2023 HV Competitions, Events & Special Rounds

Hockey Victoria is delighted to be able to release information relating to our Competitions, Events and Special Rounds for 2023. Take note and get planning. 

Stand Out Cup

Date: Sunday 26^th February, 2023

Location: Footscray Hockey Centre

Team entry information for this Event will be released prior to the end of this year.

Grassports Junior Country Championships

Dates: Saturday 20^th & Sunday 21^st May, 2023

Locations: Essendon Hockey Centre (Under 13 Boys & Girls), Greensborough Hockey Centre (Under 15 Boys & Girls), Melbourne Sports Centres Parkville (Under 18 Boys & Girls).

Team entry information for this Event will be released early in 2023.

From 2024, the age groups of this Event will change to align with the JSC, HA Nationals and HV Winter Competition age groups (Under 14, Under 16 and Under 18). But for 2023, the age groups will remain as Under 13, Under 15 and Under 18.

Grassports Senior Country Championships & Masters State Championships

Dates: Saturday 10^th to Monday 12^th June, 2023

Locations: Hawthorn Malvern Hockey Centre (Women) & Footscray Hockey Centre (Men)

With significant redevelopment works imminent in Geelong ahead of them hosting the Commonwealth Games, there are too many unknowns about the possible state of the venue in June. So, to provide a level of certainty, HV have decided to run the Women’s SCC at Hawthorn Malvern Hockey Centre in 2023.

It is also worth noting that in 2023, the Masters divisions of this Event will be open for metropolitan Masters teams to enter – effectively making it a Masters State Championships. The Open divisions will remain as regional teams only. There will be some more information relating to this released in the new year.

Grassports Junior State Championships

There will be some significant changes taking place in 2023. Hockey Australia have recently announced that the age groups for their National Championships will change in 2024 (please click here to view that article). But Hockey Victoria will adjust the JSC age groups from 2023. This will mean from 2023, the JSC age groups will align with the HV Winter Competition age groups, then from 2024, there will also be alignment with the HA Nationals age groups.

Further to that, in 2023 the Under 18 Nationals will be delivered at a different time of the year and they now directly clash with the Hockey Victoria Grassports Junior State Championships. As such the following changes have also been made:

Under 14 and Under 16 Grassports Junior State Championships – Thursday 29^th June to Sunday 2^nd July, 2023 at Melbourne Sports Centres Parkville and Footscray Hockey Centre

Under 18 Grassports Junior State Championships – EITHER of Friday 22^nd September to Sunday 24^th September OR Wednesday 27^th September to Friday 29^th September at Melbourne Sports Centres Parkville. Some further important points are:

• HV is working with the Hockey One League to try to host a Hockey Club Melbourne Men’s & Women’s match to coincide with the Under 18 JSC in September. We hope to have both that and the Under 18 JSC dates confirmed before the end of this year.
• It is worth noting that there may be some Under 16 athletes that are selected in the Victorian Under 18 State or Development Teams. This would mean those athletes would not be able to participate in the Under 16 JSC as it would clash with the Under 18 Nationals. Those athletes will be permitted to trial for their Under 18 JSC Zone team should they wish to.

In addition to the above changes, we are thrilled to also be offering and Under 12 Hockey 5’s Junior State Championships. This will be a wonderful introduction to the JSC for Under 12s, with further information to be released in the new year, but some initial details are as follows:

• It will run for 2 days across Saturday 1^st and Sunday 2^nd July and will take place at Melbourne Sports Centres Parkville or Footscray to coincide with the Under 14 and Under 16 JSC.

HV will endeavour to release the trial dates for all JSC age groups before the end of this year, if not it will be in January next year.

North East Knights Zone

It is with great disappointment we are announcing that from 2023 the North East Knights will no longer enter teams into the Junior State Championships. The Goulburn Valley Hockey Association athletes will now be joining the North West Lightning Zone for the purposes of the Junior State Championships.

This change will see the JSC Zones reduced to 9 for the 2023 year.

All athletes that have trialled for the North East Knights have been emailed directly in relation to this.

Women & Girls Breakfast

Date: Friday 12^th May, 2023

Location: Leonda By The Yarra

Further information will be released in the new year about pricing and ticket/table sales.

Men’s Health Lunch & Golf Day

This will be a new event delivered in 2023 to coincide with the Men’s Health Round. Details are still being finalised, but it will take place on Thursday 17^th or Friday 18^th August 2023.

Hockey Victoria Awards Night

The date and location of this Event are yet to be finalised, but affiliates will be updated once they are. Likely dates are Friday 22^nd September or Thursday 28^th September and we will avoid it clashing with the Under 18 JSC.

Special Rounds

The dates of the special rounds for 2023 will be as follows:

• Women & Girls Round – 11^th – 17^th May, 2023
• Pride Round - 16^th – 21^st June, 2023
• Indigenous Round – 7^th – 16^th July, 2023
• Mental Health Round – 28^th – 30^th July, 2023
• Men’s Health Round – 14^th – 20^th August, 2023

All Clubs will be contacted directly with information about medals for the special rounds in 2023.

Key Hockey Victoria Competitions & Events Dates for 2023

Winter Competition Dates

View the Full HV Competitions Calendar here
View the Full High Performance Calendar here

Indoor Club Championships

Term 1 Summer Competitions

Commencing Monday 30th January 2023 – 10 week competitions

League Cup

Pre-season events for Premier League – 3 weekends 18/19 & 25/26 March, 1st/2nd April – Semi Final 6th April Grand Final 8th June