Welcome

The Sydney Masters Hockey Association (SMHA) was established in 1981 (with first formal competition in 1982) to administer Men's Masters hockey within the greater Sydney region.

SMHA has the largest, longest running annual competitions and been the most successful Men's Masters Hockey Association in NSW since its inception. It is overseen by a Board of Directors elected by members (under a Constitution).

The annual competitions now boast 32 teams (from 15 Clubs), spread across 5 divisions from Premier League, Sydney Cup, Masters League, Senior Masters Division and Grand Masters Division, with over 600 players from ages Over 34 up to 80+.

All matches played at Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre  on Monday (February and March only), Tuesday and Wednesday nights, between February and September.

Sydney also enters representative teams (from Over 34's up to Over 70's) at the annual NSW Championships, and enjoys a high level of player representation in the selected NSW and Australian Men's Masters teams.

New players

The Sydney Masters Hockey Association welcomes all new Men's Masters players, officials and supporters.

If you are new to Sydney and / or have been a previous hockey player (or umpire) and you are now looking to return to play in a successful mid week competition, please contact the SMHA Competition Managers via e-mail at - competition@smhockey.com.au if you require assistance in finding a club / team to play with.

From the President

Greg Kay

Welcome again to all our returning players, officials, sponsors and supporters, and also to those of you who are “new” and will be joining the 2026 season of Men’s Masters Hockey in Sydney.

We are again looking forward to an enjoyable and successful year ahead for Masters hockey in Sydney.

This will include competition matches (3 week Hawkesbury Cup preseason from 2-3-4 February then main season from 23-24-25 February), a full representative program of NSW and Australian Championships, our annual Intercity Challenge against Canberra (where we play for the Merv Goodridge and Doug Dawson Cup).

On behalf of the 2026 Board of Directors, we wish all teams the best of luck and trust that in 2026 everyone enjoys a successful Sydney Men's Masters Hockey season, both on and off the field.

2026 Grand Final Results and Premiers

Competition Managers

Congratulations to all teams who played in the 2026 Grand Finals and to the newly crowned PREMIERS.

Premier League (Division 1)

UTS Raptors 4 defeated Ryde 1

Ryde were Minor Premiers

UTS Raptors are Major Premiers and were awarded the Greg Kay Premiership Cup

Player of the Match was Shabbir Khan (UTS Raptors)

Sydney Cup (Division 2)

UNSW 2 defeated Manly GNS 1

Manly GNS were Minor Premiers

UNSW are Major Premiers and were awarded the David Campbell Premiership Cup

Player of the Match was Bram Soliman (UNSW)

The Premier League and Sydney Cup matches were Livestreamed -

https://youtube.com/live/REiq_ATasV4

(1461 view to date) 

Masters League (Division 3)

St George Randwick 2 def Sydney University 0

St George Randwick were Minor and Major Premiers and were awarded the Michael Irby Premiership Cup

Player of the Match was Scott Dreyer (St George Randwick)

Senior Masters (Division 4)

Penrith 4 defeated Macquarie University 0

Penrith were Minor and Major Premiers and were awarded the Noel French Premiership Cup

Player of the Match was Ridwan Houston (Penrith)

The Masters League and Senior Masters matches were Livestreamed -

https://youtube/live/rbuzzbuRiH9Y

(1145 views to date)

Grand Masters (Division 5)

Sydney University 3 defeated Briars 0 

Sutherland were Minor Premiers

Sydney University are Major Premiers and were awarded the David Webster Premiership Cup

Player of the Match was Damian Chown (Sydney University) 

Players selected for 2026 NSW Masters teams

Representative Co-ordinator

Congratulations to the 92 players (who played for Sydney) who have been selected for NSW teams to play in the Australian Championships in Gold Coast (Queensland) from 24 September to 10 October 2026

Over 34's - 1's M Felten, L Morley, J Piper.  2's - T Blyth, N Candido (vc), S Comley, C Hallett, T Irons, C Johnston, J Lander, N Sharpe (C), B Soliman, B Webb.

Over 39's - 1's P Newton, R Muir (vc), S Ghumman and S Laird  2's D Corbin, M Kay,  M Linolli, A Wong

Over 44's - 1's  A Borg, B Hardy, S Heappey, A Jones (C), J Maltman and A Retford,  2's D Burke, W Lewis and C Whiteman

Over 49's - 1's  M Berwick, B Goodridge, B Key, B Livermore (C), C Pope, H Singh, M Ward-Thornton, R Weightman.  2's M Brown, S Ferris

Over 54's - 1's M Barr, M Ellis (vc), J Fordham, P Kooner, D De Souza, A Von Mayer, D Van Es and Evan Watson (C)  2's R Van der Zande and S Leong  3's R Mavji and T Lam

Over 59's - 1's P Busch (vc), B Doughty, S Farquharson, M Greaves, J Marquard, G Symes,  2's R Heasman, S Glassford, B Fitzpatrick, T Kelley, R Knottenbelt and L Wilde

Over 64's - 1's M Brookfield, G Hayes, M Irby, R McCoy, B McDonall, P Price. 2's - D Allen, D McGiffen and T Nicol.

Over 69's - 1's P Bee, D Campbell (C), G Hall, J Hol, M Hillier, G Kay, S McCoy, P Quinnell and R Redding (vc)  2's E Chua, D Hart, P Hayes (C), D Narianasamy, P Retford (vc)

Over 74's - N French, I Gordon

Over 79's - B Faulks, G Purdy, D Webster