The only two Northerners in the team that will compete in Hobart's national championships this week, the pair were both introduced to the sport by a family member.

Best of all, they enjoy a close friendship despite attending different schools - Exeter High School and St Patrick's College respectively - and generally playing for different teams.

"We're good friends because we get to see each other for hockey all the time and I play with her and against her," Launceston City-Tamar Churinga player White said.

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"We play with each other for under-16s and we [play against] each each other in everything else."

They get along equally well playing as opponents as they do playing as teammates.

"We make it funny-competitive - if I go to tackle her or something we'll start laughing," White said.

The pair will play as many as a dozen games over the coming week against under-13 teams from every state and territory.

The championships will be run in conjunction with the Australian Hockey League and will see Queechy Penguins' Steward - who is also a talented BMX rider - take part in her second hockey nationals.

"The thing that got me into hockey was my brother, he started doing it and then I thought I'd skip netball and go into hockey," Steward said.

"It's a bit nerve-racking facing all the different teams."

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