Gordon-North Sydney Hockey Club


Gordon North Sydney Hockey Club, often called GNS, is a hockey club based on the North Shore of Sydney, Australia. - Currently being a member of the Northern Sydney and Beaches Hockey Association
The Men's teams have featured many Australian representatives over the years, including Kookaburras Brent Livermore, Jamie Dwyer, Matthew Butturini and Mark Knowles. Whereas the Women's teams Include Hockeyroos Murphy Allendorf, Grace Jeffery and Anna Flanagan. Also featuring up-and-coming representatives Brinley Gallagher and Robbie MacLennan, plus NSW Pride representatives Sarah Johnston and Emma Spinks
The current GNS 1st Grade team consists of stars such as Isaac Priddis, Robbie Campbell, Quentin Pursey and Will McLean, all known for not only their skills but their good looks and charm around the club.
In 2020 GNS's Men's portion of the club has combined with Manly Hockey Club's mens department to better meet the Sydney Hockey Association's New Premier League structure to play in the PL1, PL2 and PL3 competitions, run by SHA.

History

Today's Gordon North Sydney Hockey Club was a result of many mergers, occurring over the past century.
North Sydney District Hockey Club was a dominant Men's hockey club in Sydney throughout the 1970s and 1980s, having all 7 men's team playing in the Grand Finals in 1979. It itself was a merger of North Sydney Police Boys Club and Cremorne-North Sydney Hockey Club in 1953, and later including Mosman Hockey Club in 1959–60.
Gordon Hockey Club believed to be founded in the 1920s was also a merger, playing under the banner of Gordon-Wahroongah Hockey Club from 1952 until 1991 as it became incorporated. Its highest team was the current-day equivalent of PL2, known then as Premier B or Sydney Cup.
Hence, in 1991 Gordon North Sydney Hockey Club emerged from the Merger of North Sydney District Hockey Club and Gordon Hockey Club, as North Sydney wasn't getting appraisal or help from the local council towards a future commitment to club infrastructure like a potential artificial turf field and declining player numbers, whereas Gordon had the newly built Ku-ring-gai Hockey Centre with increasing player numbers but still yet to crack the top Men's and Women's grades - To which the merger provided a top men's team for all.
In 2007, the Gordon North Sydney 1st Grade Women's side finally cracked the promotion into the top grade of competition in Sydney, 11 years later having won their first-ever 1st Grade women's Premiership

Success and Performance

Gordon North Sydney Hockey Club and their respective mergers have had a host of success since their inception, across a variety of awards: