Club History

The Norths Hockey Club was formed in 1984 with A and C Grade Women and U15 Girls. Norths have always had the Royal Blue and White colours, because the founders Julie Twitt and Ray Blezard were passionate North Melbourne supporters and both teachers at North Albury High School.

In 1999 Norths and Albury City Hockey merged with City bringing A and B Grade Men’s teams to the existing Norths complement. The uniform changed to include a yellow stripe to the shirt which slowly faded out and the existing blue and white colours came back to the fore.

In 2006 the uniform changed again and the current shirts were developed and put into production.

Life Members

• Jo Gordan
• Rae Blezard
• Gay Harvey
• Julie Twitt
• Debbie Goldsworthy
• Tracy Wood
• Jenny Latta
• Jim Dean
• Ian Beath
• Beth Simpson
• LeVene Horne
• Sherren Latta
• Paula Harvey

Premierships

Norths has been a highly successful club since it formed with many premierships and many runner ups. In order from most recent they are:

2024

• A Grade Men – Runners up, 3-2 loss to United
• A Grade Women – Premiers, 5-3 win against United, Best on ground Abigail Wilkinson
• B Grade Women – Premiers, 2-1 win against Falcons, Best on ground Linda Sumbler
• Masters Women – Premiers, 2-0 win against Wombats
• U16 Girls – Runners up, 3-2 loss to Wodonga
• U12 Girls – Premiers, 10-0 win against United, Best on ground Isabelle Boyd

2023

• A Grade Men – Premiers, 1-0 win against United, Best on ground Justin Ellis
• A Grade Women – Runners up, 2-0 loss to Falcons
• B Grade Women – Premiers and Runners up, Norths Blue beating Norths White 4-2, Best on ground Linda Sumbler
• C Grade Women, Premiers, win against United, Best on ground Meg Ross
• Masters Women – Premiers, win against Wombats
• U16 Boys – Premiers, 3-1 win against United
• U14 Girls – Runners up, 2-0 loss to Scots
• U12 Girls – Premiers, 3-1 win against United, Best on ground Isabelle Boyd

2022

• A Grade Women – Runners up, 2-2, (3-1) loss to United in a shoot out
• B Grade Women – Premiers, 2-0 win against Wodonga, Best on ground Linda Sumbler
• C Grade Men – Runners up, 1-0 loss to United
• Masters Women – Premiers, 3-1 win against Beechworth/Wodonga, Best on ground Merryn White
• U17 Boys – Runners up, 4-0 loss to Magpies
• U17 Girls – Runners up, 4-0 loss to United
• U12 Girls – Premiers, 2-1 win against United, Best on ground Jasmine Poulton

2020 and 2021

No normal hockey season due to COVID19

2019

• A Grade Men – Premiers, 4-3 win against United
• B Grade Women – Runners up, 4-2 loss to United
• C Grade Men – Premiers, 6-2 win against United, Best on ground Luke Pontt
• C Grade Women – Runners up, 1-0 loss to Magpies
• Masters Women – Premiers, 6-2 win against Beechworth, Best on ground – Belinda Burke
• U12 Girls – Runners up, losing to United on the day
• U14 Scots/Norths – Runners up, 2-1 loss to Magpies

2018

2017

• A Grade Men – Premiers, 3-1 win against Wodonga
• C Grade Men – Premiers, 1-0 win against United, Best on ground – Luke Pontt
• C Grade Women – Runners up, 3-0 loss
• Masters Women – Premiers, 5-3 win against Falcons
• U12 Girls – Premiers, 1-0 win against United, Best on ground – Indi Drummond

2016

• A Grade Women – Premiers, 3-0 win against United, Best on ground – Nan Latta
• B Grade Women – Premiers, 4-2 win against United, Best on ground – Sam Ellis
• C Grade Men – Premiers, 3-1 win against Beechworth, Best on ground – Pete Evans
• Masters Women – Premiers, 2-0 win

2015

• Masters Women – Premiers, 4-1 win against Falcons

2014

• A Grade Women – Premiers, 2-0 win against Falcons, Best on ground – Sam Campbell (GK)
• B Grade Women – Premiers, 3-0 win against United, Best on ground – Madeline Poulton
• C Grade Women – Runners up, loss to Magpies, Best on ground – Nicole Finch (GK)
• U16 Girls – Premiers, 2-1 win against Wodonga

2013

• Masters Women – Premiers, 5-0 win against Wombats
• U16 Girls –Premiers, 4-2 win against Wodonga

2012

• C Grade Women – Premiers, 3-0 win against Magpies
• Masters Women – Premiers, 6-3 win against Wombats
• U16 Girls – Premiers, 5-2 win against Magpies
• U14 Girls – Premiers, 8-3 win against United