Hockey Victoria (HV) is the governing body for the sport of field hockey in Victoria, Australia. It is responsible for the administration of intrastate competitions, state representative teams, officials and the financial position of the sport. Its office is located on the ground level of the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Parkville.
Organisation Structure HV is run by a small number of full- and part-time staff, including The CEO is responsible for overseeing the general operation of HV, and providing strategies for future development two Competition and Events officers, responsible for coordinating fixtures, officiating, club liaison, finals, internal competitions and State Championships, and hosting external competitions such as National Championships and International Tests a State Teams Manager, responsible for the selection and management of state representative players, staff (coaches and managers), and officials a Development Manager, responsible for grass-roots development of the sport, including the VicStix program, HookIn2Hockey implementation, and Rookey programs an Administration Assistant/Receptionist
Logo
In the 1990s, the Victorian Hockey Association operated using a silver-and-black letter 'V'. When the Victorian Hockey Association, Victorian Women's Hockey Association and Victorian Junior Hockey Association amalgamated and became HV in 2003, the new peak body rebranded itself with a new logo. This represents a stylized 'V' and stylized hockey sticks, using the traditional Victorian colours of blue and white.
In September 2010, the HV logo was changed under a directive from Hockey Australia to bring the logos of all the State and Territory Associations into alignment, to demonstrate "that [the] sport is working together for the betterment of [its] members, ... [and to] demonstrate a modern and innovative look and feel and present [the] sport in a more professional way". This new series of logos uses the same image, an abstract person holding a hockey stick, for all Associations with the variation being provided in the colour scheme. HV's new logo uses navy blue, the traditional colour for Victoria, and orange, the alternate colour used by Victorian state teams in the event of a colour clash.
Member Clubs and Associations
Melbourne Metropolitan
Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Altona Hockey Club Seagulls JK Grant Reserve, AltonaBayside Powerhouse Hockey ClubSaintsAlbert Park, Brighton Secondary College Brunswick Hockey Club Wickers Brunswick Secondary College Camberwell Hockey Club Wellers Matlock Reserve, Camberwell Caroline Springs Hockey Club Springers Bridge Road Sports Complex, Melton South Casey Hockey Club Cannons Berwick Secondary College Collegians-X Lions Monash University, Clayton Campus Craigieburn Falcons Hockey Club Falcons Newbury Park, Cragieburn Doncaster Hockey Club Donny Mullum Mullum Reserve, East Doncaster Eastern Christian Hockey Organisation (ECHO) Ashwood Reserve, Ashwood Essendon Hockey Bombers Essendon Hockey Center, Ascot Vale Footscray Hockey Club Bulldogs McIvor Reserve, Yarraville Frankston Hockey Club Stingrays Monash University, Peninsula Campus Greater Dandenong Warriors Hockey Club Warriors Mills Reserve, Dandenong Greensborough Hockey Club Burra Plenty Park, Plenty Hawthorn Hockey Club Hawks Auburn Rd, Hawthorn East HMAS Cerberus HMAS Cerberus Naval Base, Crib Point Hume Hockey Club Highlanders Newbury Park, Cragieburn KBH (Kew Box Hill) Brumbies Brumbies Elgar Park, Box Hill Knox Hockey Club Eagles Wantirna Reserve, Wantirna La Trobe University Gunners Hardiman Reserve, Reservoir MCC Hockey Section Dee's Melbourne High School, Elwood College Melbourne High School Old Boys Unicorns Melbourne High School Melbourne University Hockey Club (MUHC) Shoppers Melbourne University Maccabi Elwood College Melton Hockey Club Mustangs Heathdale Christian College, Melton Mentone Hockey Club Panthers Mentone Grammar School Playing Fields, Keysborough Monash University Farmers Monash University, Clayton Campus Mornington Peninsula Falcons Monash University, Peninsula Campus Old Carey Elgar Park, Box Hill Old Haileyburians Association (OHA) Haileybury College, Keysborough Campus Old Melburnians Melbourne Grammar Sports Complex, Port Melbourne Old Xaverians Xav's Matlock Reserve, Camberwell Old Yarra Valley Yarra Valley Grammar School P.E.G.S. Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, East KeilorRMIT Hockey ClubRedbacksEssendon Hockey Club, Ascot Vale Southern United Hockey Club Southern Kingston Heath Reserve, Cheltenham St Bede's Old Collegians Mentone Grammar School playing fields, Keysborough St Bernard's Old Collegians St Bernard's College, Essendon Swinburne Razorbacks Elwood College Toorak-East Malvern (TEM) Lions Auburn Rd, Hawthorn East Victorian Sikhs Monash University, Clayton Campus Waverley Hockey Club Panthers Ashwood Reserve, Ashwood Werribee Hockey Club Tigers President's Park, Werribee West Gippsland Strikers Bellbird Park, Drouin Yarra Hockey Club Yabbies Cyril Cummins Reserve, Bellfield
Regional Victoria Central Victoria Hockey Association Colac & District Hockey Association East Gippsland Hockey Association Glenelg Hockey Association Hockey Albury Wodonga Hockey Ballarat Hockey Geelong Latrobe Valley Hockey Association North Central Hockey Association Sunraysia Hockey Association West Gippsland Hockey Association Wimmera Hockey Association
Competition Structure HV administers a statewide, club-based competition, where self-administering clubs enter teams into the competition. All competitions are based on a promotion-relegation system of advancement, as outlined below.
Openage (Senior) Competition There are two concurrent tiers of competition in Victoria - Premier League/Vic League and Pennant/Metro. There are 19 rounds of competition in the premier league and premier league reserves, other competitions are 18 rounds. In 2012 the competition was renamed from State League one to Premier League. With a change from 10 teams to 12 teams in the competition.
Premier League Competition In 2008, there were five State League grades for men and four for women. There is a maximum of ten teams per grade in State League. If a new club was to enter State League, they would have to enter at the lowest grade and earn promotion to the higher grades.
Clubs may only enter one team in the Premier League (PL), and this is treated as that club's "First XI" or highest-ranked team. Premier League (PL) is the premier competition in Victoria. After the renaming to Premier League at the end of 2012, the competition for premier league has two grades "Premier League" and "Reserves". A club playing in premier league automatically has a team in reserves. The number of clubs in premier league in 2019 is sixteen. To gain promotion to premier league a club must satisfy League Entry Criteria published by Hockey Victoria. The lowest team on the ladder in premier league is subject to demotion.
+Premiership Winners - Premier LeagueYearMenWomen2026MCC Hockey Club Waverley Hockey Club2025Southern United Hockey ClubEssendon Hockey Club2024Southern United Hockey ClubHawthorn Hockey Club2023MCC Hockey ClubCamberwell Hockey Club2022Camberwell Hockey ClubEssendon Hockey Club2019Southern United Hockey ClubHawthorn Hockey Club2018Southern United Hockey ClubHawthorn Hockey Club2017Camberwell Hockey ClubHawthorn Hockey Club2016Camberwell Hockey ClubHawthorn Hockey Club2015Greensborough Hockey ClubDoncaster Hockey Club2014Greensborough Hockey ClubHawthorn Hockey Club2013Camberwell Hockey ClubGreensborough Hockey Club Vic League Competition
Vic League 1 Vic League 2 Vic League 3 +Premiership Winners - Vic LeagueVic League 1Vic League 2Vic League 3YearMenWomenMenWomenMenWomen2026Hockey Geelong SharksTEM Hockey ClubBrunswick Hockey ClubGreater Dandenong Hockey ClubGippsland Strikers Melbourne High School Old Boys Hockey Club2025Greensborough Hockey ClubGreensborough Hockey ClubWerribee Hockey ClubLatrobe University Hockey ClubGreater Dandenong Hockey ClubECHO2024Hockey Geelong SharksMelbourne University Hockey ClubYarra Hockey ClubPEGS Hockey ClubRMIT and Gippsland Strikers (Split League)Greater Dandenong Hockey Club2023PEGS Hockey ClubYarra Hockey ClubWestVic HockeyLatrobe University Hockey ClubAussie Punjabi Sports Club2022Old Xaverians Hockey ClubMonash University Hockey ClubECHOCasey Hockey ClubFrankston Hockey Club
Pennant / Metro Competition Clubs may have one team in each grade of Pennant/Metro competition. They progress by earning promotion from lower grades to higher grades. Grades are typically limited to 10 teams per grade, although Metro may have fewer teams depending on team entries for that year. Pennant grades are statewide, but Metro grades are district-based to minimise travel distances. The Pennant/Metro grades are ranked as follows:
Pennant A Pennant B Pennant C Pennant D Pennant E Pennant F Pennant G (men's competition only) Metro A (Location/Zone based ) Metro B (Location/Zone based Metro C (depending on the number of teams)
Premier League and Premier League Reserves have a four-week final series as follows:
Week 1: 1st and 2nd Qualifying finals - 1st plays 4th and 2nd plays 3rd 1st and 2nd Elimination finals - 5th plays 8th and 6th plays 7th Week 2: Semi Finals 1st Semi Final - Winner of the 1st elimination finals plays loser of 1st qualifying final 2nd Semi Final - Winner of the 2nd elimination finals plays loser of 2nd qualifying final Week 3: Preliminary Finals 1st Preliminary final: Winner of 1st Qualifying final plays winner of 2nd semi final 2nd Preliminary final: Winner of 2nd Qualifying final plays winner of 1st semi final Week 4: Grand final Winners of 1st and 2nd Preliminary final
Pennant/Metro/Masters competitions have a three-week finals series as follows:
Semi-Finals - The teams finishing 1st and 2nd after the regular season play in the "Qualifying Final", and the teams finishing 3rd and 4th play in the "Elimination Final" Preliminary Final - The loser of the Qualifying Final plays the winner of the Elimination Final Grand Final - The winner of the Qualifying Final plays the winner of the Preliminary Final
Teams finishing in the bottom two places of each pennant grade after the regular season are relegated to the next lowest grade in that competition. For example, the teams finishing 9th and 10th in PB will be relegated to PC for the next season. Teams being relegated from PD/PE to M1 will go to the most appropriate district of M1 if possible, with one team going to each district. Likewise for teams being relegated from M1 to M2.
Teams finishing 1st in each grade after the regular season (the Minor Premiers) are automatically promoted to the next highest grade in that competition. If that team also wins the Grand Final (the Major Premiers) then the team finishing 2nd in the grade is promoted. If the Minor Premier is not also the Major Premier, then the Major Premier is promoted. For example, Teams A, B, C and D finish 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in SL2 respectively. A is automatically promoted to SL1, and if A wins the Grand Final, B is promoted as well. If A does not win the Grand Final, the team that does win is promoted instead of B, regardless of where they finished. Only the Minor Premier of each district of M2 is promoted to M1, and likewise for M1 into PD/PE.
Underage (Junior) Competition Competition in the Underage competition is based on age, gender and grade. HV operates competitions for age groups under-16, under-14, under-12. Competitions also exist for under-18 and under-10. Under 18 and Under 10 are not graded competitions.
In each age group there are several grades, depending on team numbers, as follows: 'A' or 'Shield A' 'B' or Shield B Pennant North-West & Pennant South-East (District) North & South