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 2022 hockey program will run from October 2021 to April 2022. Nominations for the 2022 Hockey Program will open in August 2021. Athletes will graduate from the program at the 2022 Presentation Night in August.

TRIAL INFORMATION

Nominations for the 2022 Hockey Athlete and Umpire programs have now closed. To express your interest in the 2023 programs click here

ELIGIBILITY & SELECTION PROCESS

To be eligible for selection in the 2022 program athletes must:

be turning 16, 17 or 18 years old in 2022
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
attend the scheduled trial day

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
Injury prevention screenings and strength and conditioning training programs
Sports science fitness testing
Educational seminars

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

2022 PROGRAM STAFF

Head Coach: Kent Bestwick (Bathurst)

Assistant Coach: Neil Howard (Bathurst)

Apprentice Coach: Emily Gould (Orange)

Manager: Ian McAlister (Orange)

2022 ATHLETES

Females
Molly Brown (Dubbo)
Addison Chapman (Orange)
Jessika Day- Stephen (Bathurst)
Paige Duncan (Parkes)
Amelia Heath (Orange)
Harriet Lowe (Bathurst)
Cait Maguire (Orange)
Clare Mawhood (Oberon)
Maddy McLean (Lithgow)
Jordan Moody (Parkes)
Molly Orr (Parkes)
Eva Price (Blayney)
Chloe Robertson (Cowra)
Phoebe Smith (Cowra)
Meg Turner (Parkes)
Pip Webb (O’Connell)
Giaan Willott (Bathurst)
Hayley Willott (Bathurst)

Males
Oliver Bestwick (Bathurst)
Oliver Brown (Dubbo)
Angus Coddington (Dubbo)
Ryan Dunford (Gunningbland)
Jackson Essex (Orange)
Kane Macfarlane (Dubbo)
Charlie Manuel (Orange)
Ruben Martin-Clark (Bathurst)
Ashton McDonald (Wallerawang)
Liam Moody (Parkes)
Deklin Unsworth (Lidsdale)