U18

To be eligible to play in the National Under 18 Association Tournaments, the players must be under the age of 18 years old as at 1st January of the year in which the tournament is played and must be over the age of 15 years old as at 1st January of the year in which the tournament is played. (eg. A player whose 18th birthday is on or after 1st January is eligible, a player whose 18th birthday is before 1st January is ineligible).

Registrations are now open for the 2019 Tasman Districts U18 Men & Women teams.

Fixtures are as follows:

Tasman Districts U18 Men

31st May – 2 June – Mini Tournament in Christchurch

8-13 July                – National U18 Mens Association Tournament in Pukekohe, Auckland

TRIAL 1 to be held in Nelson on SUNDAY, 31st March at 10:30 am – 12:30 pm 

TRIAL 2 to be held in Nelson on SATURDAY, 6th April at 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Tasman Districts U18 Women

31st May – 2 June – Mini Tournament in Christchurch

8-13 July                – National U18 Womens Association Tournament in Timaru

TRIAL 1 to be held in Nelson on SUNDAY, 31st March at 10:30 am – 12:30 pm 

TRIAL 2 to be held in Nelson on SATURDAY, 6th April at 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

* If you cannot attend a trial but still want to be considered for selection, please contact NHA RDM, [email protected] *

In 2019 the Nelson U18 Men & Women’s team will compete in the TOS Quad tournament for the Stirling and Dodson Cups in Westport on the weekend 15-16 June.

The U18 Men will be defending the title, whilst the women will be looking to win the cup back off Marlborough.

Eligible Nelson U18 Men & Women’s players are encouraged to trial for Tasman Districts, and also make themselves available for the Nelson U18 team for the Quad tournament.

Following an outstanding 2018 season that saw 2x golds and 1x bronze from our Wellington/Capital U18 teams we are excited to open registrations to trial for this year.

In line with the Athlete Selection Policy all players that are interested in playing in the Wellington and Capital U18 teams at the 2019 National Tournaments must complete an online registration form and attend trials. Any athletes unable to attend trials must formally write to Capital Performance Manager Dane Lett well in advance of trials – [email protected]
This year the trials for Wellington and Capital U18 teams will be combined as one, any athletes interested in playing representative hockey at either Association or Regional level must register and attend trials. A wider squad will be named after trials of which both final teams will come from.

A timeline for the selection is as follows:

February 11th 2019:        Player registration open
March 11th 2019:             Registration close
March 21st 2019:              Last day for payment of trial fee
March 23/24th:                 Trials – NHS, Wellington
Saturday 10-3pm
Sunday 10-1pm
March 29th 2019:            Squad named by
July 7-13th 2019:              National Regional Tournament (Wellington)
July 8-13th 2019:              National Association Tournament (Men – Pukekohe, Women – Timaru)

Trials will include fitness testing, skill assessment, and match play.

As in recent years there is a cost associated which covers the cost to run trials (out of town players travel, turf etc)
The exact cost will be confirmed and invoiced closer to the time when we can understand the true costs that will be incurred – we estimate this to be $30-40 per player and will do our best to keep that to a minimum. South Island players travel will be subsidised.
We will endeavour to support South Island players finding billets for the Saturday night and also with transport to and from the airport if they require it. Note: we can do our best to support this but make no certainties.