Hockey Victoria congratulate Colin Batch on his tenure as Kookaburras coach

Published Mon 02 Sep 2024

On behalf of the whole Victorian Hockey community, HV wish to congratulate Colin Batch on an incredibly successful 8-year tenure as the Kookaburras coach.

Colin will go down as one of the most successful ever Head Coaches of the Kookaburra, leading the team to two Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, Silver at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, six FIH International tournament Championships titles and three Oceania Cups. In addition to that, Colin played 175 matches for the Kookaburras and was the Assistant Coach of the team when they won Gold at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and Bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Congratulations again and thank you for everything you have done for the sport of Hockey in Australia Colin!

Please find Hockey Australia’s full media release HERE.