Future Pride Camp Announcement
Published Fri 13 Nov 2020
The best hockey talent in NSW will come together for a unique training camp and series of competitive matches next week under the guidance of some of the country’s top coaches.
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 19th to Tuesday November 24th.
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 Women’s Head Coach Katrina Powell is excited to see what how the players will perform after interrupted season due to COVID-19.
“With the interrupted year we have all had, the HNSW Future Pride Camp is a fantastic opportunity for our best players within NSW to build on some great club performances,” said Powell.
“I am expecting the matches to be high quality and fast paced, with a broad range of athletes wanting to put their hand up for future Hockey One selection.”
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,” said Livermore.
“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.”
The weekend will also serve as a development opportunity for the State’s top up and coming officials and coaches.
Hockey NSW Umpire & Officials Manager and FIH International Umpire Zeke Newman will take charge of the officials, while Larry McIntosh – one of Australia’s most decorated coaches – will mentor a small group of identified coaches.
The full list of athletes invited to attend the Future Pride Camp are below:
Women’s Squad
Alice Arnott
Morgan Blamey
Claire Bosman
Julia Bradley
Tamsin Bunt (Captain/Coach)
Caitlin Burns
Jade Callander
Emma Cobbin
Abigail Doolan
Naomi Duncan
Anna Flanagan
Jaime Hemmingway
Chelsea Holmes
Grace Jeffrey
Kate Jenner (Captain/Coach)
Claudia Johnston
Sarah Johnston
Hannah Kable
Alana Kavanagh
Erin Lidbetter
Taquira McGrath
Tahlia McKenzie
Alex Morrison
Zoe Newman
Rachel Osborne
Jessica Parr
Kim Patterson
Mikaela Patterson
Lexie Pickering
Lizzie Rae
Eva Reith-Snare
Renae Robinson
Courtney Schonell
Emma Scriven
Angie Smith
Maddison Smith
Emma Spinks
Kendelle Tait
Annika Toohey
Jessica Watterson
Abby Wilson
Grace Young
Coaches: Nathan Gilbert, Casey Sablowski, Ben Senior, Liam Dixon
Men’s Squad
Nathan Ackroyd
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 Holman
Rashil Jetley
Sam Liles
Kurt Lovett
Alex Mackay
Callum Mackay
Robert MacLennan
Matt Maggan
Rob 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
Ky Willott
Coaches: Dave Willot, Peter Tait, Ben Brown, Robert Green, Peter Kelly, Tim Collier
MATCH SCHEDULE
Thursday 19th - Women 5pm & Men 7pm
Saturday 21st - Women 2pm & Men 4:30pm
Sunday 22nd - Women 2pm & Men 4:30pm
Tuesday 24th - Women 5pm & Men 7pm