By Tara Murray
Hume Hockey Club continues to build in the Hockey Victoria winter competition.
In their third year, the Highlanders have three senior sides and two junior teams.
While their top men’s side, pennant G, will miss finals, their other two sides currently sit fourth.
The women’s metro B north west side is looking to play finals for a second straight year, while their men’s metro B north west team is also on track for finals.
President Harry Mason said both of those sides had good chances to take out premierships.
He said they were still one of the smaller clubs around, but were continuing to grow.
“Our senior pennant G side, I’m not sure if they will be in finals this year,” he said.
“It’s not the same team as last year, a few different challenges and some new faces around the club.
“The other two sides are looking good and could win premierships.
“Hopefully a few good wins keep coming and we could have three premierships [senior and junior] hanging on the wall.”
On the weekend,
Hume’s pennant G side had a 3-2 win against TEM. The win is the Highlanders fourth of the season.
The men’s metro side had a 7-2 loss to Altona, while their women’s metro side had a 4-0 win against Melton.
On the junior side, the Hume has under-14 and under-10s.
Mason said it was pleasing to see how both sides were going.
“The under-14s [sitting fourth] are doing quite well, they weren’t competitive last year, so it’s been really good.
“The under-10s are having a really good time. A lot have never played any sport before.”
Mason said they were also focusing on getting behind causes that are close to the players hearts.
They were involved in LGBTQ round and men’s mental health round, wearing clothing to support them.
Mason said the club was continuing to build each year.
