Adelaide Fire
Full nameAdelaide Fire
Founded17 April 2019 (2019-04-17)
Home groundState Hockey Centre, Adelaide, Australia
(Capacity 4,000)
LeagueHockey One
Websitehockeysa.com.au

Adelaide Fire is an Australian professional field hockey club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The club was established in 2019, and is one of 7 established to compete in Hockey Australia's new premier domestic competition, Hockey One.[1]

The club unifies both men and women under one name,[2] unlike South Australia's former representation in the Australian Hockey League as the SA Hotshots (men) and SA Suns (women).[3][4]

Adelaide Fire will compete for the first time in the inaugural season of Hockey One, which will be contested from late September through to mid November 2019.

History

Adelaide Fire, along with six other teams, was founded on 17 April 2019 as part of Hockey Australia's development of hockey.[5] The establishment of the club however, was not met without challenges. It was feared Hockey SA would not enter Hockey One due to financial restraints, however after a public fundraiser the entry quota was met.[6]

The club name of the Fire is a natural progression and combination of the former club names – the Hotshots and the Suns.

Uniform

The club colours are a modern take on traditional SA colours, the yellow, now replaced with white provides a cleaner, modern feel to the uniforms.

Adelaide Fire Men's Uniform
Adelaide Fire Women's Uniform

Home Stadium

Adelaide Fire are based out of the State Hockey Centre in South Australia's capital city, Adelaide. The stadium has a capacity of 4,000 spectators, with 330 fixed seats.[7]

Throughout the Hockey One league, Adelaide Fire will play a number of home games at the stadium.[8]

Teams

Men's team

The following players were named in the men's squad for the 2023 season.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 FW  AUS Kieran Govers
2 DF  AUS Connor Richmond-Spouse
3 MF  AUS Lucas Toonen
4 FW  AUS Jack Holland
6 FW  AUS Matthew Magann
7 DF  ENG Peter Scott
8 FW  AUS Brodie Gleeson
9 MF  AUS Fred Gray
10 DF  AUS Lachlan Arneil
11 FW  AUS Kyton Rayner
12 MF  AUS Mitchell Dell
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 FW  AUS Alastair Oliver
14 FW  SCO Fraser Heigh
15 MF  AUS Paxton Silby
16 DF  AUS Hugh Snowden
17 DF  NZL Charl Ulrich
18 DF  AUS Richard Hancock
20 DF  AUS Chris Wells
21 GK  AUS Jed Snowden
22 GK  AUS Edward Chittleborough
23 FW  AUS Hassan Singh
24 FW  RSA Jethro Eustice

Women's team

The following players were named in the women's squad for the 2023 season.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 FW  AUS Chloe Carter
2 DF  NZL Brittany Wang
3 MF  AUS Gabriella Mitreska
4 DF  AUS Harriet Shand
5 MF  AUS Holly Evans-Gill (C)
6 DF  AUS Euleena MacLachlan
7 FW  AUS Ella du Preez
8 FW  AUS Michaela Spano
9 FW  NED Marjolein Ceulen
10 MF  AUS Carly Hoffmann
11 DF  AUS Lucy Sharman
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW  AUS Erin Cameron
13 FW  AUS Chloe Holland
14 DF  AUS Asta Fisher
15 FW  AUS Brooke Peris
17 MF  AUS Katie Sharkey
18 DF  NZL Anna Crowley
21 GK  AUS Amy Hammond
22 GK  AUS Zoe Newman
25 MF  AUS Jane Claxton
26 DF  AUS Linzi Appleyard
27 FW  AUS Sherilyn Cass

References

  1. ↑ "Introducing Hockey One". Hockey SA. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Hockey One – WHAT'S THE CONCEPT?". hockeyone.com.au. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "SA Hotshots". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "SA Suns". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "A New Era Begins – Hockey One Is Here!". Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Donate to the our project on the Australian Sports Foundation". Hockey SA. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Distinctive Homes Hockey Stadium". AUSTADIUMS. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "Hockey One – WHAT'S THE FORMAT?". hockeyone.com.au. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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