Midlands (field hockey team)

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Midlands
League Ford National Hockey League
Founded2000 (2000)
ColoursOrange, Black
Head coachReiner Vellinga
Captain Samantha Charlton

The Midlands field hockey team is an amateur sports team based in New Zealand. They field a men's team and a women's team each year in the Ford National Hockey League (NHL). [1] [2]

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Since the tournament began, the women's team have won twice, in 2013 and 2017, and the men's team have won once, in 2016. [3]

NHL results

Women's

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3rd2nd3rd3rd4th1st3rd3rd3rd1st3rd5th

Men's

200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
6th4th2nd4th1st5th6th8th


Team roster

The team has had international players, including the Dutch Fleur van Dooren and Kiki Collot d'Escury  [ nl ]. [4]

2017 Women's

The following is the Midlands women's team roster [5] for the 2017 Ford NHL:

Head coach: Reiner Vellinga

  1. Sally Rutherford (GK)
  2. Anita Hope (GK)
  3. Frances Davies
  4. Abbie Johnston
  5. Kate Kernaghan
  6. Shiloh Gloyn
  7. Tarryn Davey
  8. Ellie McCleery
  9. Megan Hull
  10. Gemma McCaw
  11. Alex Lukin
  12. Samantha Charlton (C)
  13. Kate Savory
  14. Kim Tanner
  15. Amy Robinson
  16. Rose Keddell
  17. Natasha FitzSimons
  18. Julia Ebert

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Past Ford NHL Winners". Hockey New Zealand. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Stahr striker proving key figure in playoff push". stuff.co.nog. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "2017 Ford National Hockey League Women" (PDF). Hockey New Zealand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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