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2015 Women's Oceania Cup
The 2015 Women's Oceania Cup was the ninth edition of the women's field hockey tournament. It was held from 21 to 25 October in Stratford. The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Australia won the tournament for the sixth time, defeating New Zealand 2–1 in penalties Penalty or The Penalty may refer to: Sports * Penalty (golf) * Penalty (gridiron football) * Penalty (ice hockey) * Penalty (rugby) * Penalty (rugby union) * Penalty kick (association football) * Penalty shoot-out (association football) * Penalty ... after the final finished in a 2–2 draw. Teams * * * Results ''All times are local ( NZDT).'' Preliminary round Pool Fixtures ---- ---- Classification Final Statistics Final standings Goalscorers References External linksFIH.com (Women) {{Women's Oceania Cup Women's Oceania Cup Oceania Cup Oceania Cup International women's field hockey competitions hosted by New Zealand Oceania Cup Sport in Stratford, New Zeal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrea Webster
Petrea Webster (born 30 March 1988) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She has competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the Black Sticks Women) since 2011, including at the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup. She will compete for the team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Born in Auckland, Webster was selected for the Black Sticks in February 2011, and played her first test against Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ... the following month. She works as a physical education teacher at Carmel College on Auckland's North Shore. References External links * 1988 births Living people Field hockey players from Auckland New Zealand female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Flanagan
Anna Flanagan (born 8 January 1992) is an Australian field hockey player who plays as a defender for the Canberra Labor Club Strikers in the Australian Hockey League. She is nicknamed ''Flanno''. A full international with over 100 caps since 2010 for the Australian national team, she has represented the nation at one World Cup and in one Olympic Games tournaments. Career Flanagan is a defender, who specialises in taking corner penalties. In 2000, after being a multi-sport athlete, she made a commitment to playing field hockey. Flanagan made her national team debut in March 2010 in a friendly against South Korea as an 18-year-old, after having been first called up to the team when she was 17 years old. Her selection to the squad came during a period when the team was injecting a lot of youth players following the 2008 Summer Olympics. Later in 2010, she would represent Australia as a member of the gold medal-winning team at the Commonwealth Games. As a member of the 2012 Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Claxton
Jane Claxton (born 26 October 1992) is an Australian field hockey player for Australia. Claxton was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team that were defeated by the Netherlands women's national field hockey team in the final of the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup, a Gold Medal winner at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and member of the team that went to the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was also named captain of the Hockeyroos in November 2016 for the Tans-Tasman Trophy against New Zealand. Playing career Club hockey Claxton played club hockey in Adelaide for the Burnside Bulldogs. Whilst living in Perth, she plays for Victoria Park Xavier Panthers (VPX) Premier League Women's competition, but wishes that she plays for Wesley South Perth (WASP's), as they beat Victoria Park Panthers last year in the Grand Final. But WASP's didn't even make the final in 2020 when Victoria Park won. State hockey Claxton played state representative hockey for South Australia in Under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Smith (field Hockey)
Emily Chalker (née Smith) is an Australian field hockey player. She has been selected to represent Australia in field hockey at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics along with other competitions. Personal Chalker was born on 28 July 1992 in Crookwell, New South Wales and is from Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales. She attended St Mary's Primary School in New South Wales before going on to Crookwell High School. She has deferred admissions to the University of New South Wales where she will major in Exercise Physiology. She moved to Sydney in 2011 before moving to Perth, Western Australia where she now lives. Chalker is tall and weighs . Field hockey Chalker played junior hockey in Crookwell. She has held a field hockey scholarship at the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) and the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). She plays for the NSW Arrows in the Australian Hockey League, where she wears shirt number 3. She has played club field hockey for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Kershaw
Stephanie "Steph" Kershaw (born 19 April 1995) is a field hockey player from Australia. Personal life Kershaw was born in Townsville, Queensland. She plays hockey for her home state in the Australian Hockey League, as part of the Queensland Scorchers team. Career Senior national team Kershaw made her senior international debut in a test series against Korea in September 2015. Following her debut in September, Kershaw was part of the Australian team that won the 2015 Oceania Cup in October. In 2018, Kershaw was named in the Hockeyroos team to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The team finished second, winning a silver medal after losing to New Zealand 4–1 in the final. Kershaw was also a member of the Australian team at the 2018 World Cup, where the team finished in fourth place. Again in 2018, Kershaw also represented Australia at the Sompo Cup in Japan, and the Champions Trophy in China. Kershaw qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was part of the Hockeyroo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Barden
Laura Barden (born 6 September 1994) is an Australian field hockey player. She plays the position of forward and is single and most definitely ready to mingle. She is a member of the 2017 Australian women's national field hockey team. Early life and education Laura Barden is from Melbourne. She moved to Kew, Victoria. She was a scholarship recipient from the University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor .... Career Barden was a member of the 2014 Women's National Junior Squad for Australia. The following year she was moved up to the Australian women's national field hockey team, known as the Hockeyroos, in September 2015. She was not chosen for Australia's team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, however, by January 2017 Barden had played in 15 games and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashleigh Nelson (field Hockey)
Ashleigh Jayne Nelson (born 5 March 1987 in Narrogin) is an Australian hockey player, a striker for the Australia women's national field hockey team. Nelson made her international debut in 2007 against Japan and by the end of her career she had played 205 games for Australia, scoring 69 international goals and awarded Australian Highest Goal scorer twice. She has played in many international tournaments, including the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where she secured a field goal from lying on the ground as well as a penalty flick. Australia defeated New Zealand for the gold medal in penalty flicks 4–2 after drawing with them 2–2 after 15 minutes of extra time. She also played in the World Cup in Argentina in 2010 and the Champion's Trophy in Sydney in 2009 where she scored her first goal against China. She became an Olympian in London 2012 and was selected for her second World Cup at The Hague and Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014. Nelson was sponsored by Grays and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodie Kenny
Jodie Kenny (née Schulz; born 18 August 1987) is an Australian field hockey player. Kenny was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team that were defeated by the Netherlands women's national field hockey team in the final of the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup. She was a member of the Australian team that defeated England in the women's field hockey final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, scoring a goal in the last minute of regular time that took the match into a penalty shoot-out. She plays for the Queensland Scorchers in the Australian Hockey League. Personal Schulz was born in Redcliffe, and is from Queensland. , she lives in Perth, Western Australia. She attended Wamuran State Primary School before going to St Columbans College. She started working on a Bachelor Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Sunshine Coast in 2007 and was still enrolled in 2012. She was named the Sunshine Coast Sport Star of the Year senior monthly winner for April 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Merry
Olivia Merry (born 16 March 1992) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays for the national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam .... She competed in the women's hockey tournament at the where she won a bronze medal. She also attended the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games where she and her team won gold. References External links * 1992 births Living people New Zealand female field hockey players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of New Zealand Field hockey players from Christchurch Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Female field hockey forwards Commonwealth Games gold medallists for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Thompson (field Hockey)
Elizabeth Thompson (born 8 December 1994) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays for the national team. She competed in the women's hockey tournament at the where she won a bronze medal. References External links * 1994 births Living people New Zealand female field hockey players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand Sportspeople from Thames, New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Female field hockey defenders Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Gunson
Elizabeth "Ella" Gunson (born 9 July 1989) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She was first selected for the Black Sticks Women in June 2009, along with ten other players as the Black Sticks squad was overhauled following its last place finish at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Gunson has competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the Black Sticks Women) since 2009, including at the 2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, ... and the 2012 Summer Olympics. She participated at the 2020 Women's FIH Pro League. References External links * 1989 births Living people New Zealand female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |