2022 Premier League Program I Issue 2

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Melville pip Reds in Grand Final rematch opener Round one of Hockey WA’s Premier League has commenced with the men’s competition providing thrilling results across the board, headlined by a Grand Final rematch between Melville and Reds with Melville coming away with a closely fought victory.

In a scintillating match at Pulse Stadium, Melville defeated Reds 5-4 in the 2021 Grand Final rematch with the game on a knife’s edge until the final buzzer.

Reds’ Adrian Lockley opened the scoring for his side early in the fifth minute but Melville Replied with three of their own in quick succession, two of those coming from Justin McDougall in the 18th and 27th minutes.

Reds replied once again through Kookaburras’ Blake Govers in the 37th minute but Eric Pearce Top Goal Scorer Award winner in 2021, James Day, scored two of his own in the 51st and 53rd minutes through two penalty corners.

Reds looked to try and snatch the win with two late goals from Govers in the 55th and 57th minutes, securing his hat-trick, but Reds fell just short and were unable to score again with the result going 5-4 in Melville’s favour.

Hale and Whitford opened the 2022 season with a match on Friday night at Hale Turf, with Hale securing the 5-2 victory – Hale’s Liam Flynn starred with two goals.

Hale scored the first two of the match with Liam Flynn and Sam Ashton finding goal in the 16th and 22nd minutes, but Whitford replied through a goal from Kookaburras' Jeremy Hayward in the 24th minute.

Hale managed to score the next three, with Flynn finding the goal again in the 31st minute and Matthew Lewis and Charlie Norman adding to the tally in the 49th and 51st minutes respectively.

Whitford scored again through Nathan Ephraums in the 57th minute but it wasn't enough to pull back with Hale going out as winners with a 5-2 score line.

The match between YMCC and Curtin provided a goal fest for fans at Perth Hockey Stadium at Curtin University, with YMCC defeating Curtin 6-3 in an exciting contest.

Curtin opened the scoring in the 21st minute through new recruit Luka Plochy but YMCC piled on four goals to bring the score line to 4-1 in their favour at three-quarter-time.

Curtin then replied quickly in the opening minutes of the third quarter, with Luke Checker and Plochy again finding goal in the 46th and 48th minutes respectively.

YMCC found two of their own late in the match through Christopher Lim and Michael Nicoli in reply to Curtin’s pressure on the score board to secure the victory, with Nicoli recording a hat-trick.

Victoria Park and Fremantle Cockburn competed in a thrilling match following YMCC’s and Curtin’s bout at Perth Hockey Stadium.

Victoria Park’s Ben Taylor found the goal early on from a penalty corner in the third minute.

Fremantle Cockburn then responded in the 14th minute through their own penalty corner with Kieran Brook finding goal, but Victoria Park once again managed to score in the 26th minute through Kookaburras’ James Collins to bring the score line to 2-1 in Victoria Park’s favour.

Fremantle Cockburn managed to apply the attacking pressure and secured a 3-2 victory, with Tim Deavin and Kieran Brook again finding goal in the 40th and 49th minutes to round out the match.

Westside Wolves and UWA competed in a strong contest at Lemnos Field, with Wolves defeating UWA 3-2.

Wolves’ Daniel Beale opened the scoring early on in the second minute but UWA piled on two goals through Jacob Evans and Daniel Timms in the 23rd and 30th minutes.

Wolves responded with two of their own in the 38th and 49th minutes through Arman Brian and Alistair Murray to secure the win for the side.

Old Guildfordians Mundaring have kicked off their 2022 campaign in style with a win over WASPs, after only registering the three wins in 2021 for a 10th place finish.

WASPs opened the scoring early in the match, with Lachlan Sampson finding goal in the eight minute from a penalty corner.

New Guildford Player/Coach, former Kookaburra Chris Ciriello, gave Guildford their first score of the match in the 14th minute through a penalty corner of his own.

Hunter Banyard quickly found the goal again for Guildford directly after their first in the 15th minute.

Daniel Prior rounded out the day for the side with a goal in the 26th minute to secure the 3-1 victory, with no scores for either side after half-time

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SMYTH Ian JENNINGS Xavier LOCKLEY Adrian WRIGHT Ben WINNING James DAVIES Chaz GOVERS Blake KLEINSCHMIDT Aaron (C) DI FILIPPO Marcus FOSTER Brodee HAYES Jack PALMER Rourke RAKKAS Zach HAAMI-JONES Tarrant WALKER Hayden (GK)

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OCKENDEN Eddie

13 14 15 16

LIM Christopher

17 18

LOVELL Tyler (GK)

19 22 23 25

ANDERSON Luke

ADAMSON Hamish REGAN Jesse ADAMSON Angus BOYNE Mark (C) BEGBIE Graeme

JUDGE Michael PELL Cameron FISHER Ky

NICOLI Michael

FLEAY Timothy ANDERSON Jacob ROBERTS Marshall

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GABRIEL Jason BATES Tim THOMAS Sasha PATTEN-WILLIAMS Lawson COPE Daniel SCAINI Trent LOWES Aiden TAYLOR Ben STIRRAT Kye BENFELL Shane (C) WHETTON Jacob STIRRAT Ethan COLLINS James CORNER Nick PAMPLING Jack HIRD Dom (GK)

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VULETICH Jason (GK)

8 11 14 15

BENETTI Simon (C)

21 23

BOGGLIO Zac

26 30 35 40

BASTER Patrick

BASTER Adrian BARTON Elliot HARVIE Jake MURRAY Alistair CHARLESWORTH Oscar

BENETTI James WALKER Daniel BYAS Will

BEALE Daniel

MORAN Nick RIPPEY Alex BRIAN Arman

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KEYMER Harrison SPENCER Declan (C) MCCORMICK Darryl RENNIE Ben (GK) FAULDS Riley McPHERSON James SWEETMAN Bryson BROOK Kieran ELLIS Mark DEAVIN Tim PATHMANAHAN Kylan WELCH Jack LAWTHER Patrick WHITE Josh JAMES Lachlan

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POTTER Trent

5 8 9 10

WELSH Patrick

11 12 13 19

REYNOLDS Frank

20 21

TATE Mitchell

22 24 30 40

STAINES Jake

DAY James

HYDER Ryan McDOUGALL Justin HALL Ross

WILLIS Matt (C) STAINES Ben PACE Mitchell

PACE Ryan

MCNESS Kyle CHARTER Andrew (GK) MOULIN Daniel