Full name | Southern Alpiners |
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Founded | 2020 |
Home ground | Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub, Christchurch, New Zealand (Capacity 300) |
Coach | Grant Edwards (M) Aaron Ford (W) |
League | Premier Hockey League |
Website | blacksticksnz.co.nz |
The Southern Alpiners are a New Zealand based field hockey club, originating from the nation's Southern region. The club was established in 2020, and is one of four established to compete in Hockey New Zealand's new premier domestic competition, the Premier Hockey League. [1]
The club unifies both men and women under one name.
The Southern Alpiners competed for the first time in the inaugural season of Premier Hockey League, where the men's and women's teams finished in second and fourth place in their respective tournaments. [2] [3]
Along with three other teams, the Southern Alpiners were founded in 2020 as part of Hockey New Zealand's development of hockey.
The team comprises players from the whole of Te Waipounamu, the South Island of New Zealand. [4] The team are named after the Southern Alps, the mountain range which extends down the majority of the South Island.
The following players represented the men's team during the 2020 edition of the Sentinel Homes Premier Hockey League. [5]
The following players represented the women's team during the 2020 edition of the Sentinel Homes Premier Hockey League. [6]
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