| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 October 1992 Goulburn, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Goulburn Hockey Club | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||
| 2011–2018 | Canberra Lakers | |||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Canberra Chill | |||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | Australia U–21 | 20 | (2) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aaron Kershaw (born 22 October 1992) [1] is a field hockey player from Australia. [2]
Aaron Kershaw was born and raised in Goulburn, New South Wales. [3]
His pre-game pump-up song is The Horses by Daryl Braithwaite. [4]
In Hockey ACT's 'National League One', Kershaw plays hockey for Goulburn Hockey Club. [5]
Over a period of three years, from 2015 to 2017, Kershaw was awarded the 'Brophy Medal' back to back. The award is presented to the best and fairest of the competition. [6] [7]
Despite coming from New South Wales, Kershaw represents the Australian Capital Territory in domestic competitions. [8]
Kershaw first represented the Canberra Lakers, the ACT's top men's side, at the Australian Hockey League (AHL) in 2011. [9] Since his debut, Kershaw represented the team every year until 2018, when the AHL was disbanded. [10]
In 2019, with the introduction of Hockey Australia's new national league, Hockey One, Kershaw was named captain of the ACT's new team, the Canberra Chill. [4]
Aaron Kershaw has only represented Australia at junior level, in the Under–21 division. [11]
Kershaw made his debut for the 'Burras' in 2013, at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival where he won a gold medal. [12] [13] He followed this up with an appearance at the Junior World Cup, where Australia finished fifth. [3] [14]
The Australia men's national under–21 field hockey team, represents Australia in international under–21 field hockey and at the Junior World Cup. The team is controlled by the governing body for field hockey in Australia, Hockey Australia, which is currently a member of the Oceania Hockey Federation (OHF) and the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The team's official nickname is the Burras.
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