Division One
Head Coach: Matthew Wells
Assistant Coach: Kelly Free and Kylie Fowler
We are excited to announce that Matthew Wells will be joining us as our Premier League 1 coach and head of coaching as of the end of the 2023 season.
Matthew captained the Australian Kookaburras with an impressive 242 appearances and 22 goals. He is a three-time Olympic medalist, two-time Commonwealth Games medalist, World Cup medalist, and three-time Champions Trophy winner. Matt was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his services to sport and is currently Hockey Queensland's men's High Performance coach.
Kelly Free will also be returning to the PL1 coaching team in 2024. Kelly has played over 300 division 1 games with St Andrews, winning five premierships! She has also played in the Queensland Womens Open team for close to a decade between 1990-2000, and the Hockeyroos from 1996-1999.
We also welcome the expertise of Kylie Fowler, who will join the PL1 coaching side alongside Matt and Kelly. Kylie has an exciting playing and coaching history over the years including Queensland Scorchers, German Bundesliga, Irish National League, Scottish National League and over a decade of playing division 1 with St Andrews Ladies HC and Labrador HC. Kylie has coached teams in Dublin, as well as Labrador Open Womens and assistant in BHL mens teams.