Women S Ice Hockey League Australia

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Women s ice hockey league australia. By 1984 60 women were registered to play in national competition. Adelaide assassins brisbane goannas melbourne dragons and sydney sirens. The league conducted its inaugural season with four teams. Phil taylor it s a sunday afternoon in february one of the hottest months of the year in the driest inhabited continent on earth.

This league represents the highest level national competition for women s hockey and is currently represented in five states. The first national women s ice hockey competition launched in 1922 with state teams playing for the gower cup right through until the 1930s. The first recorded game in australia was played at the melbourne glaciarium on august 31 in 1908. The australian women s ice hockey league awihl is an amateur women s ice hockey league in australia.

The official australian ice hockey league web site includes features news rosters statistics schedules teams scores and video clips. Hockey finally returned to the country in the late 1960 s. The awihl is conducted for the sole purpose of providing a consistent and continuous high level of competition for the advanced level female players in australia and to support the. The australian women s ice hockey league awihl is a national league that provides the highest level of competition played regularly by our female competitors.

South australia queensland new south wales western australia and victoria. The 2016 edition of the tournament held in perth western australia included two international teams teams from malaysia and new zealand competed in the 2016 edition. Until 2016 the annually contested tournament comprised teams from the eight states and territories of australia. However like most women s sports the history of ice.

The australian women s ice hockey league finals. K1 sportswear forms multi year partnership with nwhl as league s exclusive jersey supplier fueled by isobel cup pursuit and inspiring others emma stauber returns to the whitecaps canlan ice sports york to be home of the toronto six. It was a one off game played in honour of a visiting american fleet according to ice hockey historian ross carpenter who details the early days of women s ice hockey at legends of australian ice. The women s australian hockey league is highest level field hockey tournament for women in australia.

The team that won the finals series at the end of each season became the awihl champions and were presented a perpetual trophy that was donated by westlakes trophies and framing and was called the west lakes trophy. The idea to create a national women s league in australia s bicentenary year was floated but never came to fruition.