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  The 2012 Men’s Australian Hockey League is underway in Canberra, ACT. In what is a traditional 2 week tournament format, all 8 States and Territories play each other once in the round matches, with the top 4 teams making the Semi Finals. Rounds 1 through 5 have been played over the last 6 days in what is an extremely ... Read More »

  Photo: Lakers star Lucas Judge in action against the SA Hotshots, earlier in the season The Bronze Medal game from the Men’s Australian Hockey League has just been released and we’ve got this action packed game right here for you. Traditionally a shoot-out, the Victoria Vikings took on the ACT Lakers in an 8 goal feast! A host of ... Read More »

Firstly, I’ve had the most amazing 2 months of my life. It involved a European tour with the Australian team, An AHL title and an eye opening experience in the North West of Western Australia. As well as many fun times in between. My last blog was after the first round of the AHL and there has been a fair ... Read More »

Photo: Thundersticks sharp shooter Trent Mitton and Captain Fergus Kavanagh celebrate Fresh off the press, we’ve got the AHL Men’s Grand Final replay IN FULL right here! By now you’ll know that it was the guys from the west that prevailed in this thriller. In action from the Gryphon stables were Thundersticks Kiel Brown, Tristian Clemons, Mark Boyne, Matt Boyce, ... Read More »

The Western Australia Thundersticks have won their 3rd national title in 4 years. They prevailed over a passionate NSW Waratahs outfit that has shown great promise.  The game was all square when in the 69th minute Gryphon ambassador and West Aussie Sam Pike stood up and slotted a corner flick that sizzled into the top right of the net. This ... Read More »

Things got very real in the last round of the Classification matches today in the AHL. From Pool A all 4 teams were in with a chance to make the final at the start of the day, whilst in Pool B the other finalist was either going to be Western Australia or Victoria. Here’s the days results: POOL B Tasmania ... Read More »

Wednesday at the Sydney Olympic Park saw Classification Round 2 of the AHL played. There were some big upsets in Classification Round 1, which explained the air of excitement and pressure surrounding these fixtures. The G-Team were on song yesterday, with Stinger Tarrant Haami-Jones netting from a powerful corner in their clash against Victoria, whilst Mark Paterson did some damage ... Read More »

Tuesday saw the first of three rounds of the AHL Classification matches played at Sydney Olympic Park. In Pool A, upsets were a plenty. New South Wales Waratahs lost to an in form ACT Lakers 3-5, while the Queensland Blades also stumbled to a fired up South Australian Hotshots 1-2. Pool B saw the status quo restored, with the Victoria Vikings destroy ... Read More »

The Australian Hockey League (AHL) finals week is under way with Rounds 6 and 7 being run and won on the weekend. Today is a rest day at Sydney’s Olympic Park with the start of the Classification matches beginning tomorrow, Tuesday 9th and the Final being played at 3pm EST on Saturday 13th. A full wrap of these two rounds ... Read More »

Photo: Round game against Western Australia We did it. The OAMPS Southern Suns won the AHL title for the first time in 16 years and literally bought the trophy (and some nice gold medals) back home to South Australia. Our AHL campaign was truly one of the most rewarding hockey experiences of my life so, instead of sharing results and ... Read More »