Pakenham Floorball Club (Pakenham & Officer)

Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. Men and women play indoors with sticks and a hollow plastic ball with holes. Floorball was included in the World Games for the first time in 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland.

The game was invented in Sweden in the late 1960s. The basic rules were established in 1979 when the first floorball club in the world, Sala IBK was founded in Sweden.

The Pakenham Floorball Club Inc. is the largest organiser of floorball activities in Victoria.

Formally incorporated as a body in September 2011, the club has its tentative beginnings in 1997. Originally started is school, the ageing participants wanted to continue to play floorball. From this, the Pakenham Floorball Club (affectionately known as The Squishees!) was born.

Since then, the club has grown to provide competitions for Under 15s, Under 19s, Womens, Mens, and Mixed. We also run training activities, development squads, and host a totally social weekly floorball 'competition'.

The Pakenham Floorball Club also has a strong presence at national tournaments, including the Australian Floorball Open.

The Pakenham Floorball Club is devoted to continuing the development of this exciting young sport, in Pakenham and across Victoria.

Juniors

The best possible introduction to the sport for children aged 8-15 years is our Junior Floorball Development Squad. This free weekly session is a combination of training and gameplay, with all equipment provided.

For older kids looking to get into the sport, a transition straight into one of our junior competitions may be preferable.

Junior Competitions
The Pakenham Floorball Club run an Under 15's and Under 19's competition all year round - split into a winter and summer season.

Junior Training
The Pakenham Floorball Club runs two streams of junior training on a Monday night at Beaconsfield Secondary College - Junior Floorball Development Squad and Junior Advanced Squad.

All training sessions run at Beaconhills Secondary College, 30-34 Toomuc Valley Rd, Pakenham.

Junior Floorball Development Squad

Introduction to the game, suitable for beginners
Combination of training and gameplay
Delivered by enthusiastic and experienced coaches
Aimed at ages 8-15 years
All equipment provided
Held at 5-6 pm

Junior Advanced Squad

Structured junior training program
Aimed at juniors seeking to hone their skills
Essential for players seeking to attend tournaments
Suitable for U15 and U19 competition players seeking a weekly training session
Aimed at ages 13-18 years
Held at 6-7 pm

Competitions

The Pakenham Floorball Club runs a variety of competitions on a Thursday night. Games are played at our home ground - Officer Community Hub.