THE two squads have been announced for the men’s and women’s Australian indoor hockey teams and Shoalhaven has two representative in their respective squads.
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Shoalhaven hockey products Kyah Gray and Alex Mackay were chosen in the teams, which will start the process in moving towards the team selections for the Indoor Hockey World Cup in February, 2018.
The 2016 Australian men’s indoor hockey squad includes 28 athletes, who have been selected with an emphasis on developing athletes, increasing the depth of indoor athletes and providing athletes with greater experience at a higher level.
“The 2016 Australian men’s indoor hockey squad was selected from the athletes nominated by all the state coaches at the recent Australian indoor open/u21 championships,” Australian men’s coach Steve Willer said:.
“Squad athletes will participate in training camp in October 2016, with selected athletes from the squad to participate in a European Tour in December 2016 or January 2017.”
The 2016 Australian Women’s Indoor Hockey Squad, consists of 28 players, who were selected from the 2016 Australian Indoor Hockey Championships in Wollongong.
“I am very excited to announce the 2016 Australian men’s indoor hockey squad which will start the process as we move towards selection of the team for the Indoor Hockey World Cup, which will be played in February 2018,” Australian women’s coach Stuart Fenton said.
“As we begin the preparation process for the 2018 Indoor World Cup the emphasis will be on skill development, structures and most importantly increasing the international experience and depth of talent playing our great game.
“We are getting more interest than ever in indoor hockey and we have some tremendously talented young players that will push for a spot on our next World Cup team.”
Women’s squad: Lauren Austin (High Wycombe, WA), Jessica Bestall (Shelley, WA), Tegan Boucher (Aspendale, VIC), Tayla Britton (Innaloo, WA) (TAS team), Tasmin Bunt (Aylmerton, NSW), Jenna Cartright (Florey, ACT), Clare Comerford (Lutwyche, QLD), Kalinda Commerford (Kaleen, ACT), Natalie Crick (Balmoral, QLD), Elizabeth Duguid (Nedlands, WA), Samantha Economos (Balaclava, NSW) (ACT team), Holly Evans (Clearview, SA), Lisa Farrell (St Andrews, NSW), Ashley Fey (Wakerley, QLD), Kyah Gray (Shoalhaven Heads, NSW), Rebecca Hotchkis (Curtin, ACT), Lindsay Howard (Mount Gravatt East, QLD), Erin Judd (Atwell, WA), Emma Mathieson (Wright, ACT), Emma Mcleish (Albion Park, NSW), Madeleine Murphy (Riana, TAS), Makaela Potts (Raby, NSW), Emily Riordan (Mernda, VIC), Anna Roberts (Como, WA), Emily Seccull (Brighton, VIC), Madeleine Smith (Norman Park, QLD), Shelley Watson (Kaleen, ACT) and Elanor Woods (Wollongong, NSW).
Men’s squad: Matthew Argent (Albany Park, QLD), Aidan Campbell (Ashgrove, QLD), Brad Clark (High Wycombe, WA), Mark Ellis (Bicton, WA), Scott Govers (Albion Park, NSW), Niranjan Gupte (Hawker, ACT), Jack Hayes (Albion Park, NSW), Nick Hill (Orange, NSW), Cameron Hyde (Thornlie, WA), Daniel Jolliffe (Unanderra, NSW), James Knee (Bentleigh, VIC), Aiden Lowes (Dianella, WA), Tom Madden (Morningside, QLD), Will Mcilwain (Kew, VIC), Alex Mackay (Shoalhaven, NSW), Zach Meaden (Eltham, VIC), Luke Noblett (Gymea, NSW), Heath Ogilvie (Woonona, NSW), Ben Rennie (Scarborough, WA), Adam Seccull (Brighton, VIC), Jake Sherren (Glen Iris, VIC), Lachlan Sinclair (Eudlo, QLD), Tom Sinclair (Armadale, VIC), Ben Staines (Goulburn, NSW) (ACT team), Jared Taylor (Everton Park, QLD), Andrew Vaitekenas (Stoneville, WA), Ryan Whittle (Goulburn, ACT) and Jackson Willie (Park Avenue, QLD).