sentences:  With the outbreak of war in the later part of the decade, as was the case in the First World War, hockey players were quick to join up and several were decorated for their devoted and heroic service to their country.The first inter-state women's ice hockey championship tournament was held in the first week in August 1922 between New South Wales and Victoria, New South Wales won the first game of the series 3-0.Scheduled between 20–23 October 1988 was the inaugural Australian Women's Championship
  
  In 1923 the first national federation for ice hockey in Australia formed and was named the Australian Ice Hockey Association.