Ascot
Women’s Hockey Club was established in 1959 when a group of Ascot Primary
School Students, along with their President and Coach, Eileen Grealy and School
Headmaster and Patron, Bob Meibusch, decided to form a club to participate in
fixtures at the newly established venue at Downey Park. The girls played in
their school uniform (blue tunics) and trained at Cosby Park. All members by
unwritten agreement pledged themselves to keep alive the sporting spirit that
had, by example of their Headmaster, guided their school activities.
In our
first season (1959) we had three (3) teams. These teams were B Grade and 2
juniors – gaining 2nd, 4th and 5th positions. By the next year (1960) our top
team was in A Reserve and took out the premierships with a 3rd in C Grade and a
2nd for the Junior team. A good start!
In the
1980’s our club changed colours to be predominately red/navy, as there were so
many other clubs which wore blue. To this day, our club colours still remain a red/navy shirt,
red skirt and navy socks.
Over
the years we have grown to having teams in the Turf, Grass and Masters
Competition. In 2020, Ascot had 10 teams in the BWHA competition. These teams
included Division 1, Division 2, Division 3, Division 4, Division 5, Grass DP1, Grass DP2, Grass DP4 and Monday Masters 1 and Monday Masters 2. Our junior players come
from our feeder Club Arana Ascot Hockey Club, which was established in
1994 by members of our club who recognised the importance of the ongoing
development of players for the future.
We are
proud to have players from our club that have represented Brisbane, Queensland
and Australia, including current player Angie
Lambert OAM who is a 3 X Olympian & Olympic Gold Medalist.
We are
also honoured to have officials who have dedicated a lot of their time to
hockey and our club.
In 2016 Faye Wastell OAM, a past president of our club and a Life Member
of the Brisbane Women's Hockey Association received the Order of Australia
Medal for service to hockey and to the community. Also in 2016 Faye received
further recognition by Qsport and was the recipient of a 'Service to Sport'
Award at the Queensland Sports Awards.
Ascot
has been extremely fortunate to have many fantastic Administrators in our Club
over these years and we acknowledge their massive contribution to Hockey and in
particular Ascot Women’s Hockey Club.
Our
turf teams train at the State Hockey Centre, Colmslie and Easts Hockey Tiger
Turf, Carina. Our grass teams train at Tramway Street, Ferny Grove.
If you
would like any further information regarding Ascot Women’s Hockey Club, please
contact our club secretary,
Samone Spall on 0404 869325 or ascotwhc@gmail.com.