NZ Universities Men's and Women's Hockey Teams Announced

Hockey NZ and UTSNZ are pleased to announce the NZ Universities Men's and Women's teams to play in the 2017 HNZ Affiliates tournament in Napier next year. The teams were selected based on performance and skills shown at the UTSNZ National Tertiary Hockey Championships played in Wellington last week.

The Hockey NZ Affiliates tournament involves teams such as NZ Maori, NZ Indians, Hawke’s Bay, National Senior Tournament XI and overseas teams and is designed to give more players an opportunity to participate in a tournament setting and compete for the Affiliate they represent.  The tournament will be played in Napier from 3-7 April, 2017.

University teams are as follows:

NZ Universities Men's

Hayden Johnson- Auckland University

Kip Mouldey - Auckland University

Ben Williams - Auckland University

Selwyn Collins - Auckland University

Liam Williams - AUT

Sahib Singh - AUT

Taffarel Monteiro - AUT

JP Rossouw - Massey University

Nathan Fouhy - Massey University

Sam Mark - University of Canterbury

Oscar McLaren - University of Canterbury

Jason Hursthouse - University of Canterbury

Jono Smythe - University of Canterbury

Josh Symonds- Victoria University

Oliver Paterson - Victoria University

Lothar Krumpen - Victoria University

Max Ruffell - Victoria University

William Hannah - Victoria University

Coach: Nigel Pollock – Victoria University

NZ Universities Women's

Emma Menzies - Auckland University

Joanna Matthews - Auckland University

Jessica Polo - Auckland University

Nevenka Toma - Auckland University

Alana-Rose Miller - AUT

Paige Taniora-Brocklesby - AUT

Tori Robinson - AUT

Olivia Hay - AUT

Erin Richardson - AUT

Sian Goodall - University of Canterbury

Kirsty McCombe - University of Canterbury

Johanna Avery - Massey University

Esther Chan - Victoria University

Charlotte Eastman - Victoria University

Samantha Pead - Victoria University

Emily Wallace    - Victoria University

Katie Fraser - Victoria University

Nicola Robbins - Victoria University

Coach:  Craig Anderson – University of Canterbury

See Hockey NZ Media Release here.