Naracoorte and District Hockey Association

24/12/2025

📷 Photo thanks to Tillie Derrington

26/11/2025

🚧 CLUBROOMS UPGRADE UPDATE! 🚧

Great news, team — the upgrade of our toilets and shower block is well underway! 🛠️🚿

A massive thank you to the legends at Bull Bros Earthmoving, Lawrence's Irrigation, and Matt McGregor Plumbing for their incredibly generous donations of machinery, equipment, and time. Your support is making a huge difference and helping us move this project forward faster than we imagined. 🙌💙

We can’t wait to see the finished result and provide our members with improved facilities for years to come. Stay tuned for more updates!

09/11/2025

🏑 CANTEEN OPERATOR WANTED – 2026 SEASON

The Naracoorte & Districts Hockey Association is seeking expressions of interest from individuals, groups, or local businesses to lease and operate our canteen for the upcoming winter hockey season (April–September 2026).

This is a fantastic opportunity to run a small business in a lively, family-friendly sporting environment — serving players, families, and visitors each weekend at our turf facility in Naracoorte.

We’re looking for someone who:
• Can provide friendly, reliable service
• Has experience in food preparation and handling (with relevant certifications)

What’s included:
• Fully equipped canteen with cooking and serving facilities
• Established customer base throughout the season
• Flexible operating arrangements

📅 Expressions of Interest close 5th December 2025

📞 For more information or to arrange a site inspection, please contact:
Andrew Doecke – [email protected]
| 0488 574 471
or
Carolyn McLaren – [email protected]
| 0437 242 139

28/10/2025

🚧 Progress update time!
The team’s been hard at work cutting and digging trenches for the new amenities block — getting everything ready for plumbing and pipes to go in! 💦🔧

Every shovel, dig, and dusty boot gets us one step closer to amazing new facilities for our hockey family 🏑💙
Massive thanks to everyone working behind the scenes to bring this project to life 👏

Stay tuned — things are really starting to take shape! 🙌

22/10/2025

Exciting News! 🏑
We’re proud to welcome Loan Market Vantage as a new sponsor of NDHA! 🎉
Here’s how you can help us raise funds — at no extra cost to you:
✅ Contact Amanda Tink from Loan Market Vantage for any home, business, or personal loan.
✅ Mention the NDHA’s name.
✅ Loan Market Vantage will make a donation to NDHA — up to $1,000 for larger loans!
Even friends and family anywhere in Australia can help just by mentioning our name.
A huge thank you to Loan Market Vantage for their generous support 💙
📧 For more info, contact Amanda on 0412 148 390 or [email protected]

10/10/2025

09/10/2025

🎄🎁Sunday 30 November Subtle Christmas Photography session.

In the NDHA Clubrooms with set up the evening before, the backdrop/theme is subtle sheer cream/white and delicious sage green. A tree 🌲, cushions, rug/blankets, chair and other delightful props.
Chris has 12 spots available Sunday 30th and 3 spots on Saturday 29th evening (after set up). Open for kids; family and also Seniors photography.
This is a little fundraiser for the hockey. Please share this post amongst your friends. If there is a family in need of a 🎁 please message me - I’m always happy to give back.
Also will take photos on the scrub at the hockey grounds - such a great facility n grounds.
Bookings by 10 November please
Chris Bull
0429 865 230

08/10/2025

Boys will be ‘girls’

Kingston’s team in the B grade women’s hockey competition this season actually had only one woman and the rest boys. The team won the B women’s premiership in Naracoorte and District Hockey Association.
Team members were (from left): back row – D. Dunn, L. Standfield, J. Sly, J. Baseley, W. Packer. L. Dunn and A. Stratton; front – B. Murray, D. Potter, G. Murray, A. Murdock and S. Potter.

🗞 Naracoorte Herald, 1985
📷 Dean Williamson

02/10/2025

Young guns win awards

Scott McGlashan and Kelly Marshall are the A grade men’s and women’s best and fairest winners for Naracoorte and District Hockey Association.

The young pair were presented with their awards in front of a good crowd at an association vote-count at Naracoorte’s Commercial Hotel on Saturday night.

Lucindale’s player McGlashan won his award ahead of Redlegs’ Chris Nutt.
Marshall won the A women’s best and fairest from Lucindale’s Shannon Dunn.

Photo 1: A Women’s best and fairest Kelly Marshall (right) with runner-up Shannon Dunn.
Photo 2: A men’s best and fairest winner Scott McGlashan (left) with runner-up Chris Nutt

🗞 Naracoorte Herald, Thursday Afternoon, September 9, 1999

18/09/2025

🏑Playing at higher level

Three Lucindale Area School students have refined their hockey skills at a State junior talent squad camp. Pamela Wilkin, 13, Shannon McGlashan, 13, and Robert Muenster, 12, were selected for the camp from their performances at the SAPSASA country carnival in Adelaide in June.

The week-long camp in Adelaide was led by SA junior development officer Bob Haig and was attended by about 100 talented young hockey players from around the State. The camp was aimed at giving promising Year 7 students a chance to further develop and test their skills at a higher level because there were no State teams for this age group. Mr Haig had the help of several State league and other accomplished hockey players to assist with coaching the children.

The intensive camp touched on topics including stick skills, game skills, tactics, nutrition, fitness, injuries and warm-ups. The children participated in several activities including running along a “sweat track” during the week. The final day of the damp was devoted to match play, where the children got to put their new knowledge into practice.

Pamela, Shannon and Robert all play junior hockey for Kingston/Lucindale in the Naracoorte association.

Photo: Young Lucindale hockey players Shannon McGlashan (left), Robert Muenster and Pamela Wilkin.

🗞 Naracoorte Herald, 1996

11/09/2025

🌞Sunny weather drains players

Sunny weather proved draining for players in Naracoorte and District Hockey Association gran finals on Saturday. All finals were closely contested, showing great skill and sportsmanship in front of a large contingent of spectators.
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Dartmoor Lager vs Lucindale/Kingston. This year’s big improver Lucindale/Kingston got off to a great start against Dartmoor Lager, scoring the opening goal from a pass across the face of the goal. Dartmoor were able to fight back and used teamwork to score two goals to seal the result. Both teams kept the large crowd entertained with a good show of hockey.

Dartmoor Lager d Lucindale/Kingston 2-1. Goals – David Brighton, Marc Freeman; Ian Sudholz.

Photo: Men’s hockey winners Dartmoor Lager, back – Brian Creasser (left), Gavin Boord, Michael Derrington, Marc Freeman, Zac Cattermole and Matt Scott; front – Ben Thompson, Scott McGlashan, Matthew Hood, Tom Hood and David Brighton.

🗞 Naracoorte Herald, 2006