4 February 2022

Dear members and supporters

Please review the following 7 action items before returning to hockey at Gold Coast Hockey Centre.  This is a minimum requirement to keep our hockey community safe.

COVID-19 SAFETY – LABRADOR TIGERSTIX REQUIREMENTS

We require all club members, supporters and guests to follow Queensland Health’s key directives to ensure competitions and events can proceed safely.

MOST IMPORTANT:

	1. If you are unwell DO NOT ATTEND – STAY HOME and get tested
	2. CHECK IN. Use the Check In Qld app. This is a condition of entry of Gold Coast Hockey Centre.
	3. Observe GOOD HYGIENE at all times and use hand sanitiser and hygiene products, where provided.
	4. PHYSICAL DISTANCING should be observed at all other times, where possible, excludes playing.
	5. Wear a FACE MASK while not playing, where physical distancing is not possible (Qld Health Recommendation).
	6. DO NOT STAY at hockey unnecessarily, especially on busy days.
	7. To enter the clubhouse bar area, you will be required to be FULLY VACCINATED (evidence required). This is mandatory under Qld Office of Liquor and Gaming laws.

Please see below for more detailed information published 13 January by Qld Health.

Queensland Government Restrictions for sport, recreation, and fitness organisations

[Publication – https://www.covid19.qld.gov.au/government-actions/roadmap-to-easing-queenslands-restrictions/sport/restrictions – edited to remove references to other sports.

Note this Qld Govt publication was updated on 13 January 2022].

COMPLYING WITH RESTRICTIONS IN STAGE 3

From 17 December 2021, the following restrictions have applied:

Outdoor sport

• Vaccinated and unvaccinated persons are permitted to attend and participate.
• Outdoor based organisations are not considered a restricted business, activity or undertaking. Therefore, organisations are not required to comply with the COVID Checklist.
• It is not possible for contact sports to observe physical distancing while undertaking activity, however physical distancing should be observed at all other times, where possible.
• Whilst not mandatory, it’s best practice to continue to clean frequently touched surfaces and shared equipment.
• Collection of contact tracing information is not compulsory but recommended via the Check in Qld app.
• Indoor spaces associated with outdoor venues such as clubhouses are required to follow occupant density requirements of one person per two square metres.

Events

• Both vaccinated and unvaccinated people are permitted to outdoor community events. No occupant density limits apply. Contact information must be collected via the Check In Qld app.

Check In Qld app

The collection of contact information via the Check In Qld app will be mandatory for community facilities and recreation centres (i.e. GOLD COAST HOCKEY CENTRE)

Face masks

Face masks are required to be worn indoors everywhere in Queensland, except in your own home or accommodation, and where it is unsafe, such as while doing strenuous exercise.

Facemasks will be required in the Labrador Clubhouse and when you are not able to socially distance (1.5m).

Thank you for working with your club to keep yourself and our hockey community safe.

Andrew Proctor

President

Find all the info you need as a player under our Information for Players heading.

This includes training times, registration, rules, polices, insurance info, and much more.

 

 

Congratulations to the winners of our Junior Blaze competition who won 2 memberships each.

Matthew Morris – who decided to invite Rylan Morris to join him; and

Sadie Ranse – who invited Taylor Garside to join her.

Unfortunately for all our keen junior hockey players the program has been postponed until Covid-19 spread has abated, but we know this will be an opportunity that these keen juniors will make the most of!

Enjoy!

Would you like to win a place FOR YOU AND A FRIEND at the Junior Blaze Program?

Labrador Tigerstix are giving away 2 tickets to two lucky #stix to join the Junior Blaze Program at GCHA Sunday 23rd January 2021. And better yet – the tickets are for you and one friend!

What is the Junior Blaze Program?

The Junior Blaze Program is a unique opportunity available to all athletes aged between U13 – U16 of all skill levels and abilities.

The program is designed to see our athletes succeed on and off the field with the #TEAMQLD culture embedded through state-wide quality clinics, online resources, Brisbane Blaze player interactions, and much more.

What do these tickets get you?

Access to the 2 Hour Clinic held Gold Coast Hockey Centre, plus;

–> Skill sessions tailored to attending members
–> Sessions focussing on the basic and technical foundations of hockey
–> Coaching by Blaze players & high performance coaches
–> Light snack
–> Blaze player signing opportunities
Valued at over $100 per clinic

Access to the online education platform 12 months of the year including:

• Information on personal development (Physical, mental and emotional)
• Athlete health & wellbeing education including information on athlete mindset, physical recovery, healthy eating and more
• Physical challenges and online activities
• At home training drills
• Firsthand learning and interactions with Brisbane Blaze Players
• Private social platform to engage with other hockey players
• Access to community networking opportunities with likeminded athletes
  Valued at over $300 per year

Athlete Participation Pack including:

• Shirt
• Blaze cap
• Stickers
• Tattoos
• Participation Certificate
  Valued at over $40

You can read more about the Junior Blaze Program here.

How Can I Enter?

Simply enter the name of the player who wants to win and why they should get it – that’s it!

ENTER HERE

Competition closes: 5pm Saturday Monday 20th December 2021.

Open to: athletes aged 11 – 17 in 2022 (born 2005-2011)

Location of clinic: Gold Coast Hockey Association

Date of clinic: Sunday 23rd January 2022

Clinic Time: 8.30am – 10.30am

There will be an opportunity for photos & signatures with Blaze players after the clinic.

Labrador’s AGM will be held at the boardroom at Labrador Clubhouse at 6pm on Monday 13 December, followed by a general meeting.
All positions will be vacated and nominations for all positions are encouraged.

You can download a nomination form here Committee Nomination form 2022. Nominations must be completed and in the hands of the secretary by Monday 29 November 2021. Email your nomination to secretary@labradorhockey.org.au.

Committee position descriptions can be found here.  Ask a current committee member if you are unsure of the workload involved in a position you are interested in.

We look forward to club members attendance at our AGM in readiness for a spectacular 2022 season.

We hope to see all #Tigerstix supporters down at the hockey centre to support our teams this weekend.  Junior Grand Finals hit off on Friday night and Saturday morning, followed by Senior (Sudden Death) Semi Finals. Play hard and go for gold #stix!

The match times and oppositions are as follows:

Day/Date	Time	Labrador Team	Opposition	Field
JUNIORS
Friday, 3 September 2021	06:00pm	Open Girls Gold	Burleigh	Gold Coast Turf
Saturday, 4 September 2021	09:30am	U14 Girls Black	Burleigh	Gold Coast Turf
	11:00am	U14 Boys Gold	Mudgeeraba	Gold Coast Turf
SENIORS
Saturday, 4 September 2021	1:00pm	Div 4 Women Black	Div 4 Women Gold	Gold Coast Turf
	2:45pm	Div 3 Men	Capri	Labrador Families Field
	4:00pm	Div 3 Women	Burleigh White	Gold Coast Turf
Sunday, 5 September 2021	9:45am	Div 2 Women Gold	Burleigh	Labrador Families Field
	10:00am	Div 2 Women Black	Mudgeeraba	Gold Coast Turf
	11:30am	Div 2 Men Gold	Roosters Orange	Gold Coast Turf
	1:00pm	Div 1 Women	Mudgeeraba	Gold Coast Turf
	2:30pm	Div 1 Men	Mudgeeraba	Gold Coast Turf

Tigerstix, with the news that restrictions will be relaxed from 4pm Friday 20th August we are excited to let you know that hockey starts up again Friday night with Open Boys and Girls followed by all the usual fixtures on the weekend.

Updated draws for everyone from Rookies to Div 1 Men & Women have been added to our webpage Information for Players – Training times and Draws – https://labradorhockey.org.au/draws/.

Remember, check-in is still required, please be mindful your hygiene practices and have your mask on you at all times – ready to wear if you’re going indoors.

Let’s do this! It’s almost finals time! Who are we?!  We are the team from LSC!

Give it your best shot this weekend #Tigerstix!

Corey Weyer will play his 100th Match for the Tigerstix in this weekend’s match against University of QLD in Brisbane.

Corey joined Labrador Hockey club in 2001, aged 5, in our Mini Minkey Program (Now known as Junior Development) after moving to the Gold Coast from Maryborough with his family. During his time at the Tigerstix, Corey has played in every grade and every division at Labrador Hockey Club right through until he became a Kookaburra in 2017 and moved to Perth.

In his 20 years with Labrador Hockey Club Corey has amassed an impressive list of achievements – described by one cheeky team mate as ‘such an underachiever‘.

Corey’s long list of accolades are outlined below.

 

Corey Weyer | Labrador Hockey Club | 2001 ~ 2021

2008 – Qld Schoolboys (Pacific School Games)
2008 – U13 Labrador Best & Fairest

2009 – U13 Gold Coast Player of the Year
2009 – U14 Brisbane Rage Indoor
2009 – Qld U13
2009 – U15 Labrador Best & Fairest

2010 – U15 Player Sportsperson
2010 – U15 Gold Coast Player of the Final
2010 – Qld U15
2010 – U15 Indoor Player of the Tournament
2010 – Qld U15 Indoor
2010 – Div2 Men Best & Fairest

2011 – U15 State Titles Player of the Tournament
2011 – Qld U15 Captain
2011 – Qld U15 Indoor
2011 – Qld U16 Schoolboys
2011 – Qld U18 Squad
2011 – Labrador BHL2 Rookie of the Year
2011 – Labrador BHL2 Top Goal Scorer
2011 – Labrador BHL1 Debut
2011 – Gold Coast Academy Outstanding Rep Player
2011 – Jaydon Tippo Memorial Junior Boys Sportsman
2011 – Bill Dunn Medallion

2012 – Qld U16 Schoolboys
2012 – Australian Schoolboys – Shadow
2012 – Qld U18
2012 – Qld U18 Indoor
2012 – Labrador BHL1 Rookie of the Year
2012 – Gold Coast Hockey Academy Junior Male Athlete of the Year

2013 – Qld U18
2013 – Qld U18 Indoor
2013 – Australian Futures Squad

2014 – QAS
2014 – Qld U18
2014 – Qld U18 Indoor
2014 – Australian Youth Olympic Qualifier Team
2014 – Australian Youth Olympic Team Vice Captain (Gold Medal)
2014 – Qld U21

2015 – QAS
2015 – Qld U21
2015 – Qld Blades Squad

2016 – QAS
2016 – Qld U21
2016 – Super League – Player of the Tournament
2016 – BHL Labrador – Player of the Year
2016 – Qld Blades
2016 – Australian U21 Burras Sultan of Johor Cup (Gold Medal)
2016 – Australian U21 Burras – Junior World Cup

2017 – Qld U21
2017 – Super League – Player of Tournament
2017 – Qld Blades
2017 – Kookaburras Debut

2018 – Kookaburras Squad
2018 – Qld Blades AHL Champions (Player of Final)
2018 – FIH World Cup (Bronze Medal)

2019 – Kookaburras Squad
2019 – Brisbane Blaze

2020 – Kookaburras Squad

2021 – Kookaburras Squad
2021 – 100th BHL Match vs University of QLD – 24th July

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We want to congratulate Corey on all that he has achieved in his time with us at Labrador Hockey Club.

We are so proud to have you in the Tigerstix Family and we look forward to continuing to watch you smash goals in your hockey career.

 

Fifteen Labrador Tigerstix ladies recently represented Gold Coast Hockey at the U13 State Championships in Gympie from 4th – 7th July 2021.

Under 13 representative hockey consists of one single day carnival (Boys Coulter Shield & Girls Southern Cross) and one four day State Championships tournament. Gold Coast Hockey took away two teams and Labrador was well represented!

 

Gold Coast Team 1 were in Division 1 came third in their pool and 5th place overall for the championship.

In Team 1 Labrador ladies included: 

Aurora Kovacevich, Abbey Proctor, Abbey Croke, Ruby Horsfield, Chelsea Price, Riley Roy, Ashley Plane, Abigail Pearson
Coach: Marnie Hudson

 

 

Gold Coast Team 2 was in division 2 came 4th in their pool and 8th place overall in the championships.

In Team 2 Labrador ladies included:

Rayne Kovacevich, Amelia Mann, Morgan Walsh, Cienna Withers, Taylor Garside, Myah Holdsworth, Sadie Ranse

 

 

Well done to all these lovely smiling ladies for representing Labrador and Gold Coast hockey at this tournament. 

As this week marks National Diabetes Week, some of our members who all have Type 1 Diabetes came together by chance at training and we were able to capture the moment.

This impromptu catch up gave players the opportunity to discuss their individual situations and journeys with this chronic condition.

Our members in our picture above from left to right are:

• Andrew Proctor: current Labrador Hockey Club President, coach and former player
• Anya Prior: current player in both junior and senior women’s hockey,
• Lucy Proctor: current player in our junior divisions
• Adam Imer: current BHL Div 1 player and member of the Brazil Men’s National Squad, Adam competed for Brazil at the 2016 Olympic Games.

What is Type 1 Diabetes?

Type 1 Diabetes, in brief, is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin. It typically appears in adolescence. Treatment aims at maintaining normal blood glucose levels (BGL), through monitoring, insulin therapy, diet and exercise.

Discovering you’re diabetic

Adam, was diagnosed in 2002, he went to a school camp without diabetes and came home with it. He mentions the excessive thirst and need to go to the toilet on his way back in the bus which were classic symptoms before diagnosis. His BGL at the hospital was 64 (normal levels are between 4-8).

Anya, was diagnosed in 2013, at age 7, with very similar symptoms to Adam, thirsty, constant toilet stops and off to the doctor. Anya’s BGL was in the high 20’s at diagnosis.

Lucy, was diagnosed in 2019 also at age 7 with a BGL of 28, similar symptoms to Adam and Anya and as the family left hockey on a Friday night the call came from the doctor to get to hospital.

Andrew, was diagnosed in 1985 aged 10 with a BGL of 42. Playing junior hockey on a Saturday morning he could not run the length of the field and with all other symptoms as mentioned by the others he was admitted to hospital.

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This year, National Diabetes Week runs from 11 – 17 July and in year two of the ‘Heads Up on Diabetes’ campaign their focus has been on challenging diabetes related stigma.

Research conducted by the Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes (ACBRD), found that four out of five people living with diabetes have experienced stigma at some point. People living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes both reported feeling this way.

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Andrew says; “Type 1 diabetes is a very liveable condition, technological advances along with sport are a key component in keeping healthy, in all of the above members hockey has been the key sport of choice and all have proven that having diabetes has not stopped them pursuing their dreams.”