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Hockeyroos team trans-Tasman Series & International Festival of Hockey

Holly MacNeil



The Hockeyroos teams have been announced for the trans-Tasman series and the International Festival of Hockey, both of which will take place this November.

The trans-Tasman series will see a team of 18 players travel to Auckland, New Zealand to take part in a three match test against the New Zealand Black Sticks.

The International Festival of Hockey will also see a team of 18 travel to Melbourne for a three game series against India.

The series’ will see Murphy Allendorf, Kalindi Commerford and Ashlea Fey all make their debuts for the Hockeyroos; while Audrey Smith will be the second goalkeeper for the New Zealand tour, with Jocelyn Bartram taking over for the International Festival of Hockey.

Hockeyroos Head Coach, Jason Duff said: “We have selected a talented and exciting group of athletes which is quite balanced across the field.

“To provide support for the seven Rio athletes we have nine athletes that will have an opportunity to press their claim and continue their Hockeyroos careers. We believe that the base of experience that we have will provide a good platform for Ashlea Fey, Murphy Allendorf and Kalindi Commerford who will make their Hockeyroos debuts.

“We will be looking to increase the flexibility of our playing group through this period and give further opportunity for players to impress in different roles. However, we believe the balance of the team will make us competitive.

“The selection process for these two events was very thorough, taking into account all matches at the recent Australian Hockey League, along with performances for Australia, and performances in the national development teams.”

The trans-Tasman series takes place from November 17 - 20; while the International Festival of Hockey will take place from November 23 – 30.

2016 Women’s trans-Tasman Squad
Name (Home town / State)
Murphy Allendorf (Mount Gravatt, QLD)
Laura Barden (Kew, VIC)
Edwina Bone (Orange, NSW) *plays for ACT
Mathilda Carmichael (Willoughby, NSW)
Jane Claxton (Adelaide, SA)
Kalindi Commerford (Canberra, ACT)
Jacqui Day (Mountain Creeks, QLD)
Kirstin Dwyer (Mackay, QLD)
Ashlea Fey (Sunshine Coast, QLD)
Anna Flanagan (Canberra, ACT)
Jordyn Holzberger (Yamanto, QLD)
Georgina Morgan (Armidale, NSW)
Gabrielle Nance (Kingscliff, SA)
Georgia Nanscawen (Melbourne, VIC)
Brooke Peris (Darwin, NT)
Kathryn Slattery (South Stirling, WA)
Audrey Smith (Brisbane, QLD)
Ashlee Wells (Morwell, VIC)

2016 Women’s International Festival of Hockey Squad
Name (Home town / State)
Murphy Allendorf (Mount Gravatt, QLD)
Laura Barden (Kew, VIC)
Jocelyn Bartram (Albury, NSW)
Edwina Bone (Orange, NSW)*plays for ACT
Mathilda Carmichael (Willoughby, NSW)
Jane Claxton (Adelaide, SA)
Kalindi Commerford (Canberra, ACT)
Jacqui Day (Mountain Creeks, QLD)
Kirstin Dwyer (Mackay, QLD)
Ashlea Fey (Sunshine Coast, QLD)
Anna Flanagan (Canberra, ACT)
Jordyn Holzberger (Yamanto, QLD)
Georgina Morgan (Armidale, NSW)
Gabrielle Nance (Kingscliff, SA)
Georgia Nanscawen (Melbourne, VIC)
Brooke Peris (Darwin, NT)
Kathryn Slattery (South Stirling, WA)
Ashlee Wells (Morwell, VIC)

Hockey Australia media release



Eight debutants named for Black Sticks Men


Photo: www.photosport.nz

The Black Sticks Men will have eight players suiting up for their first ever test cap at the inaugural trans-Tasman series in November.

Head coach Colin Batch has named a team of 20 to compete during the series which will see the Black Sticks Men and Women go head to head with Australia’s Kookaburras and Hockeyroos from 17-20 November at the Lloyd Elsmore Hockey Stadium in Auckland.

Canterbury trio David Brydon, Sam Lane and Dominic Newman, Central pair Martin Atkinson and Rob Creffier, Capital’s Harry Miskimmin and Brad Read along with Kim Kingstone (Auckland) are set to make their debut.

The youthful and talented side will be led by veterans Nick Haig and Stephen Jenness, who are the only two with more than 100 games experience.

Batch said it was an exciting time for the group in what serves as the first on field action for the next four year Olympic cycle leading up to Tokyo 2020.

“This is a very fresh team but every player selected deserves to be there from what they have shown us over the past 12 months,” he said.

“Following on from Rio it’s the right time to explore and give some opportunities to younger players to see if they can step up to the challenge of reaching the level we believe they are capable of.

“For some of the guys, playing against the world’s best side Australia will also be the perfect preparation for the Junior World Cup later this year.”

Canterbury’s David Brydon, who was recently named Most Valuable Player at the Ford National Hockey League, was excited about his first test for the Black Sticks.

The 20-year-old is a hard-nosed and athletic defender who will also be representing New Zealand at the Junior World Cup (Under 21s) in India this December.

“I’m pretty excited about the chance to play my first game for the Black Sticks, it’s been a huge goal for me for a long time,” he said.

“When Colin gave me the call to tell me I had been selected I was a bit speechless to be honest and to be making my debut along with Sam [Lane] and Dom [Newman] will be pretty special.

“It will be a baptism of fire for us debutants against the Aussies which we are all really looking forward to and for me it’s also perfect preparation for the Junior World Cup.”

He will be the second David Brydon to represent New Zealand at the highest level with his uncle having played three tests in the 1990s.

There are a number of squad members who are refreshing after a tough Olympic campaign, playing club hockey in Europe or ruled out through injury.

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BLACK STICKS MEN
Trans-Tasman Series, Auckland

PLAYER NAME

REGION

POSITION

AGE

CAPS

Martin ATKINSON

Central

Striker

23

-

Cory BENNETT

North Harbour

Defender

25

37

David BRYDON

Canterbury

Defender

20

-

James COUGHLAN

North Harbour

Midfielder

26

69

Robert CREFFIER

Central

Midfielder

24

-

Nick HAIG

Canterbury

Defender

29

193

Stephen JENNESS

Capital

Striker

26

164

Richard JOYCE

North Harbour

Goalkeeper

24

4

Kim KINGSTONE

Auckland

Striker

22

-

Sam LANE

Canterbury

Striker

19

-

Devon MANCHESTER

Auckland

Goalkeeper

26

94

Harry MISKIMMIN

Capital

Defender

21

-

Leo MITAI-WELLS

Midlands

Striker

21

4

Dominic NEWMAN

Canterbury

Striker

19

-

Hayden PHILLIPS

Central

Midfielder

18

23

Brad READ

Capital

Defender

21

-

Matt REES-GIBBS

Midlands

Midfielder

24

3

Nick ROSS

Midlands

Midfielder

26

34

Alex SHAW

Capital

Defender

26

73

Jacob SMITH

Capital

Striker

25

55

Hockey New Zealand Media release



Black Sticks coach Colin Batch has named eight new caps in his squad for next month's trans-Tasman series


Black sticks coach Colin Batch has named an inexperienced team to play Australia next month. Paul Gilham

Black Sticks coach Colin Batch has named eight new caps in his squad for next month's trans-Tasman series in Auckland.

The men's national coach has opted for a youthful squad as the team attempts to put August's unforgettable Olympic collapse - they conceded three goals in the final four and a half minutes and lost 3-2 to Germany in the quarterfinals - behind them.

Canterbury trio David Brydon, Sam Lane and Dominic Newman, Central pair Martin Atkinson and Rob Creffier, Capital's Harry Miskimmin and Brad Read, and Auckland's Kim Kingstone are the new caps.


Sam Lane, left, and David Brydon are two of three new Canterbury caps named in Black Sticks for next month's trans-Tasman series against Australia. STACY SQUIRES/FAIRFAX

Only Canterbury defender Nick Haig (193 caps) and Capital striker Stephen Jenness (164) have earned more than 100 caps, as Batch sets his sights on the four-year cycle leading into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

"This is a very fresh team, but every player selected deserves to be there from what they have shown us over the past 12 months," Batch said.

"Following on from Rio, it's the right time to explore and give some opportunities to younger players to see if they can step up to the challenge of reaching the level we believe they are capable of.

"For some of the guys, playing against the world's best side Australia will also be the perfect preparation for the Junior World Cup later this year."

Canterbury defender Brydon, who was named MVP after helping his team finish second at the National Hockey League, is "excited" to hit the turf after fulfilling a long-term goal of being named in the squad.

"I'm pretty excited about the chance to play my first game for the Black Sticks, it's been a huge goal for me for a long time," he said.

"When Colin gave me the call to tell me I had been selected, I was a bit speechless, to be honest. And to be making my debut along with Sam [Lane] and Dom [Newman] will be pretty special.

"It will be a baptism of fire for us debutants against the Aussies, which we are all really looking forward to and for me it's also perfect preparation for the Junior World Cup."

He will be the second David Brydon to represent New Zealand at the highest level, with his uncle having played three tests in the 1990s.

A bunch of veteran players, including midfielder Ryan Archibald and strikers Simon Child and Hugo Inglis, are missing from the squad, as they either refresh after a tough Olympic campaign, play club hockey in Europe or are unavailable due to injury.

The women's Black Sticks squad for their trans-Tasman series in Auckland will be named at the end of the month.

Both the men's and women's teams will play Australia in Auckland on November, 17, 19 and 20.

At a glance:

Black Sticks: Martin Atkinson, Cory Bennett, David Brydon, James Coughlan, Robert Creffier, Nick Haig, Stephen Jenness, Richard Joyce, Kim Kingstone, Sam Lane, Devon Manchester, Harry Miskimmin, Leo Mitai-Wells, Dominic Newman, Hayden Phillips, Brad Read, Matt Rees-Gibbs, Nick Ross, Alex Shaw, Jacob Smith.

Stuff



Black Sticks light on experience for Aussie series

By David Leggat


Nick Haig is one of only two players in the squad with more than 100 caps. Photo / Alan Gibson

Several hundreds caps worth of experience will be missing when New Zealand tackle Australia in their transtasman men's hockey series in Auckland in November.

The inaugural year of the four-year deal for three days of double headers involving the national men's and women's teams is an ideal opportunity for development, but the world's eighth-ranked Black Sticks would surely like a greater number of their seasoned players involved for the launch of the series against the top-ranked Australians.

Several players, such as captain Simon Child, midfielders Shea McAleese and Ryan Archibald and attackers Hugo Inglis and Blair Hilton are absent for a range of reasons, including injury, taking a post-Rio Olympic break or playing commitments in Europe.

There are eight newcomers in the squad, which contains just two players, Canterbury defender Nick Haig (193 caps) and Capital attacker Stephen Jenness (164), with more than 100 international appearances.

Recently reappointed coach Colin Batch is looking on the bright side of the situation.

"This is a very fresh team but every player selected deserves to be there from what they have shown us over the past 12 months," he said.

"Following on from Rio it's the right time to explore and give some opportunities to younger players to see if they can step up to the challenge of reaching the level we believe they are capable of.

"For some of the guys, playing against the world's best side Australia will also be the perfect preparation for the Junior World Cup later this year."

Among the new players is Canterbury's David Brydon, who won the MVP at this year's national league, while North Harbour's Richard Joyce, who has won four caps, gets the first chance to cement a place as Devon Manchester's goalkeeping understudy, after the retirement of veteran Kyle Pontifex.

The New Zealand men's squad to face Australia in Auckland from November 17-20 is:
Martin Atkinson, Rob Creffier, Hayden Phillips (Central), Cory Bennett, James Coughlan, Richard Joyce (North Harbour), David Brydon, Nick Haig, Sam Newman, Dominic Lane (Canterbury), Stephen Jenness, Harry Miskimmin, Brad Read, Alex Shaw, Jacob Smith (Capital), Kim Kingstone, Devon Manchester (Auckland), Matt Rees-Gibbs, Leo Mitai-Wells, Nick Ross (Midlands).

The New Zealand Herald



Junior men push for World Cup selection in Senior exhibition games

Shaheed Devji


Canada’s Junior World Cup Squad faces West Vancouver in an exhibition game in West Vancouver, British Columbia on October 5, 2016

With four of six exhibition games in the books, Canada’s Under-21 men have two games remaining to make their mark before Junior World Cup team selection.

“Guys are pushing each other and being encouraging but at the same time everyone knows it’s crunch time and it’s time for selection,” says forward Amrit Sidhu. “The competition level is really high.”

The six game stretch wraps up this week when the Canadian Junior World Cup Squad faces the Vancouver Hawks on Wednesday and the Canadian Senior Development Squad on Friday.

The games will be followed up with Men’s National Program Identification and Carding Camp the week of October 17th, before the Junior World Cup team is named the week after.

“It’s pretty tough. We’re all putting everything in,” says Michael Mackenzie, who was on the outside looking in during the Junior Pan American Championship – the World Cup qualifier – in May. “All those guys that made the team are trying to keep that spot and then everyone else is pushing them.”

The 18 players who represented Canada in the Junior Pan Ams in Toronto last spring have been through this process before – and have even seen success through their initial selection – but Junior coach Inderpal Sehmbi has gone on record to say he is not tied to selecting those same players for the World Cup and that others have shown significant signs of improvement since.

What the makeup of the final Junior World Cup roster will be is unclear, but what is certain is that Canada’s best will be selected to wear the red-and-white in India come December; making these last two weeks before selection even more important.

“I think the effort is good for me,” says Mackenzie. “I just have to keep pushing and if I keep pushing I can see myself making the team.”

The high stakes nature of the exhibition matches are intensified by the fact that the Junior men are facing stiff senior competition.

Each game and each opponent is filled with current and former Senior National players, including members of Canada’s 2016 Olympic men’s field hockey team.

But that’s by design. And, as Sidhu explains, the Junior men will reap the benefits in the near future.

“It’s huge for us to learn, just the way they open up spaces, the way they communicate. And just the things it takes to be good at a senior level,” says the native of Abbotsford, British Columbia.

“We’re getting better as a unit, but there are still a lot of things we can better at and cleanup. It’s good to make these mistakes in these types of games so we don’t make them at the Junior World Cup.”

Field Hockey Canada media release



Vale Keith Kemp

Father of NT Hockey

Holly MacNeil



Hockey Australia was saddened to hear of the passing of Keith Kemp, a much loved member of the hockey community, who passed away on Sunday afternoon at the age of 91.

Keith was a sporting icon, particularly in the Northern Territory, where he was known as the ‘father of NT hockey’.

Over the years, Keith was not only a player in local competition, but he was also so committed to hockey that he was a patron of NT hockey, President of the NT association and was a keen advocate and promoter of hockey to the media, youth and the local community.

However, it was Keith’s personal touch and leadership that earned him so much affection over the years.

Keith had such an impact on the community, that he was bestowed with the honour of being a member of the Olympic Torch relay in 2000, as well as being awarded life membership at the NT Hockey Association, and was awarded with an Australian Hockey Association merit award for his work in establishing NT Hockey.

The thoughts of everyone at Hockey Australia are with Keith’s family and friends, and with those he had an impact on over the years through his love and passion for hockey.

Hockey Australia media release



Global Field Hockey Equipment Market 2016-2020

Field hockey is a team sport played on a grass or turf field. It is played using hockey sticks to shoot the ball and protective gear. International Hockey Federation (FIH) is the governing body of the sport. It also manages and develops international field hockey tournaments across the globe. Euro Hockey League (EHL) is considered to be the biggest professional league in the world. The Olympics and Hockey World Cup are considered to be the highest national teams' competition.

Technavio's analysts forecast the global field hockey equipment market to grow at a CAGR of 1.41% during the period 2016-2020.

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- Americas
- APAC
- Europe
- MEA

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- Grays
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