Hawke's Bay Hockey

U.13 and U.15 Boys and Girls Rep Trials

Viv_Bicknell — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:18:17 +0000

The following are the proposed dates and times for HB U.13 and U.15 rep trials, both Boys and Girls. Due to the unavailability of turfs, these trial dates have had to be changed from what some enquirers may have previously been told.

U.13 Girls and Boys
1st trial 8.00-10.00 am Sunday, 24th June
2nd trial 8.00-10.00 am Sunday, 8th July
3rd trial 8.00-10.00 am Sunday, 15th July

U.15 Girls and Boys
1st trial 1.00-3.00 pm Sunday, 8th July
2nd trial 10.30-12.30 pm Sunday, 15th July
3rd trial 8.00-10.00 am Sunday, 22nd July

With turf availability at a premium, it was not possible to avoid these trials being held in school holidays. If any trialist is unable to attend one of these trials because of this, it is important that they let us know.

All players wishing to trial for these representative teams must complete a registration form – either an individual form or be included in a school registration list.

U15 Trials Individual Rego
U13 Trials Individual Rego

Coaches have not as yet been appointed but will be announced on this website once their appointment is confirmed.

NB: National Tournaments for U.15 Premier and Championship teams are later this year and will be held 1-6 October; National Tournaments for U.13 Premier teams will be held 8-13 October; and Regional Tournaments for U.13 Championship teams will be held 8-11 October.

Fun Sticks Start Postponed

Viv_Bicknell — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:30:53 +0000

Please note that the Fun Sticks Hockey that was originally to commence at Hastings Girls High School tomorrow (Saturday, 19th) has had to be postponed. It will now start next Saturday, 26th May at 8.30 am.

Our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Hawke’s Bay U.11 Boys Team Named

Viv_Bicknell — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:20:22 +0000

Congratulations to the following players who have been selected as the HB U.11 Boys Team to play for the Prouting Challenge Trophy in Levin at Queen’s Birthday Weekend:

Lucca Burley
Jordan Dunn
Luke Elms
Sean Findlay
Theo Jervis
William Kerr
Timothy Lee
Mason Lowe
Samuel Miller
Oscar Nation
Harmon Newport
Samuel Porter-Samuels
Jay Rerekura
Roman Walewski
Mitchell Williams-North
Sam Wixon

HB U.18 Girls Team Announced

Viv_Bicknell — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:53:51 +0000

Congratulations to the following players who have been selected for the 2012 Hawke’s Bay U.18 Girls Premier team:

Sarah Baxter
Olivia Cox
Tessa Gregory-Hunt
Kendele Hawke
Sharna Hayes
Grace Irwin
Mary Kirkpatrick
Kelsey Macdonald
Aly Miller
Pippa Norman
Claire Reynolds
Helaina Snell
Alice Southward
Catherine Stoney
Kezia Taylor
Annabelle Waerea
Lydia Watts
Brearna Wiig

Sixteen of the above players will travel to Dunedin in July t0 represent Hawke’s Bay at the National U.18 Girls Premier Tournament, with the remaining two being non-travelling reserves.

Former Hawke’s Bay and Academy Players feature in the NZ Under 21 Men’s Squad

Viv_Bicknell — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:43:59 +0000

The New Zealand Under 21 Junior Black Sticks Squads were named on 12 May featuring 5 former Hawke’s Bay Representative and Hockey Academy Players. Central Districts also have two women named in the National squad – Michaela Curtis and Georgia Barnett who are both Manawatu based players. The former HB Players named were Sam Greaney, Rob Creffier and Brennan Alexander-Parker all now playing in Auckland; Ryan Cosgrove, now playing in Wellington; and Angus Hazlett, now playing in Canterbury.

Don Clark, Operations Manager for HB Hockey said “We are very proud of our Hawke’s Bay boys’ continued success. This is a true reflection of the value of our Academy programmes undertaken by these players and the sound coaching they received in Hawke’s Bay both through their representative careers and being involved with the Academy”.

All five players featured in the National Under 21’s tournament held in Hamilton with Sam Greaney returning to play in goal for Central Districts.

This year’s Central Districts U.21 squad was a very young but talented side. They achieved a feat that previous Central U.21 sides could not – winning two out of the six games – and their final match winning 11-2, a tournament high score line. With only two members too old to return next year, the remaining 15 have huge future potential for continued success for Central for the next few years ahead.

It was a pleasing step up for the team with four Hawke’s Bay players yet to take the field in an U.18 tournament event playing against NZ Black Sticks and doing themselves and their Region proud. Sam Greaney was given the honour of captaining the side this year and did so to the highest level, both on and off the field, gaining himself a well-earned place in the New Zealand U.21 selection.

The Central Women had quite similar results to the Men with winning 2 out of the 6 games but were able to finish one ahead in 6^th place. This was an excellent result as they have come last in the past 3 years. The highlight of the week was defeating North Harbour 1-0 in a thrilling match to give them a three-way tie in their pool. The tie had to be separated by a penalty shootout 3 hours after the game had finished. Central won the shootout to put them into the playoff for 5^th & 6^th. Only 1 player from the team of 17 will be ineligible to play next year so will go into the competition with the hopes of finishing higher. The three Hawke’s Bay players now join the U.18 squad in preparation of the U.18 National Tournament to be held in July.

10% Growth in Hockey Player Numbers

Viv_Bicknell — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:34:52 +0000

The Hawke’s Bay Hockey Winter competitions are now in full swing with a 10 % growth in player numbers. The largest increase is in the primary schools where 2 new schools have joined the Hastings based competitions. The number of players from existing hockey schools have also increased.

Players now total 840 Primary/Intermediate grade; 1255 Secondary; and 270 from the 5 HB Clubs. Hastings and Central HB players make up 54% of the player numbers and Napier Wairoa 46%.

Operations Manager, Don Clark, said that the increased exposure of Hockey, the success of the Black Sticks teams and the Hawke’s Bay Sponsors’ Partnership with the Black Sticks are all contributing factors to the growth. “We have also increased our staffing over the last 12 months resulting in greater time spent out in the community working at grass roots level with the schools.”

The Black Sticks Men held a training camp at Park Island in January and this was well received by the community with a large number taking advantage of the opportunity to meet the players face to face.

The Black Sticks Women will be training at Park Island from 16 to 23 May with a number of training sessions which are open to the public. They will also play three demonstration games scheduled for Thursday 17 May at 1-45 pm, Sunday 20 May at 3-00 pm and Monday 21 May at 7-00 pm. The public are invited to attend these games also at no cost.

Following the Sunday game the Black Sticks will be available to meet the public over an informal evening from 6-00 pm to 7-30 pm at Park Island.

Full details of the training and games can be found further down on this Web site.

Black Sticks Women – here in Napier!

Viv_Bicknell — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:20:09 +0000

Come and see NZ’s finest women hockey players in action!

The Black Sticks Women’s Team is training here at Park Island over the period of a week from Wednesday, 16^th May and everyone is invited to come and watch them train! In addition, they will be playing three games – one against our HB U.18 Boys Team; one against Wellington U.21 Men’s Team and one against a “Barbarian” Men’s side. Details of these sessions and games are:

Time	Day	Event
10.00 – 11.00 am	Thursday, 17^th May	Training at the Turf
1.45 – 3.30 pm	Thursday, 17^th May	Game 1 v HB U.18 Boys
2.00 – 3.00 pm	Friday, 18^th May	Training at the Turf
8.30 – 10.00 am	Saturday, 19^th May	Training at the Turf
3.00 – 5.00 pm	Sunday, 20^th May	Game 2 v Wellington U.21 Men
6.00 – 7.30 pm	Sunday, 20^th May	*Mix and Mingle with the Team*
10.00 – 11.00 am	Monday, 21^st May	Training at the Turf
7.00 – 9.00 pm	Monday, 21^st May	Game 3 v Barbarians
3.00 – 5.00 pm	Tuesday, 22^nd May	Training at the Turf

As you will see, HB Hockey will be hosting the team after the Wellington game on the Sunday here at the Pavilion from 6.00 pm at a “Meet and Greet” evening. This is an opportunity for our hockey community to come and meet the team and you are all welcome to be a part of this. The bar will be open and nibbles available.

So come and get behind our Black Sticks Women – this is the last opportunity before they head off overseas as they build up to the London Olympics!

Proposed New Turf at Sports Park – How to Make a Submission

Viv_Bicknell — Thu, 03 May 2012 01:56:01 +0000

We urge as many as possible in our hockey community to make a submission to both the Hastings District Council and HB Regional Council on the proposed new hockey turf at the HB Sports Park, and the following is provided to assist you on how to do this:

Hastings District Council – Submission deadline is Friday, 4 May
Go to www.hastingsdc.govt.nz
Click on “Long Term Plan 2012-2022″ near the bottom of the home page
Click on “online submission form” (half way down the page) and make your submission

or click on this link https://hastingsdc.wufoo.com/forms/draft-ltp-20122022-submissions/

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council – Submission deadline is Wed. 16 May
Email your submission to draftplan@hbrc.govt.nz

SPORTS PARK HAWKE’S BAY HOCKEY TURF PROPOSAL

Viv_Bicknell — Wed, 02 May 2012 03:53:10 +0000

Following a meeting of the clubs, schools and other stakeholders of Hawke’s Bay Hockey, held on Tuesday night, the Board of the Hawke’s Bay Hockey Association Incorporated unanimously resolved to support the proposal to build a Tier One hockey facility at Sports Park Hawke’s Bay.

The Board recognises the need for a hockey turf in Hastings given 55% of the 2,200 hockey playing community come from the Hastings, Havelock North and Central Hawke’s Bay areas. To better meet the current needs of those players, caregivers, supporters, coaches and managers and to grow the sport in the Hastings area a hockey facility located more conveniently to them is essential and overdue.

The submission on the likelihood of an increase in participation from the Maori community due to the closer proximity of a hockey turf to many marae was compelling. Additionally, pressure can be taken off the wonderful but over-utilised facilities at Park Island.

While acknowledging that the desire and future need of the hockey community is that a further turf at Park Island will need to be developed in due course, an added bonus of the Sports Park facility is that it is a world-class hockey facility that can host top flight international games benefitting not only hockey but the Hawke’s Bay region as a whole.

In particular, the Board was strongly persuaded by the support and endorsement of Hockey New Zealand, New Zealand Maori Hockey Inc, Takitimu Maori Hockey and the unanimous approval of the Hawke’s Bay Secondary Schools Principals Association in conjunction with overwhelming support from schools, individuals and hockey clubs in both Napier and Hastings.

We encourage people from our hockey community to make submissions regarding this proposal through the Hastings District Council website.

Iain Taylor
Chairman
Hawke’s Bay Hockey Association Incorporated

U.11 Representative Squads Named

Viv_Bicknell — Wed, 02 May 2012 02:41:10 +0000

The following players have been selected for the Hawke’s Bay U.11 Boys and U.11 Girls Representative Hockey Squads for 2012:

U.11 Boys Squad
Marcus Ambrose
Lucca Burley
Jordan Dunn
Luke Elmes
Sean Findlay
Ethan Gubb
Theo Jervis
William Kerr
Kit Lamb
George Lamb
Felix Lawson
Timothy Lee
Mason Lowe
Frank May
Samuel Miller
Oscar Nation
Harmon Newport
Samuel Porter-Samuels
Jay Rerekura
Brad Selwood
Roman Walewski
Mitchell Williams-North
Sam Wixon

U.11 Girls Squad
Jemma Barber
Olive Cornwall
Hannah Cotter
Kaitlin Cotter
Molly Frame
Summer Gray
Bella Grieg
Lexie Heaphy
Teneille Hellyer
Tamar Hoogendoorn
Sophie James
Laura Jensen
Rileigh Knapp
Aspen Kirk
Georgia Lane
Gabriella Luscombe
Elise Maiorana
Kate Manahi
Louisa Mason
Jess Moffett
Sasha Norris
Jorja Pollock
Amber Roydhouse-Ross
Jasmine Roydhouse-Ross
Brenna Tait
Jessica Tucker
Lily Verhoeven
Jaimee Wilson
Danika Wilson

The squads will train for several weeks during which the final Representative Teams of about 16 Boys and 16 Girls will be selected to compete at a Mini Tournament in Levin at Queen’s Birthday Weekend, the Regional Tournament in mid-July in Napier and possibly a Mini Tournament in Palmerston North in August.

Training:
Training sessions will be held every Sunday at Park Island from 10.30am to Noon, commencing on Sunday 6 May 2012. Please be punctual.