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Thank You, Tawa Harcourts – Proud Sponsors of Our Premier 1 Men’s Polos!

Northern United Hockey Club — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

We’re thrilled to give a massive shout-out and heartfelt thanks to Tawa Harcourts for their generous sponsorship of brand-new polos for our Premier 1 Men’s team.

A Huge Thank You to New World Newlands – Supporting Our Junior Stars!

Northern United Hockey Club — Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

As we welcome back our junior teams for another exciting season of hockey, we’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to New World Newlands for their generous support of our club.

Business of the Annual General Meeting 2022

Northern United Hockey Club — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 06:09:33 GMT

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS A reminder for everyone that the 2022 AGM will be held at 3pm, Saturday, 12 November 2022, in the Board Room at National Hockey Pavilion, Mt Albert Road, Berhampore, Wellington.

Karori volunteers recognised

Karori Hockey Club — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:21:51 GMT

Congratulations to our very own Andrea Bonora and Dan O'Connell who took out Community Administrator of the Year and Community Official of the Year at this year’s Wellington Hockey Awards.

Notice of 2021 Annual General Meeting

Northern United Hockey Club — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 07:54:02 GMT

Monday, 22 November 2021 from 6:00pm at the Wellington Collegians Cricket Clubrooms, Anderson Park, Kelburn

Northern Men Take Premier 2 Championship For Second Year

Northern United Hockey Club — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 07:23:00 GMT

Photo by Lewis Bishop The Northern Men’s team have completed a double, winning their Premier 2 grade for the second year running. In a repeat of last years’ final, they met a strong Tawa Titans team, who were looking to complete their commanding season and push for promotion to the top tier competition. Northern’s ‘Honey Badgers’ had met Tawa five times already this season. During regular-season games, they had come out worse off, but in both the two previous finals matches - in the grading round final and the first semifinal, Northern had held the Titans to a draw, before besting them in penalty shoot-outs. It was after that penalty shoot-out win in the semi-finals that Northern went straight through to the grand final, while Tawa had to fight Hutt United in a second semi. The Northern boys, however, had a free weekend after their friendly match was cancelled. Northern went into the match looking like the underdogs, but went 1-nil up early after a mis-timed strike from player-coach Nathan Croad found the back of the net. The Titans had to wait until the second half to reply, taking the score to 1-1, and looking like the teams would be going to shoot-out for a third time. However, a goal from youngster and Capital rep, Samuel Bishop, put the ball away to bring the Badgers back into the lead. While Tawa’s attack was fierce, and keeper Sam French was called upon to make several saves throughout the game, as the clock counted down, the match felt firmly within Northern control. The Northern team continued to push for the entire 70 minutes, with midfielder Olly Wright chasing down a ball hit out of the Northern defensive 25, to take it into the Tawa circle. While Northern wasn’t able to capitalise off Wright’s attack, 2-1 was how the match ended, with the Northern United boys claiming the championship for the second year running.

Northern Premier 1 Teams End the Year On a High

Northern United Hockey Club — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 07:19:00 GMT

A cold, wet NUHC Prem 1 Women’s team after their 5-6 playoff with Karori In an interesting twist, the Northern Premier 1 Men and Women’s teams have both ended their 2019 seasons ranked fifth equal. The Northern P1 Women, in their first year in the competition after possibly a 30 year hiatus, had an exceptional year under the guidance of coach David McNaughtan. With several wins under their belt in their first season, the women made their way into the 5-6th playoffs. In a match which was marred by torrential rain throughout, the Northern women fought to the end against Karori. The turf was underwater for most of the game, but with less than 10 minutes remaining, and with the scores tied 4-4, the rain became too heavy and the umpires called the game off. This left a very cold, wet, but relieved team fifth equal with Karori. The men’s competition was similarly affected by the weather, however it was the Saturday earlier that affected the men. Their penultimate match against Victoria University was unable to start due to heavy rain and hail that put the turf under several inches of water. The game was rescheduled for a midweek late night game. The disruption put pressure on both teams, with the match being the most stressful of the year for coach Jono Mackey and his team. A tit-for-tat scoreline kept the pressure on Northern, but the Northern strikers and excellent keeping by Cameron Loader kept them in the game. The Northern boys ended up triumphing 3-2 over the students, keeping them out of the relegation zone and putting them through to the 5-6 playoff. A death in the Wellington Indians hockey community unfortunately meant that the the 5-6 playoff against Wellington Indians Sports Club was unable to be played. Despite the unfortunate reason for cancellation, the Northern boys were relieved to end the year fifth equal.

NUHC Premier 1 Men after their final match of the season against Victoria University.

NUHC Patron Rex Manning has passed away

Northern United Hockey Club — Wed, 29 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Rex Manning in 2018 Longtime player, president and patron of Northern United, Rex Manning, passed away at the age of 91. A service was held for Rex on Saturday, 1 June at 2:00pm, and many club members past and present attended, including the whole NUHC committee. Rex joined Wellington Tech Old Boys hockey club in 1944 when he left college. Two years later, while still a teenager, he was made club delegate to the Wellington Hockey Association. It only took Rex two years to join the Senior team, where he played for 17 years, with 7 as captain. The highlight was the legendary 1950 team, which won the senior championship for the first time (shared with Karori) – and the only time in the first 50 years of the club history. That was back in the days when, in Rex’s words, “We didn’t warm up or stretch or anything, just had a few hits before we ran on. And lemons, not water, at half time.” Tech Old Boys later became Northern United, where Rex served as team captain, selector, coach, club captain, president and patron. Rex never just played the game; he was always helping run the organisations that allowed everyone else to also play the game he loved.

President’s message from the 50th Jubilee booklet, 1980 When Rex retired from playing, he immediately switched to umpiring, coaching, and drawmaster/ umpires appointee for WHA. His son Bruce recalls a typical Saturday morning in the Manning household in the 1960s:

Dad would have already done the draw on Tuesday, so it could be put into the paper on Thursday; then at some ungodly hour of Saturday morning, if it was raining, the phone would start ringing. If grounds were closed, he would have to rearrange the draw, ring the radio station to broadcast cancellations and game changes, and ring the umpires to tell them their new games. Then it was up and off to coach the junior team Ross and I played in. Back for lunch and more phone calls – he was always on the phone – then off for his two games as umpire (at 1:15 and 3 pm), and we would all meet up at the clubrooms at Alex Moore park to socialise and hear team results. Repeat the next week... — Bruce Manning Not surprising, then, that the 50th Jubilee booklet (1980) recorded this little fact:
This involvement over a long time saw Rex receive the 1992 Club Administrator of the Year award from the Johnsonville Sports Association. From 1986-2010, Rex was involved in the Foundation for the National Hockey Stadium, doing the turf timetabling, chairing the Trust Board, running the Pavilion and fixing the goals. On one occasion he tried to convince a lawn bowls player that they should hire the turf for special bowling events. The man said “you’ll never get bowlers playing on turf, it just won’t happen” – Rex remembered this every time he passes an artificial turf at a lawn bowls club. Along with another Northern Club member, Ken Wood, Rex was instrumental in the fundraising and installation of the Maidstone Park and Elsdon turfs, the bowling clubs have had to put their own turfs in. Rex’s continual presence in the pavilion was handy for many teams, when they had no umpire. Rex filled in as an umpire until he was almost 80! Rex continued to attend committee meetings and was still at the turf at the weekends, watching a new generation of Northern United hockey players. Rex served as patron of the Northern United Hockey Club, of which he was also a Life Member.He was also a Life Member of the Wellington Hockey Association. He was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to hockey in 2000. In 2012 he received a Hockey New Zealand Gold Award. These accolades however, barely recognise Rex’s over 70 years service to hockey. Rex will be sorely missed by his family, friends and all of the Wellington hockey community. Article and photos courtesy of Suzanne Manning
Rex Manning, Johnsonville Sports Association Administrator of the Year, 1992

Northern United win Premier 2 Men's Division

Northern United Hockey Club — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 22:08:00 GMT

The Northern Premier 2 Men (“The Honeybadgers”) have won a thrilling division final at the National Hockey Stadium on Sunday against a strong Hutt United team. The close game ended 2-1 to the ‘Badgers.

The 88th Annual General Meeting

Northern United Hockey Club — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:08:02 GMT

To be held in the Boardroom, National Hockey Stadium, 9 Mt Albert Road, Berhampore, Wellington at 7:00 pm Wednesday, 8 November 2017.

Invitation to Inaugural Tawa Titans Grass Hockey Tournament 2016

Northern United Hockey Club — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:54:22 GMT

Hi club! We received an invite from Tawa to a grass tournament day, sounds like a lot of fun! If you're interesting in attending, reach out to us, or contact Gareth Jeune, Tawa's club secretary at tawahockeyclub@gmail.

Hockey Team Just Misses Out (Again!)

St Patricks College, Silverstream — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Friday 18 September 2009: For the second time in a month, a penalty-stroke shoot-out has decided the fate of the First XI Hockey Team.

First XI Hockey Falls at Last Stroke

St Patricks College, Silverstream — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Friday 4 September 2009: Last week the 1st XI played in the "Olympic Stick" Boys Secondary School Hockey Tournament in Carterton, finishing in third place after scoring 28 goals for and 5 goals against.

New NHL Womens Naming Right Sponsor

Wellington Hockey Association — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Wellington Hockey is proud to announce the new naming right sponsor of the Wellilngton Womens NHL team for 2008 - Monteiths Brewery Bar Khandallah.

Exciting nailbaiting p1 finals

Wellington Hockey Association — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Good crowd of hockey supporters were treated to some great hockey at the National Hockey Stadium on Saturday 16 August. Played in beautiful sunny cool conditions both finals lived up to their billing.

P2 Men Vs Naenae 04/08/07 Lost 5 - 2

Upper Hutt Hockey Club — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:23:00 GMT

A strong Upper Hutt lineup took the field on Saturday as we took on Hutt Valley rivals Naenae and searched for our first win of the comp.

P2 Men Vs Harbour City 07/07/07 Drew 1 - 1

Upper Hutt Hockey Club — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:01:00 GMT

The upper hutt P2 mens team got thier first competion point on the weekend with a Draw against Harbour city Tawa.

R3 Woman vs YMCA 10/06/07

Upper Hutt Hockey Club — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

We had our 1st game on the new {Porirua} turf on Sunday and came away with a 2 - 0 win against YWCA! The new turf is very bouncy, is like playing on shag pile carpet! Hopefully will settle down after some use! A great goal scored by Sonja Jeffs on the left wing, was in the right spot at the right time for a beautiful cross from the right and nicely swept in! 2nd goal was a great deflection into the goal by Chrissy Potaka Kelly after a hit to the 'spot'! Good work by the Team! Lisa