2018 Winter Season Registration

To join now, update your current membership details or to pay fees, please use our secure online membership & payments system, .

Playing Days & Grades (Winter Season)

Senior Competition

The Senior competition is suited to men and women over the age of 18 years. There are six grades in each competition ranging from Premier to Division 4. Playing days are as follows:

• Saturday - Premier, Division 1 & Division 3
  
• Sunday - Reserve, Division 2 & Division 4

Further senior competition information can be found at the Auckland Hockey website link.

Youth Competition

The Youth competition is a club based competition for players at secondary school and under the age of 18. There are two teams each for boys and girls. Playing days are typically as follows:

• Friday Night - Premier Boys, Premier Girls
  
• Sunday Afternoon / Evening - Championship Boys & Championship Girls

Note: Some Championship games are played on Friday nights.

Further youth competition information can be found at the Auckland Hockey website link.

Junior Competition

The Junior competition is a club based competition for players at primary and intermediate school age (Years 1 - 8). All matches are played on Saturday mornings at venues across Auckland. The competition is split into four grades based on Year level at school.

• Kwik Sticks (Year 7 & 8) 11-a-side
  
• Kiwi Sticks (Year 5 & 6) 7-a-side
  
• Mini Sticks (Year 3 & 4) 6-a-side
  
• Fun Sticks (Year 1 & 2) Fundamental skills module

Further junior competition information can be found at the Auckland Hockey website link.

Club Uniform

Senior Women / Youth Girls:

Red Shirt (supplied by club)

Grey Skort ($45 from Club)

Red socks (available from the Club priced at $15 per pair, or from Just Hockey or any sports shop)

Senior Men / Youth Boys:

Red Shirt (supplied by club)

White Shorts ($40 from Club)

Red socks (available from the Club priced at $15 per pair, or from Just Hockey or any sports shop)

Junior Boys & Girls:

Red Shirt (supplied by club),

White Shorts need to be worn for our Fun Sticks and Mini Sticks grade teams - school years 1-4

Red Shorts need to be worn for all our Kiwi and Kwik sticks grade teams - school years 5-8 

Red socks (available from the Club priced at $15 per pair, or from Just Hockey or any sports shop)

Players wishing to purchase shorts or skorts should contact the appropriate club captain.  

2018 Fees

Payment Options:

• Credit Card via ClubHub
• Internet Banking/Bank Transfer: Please put "CH-00nnnnn" in the Particulars Field. The "nnnnnn" is your 6 letter Club Hub Username.
  • Account Details: Western Districts Hockey Club Inc. BNZ 02-0184-0074740-00
• Automatic Payment: You can set up an Automatic Payment with your Club Captain. Please put "CH-00nnnnnn" in the Particulars Field. The "nnnnnn" is your 6 digit account number assigned by ClubHub and can be found when you log into ClubHub to make a payment. This will negate the late payment fees and No Pay No Play cut-off date.

All Grades:

• Fees are due in FULL by no later than Friday 20th April 2018. 
• An automatic payment can be set up in lieu of full fees up front.
• A $50 late fee will apply if you have not paid by that date or set up an automatic payment  - NO EXCUSES AND NO EXCEPTIONS.

No Pay No Play Policy:

• A no pay, no play policy will be enforced on the 4th of May 2018.  
• Another $50 late fee will appy if you still have an unpaid balance on that date - NO EXCUSES AND NO EXCEPTIONS.

Team	Fee Per Player
Premier & Premier Reserve Grades	$480.00
Senior Division Grades	$440.00
Youth playing Premier or Senior Grade	$370.00
Youth Teams (High School age)	$240.00
Junior - Intermediate school age	$140.00
Junior - 8 a-side (school yr 5-6)	$120.00
Junior - 6 a-side Mini Sticks (school yr 3-4)	$110.00
Junior - Fun Sticks (school yr 1-2)	$110.00
Social Membership	Contact your Club Captain

Training Times

Winter season team trainings are generally held at Avondale College, Ken Maunder Park training shed (juniors only), and on the odd occassion, a senior or youth team may be rostered to the Waitakere turf. Each team trains typically once per week, however, some senior teams train twice per week. Training is held in the evenings.

Click here to view the 2018 training schedule for Avondale College Turf.

There is no schedule for Ken Maunder Park Training Shed at present. If you wish to use it, please contact western.president@gmail.com.

Draws, Results and League Tables

AHA Senior, Youth and Junior Draws, Results and League tables here. 

Need to find a turf? Please click here to be directed to the Competition Venue/Turf Location directory. 

Coaching Resources 

The Hockey NZ website has several resources available to help with your coaching. This includes free online coaching modules which you can complete which covers player development, effective communication, the psychology behind players and the like. The website also includes drills and skills resources which are available for download. For those wishing to further their coaching, we recommend visiting the Hockey NZ website to find out more here. 

Umpiring Courses (AHA)

To be advised as information is received.