Career
During the 1950s Amess played for the Wildcats out of the Melbourne Glaciarium. In 1953 he was selected for the Victorian state team to compete at the 1953 Goodall Cup. In 1960 Amess was selected to play as a forward for the Australian national team to compete at the 1960 Winter Olympics, which is the only ice hockey team Australia has ever sent to the Olympics.
Australia finished last in the competition losing all six of their games.
Amess who played in five of the six games failed to record any points and finished with only two penalties in minutes. In 1962 Amess was selected to the Australian national team to compete at the 1962 World Ice Hockey Championships.
Amess was also involved in the formation of the Hakoah-Arkana Ice Hockey Club which is considered the forerunner of the current Melbourne Jets Ice Hockey Club.
