Two Northern Tasmanians will get the chance to represent their state in front of a home crowd next year when Launceston hosts the national under-18 hockey championships.
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Queechy Penguins’ Josh Commins and Tamar Churinga’s Beau Cornelius were both selected in a 16-man squad for the championships, with South Launceston’s Sam Elliston-Buckley listed as a train-on player.
The selection caps off an impressive year for Commins, who was also named individual male athlete of the year at The Examiner’s Junior Sport Awards in November, while 18-year-old Cornelius was named in the state under-18 indoor side earlier this year.
No Northern Tasmanians were selected in the women’s under-18 team, however, Queechy Penguin Caitlin French will train with the squad in the lead-up to the tournament.
The championships will be held at the Northern Hockey Centre in St Leonards from March 13 to March 21.
STATE TEAMS
Under-18 men:
Harvey Bessell (NWG), Ashby Bingham (University), William Boyce (OHA), Joshua Brooks (University), Henry Chambers (OHA), Joshua Commins (University), Beau Cornelius (Tamar Churinga), Benjamin East (Canterbury), Zeke Hausmann (West Devonport), Braden Johnson (Burnie Baptist), Joseph Murphy (OHA), Samuel Porteus-Smith (Burnie Baptist), Luc Redman (West Devonport), Aiden van Staden (NWG), Ewan Vickery (Derwent), Tyler Wolfe (Burnie Baptist)
Train-on players:
James Shepherd (University), Joshua Foulston (OHA), Sam Elliston-Buckley (South Launceston Suns), Connor Poke (Burnie Baptist)
Under-18 women:
Ruby Bayley (Derwent), Phillida Bridley (DiamondBacks), Angela Caberica (Derwent), Lauren Canning (Derwent), Chloe Cooper (NWG), Evelyn Dalton (OHA), Anika de Kramer (OHA) Lucy Eade (Derwent), Lillian Gates (City Marians) Julia Gunn (OHA), Romani Kenworthy (City Marians), Georgina Mitchell (University), Jenifer Phillips (South Burnie), Raeleigh Phillips (NWG), Sophie Rockefeller (Derwent), Laura Spandler (OHA), Livinia Sproule (OHA), Georgia Williams (DiamondBacks)
Train-on players: Rachel Bentley (Devonport), Caitlin French (Queechy Penguins), Abbie Murfet (Devonport)
Hamish Geale
Hamish Geale is a senior reporter at The Examiner. Got good news? Email: hgeale@examiner.com.au
Hamish Geale is a senior reporter at The Examiner. Got good news? Email: hgeale@examiner.com.au
