The Southern Alpiners are a New Zealand based field hockey club, originating from the nation's Southern region. The club was established in 2020, and is one of four established to compete in Hockey New Zealand's new premier domestic competition, the Premier Hockey League. The club unifies both men and women under one name. The Southern Alpiners competed for the first time in the inaugural season of Premier Hockey League, where the men's and women's teams finished in second and fourth place in their respective tournaments.

History

Along with three other teams, the Southern Alpiners were founded in 2020 as part of Hockey New Zealand's development of hockey. The team comprises players from the whole of Te Waipounamu, the

South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...

of New Zealand. The team are named after the Southern Alps, the mountain range which extends down the majority of the South Island.

Teams

Men

The following players represented the men's team during the 2020 edition of the Sentinel Homes Premier Hockey League. #

Louis Beckert ( GK) #

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( GK) #

Joseph Morrison #

George Connell #

Hugo Inglis Hugo Inglis (born 18 January 1991) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a forward for the New Zealand national team. He played for the Southern Dogs in the New Zealand Hockey League and he played in Europe for SCHC, Braxgata and ...

Nicholas Lidstone #

Maxwell Rasmussen #

Gus Wakeling #

Finn Ward #

Dylan Thomas #

Jordan Wards #

Malachi Buschl #

Samuel Lane #

David Brydon #

Blair Tarrant Blair Thomas Fagan Tarrant (born 11 May 1990) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a defender for the New Zealand national team. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where the men's team came se ...

Simon Yorston #

Moss Jackson

Women

The following players represented the women's team during the 2020 edition of the Sentinel Homes Premier Hockey League. #

Kirsty Nation ( GK) #

Saasha Marsters ( GK) #

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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 c ...

Anna Crowley #

Tessa Jopp #

Georgina Mackay-Stewart #

Millie Calder #

Leah Butt #

Belinda Smith #

Hayley Cox #

Frances Davies Frances Davies (18 October 1996) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She was first named to New Zealand women's national field hockey team in 2016. Her position is defender. Davies also plays for the Midlands hockey team. Early life and educa ...

Jessica Anderson #

Catherine Tinning #

Brittany Wang #

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Margot Willis #

Michaela Curtis #

Isabella Ambrosius #

Charlotte Lee

References

External links

Southern Alpiners
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