2010 Avon Hockey Coaching Team

Coach Mentor:  Ross Gillespie

Ross is our highly respected coaching guru who has had an illustrious career playing and coaching hockey.  Ross has played for and coached at both Canterbury and New Zealand level.  Perhaps the pinnicle of Ross' career was coaching the New Zelanad men to a gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics

 

 

 

Premier Men 2010

Coach:  Pat Barwick

Manager: Dave Coulter

 

Pat is once again coaching our men's CPL team.  She has extensive National and International experience at coaching having coached a multitude of hockey teams at various level, including the New Zealand Women's Hockey Team at the Barchelona Olympics.  Pat also represented New Zealand as a player for ten years, including an amazing 9 years as New Zeland Captain.

 

 

 

 

Premier Women 2010

Coach:  Issy Thomson

Issy has had experience at both club and representative level in Christchurch, from age-group team teams to Assistant coach to the successful Canterbury Cats in 2001.  Issy has also represented Otago, Canterbury and New Zealand as a player.

 

 

Division 2 Men

Coach:  Graham Blecher

Manager: TBC

Division 2 Women

Coach:  Jill Hansen

Manager:  Janelle McKellow

Division 3 Men (Avon/Shirley Boys High School combines)

Coach:  Brad Shaw

Division 3 Women

Coach:  Dan O'Reilly / Rob Dickie

Manager:  Graham Walcott

Division 4 Women

Coach:  Ana Morgan

Youth Grade Women

Coach:  TBA

MWO Men

Player coaches (by their many experienced players including Dave Grundy ex NZ player)

MWKO Women Blue

Coach:  Shane Maddaford

Manager: TBC

MWKO Women Gold

Coach:  TBC

Grass Men

Coach:  Nigel Limpert

Grass Women

Coach:  Player coached

Junior Girls Premier 11 aside

Coach:  Deirdre Cummings

Junior Girls Division 3

Coach:  Katrina Morgan

 

 

 

Latest News  All CHA local competitions for the winter will start between April 10 and April 24.Exact starting dates for each competition are:

Important Information for ALL CLUB MEMBERS Don't forget to let us know if you have changed your address or any contact details since the beginning of the season. It is important that we have your details up to date.

All CHA local competitions for the winter will start between April 10 and April 24. Exact starting dates for each competition are: Canterbury Premier League        Saturday, April 10 Senior Divisions 2-5                   Sunday, April 11 Senior Mid Week Men               Monday, April 12 Senior Mid Week Women          Tuesday, April 13 Senior Grass Grade                   Saturday, April 24 (to be confirmed) Youth Divisions                         Friday, April 23 & Saturday, April 24 Primary 11-a-side                      Saturday, April 17 Primary 8-a-side & 6-a-side        Saturday, April 24