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.
2024 Westside Wolves Junior Handbook
Team Managers Briefing for 2024 will be available shortly.
Junior Grading 2024 ✨
The 2024 Junior Grading Schedule has been finalised & grading will start on Saturday 24 February. Please remember Early Bird Registrations close on the 23rd February & all kids MUST be registered in order to participate in grading.🏑🐺
2024 FINAL Grading Schedule
Junior Training 2024
Our 2024 Training Schedule is mostly confirmed. There will still be some movement with the 9/10 Boys however at present all other teams are confirmed. Stayed tuned for updates 🏑🐺
2024 Junior Training Shedule
2024 Turf Training Cancellation Policy
2024 Junior Contacts 💕
We welcome new parents onto the Committee & sincerley thank them for volunteering their time. Please find our 2024 Junior Committee Contact List
We still require volunteers for the following roles:
Ball Girls Roster Coordinator - for Elite Women's home games (Ideally suit 7/8 Girls parent)
Ball Boys Roster Coordinator - for Elite Men's home games (Ideally suit 7/8 Boys parent)
If you would like more information on any of the above roles please email our Junior Coordinator, Ainslie Cornelius at juniors@wolves.org.au or give her a call 0411 861 199
Junior Player Skills Development at Wolves - (under review)
Wolves’ Player Skills development program includes :
- Minkey Skills clinic held in the July school holidays.
- Junior Player Skills sessions run in all school terms at Shenton Turf, including January 2024 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.
2024 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;
2024 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 Jac's, Junior Umpire Co-Ordinator umpires@wolves.org.au for more information.
Please note, we will be looking for a volunteer Junior Umpire Co-Ordinator for the 2025 season, as this will be Jac's year. If you are interested in taking this rewarding Volunteer role on in 2025 give Jacs a call 0402 141 926 & have a chat.
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.
Policies
Please go to the Policies page here to view all club policies. As a condition of registration, all junior players and their parents agree to abide by all the Club Policies.
