Perth Thundersticks
{{short description|Australian field hockey club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox field hockey club
| clubname = Perth Thundersticks
| image = Perth Thundersticks.png
| imagesize = 175px
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| fullname = Perth Thundersticks
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| founded = {{Start date and years ago|1991|df=y}}
| dissolved =
| ground = Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia
| capacity = 6,000
| chairman =
| owner =
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| members =
| league = Hockey One
| season = 2019
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| website = {{URL|https://hockeywa.org.au}}
}}
The Perth Thundersticks are an Australian professional hockey club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was established in 2019, and is one of 7 established to compete in Hockey Australia's new premier domestic competition, Hockey One.{{cite web |title=New national league for WA Hockey announced |url=http://www.hockeywa.org.au/Portals/54/Hockey%20One_Perth%20Thundertsticks%20Club%20Launch%20Media%20Release.pdf |accessdate=12 July 2019 |publisher=Hockey WA}}{{Dead url|date=March 2025}}
The club is intended to unify men's and women's by combining teams under one name,{{cite web |url=https://www.hockeyone.com.au |title=Hockey One - WHAT'S THE CONCEPT? |publisher=hockeyone.com.au |accessdate=12 July 2019 }} unlike Western Australia's former representation in the Australian Hockey League as the WA Thundersticks (men) and WA Diamonds (women).{{cite web |url=https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/teams/1334 |title=WA Thundersticks |publisher=hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com |accessdate=17 April 2019 }}{{cite web |url=https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/teams/1342 |title=WA Diamonds |publisher=hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com |accessdate=17 April 2019 }}
Perth Thundersticks will compete for the first time in the inaugural season of Hockey One, which will be contested from late September through to mid November 2019.
History
Perth Thundersticks, along with six other teams, was founded on 17 April 2019 as part of Hockey Australia's development of hockey.{{cite web |url=http://hockey.org.au/News/a-new-era-begins-hockey-one-is-here |title=A New Era Begins - Hockey One Is Here! |publisher=Hockey Australia |accessdate=12 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417082255/http://hockey.org.au/News/a-new-era-begins-hockey-one-is-here |archive-date=17 April 2019 |url-status=dead }}
While this club was established in April 2019, the Perth Thundersticks have competed at a national level in the past. Before transitioning to their current name, the WA Thundersticks, the team previously competed under the name Perth Thundersticks until 2001.
Uniform
The club colours are WA's traditional colours, black, gold and white.
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File:Perth Thundersticks men's uniform.jpg | File:Perth Thundersticks women's uniform.jpg |
==Home stadium==
Perth Thundersticks are based out of the Perth Hockey Stadium in Western Australia's capital city, Perth. The stadium has a capacity of 6,000 spectators.
Throughout the Hockey One league, Perth Thundersticks will play a number of home games at the stadium.{{cite web |url=https://www.hockeyone.com.au |title=Hockey One - WHAT'S THE FORMAT? |publisher=hockeyone.com.au |accessdate=18 April 2019 }}
Teams
=Men's team=
Details and team rosters to be confirmed.
=Women's team=
The following players were named in the women's squad for the 2023 season.
{{fhs start}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=AUS|name=Sarah Byrnes}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=AUS|name=Britney de Silva}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=AUS|name=Georgina Dowd}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=GK|nat=AUS|name=Elizabeth Duguid}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=AUS|name=Neasa Flynn}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=AUS|name=Rachel Frusher}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=AUS|name=Annie Gibbs}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=RSA|name=Liné Malan}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=AUS|name=Elyssa Melville}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=AUS|name=Phillipa Morgan}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=AUS|name=Kayla O'Sullivan}}
{{fs mid}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=AUS|name=Lexie Pickering}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=AUS|name=Saysha Pillay}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=GK|nat=AUS|name=Aleisha Power}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=AUS|name=Belle Ramshaw}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=AUS|name=Jesse Reid}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=AUS|name=Anna Roberts}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=AUS|name=Renee Rockliff}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=AUS|name=Karri Somerville}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=AUS|name=Penny Squibb}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=AUS|name=Shanea Tonkin}}
{{fhs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=AUS|name=Georgia Wilson}}
{{fs end}}
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070307114712/http://www.hockeywa.org.au/thunderstruck/thundersticks.cfm "SmokeFree WA Thundersticks"]
{{Perth Sports Teams}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thundersticks}}
Category:Field hockey clubs in Australia
Category:Sports clubs and teams in Perth, Western Australia
Category:Representative sports teams of Western Australia
Category:Field hockey in Western Australia