Australian National Broomball Championships

The Australian National Broomball Championships is an annual broomball tournament, held in various cities across Australia, to determine Australia's national champions. The tournament is organised by the national governing body for the sport, Broomball Australia.

The Championships have been held annually since 1990, and as of 2006 attract representative teams from New South Wales, Queensland, Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, and Victoria. Teams representing Gold Coast and Coffs Harbour have also participated in the past. In 2003 an invitational team composed of American and Japanese players took part but were ineligible for finals.

Five divisions are contested annually (starting year in brackets):

• Men's Elite (1990)
• Women's Elite (1999)
• Mixed Elite (1990)
• Men's Intermediate (2003)
• Mixed Intermediate (2003)

Men's Elite Division[]

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has been by far the most successful team in the Men's Elite division, winning fourteen of the twenty-one events held to date.

List of Men's Elite Champions and Runners Up by Year^[1]

Year	Host City	Champion	Runner Up
1990	Bendigo, Victoria	South Australia	ACT
1991	Bendigo, Victoria	South Australia	ACT
1992	Adelaide, South Australia	ACT	South Australia
1993	Canberra, ACT	ACT (ACT Flames)	ACT (ACT Animals)
1994	Bendigo, Victoria	ACT	South Australia
1995	Bendigo, Victoria	ACT	South Australia
1996	Sydney, New South Wales	ACT	Queensland
1997	Gold Coast, Queensland	ACT	Queensland
1998	Adelaide, South Australia	ACT	Queensland
1999	Townsville, Queensland	ACT	New South Wales
2000	Canberra, ACT	ACT	Queensland
2001	Sydney, New South Wales	ACT	New South Wales
2002	Adelaide, South Australia	ACT	South Australia
2003	Canberra, ACT	ACT	New South Wales
2004	Gold Coast, Queensland	New South Wales	North Queensland
2005	Sydney, New South Wales	ACT	Queensland
2006	Adelaide, South Australia	New South Wales	ACT
2007	Canberra, ACT	ACT	New South Wales
2008	Sydney, New South Wales	New South Wales	ACT
2009	Adelaide, South Australia	New South Wales	South Australia
2010	Canberra, ACT	New South Wales	South Australia

Number of Men's Elite Titles per Representative Team

State/Territory	Championships	Runners Up Titles
Australian Capital Territory	14	5 (including 1 all-ACT final)
New South Wales	5	4
North Queensland	0	1
Queensland	0	5
South Australia	2	6

Men's Elite Player Statistics Leaders

Honour	Name	State/Territory	#
Most Games Played	Shane Martin	Australian Capital Territory	118
Most Goals Scored	Shane Martin	Australian Capital Territory	101
Most Assists	Shane Martin	Australian Capital Territory	43
Most Points	Shane Martin	Australian Capital Territory	144 (101 goals, 43 assists)
Most Hat-Tricks	Shane Martin	Australian Capital Territory	8
Most Shut Outs	Bruce Davidson	Australian Capital Territory	28

Women's Elite Division[]

List of Women's Elite Champions and Runners Up by Year^[2]

Year	Host City	Champion	Runner Up
1999	Townsville, Queensland	ACT	New South Wales & Queensland (combined team)
2000	Canberra, ACT	ACT	New South Wales
2001	Sydney, New South Wales	ACT	New South Wales
2002	Adelaide, South Australia	ACT	South Australia
2003	Canberra, ACT	New South Wales	ACT
2004	Gold Coast, Queensland	New South Wales	South Australia
2005	Sydney, New South Wales	New South Wales	Queensland
2006	Adelaide, South Australia	New South Wales	Queensland
2007	Canberra, ACT	New South Wales	Queensland
2008	Sydney, New South Wales	South Australia	New South Wales
2009	Adelaide, South Australia	New South Wales	South Australia
2010	Canberra, ACT	New South Wales	South Australia

Number of Women's Elite Titles per Representative Team

State/Territory	Championships	Runners Up Titles
Australian Capital Territory	4	1
New South Wales	7	4 (includes 1 combined with Queensland)
Queensland	0	4 (includes 1 combined with New South Wales)
South Australia	1	4

Women's Elite Player Statistics Leaders (accurate up to and including 2006 National Championships)^[3]

Honour	Name	State/Territory	#
Most Games Played	Tracy Allison	Australian Capital Territory	22
Most Goals Scored	Tracy Ivin	New South Wales	16
Most Assists	Tracy Ivin	New South Wales	9
Most Points	Tracy Ivin	New South Wales	25 (16 goals, 9 assists)
Most Hat-Tricks	Nikki Brown Chris Jeacle-Banks	Australian Capital Territory	1
Most Shut Outs	Donna Law Shannon Vost	Australian Capital Territory New South Wales	4

Mixed Elite Division[]

In mixed play, each team has an equal number of male and female players on the ice. The ACT have also had a successful history in this division, winning in nine times.

List of Mixed Elite Champions and Runners Up by Year^[4]

Year	Host City	Champion	Runner Up
1990	Bendigo, Victoria	South Australia	ACT
1991	Bendigo, Victoria ACT	South Australia
1992	Adelaide, South Australia	ACT	South Australia
1993	Canberra, ACT	ACT (ACT Cougars)	ACT (ACT #2)
1994	Bendigo, Victoria ACT (ACT Cougars)	ACT (ACT #2)
1995	Bendigo, Victoria	Queensland	ACT
1996	Sydney, New South Wales	ACT	Queensland
1997	Gold Coast, Queensland	ACT	Queensland
1998	Adelaide, South Australia	ACT	New South Wales
1999	Townsville, Queensland	New South Wales	ACT
2000	Canberra, ACT	ACT	New South Wales
2001	Sydney, New South Wales	New South Wales	ACT
2002	Adelaide, South Australia	New South Wales	ACT
2003	Canberra, ACT	ACT	Queensland
2004	Gold Coast, Queensland	Gold Coast	South Australia
2005	Sydney, New South Wales	New South Wales	Queensland
2006	Adelaide, South Australia	New South Wales	ACT
2007	Canberra, ACT	Maria Estenson	Simon Shuster

Number of Mixed Elite Titles per Representative Team

State/Territory	Championships	Runners Up Titles
Australian Capital Territory	9	7 (including 2 all-ACT finals)
Gold Coast	1	0
New South Wales	5	2
Queensland	1	4
South Australia	1	3

Mixed Elite Player Statistics Leaders (accurate up to and including 2006 National Championships)^[5]

Honour	Name	State/Territory	#
Most Games Played	Tracy Allison	Australian Capital Territory	72
Most Goals Scored	Saxon Hooper	New South Wales & Queensland	67
Most Assists	Saxon Hooper	New South Wales & Queensland	26
Most Points	Saxon Hooper	New South Wales & Queensland	93 (67 goals, 26 assists)
Most Hat-Tricks	Saxon Hooper Chris Lucas (tied)	New South Wales & Queensland (Hooper); Australian Capital Territory (Lucas)	6
Most Shut Outs	Ian Easterbrook	Australian Capital Territory	8

Men's Intermediate Division[]

New South Wales have won two of the four Men's Intermediate titles since the division was introduced at the 2003 National Championships.

List of Men's Intermediate Champions and Runners Up by Year^[6]

Year	Host City	Champion	Runner Up
2003	Canberra, ACT	ACT	New South Wales
2004	Gold Coast, Queensland	Gold Coast	New South Wales
2005	Sydney, New South Wales	New South Wales	ACT
2006	Adelaide, South Australia	New South Wales (NSW #1)	New South Wales (NSW #2)
2007	Canberra, ACT	-	-

Number of Men's Intermediate Titles per Representative Team

State/Territory	Championships	Runners Up Titles
Australian Capital Territory	1	1
Gold Coast	1	0
New South Wales	2	3 (including 1 all-NSW final)

Mixed Intermediate Division[]

New South Wales have dominated the Mixed Intermediate division, winning three of the four titles up to 2006; the other one saw Coffs Harbour, a city in New South Wales, emerge victorious.

List of Mixed Intermediate Champions and Runners Up by Year^[7]

Year	Host City	Champion	Runner Up
2003	Canberra, ACT	New South Wales (NSW #1)	New South Wales (NSW #2)
2004	Gold Coast, Queensland	Coffs Harbour	Gold Coast
2005	Sydney, New South Wales	New South Wales (NSW #1)	New South Wales (NSW #2)
2006	Adelaide, South Australia	New South Wales (NSW #1)	Queensland
2007	Canberra, ACT	-	-

Number of Mixed Intermediate Titles per Representative Team

State/Territory	Championships	Runners Up Titles
Coffs Harbour	1	0
Gold Coast	0	1
New South Wales	3	2 (both all-NSW finals)
Queensland	0	1

See also[]

• Broomball Australia - organising body
• Queensland Cyclones - representative team for Queensland

References[]

External links[]

• National Championships Statistics from ACTBA (accessed 20 December 2006)
• 2006 National Championships website (accessed 20 December 2006)