Record teams for 2022 Hockey Australia U18 Championships

The highly anticipated return of national hockey events has been underlined with a record number of teams to compete at the Hockey Australia Under 18 Championships in Cairns starting on Wednesday.

A total of 24 teams (12 in both the women’s and men’s competitions) comprising approximately 430 players from every state and territory will descend on Far North Queensland for the first national hockey tournament of the year from 6-14 April 2022.

Every match of the U18 Championships will be streamed on LIVEHockey.

Due to COVID forced disruptions, the Under 18 Championships will be the first national hockey tournament since April 2021.

It will also be the first time Cairns has hosted a national hockey event since 2015.

“To have national hockey championships back is fantastic. What a great way to launch this year’s event calendar by having the best Under 18 hockey talent in Australia converging in Cairns,” said Hockey Australia CEO David Pryles.

“The record number of teams and players competing in these championships highlights not only how much sport and hockey has been missed at this level, but the enthusiasm of this age group to represent their home state or territory, and also their love of the game.”

“The Under 18 Championships is a crucial part of the hockey pathways program and it’s hugely exciting for the Cairns region to have the opportunity to watch elite hockey. Let’s hope some of these players are back in the Sunshine State in 2032 to represent their country at a home Olympics.”

The Hockey Australia U18 Championships is a tournament that unearths Kookaburras and Hockeyroos stars of the future.

This year’s event is proudly supported by the Queensland Government, through Tourism and Events Queensland, and features on the It’s Live! in Queensland events calendar.

NSW State are the defending Under 18 Men’s Champions, while Queensland won the Women’s Gold Medal in 2021.

The 2022 Hockey Australia U18 Championships are made possible thanks to Tourism and Events Queensland and Cairns Regional Council.

2022 Hockey Australia U18 Championships
6-14 April 2022
North Cairns Hockey Facility, Cairns QLD
Men’s Match Schedule (and results as they happen)
Women’s Match Schedule (and results as they happen)

All matches will be livestreamed on LIVEHockey
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Teams - U18 Women
Australian Capital Territory
Georgie Barnes, Chloe Barton, Anika Bettiol, Layla Bettiol, Courtney Booth, Imogen Dorsett, Alyssa Fisher, Eliza Kemp, Phillipa Lendrum, Tshiamo Litheko, Lucy Neely, Kaidey O'Connor, Keira Polmanteer, Alyssa Smith (gk), Jessica Speechley (gk), Isla Syrek, Liesl Time, Lauren Yee
Coach: Karl Brenner

New South Wales Blue
Madison Agnew, Bridgette Anable, Ellie Baldwin, Hunter Baldwin, Pip Constable, Lola Dorman, Mackenna Ensbey, Ella Fielding, Christine Flack, Sienna Harvey, Chloe Holmes, Taylah Jones, Megen Keller, Sylvia Knott, Grace Matthews, Jemma Murray, Martina Williams
Coach: James Birkefeld

New South Wales State
Alana Albertini, Grace Baxter, Ella Carr, Emmalee Croker, Emma Davidson (gk), Maddison Drewitt, Breah Fischer, Millie Fulton, Makayla Jones, Lily Kable, Maya McGrath, Lucinda Nash, Amalia Patterson, Alexandra Singleton, Georgie Smithers, Lilly Twigg, Elizabeth Yanco
Coach: Kate Jenner

Northern Territory
Sydney Auld, Mikayla Baldwin, Renee Barber, Shaykoda Carne, Tiana Crompton, Macenzee Dixon, Abbey George, Mia Grose, Holly Hilton-Jones, Madison Lodge, Evie Sievers (gk), Sina Stock, Amy Stripling, Mackinlee Swart, Chrissie Taylor (gk), Zita Varatharajan, Freya Wills, Phoebe Wiltshire
Coach: Jason Butcher

Queensland Maroon
Tammin Andrews, Montana Carr, Meka Crick, Chloe Daly (gk), Mihaylia Howell, Amity Humphreys, Madyson Jones (gk), Madeline Kenny, Fiona Laybutt, Camryn Mathison, Nina Murphy, Ashleigh Sievers, Sinead Swartz, Annelyse Tevant, Karissa Van der Wath, Demi Walker, Georgina West, Eliza White
Coach: Sara Rogers

Queensland Gold
Jade Bartholomeuze, Elise Condon, Lauren DelDot, Grace Dixon, Sophie Edwards, Lucy Fitzpatrick, Andie Griffin, Bobbie Hamlet (gk), Georgia Harris, Freya Horton, Ellie Kendall, Talytha MacDonald, Ivy Matthews (gk), Sophia Papantoniou, Alexandria Risetto, Claire Seaton, Jamie-Lee Surha, Savannah Trapp
Coach: Lisa Morgan

South Australia
Annalise Abbott, Sophie Bruce, Ella Bruce, Jemima Davies (gk), Molly Dwyer, Indiana Edwards, Michaela Gallie (gk), Natalia Hocking, Chloe Holland, Daisy Holland, Amelia Lucas, Alyssa O'Donnell, Ella Pascoe, Katie Sharkey, Riley Tape, Riley Taylor, Mercedes Theobald
Coach: Matthew Cunningham

Tasmania
Georgia Bennett (gk), Maddison Brooks, Taylor Brooks, Maeve Bylsma, Madison Clark, Beth Dobbie, Jaimie Duffy, Giselle Fernandez, Victoria Fish, Zayna Jackson, Isabelle Kruimink, Ansa Le, Ellie McDonald, Emma O'Grady, Emily Rockefeller, Amber Sargent, Millie Smith, Jessica Stevens (gk)
Coach: Susan Brooks

Victoria
Alice Brown, Frankie Dawkins, Lucy Dunlop, Zara Geddis, Maya Hilford, Charlotte Hodgson, Ellie Jarratt, Sierra Lee, Samantha Love, Rebecca McNess, Shauna Mitchell, Asha Newstead, Aurelienne Pywell (gk), Phoebe Russell, Jemma Ryan, Evie Stansby, Jayde Temby (gk), Bianca Zurrer
Coach: Andrew Henderson

Victoria Development
Daisy Caink (gk), Kate Carter, Olivia-Beau Cutler, Amelia Dethridge, Morgan Hughes, Zoe Klopak, Hannah Lambert-Johnston, Maggie Mahony, Meg Mortensen, Ella Paice, Lauren Phillips, Zizi Pozzebon, Ashlyn Reeves, Emily Robertson, Jaime Segbedzi (gk), Neve Thompson, Greta Wansbrough, Trinity Woodward
Coach: Anna Moore

Western Australia Black
Seraphina Andrew, Ana Cana-Machado, Alex Enslin, Ivy Foyster, Heidi Hill, Lucy Hills, Jemima Hoddinott (gk), Lilly Mann, Portia Miller, Harper Newnham, Samantha Pope, Sienna Ramshaw, Sienna Robinson, Mischa Rodier, Shelby Rumens, Bella Rutter, Kate Thomas, Mikayla Wardrope (gk)
Coach: Casey Donaldson

Western Australia Gold
Matilda Banfield, Maddison Fenwick, Jessica Freedman, Summer Greenway (gk), Scarlett Huston, Ashlee Jarvis, Megan McCaffrey, Elyssa Melville, Caitlin Mundy, Saysha Pillay, Jaeda Ritchie, Tess Rowling (gk), Eliza Swain, Caitlyn Templeman, Siena Tonkin, Alicia Tory, Arielle Vaskas, Sari Wootton
Coach: Jemma Buckley

Teams - U18 Men
Australian Capital Territory
Luca Barrass-Borzatti (gk), Cameron Brick (gk), Peter Crossman, Campbell Cull, Max Curry, Ryan Dooley, Jack Evans, Joshua Evans, Alexander Green, Amaru Ley, Darcy MacDonald, Jake McCarthy, Jack McEntee, Hamish Morrison, Harry Skelly, Josh Skelly, Mathew Young
Coach: Alex Trinder

New South Wales Blue
Billy Bradford, Sam Carr, Toby Collins, Jared Findley, Sebastien Griffith, Ethan Nicholls, Taz Nyrhinen, Ambrose Page (gk), Joshua Perry, Joshua Robson, Oskar Smith, Daykin Stanger, Orlando Travis, Kye Sutherland, Henry Tyree, Kurt Walters, Jack Westcott (gk), Michael Woodgate
Coach: Andy VanPelt

New South Wales State
Michael Arthur, Ethan Bambridge, Ethan Brooks, Fletcher Craig, Dylan Downey, Thomas Duncan, Lukas Gremm, Edward Hunt, Kian Johnson, Jett Leong, Toby Mallon, Tyler McCann, Fletcher Norris, Luke Potter, Nicholas Reid (gk), Dylan Simmons (gk), Bayden Smith, Ryan Woolnough
Coach: Ben Brown

Northern Territory
Aidan Abel, Ryan Bidgood, Thomas Carter, Jett Claydon, Michael Coleman, Cameron Cooke, Ashan Fonseka, Jack Furness, James Green, Karl Hochman, Cody Kirk, Ethan MacDonald, Ty Modra (gk), Kyle Overlack, Damon Pegg, Cooper Ranie, Benjamin Redmond (gk), Samuel Savage
Coach: Michelle Caden

Queensland Maroon
Ryley Bobart, Daniel Burge (gk), Tom Campbell, Jai Cass, Brock Christensen, Cade Coghlan, Noah Fahy, Oliver Harding, Quintyn Laskey-Vella (gk), Cooper Mackenzie, Kyan Murphy, Brayden Naess, Joshua Nixon, William Powell, Cooper Punch, William Ready, Patrick Sheedy, Ryan Wilcox
Coach: Brett Herrington

Queensland Gold
Samuel Aitkenhead, Dominic Anderson, Jacob Anderson, Kaleb Benney, Tomas Burgess, Archie Cameron, Jesse Folpp (gk), Jack Hawthorne, Matthew Hawthorne, Hayden Mellifont, Matthew Miles, Brock Philip (gk), Ashton Price, Sam Riggs, Connor Ring, Lachlan Robertson, Rhys Stenzel, Isaac Wales
Coach: Aaron Harmsworth

South Australia
Kheya Ballentine, Aiden Cameron, Campbell Fielke, Seb Foster, Oliver Garfield, Cameron Gray (gk), Riley Herbert, Thomas Heyzer, Mason Hill (gk), Dylan Holland, Connor Millhouse, Kyton Rayner, Hassan Singh, Jamie van der Ploeg, Finn Walsh, Finn Williams, Brock Wise, Thomas Wycherley
Coach: Jordan Glover

Tasmania
Milo Gee, Joshua Hine, Ruben Hoey, Max Johnstone, Jack Larkin, Magnus McCausland (gk), Sam Meikle, Matthew Murphy, George Oliver, Luke Palmer, Jack Pritchard, Oscar Pritchard, Lachlan Rogers, Oscar Sproule, Jaxon Sproule, Oliver Sproule, Oliver Stebbings, Mac Winch
Coach: Tim Strapp

Victoria
Declan Anderson, Jacob Batch, Callum Bridge (gk), Edward Fitzgerald, William Hine, Duncan Jackson, Harrison Leigh, Kade Leigh, Thomas Love, Sam Lowndes, Samuel O'Brien, Lachlan Paice, George Papadopoulos, Samuel Rusjan, Miller Smith, Oliver Thompson, Oscar Thompson (gk), Oliver Will
Coach: Craig McBride

Victoria Development
Daniel Adams, Taine Bishop, Harry Bradbury, Brayden Caldow (gk), Brodie Carswell (gk), Finn Dalton, Deacon Evans, BJ Graven, Lachlan Hodgson, James Horsey, Riely Kenny, Henry Laussen, Anthony Moule, Micah Quenette, Jonny Spincer, Joel Taylor, Josh Tracy, Thomas Wilson
Coach: Ben Newell

Western Australia Black
Benjamin Arnold, Nathan Botha, Sebastian Chandraratna, Michael Forman, Callum Inglis, Charlie Johnston, Divan Joubert, Travis King (gk), Aaron Klages, Samuel Le Dain, Mason Michalopoulos, Padraig Munt, Cody Peipi (gk), Jeremy Pilatti, Samuel Rimmer, Shaun Shackley, Fletcher Wetherell, Ethan Yem
Coach: Stu van Selm

Western Australia Gold
Patrick Andrew, Tom Brook, Jaxon Browne, Cian Chase, Jarod Crick (gk), Jack Cudby, Matthew Edwards (gk), Jack Faulkner, Ian Grobbelaar, Brodie Hiskins, Kirby Hobbs, Mitchell Hyde, Jeremy Mayne, Charlie McCarthy, Mitchell McGrath, Blake Murdoch, Nicholas Ng, Matthew van Selm
Coach: Tim Geers