Brisbane Blaze To Play In NT Festival of Hockey This Weekend
Published Thu 21 Sep 2023
The Brisbane Blaze head to Darwin this weekend for the Northern Territory Festival of Hockey against the SRA Territory Stingers.
Both the Men's and Women's teams will match up for a double header weekend with games on Friday and Sunday evenings, in what will be an exciting weekend of hockey!
Games will be live streamed through LIVEHockey.com.au
Friday 22nd September
6.30pm: Stingers Women v Brisbane Blaze
8:15pm: Stingers Men v Brisbane Blaze
Sunday 24th September
4.30pm: Stingers Men v Brisbane Blaze
6.15pm: Stingers Women v Brisbane Blaze
* Game Times in QLD Time
Final Teams competing have been announced, with a number of athletes outside of the Final Squads of 22 selected.
MEN'S TEAM
JAYDEN ATKINSON
LUCAS BROWN
DIARMID CHAPPELL
CALE CRAMER
MICHAEL FRANCIS
TYLER GADDES (Ext. Squad)
MAXIM HARDING
LIAM HART
DAVID HUBBARD
WILL MATHISON
HAYDEN PEASE (Ext. Squad)
WILLIAM POWELL (Ext. Squad)
LUKE RANDLE
TYLER SPRY (Ext. Squad)
AARON WEISS
WOMEN'S TEAM
DAYLE DOLKENS
CASEY DOLKENS
KENDRA FITZPATRICK
SAVANNAH FITZPATRICK
RUBY HARRIS
MADELINE KENNY (Ext. Squad)
EMILY KINGSTON
FIONA LAYBUTT (Ext. Squad)
KYRA LIVERMORE
MORGAN MATHISON
JEMMA PUNCH (Ext. Squad)
JADE SMITH (Tassie Tigers)
KEELEY WALKER (Ext. Squad)
GEORGINA WEST
BRITT WILKINSON
*(Ext. Squad) members are outside the Squads of 22.
Queenslander Ivy Matthews has been invited to compete as the SRA Territory Stingers goalkeeper.
"This pre-season trip gives our teams vital experience in the lead up to the Hockey One League, in particular the athletes that have not yet been involved at hockey at this level," said Hockey Queensland High Performance Manager Lee Bodimeade.
"The 'Festival of Hockey' is a unique and timely opportunity for our local stars to shine on the national stage at home, something that is currently only achieved by moving interstate and playing for other states. For the last 2 years a significant amount of work has been put in place to explore and setup a potential return to the league for the Stingers. Having the Stingers play in front of a home crowd in Darwin is seen as a key step in that journey," said Jason Butcher, Hockey NT CEO.
Event Details
Dates: 22-24 September
Location: Hockey NT, Marrara Dr, Marrara NT 0812
About SRA The Territory Stingers
Both the Territory Stingers and Pearls have previously competed in the AHL(Australian Hockey League) until a re-brand took place in 2019 seeing the AHL cease to exist with the Hockey One league taking its place. Previously the female arm of the Stingers has been the Pearls but this has been re branded to the Territory Stingers.
