Women's VP's Welcome

Welcome to UNSW Hockey Club!

As one of the biggest clubs in Sydney with 12 women's teams across two competitions. Sydney Women's Hockey League (SWHL) and Sydney Eastern Hockey Association (SEHA), the UNSW Hockey Club is open to all ages and abilities - you just have to be keen to play!

We are lucky enough that we have highly competitive and successful teams in both SWHL and SEHA but don't take ourselves too seriously that we can't have the occasional boogie.

Games are played on Sunday's across a number of pitches in Sydney including our home base of Daceyville.

Even though we are a University based club, anyone can join UNSW Hockey Club with a majority of our players from the community or alumni.

If you have any quesitons please don't hesitate to reach out via the contact us form.

We post more regular updates on our social media so make sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram!

Hope to see you around the pitch soon!

Barb Parker,

2026 Women’s Vice President

Teams

UNSW Hockey Club is based in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs and welcomes female players of all skills and levels. We generally enter 9 – 11 women’s teams across 2 competitions - both are competitive, social and very friendly.

We have 6 teams that compete in the Sydney Womens Hockey League (SWHL) – Metro (ML or Met) 1 to 6. ML1 is the highest level of women's hockey in Sydney. Games are played all over Sydney, including some at our home ground, but our players often carpool for away games.

We enter 7 teams in the Sydney Eastern Hockey Association (SEHA Women's) competition across all grades. The majority of games are played at our home field at Daceyville and at Kyeemagh, with some games at other fields eg Bankstown, Cumberland (Lidcombe), Cintra (Burwoord), Sutherland and Marang/Green Hills.

We currently provide a player pathway up to our high performance teams.  We cater for all levels from beginners, returning players, social players through to the top grades.

The below is an indication of grades for 2026 but the standard and split will often overlap and vary year to year.

High Level
ML1 (highest level of hockey in Sydney), ML2

Middle Grades
ML3/ ML4 / ED1 (equivalent grades in different competitions) 

Lower Grades
ML5, ML6, ED2-3 (equivalent grades in different competitions)

(ML1- Major Premiers 2025)

(ED3 - Major Premiers 2025)

Competition fees and Dates

SWHL (Metro)
SWHL is Sydney's Elite Hockey Competition for Opens and Masters players. SWHL runs the Metro League where games are played on Sundays. The season starts late March and runs through to August with finals in September.

Sydney East Hockey Association (SEHA)
SEHA conducts local junior and senior competitions and provides representative level hockey for its members to State Championship level. The SEHA women’s competition will commence mid-April and ends late August. Finals are played throughout September. All games are on sundays.

Fees
Details about fees for the season can be found on our registrations page.

UNSW Sports Scholarship Information

The following links provide information on the various sporting scholarships that are available for hockey players looking to join the UNSW hockey club. 

UNSW Sport Scholarships

Also to help players get in to UNSW they can apply for EAP (Elite Athlete Program) bonus points for being a player at state age competitions  and higher rep honours by following this link:

Elite Athlete Program

(ML4 - Major Premiers 2025)