25th Anniversary Team

Men’s Team

To commemorate the Old Mentonian Hockey Club’s 25th Anniversary and the grand opening of the Mentone Hockey Centre, a select group of current and ex-players from the Men’s section were asked to come up with a ‘Legends Team’; the team named on Saturday 17th March, 2001 was as follows:

*Life Members

Clyde Beamish
Goalkeeper

John Clements
Fullback

Mark Evans*
Fullback

Mark Thompson
Right Half

Gordon Tansey*
Centre Half

Roger Blasse
Left Half

Brad Pridget
Right Inner

Michael Becker
Left Inner

Dain  Street
Left Wing

Larry Rydqvist
Centre Forward

Jason Coffey
Right Wing

  Reserves: Michael Keen*, Rod Sutton, Ian Watson, Mark Jackson
 Coach: Cy Sadlier 

Women’s Team

The Women’s Section was founded back in 1957 by Mrs. Hastings, a school teacher at Mentone Girls High School.  Originally known as the Mordialloc Women’s Hockey Club, it was based adjacent to the Mordialloc Football Club, until 1974 when it moved to the Walter Galt Reserve in Warren Road, Mordialloc.

Dressed in red and white harlequins, with a bottle green skirt and bottle green socks with a red turn over, the Mordialloc Women’s Hockey club had its fair share of success winning the first Premierships, in 1966 (D Grade) and the second in 1986 (WD3S).

In 1992 the Mordialloc Women’s Hockey Club commenced talks with local men’s hockey club The Old Mentonian’s, about the possibility of a merger.  So it was in 1993, the Old Mentonian’s entered their first open women’s teams competing in Melbourne League 3, District 3 South and District 5 South.

In 1997 the club changed its name from the Old Mentonian’s to the Mentone Hockey Club, uniting the newly establish veteran and junior sections with the existing men’s and women’s sections under the one name. With the new name came a new look as the club moved from gold shirts with sky blue and navy trim to the navy blue shirt with gold and sky diagonal stripes and the Mentone Panther on the chest.

A lot may have changed since then; however there are still a few original Mordialloc Women’s Hockey Club members running around today.

To commemorate the Old Mentonian Hockey Clubs 25th Anniversary and the grand opening of the Mentone Hockey Centre, a select group of current and ex-players from the women’s section were asked to come up with a ‘Legends Team’; the team named on Saturday 17th March, 2001 was as follows:

 

Jude Coyle
Goalkeeper

Larissa Campbell*
Fullba

Barb Taylor
Fullback

Karin Manze
Right Half

Mandy Taylor
Centre Half

Jill Henderson
Left Half

Jan Higgins
Right Inner

Carol Butterfield
Left Inner

Barb Jones*
Right Wing

Marg Smith*
Centre Forward

Jo Walshe
Left Wing

  Reserves: Jackie Anderton, Debbie McCloy, Lyndal Rofe, Sharron Willing
 Coach: Stuart Holliday

*Life Members