2024 Junior Country Championships Wrap-up

Published Mon 20 May 2024

The 2024 Junior Country Championships hit Melbourne over the weekend, with 48 teams participating in an action packed two days of Hockey. There were 141 matches, across the three venues for the Event.

Congratulations to all the Associations that competed in the Event, in particular the following teams that participated in Gold Medal matches or 3rd Place Play-offs:

Age Group	Gold Medallists	Silver Medallists	3rd Place
Under 14 Boys	North Central (Red)	Sunraysia (Yellow)	Geelong
Under 14 Girls	Geelong	Hockey Ballarat	North Central & Hockey Central Vic
Under 16 Boys	Hockey Ballarat	Glenelg	East Gippsland
Under 16 Girls	Goulburn Valley	Geelong	East Gippsland
Under 18 Boys	Glenelg	Hockey Ballarat	Geelong
Under 18 Girls	West Gippsland	Hockey Ballarat	Geelong

To check out the results from this year Event please click here and then scroll down to Junior Country Championships.

Congratulations to not only to the teams that made it into those matches, but all of the teams that competed in the Event. The level of play and sportsmanship were wonderful across the whole weekend. It was awesome to have the following 48 teams competing:

Under 14 Boys
East Gippsland Hockey Association	West Gippsland Hockey Association
Sunraysia Hockey Association (Green)	Sunraysia Hockey Association (Yellow)
North Central Hockey Association (Red)	North Central Hockey Association (White)
Hockey Central Vic	Hockey Ballarat
Glenelg Region Hockey Association	Goulburn Valley Hockey Association
Geelong Hockey Association	Hockey South West

Under 14 Girls
East Gippsland Hockey Association	North Central Hockey Association
Sunraysia Hockey Association	Hockey Ballarat
Hockey Central Vic	Hockey South West
Glenelg Region Hockey Association	Goulburn Valley Hockey Association
Geelong Hockey Association

Under 16 Girls
East Gippsland Hockey Association	Geelong Hockey Association
Sunraysia Hockey Association	North Central Hockey Association
Hockey Central Vic	Hockey Ballarat
Glenelg Region Hockey Association	Goulburn Valley Hockey Association

Under 16 Boys	Under 18 Boys
East Gippsland Hockey Association	East Gippsland Hockey Association
Geelong Hockey Association	Geelong Hockey Association
Glenelg Region Hockey Association	Glenelg Region Hockey Association
Goulburn Valley Hockey Association	Hockey Ballarat
Hockey Ballarat	North Central Hockey Association
North Central Hockey Association	Sunraysia Hockey Association

Under 18 Girls

East Gippsland Hockey Association

Geelong Hockey Association

Glenelg Region Hockey Association

Hockey Ballarat

North Central Hockey Association

Sunraysia Hockey Association

West Gippsland Hockey Association

A huge thank you to all the officials involved in the Event, from the Umpires, volunteers on the Tech Bench through to the Tournament Directors and Umpires Managers for their tireless work across the course of the weekend. Special mention to the wonderful Tournament Directors and Umpire Managers below:

Event	Tournament Director	Assistant Tournament Director	Umpire Manager	Assistant Umpire Manager
Under 14 Boys & Girls	Lyn Page	Isaiah Peterson & Mary Rabling	Isabel Wright	Ben Wills & Sabriah Peterson
Under 16 Boys & Girls	Rodney Kay	Ann Lennie & Stuart McCleary	Ged Grimwade	Vanessa Ponza & Zac Wickson
Under 18 Boys & Girls	Lynette Delaney	Sue MacMillan & Taela Eggers	Iris Milham	Tamsin McLean & Zara Mora

Thank you also to Chloe Scott & Steve McDonald who acted as Umpire Coaches at the Event.

Finally, thank you to the following:

The Greensborough and Essendon Hockey clubs and all their volunteers for hosting the Event, we really appreciate your efforts and you did a wonderful job in welcoming the regional associations to your venues.
The State Hockey Centre for hosting as well, it was great to see the venue buzzing on the weekend and all participants enjoying the wonderful facilities on offer.
Phoenix First Aid for covering all three venues across the weekend.
Andrew Wiseman for his photography across all three venues. Please check out the Hockey Victoria Facebook for the 2024 Junior Country Championships photo album.
Man Lift Hire and My Sport Live for making it possible to live stream some of the matches on Sunday at each venue.
Our wonderful sponsors, Water Partners and XR Elements. Thank you so much for your support of Hockey Victoria, but also of Hockey Central Vic and Goulburn Valley Hockey Association.
Finally, thank you to all the JCC Coordinators, coaches and team managers from each association. We really appreciate all the work you put in to make it possible for the teams to attend the Event!