Bunbury and Districts Hockey Association to defend pair of division one titles at Country Championships

Bunbury and Districts Hockey Association will be looking to defend their pair of division one titles at the hockey Country Championships over the next two weekends in Perth.

The women’s championships will be staged from Friday to Sunday before the men’s tournament takes place over the same days next week.

Bunbury’s men’s side will be hunting their fourth consecutive title, having won a thrilling final over Upper Great Southern via one-on-ones at last year’s championships.

After going out of 2023’s championships in the semifinals, Bunbury’s women’s side put together a dominant tournament which they capped off with a 1-0 win over Upper Great Southern in the final to reclaim the title last year.

Bunbury will also field men’s and women’s masters sides at the championships to go with a women’s division two team.

The tournament will feature a number of other associations from the region, with Busselton to send men’s and women’s masters outfits while Warren (women’s division four), Donnybrook (women’s division five) and Margaret River (men’s division three) will send one team apiece.

All games at the championships across Perth Hockey Stadium’s two pitches will be streamed at LIVEHockey.com.au.

* Boyanup’s Tom Harvie will feature for the Kookaburras in the upcoming leg of the FIH Pro League after recovering from elbow surgery, but his brother Jake has been sidelined by a groin injury.

Tom debuted for the national side earlier this year and went on to earn his first contract despite missing a block of games against Argentina due to the problem.

The latest leg of the Pro League will see the Kookaburras play eight games around Europe, the first of which will come against India in Antwerp on Saturday at 4.30pm WA time.

Pro League games are available to stream live on 7plus.