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 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