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Hockey Community Development Officer (voluntary) - Solomon Islands Hockey Federation

Australian Volunteers Program

About the assignment

The Solomon Islands Hockey Federation (SIHF) is a sporting federation that aims to provide opportunities to youth, adults, girls and boys and people of all abilities both in Honiara and across Solomon Islands. Also, SIHF aims to have people to engage in hockey in a fun and social atmosphere and to learn new skills and become healthier. While the federation is growing and gaining capacity, there is still a need for support in terms of developing the function of the federation and advancing roles such as coaches to further drive the sport.

  • The key objective for this role is to work with the development officers to build the capacity of the federation to develop assistant with their development programs.
  • You will have the opportunity to work with various stakeholders to expand the interest of the sport in the country.
  • If you have a level 1 Coaching and Umpiring qualification and have the interest assist a growing sport in the Solomon Islands, then this can be a rewarding role for you

Partner organisation overview

The Solomon Islands Hockey Federation (SIHF) is a sporting federation that aims to provide opportunities to youth, adults, girls and boys and people of all abilities both in Honiara and across Solomon Islands the opportunity to engage in hockey in a fun and social atmosphere, to learn new skills and become more healthy.

SIHF is a partner of the National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands. SIHF is also supported:

  • Through the Pacific Sports Program, two development officer positions have been created to support the local staff member to develop programs to meet the growing interest of the sport.
  • By the National Team Program aims to train and develop elite players both men and women to a standard where they are capable of representing Solomon Islands at IHF (International Hockey Federation) tournaments on a yearly basis.

Since 2015, national teams have been selected to represent the country at international competitions within the Oceania region. In their last two tournaments, the senior men and women have won bronze medals at their last Oceania region tournament. The under 18 Men and Women both won bronze and the men qualified to compete in the Youth Olympics in 2018. Unfortunately, they were not able to attend due to a specific Youth Olympic rule, only allowing 1 team sport per country per gender to attend.

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