Australia women's national indoor hockey team
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| Nickname | Hockeyroos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Association | Hockey Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | OHF (Oceania) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Stewart Fenton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Karen Seaman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Emma McLeish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIH ranking | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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
- Kookaburras – Australia men's national field hockey team
- Australian field hockey players
- Australia women's national field hockey team
- Indoor field hockey
- Indoor Hockey World Cup
References
- ↑ "Indoor World Rankings".
- 1 2 "Hockey Australia > High Performance > Australian Indoor teams".
- ↑ "IHWC 2003 - 1st Indoor Hockey World Cup Leipzig 2003".
- ↑ http://www.hockey.org.au/Portals/2/PDFs/FactFiles/National_Teams_at_Major_International_Tournaments_-_updated_April2010.pdf
- ↑ "2015 Indoor World Cup".
- ↑ "AUS - FIH".
- ↑ "South Africa: Busy Time As SA Indoor Side Take On Three International Opponents". allAfrica.com.
- ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201512211428.html
- ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201512211722.html
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