25th Anniversary Team
To mark the Old Mentonian Hockey Club’s 25th anniversary and the opening of the Mentone Hockey Centre, current and former players from the men’s and women’s sections each picked a ‘Legends Team’. Both teams were named on Saturday 17 March 2001.
| Position | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Clyde Beamish | |
| Fullback | John Clements | |
| Fullback | Mark Evans | Life Member |
| Right Half | Mark Thompson | |
| Centre Half | Gordon Tansey | Life Member |
| Left Half | Roger Blasse | |
| Right Inner | Brad Pridget | |
| Left Inner | Michael Becker | |
| Right Wing | Jason Coffey | |
| Centre Forward | Larry Rydqvist | |
| Left Wing | Dain Street | |
| Reserves | Michael Keen Life Member, Rod Sutton, Ian Watson, Mark Jackson | |
| Coach | Cy Sadlier | |
| Position | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Jude Coyle | |
| Fullback | Larissa Campbell | Life Member |
| Fullback | Barb Taylor | |
| Right Half | Karin Manze | |
| Centre Half | Mandy Taylor | |
| Left Half | Jill Henderson | |
| Right Inner | Jan Higgins | |
| Left Inner | Carol Butterfield | |
| Right Wing | Barb Jones | Life Member |
| Centre Forward | Marg Smith | Life Member |
| Left Wing | Jo Walshe | |
| Reserves | Jackie Anderton, Debbie McCloy, Lyndal Rofe, Sharron Willing | |
| Coach | Stuart Holliday | |
The women’s section
The women’s section was founded in 1957 by Mrs Hastings, a teacher at Mentone Girls High School. Originally the Mordialloc Women’s Hockey Club, it was based next to the Mordialloc Football Club until 1974, when it moved to Walter Galt Reserve in Warren Road, Mordialloc.
Playing in red and white harlequins with bottle green skirts and socks, the club won its first premiership in 1966 (D Grade) and its second in 1986 (WD3S).
In 1992 Mordialloc began talks with the Old Mentonians about a merger, and in 1993 the Old Mentonians entered their first open women’s teams in Melbourne League 3, District 3 South and District 5 South.
In 1997 the club became the Mentone Hockey Club, bringing the men’s, women’s, veterans and junior sections under one name. The gold shirts with sky blue and navy trim gave way to the navy shirt with gold and sky diagonal stripes and the Mentone Panther on the chest — and a few original Mordialloc players are still running around today.