2023 Grassports Junior Country Championships preview

The 2023 Grassports Junior Country Championships are set to take place on the 20^th & 21^st May. There will be a total of 53 teams competing in this year’s event, which is an increase of 8 teams on the 2022 numbers.

It is a fantastic opportunity for regional Victoria’s brightest talent to go head-to-head with teams from other Associations. All teams will play a series of round robin matches across the course of the weekend, before it all culminates on the Sunday afternoon with the Gold Medal Matches.

The Event will be held across three dual pitch venues, with Greensborough, Essendon and Melbourne Sports Centres Parkville playing host in 2023. A huge thank you to the three host venues for their tireless work in preparing for the Event.

Fixtures, Results & Ladders

To view the fixtures, results and ladders for the weekend please head to the following page- https://www.hockeyvictoria.org.au/games/

Once the pool games are completed, the cross-over and finals matches for Sunday will be loaded onto Rev Sport.

To view the fixture in spreadsheet format, please click here.

Live Streaming

We are thrilled to be able to live stream some of the matches being played on the Sunday at all three venues. The matches will be live streamed on the https://livehockey.com.au/.

We will be live streaming all the matches on the following pitches:

• Melbourne Sports Centres Parkville (Pitch 1) – SUNDAY only
• Essendon Hockey Centre (Pitch 1) – SUNDAY only
• Greensborough Hockey Centre (Pitch 2) – SUNDAY only

All 2023 Hockey Victoria playing members have free access to all content delivered on https://livehockey.com.au/. For information on how to set up your free access, please click here.

A big thank you to Cluch and Manlift Hire for making it possible to stream the 2023 Grassports Junior Country Championships.

Venue Information

For key venue information for all three of the venues, please click here.

It should be noted that there will be other sporting activities taking place at Melbourne Sports Centres Parkville over the weekend of the JCC. There is Netball taking place Saturday morning and then a Taekwondo event on Sunday. It is strongly recommended that you allow additional time for parking. If the car park is full, there is overflow parking available at the Zoo.

There will be 2 x food trucks in place out the front of Entry B (the one near the large round about) at MSC Parkville to reduce the burden on the café at the venue.

Essendon and Greensborough will have a range of great food and beverages available across the weekend.

Competing Teams

Good luck to all the teams we have competing in the Event:

Officials

Congratulations to the following officials that have been appointed as Tournament Directors and Umpires Managers for the JCC.

Additionally, good luck to all the umpires we have officiating at the Grassports Junior Country Championships!

Finally, a big thank you to the Event sponsor, Grassports Australia. They are installers of synthetic grass and hardcourt surfaces at schools, clubs and in homes. Be sure to get in contact with the team if you need a new synthetic grass or hardcourt surface installed or an existing one maintained. They can be contacted on 03) 6144 7099 or at info@grassports.com.au.