Hayden Beltz (born 8 September 1997) is a field hockey player from
Australia
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.
Personal life
Hayden Beltz was born and raised in Hobart, Tasmania.
He has an older brother, Joshua, who is a member of the Australian senior national team.
Career
Club hockey
In 2018, Beltz was signed to play for
Surbiton
Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames, southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the historic county of Surrey and since 1965 it has ...
(AHL) debut in 2015 representing his home state Tasmania as a member of the
Tassie Tigers
Tassie Tigers is an Australia, Australian field hockey club based in Hobart, Tasmania. The club joined the Australian Hockey League in 1992 as a men's team. In 2019, the Tassie Tigers expanded to encompass both Tasmanian men's and women's teams, ...
. During his four–season career with the Tigers, Beltz won bronze at two tournaments, in
2015
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and during the final edition of the tournament in
2018
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.
Hockey One
After the overhaul of the AHL and introduction of the
Hockey One
The Sultana Bran Hockey One is a field hockey competition organised by Hockey Australia, which replaced the Australian Hockey League.
The competition serves as Australia's premier domestic hockey league, helping unearth future talent for select ...
, Beltz was named in a rebranded
Tassie Tigers
Tassie Tigers is an Australia, Australian field hockey club based in Hobart, Tasmania. The club joined the Australian Hockey League in 1992 as a men's team. In 2019, the Tassie Tigers expanded to encompass both Tasmanian men's and women's teams, ...
Beltz was a member of the Australia U–21 side, the 'Burras', from 2015–2018. During this time, he represented the team at two
Sultan of Johor Cup
The Sultan of Johor Cup is an annual, international under–21 men's field hockey tournament held in Malaysia.
Since the first edition held in 2011, five teams have emerged victorious. India and Great Britain are the most successful teams havin ...
's in
2015
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and
2018
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, winning a bronze medal at the latter.
National development squad
In 2019, Beltz was named in the Australian development squad for the first time.