Jack Welch (born 26 October 1997) is an Australian
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
player, who plays as a forward.
Personal life
Jack Welch was born and raised in
Hobart, Tasmania
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smalle ...
.
Career
Domestic leagues
Australian Hockey League
Jack Welch made his debut for 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, ...
(AHL) in Darwin. Throughout his four-season AHL career, Welch won two bronze medals with the Tigers, his first in
2015
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, and his second during the final edition of the tournament in
2018
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.
Hockey One
After the introduction of
Hockey Australia
Hockey Australia is an organisation that formed from the merger of the Australian Hockey Association and Women's Hockey Australia in 2000. It is the national body responsible for the promotion, development and administration of field hockey in A ...
's new domestic league,
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 ...
, in 2019, Welch was named to the 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, ...
Welch first appeared for the Australia U–21 side in 2015, at the
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 ...
in
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru (), colloquially referred to as JB, is the capital city of the state of Johor, Malaysia. It is located at the southern end of Peninsular Malaysia,along the north bank of the Straits of Johor, opposite of the city-state Singapore. T ...
.
Following his 2015 debut, Welch represented the team again in 2016, at the
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 ...
and the Junior World Cup. At the tournaments, Australia finished first and fourth respectively.
Kookaburras
In 2018, Jack Welch was a member of the Australian Development Squad. Despite this, he was called up and made his senior international debut during a test match against
Argentina
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in Darwin. He then went on to play in the International Hockey Open days later.
Following his 2018 debut, Welch was named to the
Kookaburras
Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus ''Dacelo'' native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between in length and weigh around . The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri ''guuguubarra'', onomatopoeic of its call. The ...
squad for the 2019 calendar year. During 2019, he has only appeared in the
FIH Pro League FIH Pro League may refer to:
*Men's FIH Pro League, a tournament in men's field hockey
*Women's FIH Pro League
The Women's FIH Pro League is an international women's field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (F ...