Hockey Victoria
It is responsible for the administration of intrastate competitions, state representative teams, officials and the financial position of the sport.
Its office is located on the ground level of the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Parkville.
HV is run by a small number of full- and part-time staff, including In the 1990s, the Victorian Hockey Association operated using a silver-and-black letter 'V'.
In September 2010, the HV logo was changed under a directive from Hockey Australia to bring the logos of all the State and Territory Associations into alignment, to demonstrate "that [the] sport is working together for the betterment of [its] members, ... [and to] demonstrate a modern and innovative look and feel and present [the] sport in a more professional way"[1].
This new series of logos uses the same image, an abstract person holding a hockey stick, for all Associations with the variation being provided in the colour scheme.
The A-grades have perpetual shields named after notable hockey personalities in Victoria: All junior grades from U12 to U18 play a two-week finals series as follows: There are three separate masters competitions - Men's (Over 35 and Over 45), Women's (over 35), Men's (over 50).
Held during the week leading up to the first weekend in July, this was the premier intrastate Championship in Victoria.
Likewise this was the selection tournament for officials such as umpires to attend National Championships.
The competing zones were: At the completion of the 2009 JSC, there was significant speculation that the structure of the Championship would be radically changed.
Later that year, HV announced that the number of zones would increase from five to ten (6 metropolitan and 4 regional) and that the structure of JSC would be modified to reduce the time over which it was played.
The new zones are as follows: Traditionally held over the Labour Day long weekend in March, this was a zone-based development tournament.
Zone teams were selected from trials based on the senior club the players play for.
This tournament was run for the last time in 2010, being replaced by the U17 State Championship (see above) Affiliated regional associations are invited to send teams to compete in the Country Champs.
A senior & veterans competition is held over the Queen's Birthday long weekend in June, and a junior competition was held on the last weekend in June, immediately preceding the Junior State Championships.
Umpires for JSC from 2012 are also to be selected based on performance at the Junior Country Carnival.
HV enters state representative teams in all national championships run by Hockey Australia.
Speculation amongst players was that Kombat was too expensive and too slow, and this local manufacturer could produce uniforms quicker and cheaper.
Kukri is now the official uniform supplier, as it is for almost all of the other States and Territories and the Australian national teams.
The alternate is a white shirt with a blue V. HV has been involved in the implementation of its own statewide skills development program known as VicStix.
