AS the weather warms and the light stays just that bit further into the evening, it’s the perfect time to have some fun and try a new sport.

Wangaratta Dragons Hockey Club will be hosting a four-week social hockey program for any and all people interested in having a run and some social fun at a welcoming club.

Commencing on Thursday, October 17, the four-week program is perfect for established players as well as newcomers to the sport of all ages, skill levels and abilities.

Juniors are from 4.30-5.30pm at the Cathedral College field, while seniors will be from 6-7.30pm, with a cost of $20 per person covering field hire for the four weeks.

Wangaratta Dragons Hockey Club president Daniel Warner said the social program was how many members discovered a love of the game.

“It’s a gateway, the social hockey leads into you joining our club the following season and becoming a member,” he said.

“It is a bit of fun, we get a lot of families, husbands and wives – the husband might play and he’ll drag his wife down and say ‘come and have a run just for a bit of fun’, and next thing you know they’re joining the club next season and playing in one of our senior teams.

“It’s the same with the kids, a lot of the time the kids bring their parents along and we end up bringing in the parents."

On top of their own social hockey program, the Dragons will also be entering two teams in Hockey Albury Wodonga’s Tuesday twilight competition.

The twilight competition is split into two divisions – ‘Hits and Giggles’ for the social players and newcomers who are just there for fun, and ‘Sheep Stations’ for the more serious players who want to feel the heat of competition.

The nine-week program begins on Tuesday, October 15 up in Albury.

For more information on the Dragons’ social hockey programs or to register, check out Wangaratta Dragons Hockey Club on Facebook, or email info@wangarattahockey.com.au.