The Hockey Queensland Championship (HQC) Women Wrap Up 2025
Published Mon 02 Jun 2025
The Hockey Queensland Championship (Women) has finished after another successful weekend at the State Hockey Centre in Brisbane.
It was a star-studded event with many former Hockeyroos competing and coaching against some up and coming young stars.
Very wet weather on Saturday caused delays, but the day still culminated in semi-finals where Maryborough beat Cairns, and the Gold Coast beat Tweed.
On Sunday, Tweed’s extensive experience outclassed Cairns who were also finished without a bench to call upon – an impressive feat.
In the Grand Final Gold Coast came out strong, and a final quarter penalty stroke and conversion weren’t enough for Maryborough to come back.
The last time Maryborough Open Women were in a Grand Final was in 1984 when they tied with Brisbane, and before this 1961 when they tied with Bundaberg. In 2019, the Wide Bay team won the Poligras Super League, which was a culmination of Bundaberg, Maryborough, Hervey Bay, Gympie and Sunshine Coast.
Thank you to all of the players, team staff, officials, volunteers, commentators and spectators who made the weekend a huge success.
The Women’s Country Team, U21 Squads and Blaze Squads will be named in the coming week.
Results
- Gold Coast
- Maryborough
- Tweed
- Cairns
- Brisbane
- Sunshine Coast
- Mackay
- Ipswich
- Toowoomba
- Townsville
- Gladstone
- Gympie
Player Awards
Player of the Tournament – Casey Dolkens (Gold Coast)
Player of Final – Kyra Livermore (Gold Coast)
Leading Goal Scorer – Meka Crick (Maryborough) & Laney Smith (Tweed)
Goalkeeper of the Tournament – Jordan Bliss (Mackay)
#TeamQLD Award winner – Sunshine Coast
Officials Awards
Umpires of the Final Div 1 – Aleisha Neumann & Tara Leonard
Jan Hadfield Umpiring Excellence Award - Aleisha Neumann
Technical Officer of the Final Div 1 – Cathy Platts
Joanne Greensill Technical Official of the Tournament Award - Cathy Platts
Thanks to the presentation photographer 📸 Andrew Blanchard
