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Subscriber only BEING one of six Hancocks players in line for Queensland Country duty, Abby Eleison was glowing with pride. The fearless defender has been chosen for the first time to represent Queensland at the Australian Country Championships in Albany from August 7-14. She was selected along with Hancocks teammate Natalie Davison. Long-serving Hancocks and Ipswich A-Grade captain Sara Rogers was added as a shadow player with Wests talent Jess Wilkinson also on standby. Hancocks trio Sam Morgan, Jay Pavitt and Jackson Willie were chosen in the Queensland Country men s side competing at the same tournament in Western Australia.
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Subscriber only IT S just as well Ipswich s everywhere player, coach and captain Sara Rogers is so fit and focused. Her impressive time management skills will be tested even further in three competitions and as a Queensland head coach this season. Rogers has mentored the Hancocks men and captained the Hancocks women in recent seasons along with her Brisbane competition (Ascot) and other representative commitments. She s added three more roles to her incredible list. Rogers is going to coach the Hancocks women as well as the men in the Ipswich competition starting on Friday night. The Hancocks men open the new season against Wests in a 7pm encounter at the Ipswich Hockey Complex.
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Subscriber only HAVING enjoyed four premiership successes in a stop-start year, Hancock Brothers Hockey Club officials are starting 2021 with a positive outlook. Club president Grant Schultz is excited about the prospect of having more players returning and some enhanced junior development initiatives. That includes reducing junior fees by more than 50 per cent and fully subsidising Hancocks kids involved in the annual Hookin2Hockey program. So anyone who wants to come and play Hookin2Hockey up to under nine will play for free, Schultz said. We re hoping it just brings more players to the club and just for hockey and the sport.