Hockey: Boyanup claim championships

Boyanup's danger man Dan Trigwell made Wests pay for underestimating his impact, scoring his second-consecutive hat-trick to lead the All-Blacks to a 5-3 win in this year's South West Hockey League grand final.

The former State leading goalsneak was a dominant force in his last two matches against Wests, slotting three goals on both occasions.

The second of these trebles was the most telling, with his brilliant effort in the SWHL grand final being rewarded with the Halden Family Medal for best on ground.

The first was in the second semi-final which Boyanup won in sudden death extra time to slip into the grand final to wait for another crack at Wests, which the Busselton team set up with a 6-1 annihilation of Associates in the preliminary final.

On Saturday Trigwell turned back the clock with a couple of blistering runs.

The match was just three minutes old when he struck the first blow.

Collecting a through ball just inside his own half, Trigwell set sail with an electrifying run, outstripping the defenders to work his way into the circle and slam home the opener.

The Boyanup supporters were in full voice just three minutes later when Ryan McGeoch slotted the All Blacks' second.

The match continued in that fashion with David Reid pulling one back for Wests and Miles Armstrong making it two-all after 20 minutes.

Goalkeeper Graeme Wells saved a short corner shot at the 30-minute mark to keep the contest tight going into the next period.

The second half start was as electrifying as the first, with Trigwell on target with a field goal just two minutes into the term.

Two minutes later it was 4-2 to Boyanup when Scott Medallist Jake Harvie set up the goal of the game.

Intercepting a pass, Harvie put in a scorching run up the line, reverse sticking a pass across goals for Trigwell to deflect in.

Just 10 minutes later the diminutive Harvie was rewarded for his team effort, scoring himself through a classy field goal.

With three goals in front and just one minute of match time left, the All Backs relaxed and let in ace goalsneak Armstrong for his second and Wests' third, but it was too little too late.

But the result was beyond doubt and the All Blacks rejoiced in the fine win.

This was the eighth championship since the SWHL was formed in 2001. The first time the club tasted success was in 1937.