Ascot Women's Hockey Club was established in 1959 when a group of Ascot Primary School Students, along with their President and Coach, Eileen Grealy and School Headmaster and Patron, Bob Meibusch, decided to form a club to participate in fixtures at the newly established venue at Downey Park. The girls played in their school uniform (blue tunics) and trained at Cosby Park. All members by unwritten agreement pledged themselves to keep alive the sporting spirit that had, by example of their Headmaster, guided their school activities.
In the first season (1959) the club had three (3) teams. These teams were B Grade and 2 juniors - gaining 2nd, 4th and 5th positions. By the next year (1960) the top team was in A Reserve and took out the premierships with a 3rd in C Grade and a 2nd for the Junior team. A good start!
In the 1980's the club changed colours to be predominately red/navy, as there were so many other clubs which wore blue.
Over the years the club has grown to having teams in the Turf, Grass and Masters Competitions. In 2021, Ascot fielded 11 teams. Junior players come from feeder club Arana Ascot Hockey Club, which was established in 1994 by members of Ascot Women's Hockey club who recognised the importance of the ongoing development of players for the future.
The club is proud to have players and officials that have represented Brisbane, Queensland and Australia, including current player Angie Lambert OAM who is a 3 x Olympian and Olympic Gold Medalist.
Ascot has also been extremely fortunate to have many fantastic administrators in the club over the years and acknowledge their massive contribution to hockey and in particular Ascot Women's Hockey Club.
In our final year as a standalone club, Ascot Women's Hockey Club won 4 Premierships, including Premier League 1, Metro League 1, Monday Masters 3 and Downey Park 1, as well as 4 Minor Premierships, including Metro League 1, Monday Masters 3, Downey Park 1 and Downey Park 5.
We look forward to continued success as we merge clubs with junior club Arana Ascot Hockey Club Inc to form Ascot Arana Hockey Club Inc for the 2022 season.
