Hockey NZ is pleased to announce the following players have been selected in interim squads for training through to the end of the year. An interim national men’s training squad comprising 23 players has been named while a further 28 players have been named to train in three regional extended squads based in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
Of major interest in the interim national men’s squad is the inclusion of North Harbour youngsters Shay Neal and David Green – both new to the national squad. Joel Baker of Wellington and Nick Haig of Canterbury have also forced their way back into the squad with strong performances in the recent NHL.
The interim National Men’s squad is:
Ben Collier North Harbour (based in Belgium)
Bryce Collins North Harbour
Steve Edwards North Harbour
David Green North Harbour
David Kosoof North Harbour (based in Belgium)
Shay Neal North Harbour
Ryan Archibald Auckland (based in Holland)
Simon Child Auckland (based in Holland)
Dean Couzins Auckland (based in Holland)
James Nation Auckland
Stephen Graham Midlands
Casey Henwood Midlands
Richard Petherick Midlands
Lloyd Stephenson Midlands
Shae McAleese Central (based in Germany)
Nick Wilson Central
Joel Baker Wellington
Phil Burrows Wellington (based in Holland)
Kyle Pontifex Wellington (based in Belgium)
Andy Hayward Canterbury
Nick Haig Canterbury
Brad Shaw Canterbury
Hayden Shaw Cantebrury (based in Belgium)
The 28 players named in the extended regional training squads are:
Auckland based training group
Joseph Bartholomew North Harbour
Simon Brill North Harbour
Nick Capizzi North Harbour
Marcus Child Auckland
Cain Fleming Auckland
Devon Manchester Auckland
Shaun Matthews Auckland
Arun Panchia Auckland
Ricky Clarke Midlands
Wellington based training group
Grant Down Wellington
Blair Hilton Wellington
Jason Hilton Wellington
Stephen Jennes Wellington
Matt L’Hullier Wellington
Alexander Schroder Wellington
Alexander Shaw Wellington
Christchurch based training group
Richard Bain Canterbury
George Connell Canterbury
George Enerson Canterbury
Mitchell Hayde Canterbury
Jason Niles Canterbury
Jonathon Pooch Canterbury
Isaac Staples Canterbury
Hugo Inglis Southern
Nick Ross Southern
Blair Tarrant Southern
Plus two overseas based players in extended training squads
Priyesh Bhana North Harbour
Hamish Baron Auckland
Hockey NZ will confirm the 2009 Black Sticks squad at the completion of its current High Performance Review and once talks with SPARC are complete – likely to be in mid December 2008.
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