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11 Mar 10 | Former Maitland Rams hockey player Simon Orchard is on top of the world... almost.
The 2008 Maitland Sportsperson of the Year is staring down the barrel of a possible grand final berth in the sport’s biggest event after the Kookaburras finished the pool stages on top of their table.
11 Mar 10 | Australian co-captain Mark Knowles said his team had a form and freshness edge for their hockey World Cup semi-final against the Netherlands.
08 Mar 10 | New Maitland Rams head coach Nathan Baker has his eyes on a top-three finish in the Newcastle Premier League this season.
04 Mar 10 | With ex-Maitland Rams player Simon Orchard representing the Kookaburras at the World Cup in India this week, hockey has reached new heights in his former home town.
01 Mar 10 | The Maitland Rams have progressed to the final stage of the inaugural Hunter Cup after a pair of impressive performances at Maitland Hockey Complex yesterday.
25 Feb 10 | The Maitland Rams will be looking to start season 2010 on the right foot in the inaugural Hunter Cup this Sunday.
The Rams will host the round robin section of the invitational elite grade pre-season event, which will feature Glebe and Ryde from the Sydney first grade competition as well as Souths and Wests from Newcastle’s top grade and Manning Valley team Chatham.
09 Feb 10 | The one and only time Australia hoisted the World Cup aloft was in 1986.
It was the same year Simon Orchard was born.
02 Feb 10 | A goal to 2008 Maitland Sportsperson of the Year Simon Orchard has helped the Kookaburras to a 2-1 series win against Korea in Hobart, Tasmania.
28 Jan 10 | Maitland’s Simon Orchard hopes to use the Kookaburra’s three-match series against Korea this month to push for a spot in the World Cup squad.
07 Dec 09 | At half-time during the Champions Trophy final in Melbourne yesterday Simon Orchard could not help but thinking ‘not again’.
03 Dec 09 | Maitland’s Simon Orchard believes the Kookaburras need to exploit an inexperienced German team in Melbourne tonight and build momentum for the final of the Champions Trophy.
12 Nov 09 | At the age of 23, Simon Orchard has notched up 34 appearances in the green and gold jersey for the Australian hockey team.
11 Nov 09 | Maitland Sportsperson of the Year for 2008 Simon Orchard has been named in the Kookaburras squad to contest the Champions Trophy in Melbourne later this month.
28 Sep 09 | With the city’s connections succeeding in the weekend’s Premier League grand finals, the question remains: Will Maitland ever return to the top grade?
28 Sep 09 | Maitland went close but could not claim the elusive crown it has craved for the past three seasons.
For the third consecutive season, Maitland was defeated by arch rivals Norths in the Newcastle District Hockey Association second grade grand final.
28 Sep 09 | The final Saturday in September has a habit of producing magical sporting moments and this year produced a monumental memory one Maitland family will never forget.
25 Sep 09 | Two Orchards are better than one and this weekend the pair will be aiming for the ripest sporting fruit of all – a premiership.
25 Sep 09 | This weekend hockey one, hockey two, hockey three will be more like Cocking one, Cocking two, Cocking three...Cocking four.
22 Sep 09 | The Maitland Rams second grade team is looking to break its three-year hoodoo against bitter rivals Norths this Saturday.
17 Sep 09 | There will be two teams flying the Maitland flag during finals time in Newcastle this weekend and they are the last two left standing from around the city.
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