Bendigo Senjuns Hockey Club

About

The Senjuns Hockey Club was formed in 1986 by close friends, Glenda Nevinson, Alison Ferguson, Alison Campbell and Judy Hasty. Alison Perkins, a senior player who agreed with these friends’ hockey aims, later joined forces with the club. The vision of these senior players was to use their encouragement, skill and experience to develop young, interested hockey players into an enthusiastic, fair minded and committed team. For their new team, the founders agreed upon the name "Senjuns" which originated from two words, "Seniors" and "Juniors”, and underpinned the goals of this group. The majority of members of this new team consisted of the aforementioned players and their daughters or young relatives, which made up the original A women’s team. The Senjuns "B" Grade Women’s team was formed in 1988. Later the A grade Men’s team with the same endeavor, aims and enthusiasm as the Senjuns’ founders, fielded its inaugural team in 1995, followed by a Men’s B grade team in 1999. There has been a concerted effort to develop Juniors from a very young age, (originally through Minkey Hockey teaching sessions and games), then in later years Hooked in to Hockey and HV Schools’ Roadshows. Bendigo Senjuns has worked tirelessly to field teams in U9, U11, U13, U15 and U17 competitions. As Senjuns has continued to grow, there have been many family groups as well as individuals, whose involvement in playing, administration, coaching and support has been invaluable in raising and maintaining the profile and success of the club renamed in 1999 as the Senjuns Sharks. In 2015 Senjuns Hockey Club became known as Bendigo Senjuns Hockey Club Inc.