2026 Stand Out Cup celebrates inclusion and diversity across Victorian Hockey

Published Wed 25 Feb 2026

Thank you to all who attended the 2026 Stand Out Cup (SOC)! Yet again the Victorian Hockey Community has shown their support for the LGBTIQ+ community, inclusion and diversity, and our amazing partners, Proud 2 Play.

Although a wild day of weather, with odd patches of rain and a general tropical like feel, this didn’t stop the good times rolling. As always, our participants and guests went all out in vibrant colours and costumes to generate a beautiful atmosphere of positivity, friendship, and community.

With 42 teams playing across the day, it was great to see the commitment towards changing attitudes, promoting positive language and ensuring that LGBTIQ+ people feel welcome, comfortable and recognised in today’s game.

Thank you to Kade Matthews and the team from Proud 2 Play for being incredible partners and joining us at the SOC once again. The Proud 2 Play team had a strong showing in D Grade finishing 4^th.

We’d like to extend out thank you to Hockey Victoria Directors Carina Ford and Mike Trenery for being involved with the SOC as a participant and guest presenter respectively.

We cannot thank Michael, Julia, and the team down at Essendon Hockey enough for the extraordinary hospitality across the whole day. The canteen and BBQ were flowing through the day, and the Essendon teams were dressed up and impressive across the Junior, D and C grade teams.

A huge shout out to all our umpires across the event, as well as Assistant Toiurnamnent Director, Angus Curnow! These superstars are very important component to the SOC, bringing structure to the day, keeping the games flowing, and adding an extra layer of fun to the action-packed day. Without you all, the day would not run!!

Lastly, thank you to Sammy Brown from Focus Pocus and Alex Tyrell from atsportsphotog for capturing the whole SOC. You can check out the full photo album linked further below.

We had several prizes to hand out on the day. Well done to all listed below:

Best Dressed Junior Team – Transformers
Best Dressed Senior Team – Frankston Stingrays & Frankston Blue
Spirit of the Day Award – Dad Jokes & Gun Daughters

We had some incredible matches played. Even though the day is about having fun and being inclusive, we did have some pennants awarded to our winning teams. Please check out our finals results below:

A Grade:

Finals Game	Teams	Winner
1^st vs 2^nd	Churchill Hockey Club vs Brunswick 1	Brunswick 1
3^rd vs 4^th	La Trobe 1 vs Hula Hustlers	La Trobe 1

B Grade:

Finals Game	Teams	Winner
1^st vs 2^nd	Telletubbies vs Bayside B	Telletubbies
3^rd vs 4^th	Stingrays vs Camberwell Hockey Club	Stingrays

C Grade:

Finals Game	Teams	Winner
1^st vs 2^nd	SUHC vs Hume Highlanders	Hume Highlanders
3^rd vs 4^th	Frankston Blue vs Collegian's Pride of Lions	Frankston Blue

D Grade:

Finals Game	Teams	Winner
1^st vs 2^nd	Dad Jokes & Gun Daughters vs Altona Pride	Altona Pride
3^rd vs 4^th	Brunswick 4 vs Proud 2 Play	Brunswick 4

Junior Grade:

Finals Game	Teams	Winner
1^st vs 2^nd	Wiggels vs Bayside Jnr 1	Bayside Jnr 1
3^rd vs 4^th	SUHC Jnrs vs GV Hawks HC	GV Hawks HC

The full results and ladders can be found here.

If you have a moment free, we’d love to hear your feedback on the 2026 Stand Out Cup. Please complete this short survey linked below so we can improve in the future.

2026 SOC Survey Link - https://www.hockeyvictoria.org.au/surveys/9990

Full 2026 SOC Photo Album