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Queensland Blades
Nickname Blades
Association Hockey Australia
AHL
Coach Matthew Wells
Assistant Coach
Captain Jamie Dwyer
Troy Elder
Home Ground State Hockey Centre
Colmslie
Home colours
Away colours

The Blades are a men's Australian field hockey team, representing Queensland in the Australian Hockey League.

The Blades have been the most successful team to play in recent years. Their home ground is the State Hockey Centre at Colmslie in Brisbane, Queensland.

They have also competed under the name Brisbane Baldes. And between the years 1993-2000, Queensland also provided a second team in the National Competition, the North Queensland Barras.

The team were champions in the 2007 AHL final played in Perth, Western Australia on 1 April 2007, beating the WA Thundersticks.

In 2010 the Queensland Blades defeated the New South Wales Waratahs in the AHL final to win the championship.

2011 Season

The 2011 season will see the Queensland Blades start favourites, after comprehensively winning the 2010 title. With the likes of four time world hockey player of the year Jamie Dwyer, and Australian Representatives Liam De Young, Robert Hammond, Jason Wilson, Matthew Swann, Timothy Bates, Nathan Burgers, Matthew Ghodes and Mark Knowles, the Blades line up will be hard to beat.

The line up will also include some of the states most talented youngsters, who are tipped for big futures in the game. Jacob Whetton leads a talented group of these younger players which will likely include Jake Farrell, Peter Dillion and Ryan Gibbs.

New additions to the squad for the 2011 season, include talented midfielder Craig Smith added to the squad after standing out in the Brisbane Hockey League and the Queensland Premier League over the past two seasons.

2011 should also see the return of Scott Richards,Shane Kenny, Andrew Newman and Ryan Gibbs who were all unavailable for the 2010 finals after sustaining injuries.

Season standings

Year Position
1991 Champions
1992 Runners-Up
1993 3rd
1995 Runners-Up
1996 Runners-Up
1997 5th
1998 3rd
1999 Runners-Up
2000 3rd
2001 3rd
2002 Runners-Up
2003 Champions
2004 Champions
2005 Runners-Up
2006 Champions
2007 Champions
2008 Runners-Up
2009
2010 Champions

Current squad

No Player Club Home Association
1 Timothy Bates AIS Ipswich
2 Michael Bates Easts Tigers Ipswich
3 Mark Knowles AIS Rockhampton
4 Jacob Burns UQ Ipswich
5 Nick Budd Redcliffe Leagues Brisbane
6 Nathan Burgers AIS Townsville
7 Cale Cramer Commercial Bundaberg
8 Peter Dillion Redcliffe Leagues Sunshine Coast
9 Liam de Young AIS Brisbane
10 Jake Farrell Easts Tigers Tweed Border
11 Brent Garske Pine Rivers St Andrews Toowoomba
12 Ryan Gibbs Pine Rivers St Andrews Mackay
13 Kris Glass Commercial Toowoomba
14 Dale Ghodes Easts Tigers Rockhampton
15 Matthew Ghodes AIS Rockhampton
16 Ashley Hennergan UQ Rockhampton
17 Shane Kenny Redcliffe Leagues Brisbane
18 Ben McCarthy Easts Tigers Maryborough
19 Adam McClelland United Brisbane
20 Andrew Newman Redcliffe Leagues Brisbane
21 Matthew Swann AIS Mackay
22 Scott Richards Pine Rivers St Andrews Toowoomba
23 Andrew Richards Pine Rivers St Andrews Toowoomba
24 Nathan Panetta Pine Rivers St Andrews
25 David Reid Commercial
26 Kyle Richardson Bulimba Cairns
27 Ian Schulz Redcliffe Leagues Sunshine Coast
28 Callan Short Valleys Cairns
29 Lewis Short Valleys Cairns
30 Craig Smith Pine Rivers St Andrews Toowoomba
31 David Watts UQ Toowoomba
32 Jacob Webber Easts Tigers Brisbane
33 Jacob Whetton AIS Brisbane
34 Jamie Dwyer AIS Rockhampton
35 Jason Wilson AIS Tweed Border
36 Robert Hammond AIS Townsville

See also

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