Australia women's national indoor hockey team

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The Australia women's national indoor hockey team are Australia's national women's indoor hockey team. As of January 2016, they are ranked 8th in the world.[1] Australia competes internationally in indoor hockey, with the Australian women’s indoor team undertaking a tour annually. Every four years, Australia competes in the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup. The Australian national indoor team is nominated and selected from the indoor Australian Championships.[2]

World Cup Rankings

In the first Indoor Hockey World Cup, held in Germany in 2003, the Australian team came 9th in the final standings.[3] Their best placing is 6th, achieved in the 2007 World Cup in Vienna, Austria.[4] In the 2011 and 2015 World Cups, they finished in 8th spot.

Current squad

2015 Indoor World Cup Squad

  • Tegan Boucher (VIC)
  • Yeuk Chau (VIC)
  • Clare Comerford (QLD) (GK)
  • Holly Evans (SA)
  • Ashlea Fey (QLD)
  • Kyah Gray (NSW) (C)
  • Tamsin Lee (NSW)
  • Emma McLeish (NSW) (C)
  • Kizziah Plumb (ACT)
  • Makaela Potts (NSW)
  • Aleisha Smith (NSW)
  • Shelley Watson (ACT)

Shadows

  • Lauren Austen (WA)
  • Lisa Farrell (NSW)
  • Emily Riordan (TAS)
  • Emily Seccull (VIC)
  • Rebecca Sneskov (ACT)
  • Peta Sutherland (ACT) (GK)

Coaches

  • Stewart Fenton – Head Coach/Selector
  • Karen Seaman – Asst Coach/Team Manager/Selector
  • John Trueman – Asst Coach/Selector
  • Alex Lupton - Asst Coach

[2][5][6]

Recent Tournaments

In December 2015, the Australian team competed in the Spar Four Nations invitational women's tournament, held in South Africa at the University of KwaZulu-Natal sports hall. The four competing nations include South Africa, USA, Namibia and Australia.[7] Final standing was 3rd place, beating USA for the bronze medal.[8] Australian Jessica Bestall was named player of the tournament.[9]

Spar Four Nations Squad

  • Kyah GRAY, NSW, Captain
  • Emily SECCULL, VIC, Vice Captain
  • Jessica BESTALL
  • Caitlin BURNS, NSW
  • Sassie ECONOMOS, ACT
  • Sarah GOODE, VIC
  • Trudi PEDERSEN, QLD
  • Sarah DARLING, VIC
  • Lenny MURPHY, TAS
  • Emma REID, WA
  • Maddie SMITH, QLD, goalie
  • Erin JUDD, WA, goalie

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Indoor World Rankings".
  2. 1 2 "Hockey Australia > High Performance > Australian Indoor teams".
  3. ↑ "IHWC 2003 - 1st Indoor Hockey World Cup Leipzig 2003".
  4. ↑ http://www.hockey.org.au/Portals/2/PDFs/FactFiles/National_Teams_at_Major_International_Tournaments_-_updated_April2010.pdf
  5. ↑ "2015 Indoor World Cup".
  6. ↑ "AUS - FIH".
  7. ↑ "South Africa: Busy Time As SA Indoor Side Take On Three International Opponents". allAfrica.com.
  8. ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201512211428.html
  9. ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201512211722.html
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