Men's Mental Health Lunch Wrap-Up
Published Wed 12 Aug 2026

The return of HV’s Men’s Health Lunch took place last Friday, with a 120 people in attendance.
It was a great way to kick off the return of the event after a year hiatus with guests having the pleasure of hearing from a brilliant line up of guest speakers, including:
· Jack Davis (It’s cool to Cry) – discussing how we can break the stigma around mental health and left us with a range of skills and tool to hep support ourselves and others.
· Johan Durst and Josh Simmons – reflecting on their HCM careers and whats next for them
Special thanks must go to the following for the support of the Event:
· Gen Grimwade (CRCYBER Sales Representative & PEGs Hockey Club Member) who did a wonderful job as the Event MC
· Movember for their attendance and participation at the Event
· Just Hockey for donating six raffle prizes
· Our wonderful partners that were in attendance from La Trobe, Polytan, CRCYBER, HCL Tech, Australia India Business Council Society of Victoria, Gray Dawes Travel, Just Hockey & State Sports Centres Trust.
We are incredibly appreciative of the following clubs who purchased tickets to attend the Event:
· Camberwell Hockey Club
· Essendon Hockey
· Footscray Hockey Club
· Doncaster Hockey Club
· PEGS Hockey Club
· Southern United Hockey Club
· Waverley Hockey Club
· Brunswick Hockey Club
If your club completed fundraising for Men’s Health Round, we strongly encourage you to support Movember.
For more information on what Movember do and to access some of the great resources they have on offer please click here.