Latrobe Valley Hockey Association

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LVHA Postcode Cup

Fri 06 Nov 2026 18:00 - Sun 08 Nov 2026 17:00

Latrobe City Synthetic Sports Facility, Mary Grant Bruce Drive Churchill, VIC, Australia 3842

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Event information

Registration for this event closes at Fri 30 Oct 2026 09:00.

LVHA Postcode Cup 🏆

6th - 8th NOV 2026

Competition Format:

Hockey 5's competition
Mixed teams - 2 Divisions

Divison 1 - For seasoned & experienced players
Divison 2 - For less experienced, newer players

2 concurrent fields

Each game - 2x18min halves, 5min half time
Round robin format - Pool options may be considered subject to numbers

Modified rules:
Play to follow FIH rules with the following exception

• Raising or lifting the ball above knee height is not permitted
• Any instance of raising the ball above knee height will be penalised, irrespective of whether it was intentional
Goalkeepers may not simply ‘lie down’ to prevent goals being scored. Diving is permitted.

Team composition:

Teams to be comprised of players residing within the same postcode
As verifiable by their licence or other identification.
For the purposes of this competition 3844 is divided into North & South at the Princes highway.

Minority postcodes with insufficient numbers to have a team may join a team a team that is either:
a) physically adjacent to their postcode – per map (or)
b) numerically adjacent to their postcode
(i.e 3824 could join 3823 or 3825)

Players who still do not fall within a team may apply for an exemption to play with a specific team

Exemptions requests should be directed to competitionmanager.lvha@gmail.com

A postcode map is available here

Players:

Teams to consist of up to 10 named players including up to 2 goalkeepers
Named team must consist of at least 3 of each gender
All players must be registered with HV
During play, Teams must have at least 2 of each gender on field includes GK.
Players must be at least 16yrs of age to participate. No junior exemptions will be considered
Field players may only be entered in one team, in one division.
GK's may be named in one team for each division

LVHA reserve the right to allocate teams to a different division than entered

Uniform:

Teams to specify shirt and sock colour/s with entry
Clash socks/uniform may be required. Teams will be notified after entries received.
Player numbers are not required

$475 entry per team Includes all umpires
Proposed Schedule - subject to change based on entry numbers

Fri 6th - Games from 6pm
Sat 7th- Games from 9am
Sun 8th- Games from 9am