2025 Junior Country Championships Wrap-Up

Published Mon 19 May 2025

A total of 47 regional teams descended on Melbourne for the 2025 Junior Country Championships over the weekend. The three venues hosted 150 matches in total, and it had it all, from great hockey, a lot of rain and plenty of sunshine.

A big congratulations to all the teams that finished in the top 3 positions in the respective age groups, as outlined below:

Age Group	Champion	Runner-up	Third Place
Under 14 Boys	Geelong Hockey Association	Hockey Central Vic	Hamilton Hockey
Under 14 Girls	Geelong Hockey Association	Sunraysia	Hamilton Hockey
Under 16 Boys	Hockey Ballarat	Geelong Hockey Association	East Gippsland Hockey Association
Under 16 Girls	Hockey Ballarat	Geelong Hockey Association	North Central
Under 18 Boys	Hockey Ballarat	Hamilton Hockey	East Gippsland Hockey Association
Under 18 Girls	Goulburn Valley Hockey Association	Geelong Hockey Association	West Gippsland

Grand Final Umpires

Congratulations and a big thank you to the 49 umpires that officiated at the Event over the weekend and a special mention to the following individuals that were appointed to Gold Medal Matches:

Age Group	Umpires
Under 14 Boys	Callum Wickson & Sandy Allen
Under 14 Girls	Lily Drury & Keiko Rice
Under 16 Boys	Bella Hereford & Michael Nielsen
Under 16 Girls	Mia Joiner & Renee Brown
Under 18 Boys	Callum Bridge & Mitchell Wilson
Under 18 Girls	Isobel Skillern & Alex Shortis

Tournament Directors & Umpire Managers

The event is not possible without the tireless work of all the Tournament Directors, Umpire Managers and Umpire Coaches. We really appreciate the efforts and professionalism of the following individuals:

Role	Under 14 Boys & Girls	Under 16 Boys & Girls	Under 18 Boys & Girls
Tournament Director	Taela Eggers	Lyn Page	Lynette Delaney
Assistant Tournament Director	Stu McCleary	Mary Rabling	Rodney Kay
Assistant Tournament Director	Isaiah Peterson	Ron Holmes	Angus Curnow
Umpire Manager	Zachary Wickson	Harry Huang	Josh May
Assistant Umpire Manager	Hayden MacPhie	Aaron Foy	Jaiden Bridge
Assistant Umpire Manager	Aisha Alim	Corey Harrison	Samantha Giorlando
Umpire Coaches	Keeley O’Reilly, Jai Brown, Iris Milham, Ed DeSalis

JCC Website

If you didn’t check out the JCC website, please click here to do so. You can find all the results, ladders and a whole heap more.

Acknowledgements

Phoenix First Aid for covering all three venues across the weekend.

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 as always!

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.

Andrew Wiseman & Stuart Westmore for their amazing photography across all three venues. Please check out the Hockey Victoria Facebook for the 2025 Junior Country Championships photo album later this week.

Sportway for making the live stream of the Under 16 age group at Greensborough possible. It isn’t too late to purchase an event pass and watch all the match replays from both Pitches! Click here to head to Live Hockey to do so.

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!