Junior Hockey
Westside Wolves have an extremely popular Junior hockey program. Junior hockey commences from Year 5 and is played on a full-sized hockey pitch. There are separate boys & girls competitions with multiple ability levels in each. Grading sessions are held by age group throughout Term 1 to determine the teams. The season comprises of 14 weeks of fixtures plus finals, except for 5/6's which do not have finals. Wolves players may also be involved in various voluntary Lightning Carnivals held over the season, including the three day Bunbury Carnival.
2025 Westside Wolves Junior Handbook
Team Managers Briefing for 2025 will be available shortly.
Junior Grading 2025 ✨
The 2025 Junior Grading Schedule is now available. Please ensure you check for updates BEFORE your session as times and dates may vary. Please remember Early Bird Registrations close on the 22nd February & all kids MUST be registered in order to participate in grading.🏑🐺
Junior Training 2025
Our 2025 Junior Training Schedule is now in DRAFT form and available to view. 🏑🐺
2025 Turf Training Cancellation Policy
2025 Junior Contacts 💕
We welcome new parents onto the Committee & sincerley thank them for volunteering their time. Please find our 2025 Junior Committe Contact List.
2025 Junior Committee Contact List
We still require volunteers for the following roles:
11/12 Boy's Age Group Co-Ordinator
If you would like more information on the above role please email Jacs sec@wolves.org.au or give her a call 0402 141 926
Junior Player Skills Development at Wolves
Wolves’ Player Skills development program includes :
- Minkey Skills clinic held in the April School Holidays.
- Junior Player Skills sessions run in all school terms at Shenton Turf, including February 2025 preseason.
- Goalkeeper Specialist training – preseason skills clinic, specialist weekly goalkeeper sessions at Shenton during the season, and 5/6 Goalkeeper weekly training at Cresswell on team training days.
2025 Junior Coach Development Program
Wolves Junior Club Coach Development Program is a structured, targeted program for different levels of coaching experience. That is for:
- New coaches who have never coached previously – in particular school age and parent coaches.
- Coaches who have had some experience but need to broaden their range of skills, drills etc.
- Highly experienced coaches interested in fine tuning their coaching skills and/or developing their mentoring/leadership of junior coaches and/or participating in HockeyWA state & pathways programs.
Wolves will facilitate all our coaches in achieving Hockey Australias’ Community Coaching, Level 1 Coaching Accreditation or Level 2 Coaching Accreditation, as part of their commitment to coaching a Wolves team. For more information about Coaching click the link below.
2025 Junior Coach Development Program will be available shortly 🏑🐺
Junior Umpiring
The Westside Wolves Junior Umpire Training Program is open to Junior players from Year 9. The goal of the program is to provide opportunities for umpires of all levels to learn and develop umpiring skills from a beginner through to advanced senior level. Umpires involved in the program will receive theoretical training together with practical experience and mentoring throughout the hockey season. Westside Wolves are required to provide umpires across all junior grades, so the umpire program forms an integral and valued component of the club.
If you are interest in becoming an umpire please contact Anna Neuling, Junior Umpire Co-Ordinator umpires@wolves.org.au for more information.
Download our Junior Umpiring Manual to get started 🐺🏑
Minkey Umpiring
If you are in Year 7 or above and are interested in umpiring Minkey at College Park each Saturday between 8.30am - 11.00am for the 2023 season, please email minkey@wolves.org.au to register your interest.
