Career
She has played in the midfield and defence positions. She played club hockey in New Zealand and in South Australia before representing New Zealand at the 2012 London Olympics. Player
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the New Zealand women"s national field hockey team in the women"s event.
She played under coach Mark Hager where she was part of the team that defeated the Australian Hockeyroos (Australia women"s national field hockey team) 1-0 in the opening game and went on to finish fourth.
In 2011, Melody captained the Southern Suns team from South Australia to victory in the Australian Hockey League championship in Darwin. Coach
Melody coached Adelaide Hockey Club in 2012, 2013 and 2014 in the men’s premier league competition in South Australia.
The team steadily improved year on year to finish second in 2014, losing in the final to Seacliff. In 2014, Melody became the first woman to lead-coach a men’s team in the Australian Hockey League with the Southern Hotshots.
She was co-head coach with Mark Victory, older brother of Craig Victory.