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Last year may have been UWA's Centenary but the UWA Hockey Club isn't far behind- this year one of the University's oldest sporting clubs celebrated its 90th anniversary.

Guests at The University Club's Banquet Hall included player groups from each decade from the 1960s to the present. More than 30 people had been awarded Full Blue or Half Blue awards. (Full and Half Blue awards from the UWA Sports Council go to currently enrolled students achieving outstanding success as a competitor and for service to their UWA sports club or team.)

Guest speaker at the 90th anniversary dinner was former Federal Foreign Minister, UWA law graduate and recently appointed Professor of Law, Stephen Smith, who gave an entertaining account of his association with the club, including his time as manager of the women's first division team.

UWA Hockey Club encourages alumni to maintain or renew connections with UWA through the University Associates Hockey Club. Graduates can play together in friendship groups under the banner of University Associates, leaving students to play in teams of the like-minded. University Associates currently has seven women's and five men's teams, with the majority of players aged over 40.

Among guests at another recent reunion of former players in the women's division of UWA were four 1950s alumni: Margaret Longson (née Heron), Judith Gauntlett (née Young), Lois Muhling and Jean Williams (née Walker).