It’s a feat Goulburn Hockey has been crying out for, and come April 11 there will be more than a few happy faces when both the men’s and women Capital League Hockey teams face up for the first hometown double header.

The boys are hoping to go one better in their second year after going down to Central in the grand final last season.

For the women’s team, their inaugural season beckons.

Association president Mark Calvert says it’s been tried and failed, but it’s now become a reality. They must build upon it.

“I’m pretty sure we can create a dynasty, just look at the kids coming out of Goulburn,” he told the Post.

“The men are definitely capable of success at the moment, that’s the dynasty and that’s realistic.

“For girls it could be a good three to four years until they’re competitive at a point where they could take it out. Their different demographics, but it’s retention.

“Previously we’ve lost those 15-18-year-old boys and girls to Canberra. We haven’t got them back; they stayed and played over there.

“They can play for Goulburn now.”

Chloe Montgomery is the perfect example. She left Old Canberrans hockey club to be a part of the Goulburn team with the belief that “nothing can beat playing for your hometown.”

She and her team mates got their first taste of competition last Sunday against the ACT women’s under 18s and then against the ACT mens veterans team.

Their coach Andy Woolner says he’s been working on the basics. “All the other stuff comes easy if you’ve got your basics right,” he says.

With their maiden game against reigning premiers St Patricks in round one, he hopes his team can be competitive. “For us it’s great,” he said.

“St Pats are the premiers so they’re definitely the benchmark, and while I think we were originally thinking it wasn’t such a good thing, I now think it’s a great thing because we will know where we stand.”

“It’s going to be a season of learning for us all. It’s the first time the girls have come together and the first time the girls would be playing with each other, so that’s a challenge in itself.”

Luckily for Woolner and co-coach Des White, they have a number of helping hands.

Marlie Gulson and Shelley Picker are just couple of veteran players sprinkled in a team choc full of junior talent.

It’s the same situation with the men. The team is mixed with veterans and up and coming youngsters such as brothers Jake and Ben Staines.

With Glenn Turner missing the beginning of the season to national duties, he says he knows the team will do well in his absence.

Co-captain Todd Devlin was adamant the team can take care of unfinished business.

“We want to do as well as what we did last year, we know what to expect now, no more ‘first year’ syndrome any more,” he said.