U14 Girls & Boys take on ICC

Week 5 of the Indoor Club Championships commenced last Friday night (27^th Feb), with the Under 14 Girls & Boys.

Under 14 Girls

There was a total of 18 matches played across the weekend at MSC Parkville and Monash University with 139 goals scored, and the leading goal scorer going to Zoe Lewington from Footscray Hockey Club with 21 goals.

The 3^rd place playoff match saw an absolute barrage of goals scored, with 10 goals scored in the match. KBH Brumbies Hockey Club would end up showing their dominance by scoring 7 goals with Juliet Sankey scoring a hat trick, Grace Allen scoring twice, and Lily Falla and Jasmine Hartung scoring one each. Essendon Hockey wouldn’t give up without a fight with Emily Cross, Charlotte Harman, and Natasha Toll all scoring one each!

Heading into the grand final Footscray Hockey Club were undefeated with Waverley/Brunswick Hockey Club only losing 1 match in the lead up. Waverley/Brunswick only loss being to Footscray made for a redemption shot at the title for Waverley/Brunswick. Similar to the 3^rd place playoff a total of 10 goals would be scored in the game. An incredible game of such high skill saw Footscray show their strength as they had all tournament scoring 8 goals compared to Waverley/Brunswick’s 2 goals. Double trouble from Footscray’s Zoe’s (Higgins and Lewington) both scoring hat tricks in the grand final with Emily Shepherd and Alessia Virtuoso adding to the tally. Waverley/Brunswick’s Tess Barrett scoring both goals for her team bring her tally to 9 goals for the tournament. Footscray Hockey Club are the back-to-back Under 14 Girls Indoor Club Champions!

The final standings were as follows:

Under 14 Boys

There was a total of 27 matches played across the three days at MSC Parkville and Monash University, with 184 goals scored, and the leading goal scorer going to Valentin Menge from Southern United Hockey Club, with 13 goals.

SF1 would end up seeing PEGS just scrap through betting Footscray 4-3 whilst SF2 saw Doncaster close out Essendon’s run at a grand final, winning 3-0.

The 3^rd place playoff match saw was a very close match. Essendon would end up just sneaking over the line with Oliver Haque, Toby Whyte, and Huada Zhong scoring one goal each. Footscray Hockey Club were so close and had multiple opportunities to close the gap but were unfortunately unable to get the win. Ethan Brain and Jacob Dargue would end up scoring Footscray’s goals within the match.

In what will be an amazing Grand Final, both teams had won a match leading into the finale The first matchup would see PEGS get the win 4-1 whilst the second time around Doncaster just got through winning 3-2.

Doncaster wasted no time getting started, scoring two goals early with PEGS being unable to answer back in the first half. PEGS would end up scoring a brilliant goal from Noah Conn at the start of the 2^nd. This would end up not mattering a Doncaster put the nail in the coffin scoring a late goal to go 3-1. Jordan Muir, Cooper Sampimon, and Mack Whitbread being Doncaster’s goalscorers to take them back-to-back Indoor Club Champions!

The final standings were as follows:

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A huge thank you to all of the club administrators, team managers, coaches, players, officials and supporters that were involved in these events across the weekend!

To check out all of the results from the weekend, please use the following links:

Under 14 Girls

Under 14 Boys

A huge thank you to our dedicated officials for their tireless work across the weekend. These events truly would not have been possible without you all. A special mention to the following for their appointments:

Under 14

The action concludes in a fortnights time (Mar 14, 15, 16) with two inaugural indoor events: U12 Mixed & Women’s 35+ ICC! Head to the website to see fixtures & results, and be sure to keep an eye our social channels for updates.