The Canterbury Hockey Association aims to deliver a Representative programme that allows players to excel at the national level and results in Canterbury being the most successful province each and every year.  In 2008 Canterbury won more national titles than any other province (seven) and had 14 of 20 A teams finish in the top three at the various national tournaments attended.

The process of selecting players, coaches, managers and umpires to represent Canterbury at various national and regional tournaments each year is directed by the Representative Policy, which can be viewed via the link below:
Canterbury Hockey Association Representative Policy

2009 National Tournament Schedule
Hockey New Zealand have released the finalised 2009 National Tournament Schedule identifying the dates and location of all national tournaments for the year.  To view the schedule, click on the link below:
Hockey New Zealand 2009 National Tournament Schedule

In addition to these national tournaments, Canterbury teams will also attend the following tournaments as their respective major tournament for the 2009 year:
Under 16 Development Girls & Boys - South Island Under 16 Development Tournament in Christchurch in July
Primary B Girls & Boys - McGrath Trophy in Rotorua in late September/early October
Primary Development Girls & Boys - South Island Festival of Hockey - Oamaru in late September/early October

2009 Representative Team Trials
As dates for 2009 team trials become known they will be listed on the respective web page within this website for each team. 

2009 Indicative Player Costs
The Canterbury Representative program utilises a user-pays fee structure for the common costs incurred by all teams (accommodation, air fares and rental vehicle hire).  (Incidental costs such as player meals while at tournament are an additional cost that each team manager will convey to players.) 

The program is split into three distinct sections, with each section applying an equalisation process across all teams within the section to offer consistency in cost from year to year.  The sections and indicative costs for 2009 are:
National Hockey League - indicative cost $800 per player
Junior through Senior (Primary, Under 16, Under 18, Under 21 and Senior B) - indicative cost $850 per player ($575 for four day McGrath Trophy tournament attended by Primary B teams); reduced to $575 ($380 for McGrath Trophy) following the application of grant funding received to date
Masters - indicative cost $745; reduced to $625 following the application of grant funding

The Canterbury Hockey Association attempts to obtain grants for all representative teams to reduce the above indicative costs.  However, there is no guarantee that funding applications will be successful and players need to engage on the understanding that they may be required to pay the full indicative cost.  

Any players (and/or parents) that may struggle to pay these costs are invited to contact the CHA CEO, Tim Shannahan (email: ceo@hockeycanterbury.co.nz; phone: (03) 389 9126) to discuss the implementation of a payment plan or the option of accessing hardship funding from a variety of sources.

2009 Coach & Manager Appointments
The following appointments have already been confirmed for 2009:
Scenic Circle Hotels Canterbury Cavaliers - Grant Edwards (coach); Greg Clark (assistant coach); David Cattermole (manager)
Pica Print Canterbury Cats - Chris Leslie (coach); Pat Barwick (assistant coach & manager); Dan Inns (assistant coach)

Canterbury Senior B Men - Nathan Maxwell (coach); Craig Reynolds (manager)
Canterbury Senior B Women - Sally Moorfield (coach); Aaron Forde (assistant coach); Kerry Dyson (manager)

Canterbury Under 21 Women - Dan Inns (coach); Liz Perry (assistant coach); Sally Moorfield (manager)
Cantebrury Under 21 Men - Craig Reynolds (coach); Reuben Koorey (assistant coach); Greig Staples & Max Enersen (co-managers)

Canterbury Under 18 A Boys' - Sunjay Ganda (coach); Max Enersen (manager)
Canterbury Under 18 B Boys' - Ant Rapson (coach & co-manager); Mark Beatson (co-manager)
Canterbury Under 18 A Girls' - Jason Niles & Mitch Hayde (co-coaches); Wendy Spence (manager)
Canterbury Under 18 B Girls' - Reuben Koorey (coach); Nicky Wright & Sandy McLean (co-managers)

Canterbury Under 16 A Boys' - Cathy Baker (coach); Craig Paterson (assistant coach); Adrian Mouldey (manager)
Canterbury Under 16 B Boys' - Andrew Brydon (coach); Brendon Forrest (manager)
Canterbury Under 16 Development Boys' - John Slaughter (coach); Gina Cracroft-Wilson (manager)
Canterbury Under 16 A Girls' - Matt Ling (coach); Josie O'Reilly (assistant coach); Jacqui Gaylor (manager)
Canterbury Under 16 B Girls' - Matt Cunningham (coach); Ruth Steele (assistant coach); Rhonda Lange (manager)
Canterbury Under 16 Development Girls' - Wendy Shannahan & Greg Clark (co-coaches)

Primary A Boys' - Andrew Brydon (coach); Alan Hyndman (assistant coach); Peter Hay (manager)
Primary B Boys' - Craig Anderson (coach); Gerald Cummins (assistant coach); Patrick Coupe (manager)
Primary Development Boys' - Carl Dawson (coach); David McGregor (assistant coach); Steve Smith (manager)
Primary Development Boys' Training Squad - Phil Black (coach); Sean Coupe (assistant coach); Chris Errington
Primary A Girls' - Michelle Davis (coach); Jason Hurrell (assistant coach); Lisa Tinning (manager)
Primary B Girls' - Hayley Chalmers & Michael Edwards (co-coaches); Sarah Coates (manager)
Primary Development Girls' - Craig McIntosh (coach); Reuben Koorey (assistant coach); Rachael Williams (manager)
Primary Development Girls' Training Squad - Issy Thomson (coach); Deidre Cumming (assistant coach); Angela Mayhew (manager)

Canterbury Masters 35+ Women - Richard Munt (coach); Wendy Hughes (manager)
Canterbury Masters 40+ Women - Lee Munt (coach); Kerry Dyson (manager)
Canterbury Masters 55+ Women - Di McPherson (coach); Judy Hawker (manager)
Canterbury Masters 40+ Men - Ian Riach (coach); Paul Clark (manager)
Canterbury Masters 45+ Men - Daryl Foy (coach); Chris Errington (manager)
Canterbury Masters 50+ Men - Devan Menon (coach); Judy Groves (manager)
Canterbury Masters 55+ Men - John Maunsell (coach); Dick Pettet (manager)

If interested in coaching or managing a representative team in 2010, please contact Chris Leslie (coachforce@hockeycanterbury.co.nz).