THE best hockey talent in NSW, including Nowra brothers Alex and Callum Mackay, will come together for a unique training camp and series of competitive matches this week under the guidance of some of the country's top coaches.
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The future Pride camp will feature 80 male and female athletes from across NSW and will be held at the Sydney Olympic Hockey Centre over six days from Thursday, November 19 to Tuesday, November 24.
The camp will feature eight (four female, four male) fully competitive intra-squad matches scheduled on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday.
The purpose of the camp is to provide an opportunity for identified NSW athletes at an elite and pre-elite level to train and play in a high-performance environment, after a lack of opportunities throughout the year due to COVID-19 interruptions.
The cohort of players were identified for the camp from current national development, junior and future squads, current Kookaburra and Hockeyroos squads, NSW under 18 and under 21 state teams, as well as identified NSW mature age athletes.
NSW Pride men's head coach Brent Livermore is looking to use the camp as an opportunity to grow on the success of his team in last year's Hockey One competition.
"After winning the inaugural Hockey One Championship last year, I am looking to build the depth and quality of the team, as well as educating both athletes and coaches for 2021 and beyond," Livermore said.
"I'm looking forward to this camp which should be high quality competition to see out 2020 and prepare us for the defence of our title next season."
Joining the two Nowra Anglican College alumnus in the men's squad are Nathan Ackroid, Tom Brown, BJ Bruton, Lain Carr, Nathan Czinner, Craig Coulson, Paul Counsell, Miles Davis, Hayden Dillon, Charlie Dorman, Isaac Farmilo, Ben Ferguson, Matt Flemming, Kieran Govers, Samuel Gray, Josh Gregory, Ehren Hazell, Nick Holeman, Rashil Jetley, Sam Liles, Kurt Lovett, Robert MacLennan, Matt Maggan, Robbie Maguire, Dylan Martin, Thomas Miotto, Landon Morley, Samuel Mudford, Jack Pickering, Ryan Proctor, Daine Richards, Harry Roberts, Lachlan Sharp, Ashley Thomas, Cody Thomas, Connor Tuddenham, Patrick Vanstani, Rory Walker and Ky Willott.
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Courtney Ward
Sports Journalist for South Coast Register and Milton-Ulladulla Times, who loves all things sport and travel. All views are my own.
Sports Journalist for South Coast Register and Milton-Ulladulla Times, who loves all things sport and travel. All views are my own.
