen Williamson provides plenty of insightful tips to females interested in taking up board roles at their local club in these two videos; Part 1 Part 2
Tracey Drake Position: Hockey Victoria's Vice President, and Chair of the Risk and Governance sub-committee Local Club: Altona Hockey Club Occupation: Executive Director of Service Reform at the Federal Court of Australia Tracey's Videos Tracey Drake shares her thoughts on the importance of diversity on boards in this video. Tracey Drake shares the transferrable technical and speaking skills that she’s brought to the Hockey Victoria Board in this video.
Caitlin Campbell Position: Club President at Southern United Hockey Club (SUHC) Occupation: Economist What skills are vital in your role? Communication, positivity, flexibility, and responsibility. Caitlin's Videos Caitlin Campbell shares her journey to becoming President of Southern United Hockey Club and speaks about how you can start your club administrators journey in this video. Caitlin Campbell shares her advice to other young women that may be thinking about taking on leadership roles at their hockey club in this video.

Vanessa Flanagan Position: Club Secretary at Wodonga Hockey Club Occupation: Records Management Coordinator at Wodonga Institute of TAFE What skills are vital in your role? As the secretary, there are a few key skills; organisation, communication, approachability, availability, and being able to look forward and see what we can improve for the members Vanessa's Videos Vanessa Flanagan shares her advice to other women who may be thinking about taking on a leadership role within their club/association in this video. Vanessa Flanagan shares how she has been able to influence change in your club and how people have been really supportive in this video.
Angela Poxon Position/s: Zone Coordinator for North West Lightning, President of North Central Hockey Association, Vice President Boort Hockey Club, North West Lightning Junior Development Coordinator and committee member, Umpire (Men NCHA), mentor umpires in NCHA, Manager A Men Strathdale Hockey Club. Occupation: Career Practitioner What skills are vital in your role? Communication is key with all parties (players, parents, coaches, umpires, associations and club, as well as Hockey Victoria). Love of the game is paramount and seeing the improvement in players and increase in confidence always makes me proud Angela's Videos Angela Poxon shares what skills she believes are vital in the role of Zone Coordinator in this video.

Anna Jennings

Position: Club secretary at Southern United Hockey Club

Occupation: IT Consultant

What skills are vital for your role? Organization, organization and organization. Other skills that help considerable are a strong memory and the ability/willingness to embrace technology.