Home advantage! Canberra plays host to Oceania Indoor World Cup Qualifier

A Trans-Tasman showdown is set to decide which nation will advance to the 2025 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup in Croatia in February next year, as the best Indoor Hockey players from Australia and New Zealand prepare to go head-to-head.

From June 24 – 26 at the National Hockey Centre in Canberra, the Trans-Tasman rivals will clash in best-of-three series’. The event will see Hockey ACT host their second major Indoor Hockey tournament of 2024 following January’s successful Hockey Australia Indoor Championship.

Hockey Australia has today announced the men’s and women’s Indoor squads, which will undertake an intensive training camp to decide the final teams that will take on the Kiwis.  

The men’s squad, coached by Brett Herrington features six athletes from ACT, including the experienced Jake Staines, who many will recognise from his efforts with the Canberra Chill. 

Former Kookaburra Ben Rennie will be one to watch in goals, with Heath Ogilvie and Scott Govers looking to continue to add to their family’s rich Australian Hockey history alongside their current-Kookaburra brothers Flynn and Blake.

The women’s squad, coached by Lauren Austin, includes four ACT athletes, and a wealth of familiar names from the Hockey One League including two of the 2023 season’s best Goal Keepers, Perth’s Lizzie Duguid and Tassie’s Evie Dalton.

Australia will be looking to maintain consistency, having qualified for every Indoor Hockey World Cup since the inaugural edition in 2003.

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2025 FIH Indoor World Cup Qualifiers
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Men’s Squad
2024 National Indoor Camp & Oceania World Cup Qualifier 

Aiden Dooley, ACT
Andrew Scanlon, VIC
Ben Rennie, WA
Brendan Hill, ACT
Callum Mackay, NSW
Cooper Cadbot, QLD
Dominic Cain, WA
Edward Arnold, VIC
Garry Backhus, ACT
Heath Ogilvie, NSW
Heath McDonald, VIC
Jake Staines, ACT
James Knee, VIC
Jett Leong, ACT
Josh Gregory, NSW
Julius Gottstein, VIC
Luke Randle, QLD
Matthew Hotchkis, ACT
Mitchell Pace, WA
Noah Erdeljac, VIC
Ryan Pace, WA
Scott Govers, NSW
Thomas Miotto, NSW
Tim Deavin, TAS
Tom Keating, WA
Xavier Harrington, VIC

Women’s Squad
2024 National Indoor Camp & Oceania World Cup Qualifier 

Alexandria Risetto, QLD
Andie Staples, QLD
Annelyse Tevant, QLD
Brooke Welsh, NSW
Caitlin Burns, NSW
Elizabeth Duguid, WA
Ella Du Preez, WA
Ella White, QLD
Emily Witheyman-Crump, QLD
Emma Reid, WA
Emma Scriven, NSW
Emma Leighton, VIC
Erin Burns, NSW
Evelyn Dalton, TAS
Helen Legge, ACT
Helena Tobbe, NSW
Jamie Zimmerman, VIC
Jessica Moffat, QLD
Jessica Brennan, VIC
Kaitlyn Lee, NSW
Kelsey Hughes, NSW
Laura Monterosso, ACT
Litiana Field, NSW
Shanae Wardrope, WA
Taylor Thomson, ACT
Tegan Neowhouse, NSW
Tegan Boucher, VIC
Layla Riley, NSW
Emma Baxter, ACT
Zali Gough, QLD
 

Appointed Officials
2024 National Indoor Camp & Oceania World Cup Qualifier

Technical Delegate: Gavin Hawke, NZ
Technical Officer: Brent Brown, AUS
Judges: Leanne Monfries, AUS & Suzi Foley, AUS
Umpire Manager: David Saunders, AUS
Umpire Manager: Irene Clelland, AUS
Umpires: Kelly Hudson, NZ, Kristy Robertson, AUS, Jayden Pearson, AUS, Emily Carrol, AUS, Adam Barry, AUS
Reserve Umpire: Stirling Sharpe, AUS