Adelaide Fire

Adelaide Fire
Full nameAdelaide Fire
LeagueHockey One
Founded17 April 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-17)
Home groundMATE Stadium, Adelaide, Australia
(Capacity 4,000)
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 MATE Stadium 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 have been named in the women's squad for the 2024 season.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  AUS Annalise Abbott
— FW  AUS Teyjah Abell
— MF  AUS Linzi Appleyard
— FW  AUS Sherilyn Cass
— MF  NZL Casey Crowley
— MF  AUS Puck de Beijer
— FW  AUS Britney de Silva
— FW  AUS Ella du Preez
— MF  AUS Holly Evans-Gill
— DF  NED Margot van Geffen
— GK  AUS Amy Hammond
— MF  NED Julia van den Heuvel
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  AUS Chloe Holland
— GK  AUS Bridget Laurance
— MF  ENG Shona McCallin
— DF  AUS Gabriella Mitreska
— FW  AUS Beatriz Monger-Molowny
— MF  AUS Tyler Pedley
— DF  AUS Zara Pelham
— DF  AUS Harriet Shand
— FW  AUS Katie Sharkey
— MF  AUS Lucy Sharman
— FW  AUS Michaela Spano
— MF  AUS Eliza White

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.