Hockey Queensland
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Hockey Queensland is the governing body for the sport of hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 in Queensland, Australia. It is responsible for the administration of intra-state competitions, state representative teams, officials and the financial position of the sport. It's located in the Queensland State Hockey Centre
Queensland State Hockey Centre
Queensland State Hockey Centre is a multi-purpose stadium in Brisbane, Australia. It is currently used for field hockey and is home to the Queensland Blades who play in the Australian Hockey League.-Facilities:...

 in Colmslie, a suburb south of Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

.

History

On the 11th November 1995, the Queensland Women's Hockey Association merged with Queensland Men's Hockey Association ending 75 years of independent operation and created Hockey Queensland. The combined Hockey Queensland structure boasts gender equity as well as increased and maintained funding levels to men's and women's programs. Hockey Queensland helped field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 become an inaugural sport with the Queensland Academy of Sport
Queensland Academy of Sport
The Queensland Academy of Sport is an elite sports institute set up in 1991 by the Queensland Government to support athletes in the state of Queensland...

(QAS) and the Northern University Games.

South East Queensland

  • Brisbane Hockey Association
  • Brisbane Women's Hockey Association
  • Gold Coast Hockey Association
  • Ipswich Hockey Association
  • Redlands Hockey Association
  • Sunshine Coast Hockey Association
  • Tweed Border Hockey Association
  • Toowoomba Hockey Association
  • Warwick Hockey Association

Wide Bay

  • Bundaberg Hockey Association
  • Gympie & Districts Hockey Association
  • Hervey Bay Hockey Association
  • Maryborough & Districts Hockey Association

Central Queensland

  • Gladstone & Districts Hockey Association
  • Mackay Hockey Association
  • Rockhampton Hockey Association
  • Moranbah Hockey Association

North Queensland

  • Atherton Hockey Association
  • Cairns Hockey Association
  • Mount Isa Hockey Association
  • Townsville Hockey Association
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