HOCKEY

The WRAS program provides high performance coaching and training opportunities to up-skill athletes and assist them in progressing to higher representation within the sport of hockey.

The WRAS hockey program is endorsed by Hockey NSW as the underpinning development pathway for the Hockey NSW Athlete Acceleration Program (AAP).

The program sits between local representative hockey and higher order representation such as NSW state country team selection and AAP selection.

The 2020 hockey program will run from November 2019 to April 2020 with program trials to be held Sunday 8 September 2019. Athletes will graduate from the program at the 2020 Presentation Night in August.

2020 PROGRAM STAFF

Hockey Squad Staff information

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PROGRAM STAFF

Head Coach – Kent Bestwick (Bathurst)
Assistant Coach –
Assistant Coach –
Goal Keeper Coach –
Manager –

TRIAL INFORMATION

Nominations for the 2020 hockey program will open Thursday 25 July 2019.

ELIGIBILITY & SELECTION PROCESS

To be eligible for selection in the 2020 program athletes must:

be turning 16, 17 or 18 years old in 2020
be living or attending school in the WRAS catchment area
be a current financial member of their local association and Hockey NSW
submit a nomination form before the closing date and attend one of the scheduled trial days

The following selection criteria may be taken into consideration during the selection process:

Physical attributes and capabilities
Technical competence
Tactical awareness
Potential to improve
Competitive ability
Individual application
Performance and results at specific events
Coachability and behaviour

ATHLETE BENEFITS

Intensive training sessions by local elite coaches
Skill development
Inter-Academy Development camps
Strength and conditioning/Injury prevention screenings and programs
Sports science fitness testing
Educational seminars

Opportunities to compete in elite events such as the Your Local Club Academy Games

2019 ATHLETES

Boys Squad
Zane Anderson (Wallerawang)
Declan Daley (Parkes)
Conor Dwarte (Dubbo)
Jack Erskine (Dubbo)
Hugo Fenton (Grenfell)
Bailey Ferguson (Orange)
Kallum Jenkins (Lithgow)
Nicholas Job (Parkes)
Tom Luchetti (Lithgow)
James Luck (Lithgow)
Logan McManus (Lithgow)
Evan McMullen (Dubbo)
Taunui Pakinga (Orange)
Joe Priest (Orange)
Andre Rossitt (Bathurst)
Trent Simpson (Bathurst)
Mitchell Thompson (Lithgow)
Harry Unsworth (Lithgow)
Benjamin Watson-Tauaalo (Bathurst)
Trent Wilde (Orange)

Girls Squad
Shakaya Bott (Lithgow)
Laura Cockerill (Canberra)
Alexandra Cook (Orange)
Tayla Deveigne (Lithgow)
Bridget Ellis (Bathurst)
Kirsten Fitzpatrick (Bathurst)
Isobel Fitzpatrick (Bathurst)
Emily Gould (Orange)
Amy Hampton (Orange)
Charlotte Heath (Orange)
Shona Jarvis (Bathurst)
Belinda Kidd (Bathurst)
Kimberly Kiel (Orange)
Keely Laffin (Molong)
Matilda McDonald (Bathurst)
Brooke Pilcher (Dubbo)
Jessica Purtell (Narromine)
Eloisa Purtell (Narromine)
Emmie Searl (Parkes)
Mackenzie Stewart (Wallerawang)
Katelyn Tink (Dubbo)
Sally Uttley (Milthorp)
Haidee Watson (Orange)