The Canterbury Senior Men's team, generally referred to as the Canterbury Senior B Men's team given the Canterbury Cavaliers are in effect the A team, contests the Hockey New Zealand National Senior Tournament on an annual basis each September.
The philosophy in selecting this team is to select the next group of players beneath the Canterbury Cavaliers as the primary focus for this team is to win the national title on offer.
The only restriction on player eligibility for this team from a Hockey New Zealand perspective is that no more than three players may be selected by a province who have also played in the National Hockey League in that year. Given the two tournaments (National Hockey League and National Senior Tournament) occur within one week of each other it is very uncommon for players to participate in both tournaments. From a Canterbury Hockey Association perspective player eligibility is restricted to players who play for the highest ranked team of their club/school in the Canterbury Hockey Association's Senior Competition.
2009 Canterbury Senior Men's Team Information
2009 Squad Selection Process
The process is open, in that all interested players from within Canterbury who meet the eligibility criteria identified above are entitled to trial. Interested players are invited to email their expression of interest to Greg Clark (email: development@hockeycanterbury.co.nz) or Nathan Maxwell (email: Nathan@csroofingcanterbury.co.nz).
The selectors for this squad are Nathan Maxwell (coach), Craig Reynolds (manager) and Grant Edwards. It should be noted that Grant Edwards will not attend the trial sessions that have been scheduled. However, in the process of observing players in relation to selecting the Canterbury Cavaliers, Grant has observed and has a knowledge of the players that will trial and can provide input to the selection process on that basis, in the same way that all selectors will apply their knowledge of players from the local competition.
The trial process will occur on Thursday, July 23, Thursday, July 30 and Thursday, August 6. All three trials will take place at Porritt Park from 7.30pm. The structure of each trial will be dependent on numbers in attendance, with it at the discretion of the selectors to determine if the trial sessions are in effect practice sessions or matches.
It is preferred that all interested players seeking selection attend all trials, however if this is not possible then this must be communicated to Nathan Maxwell (email: Nathan@csroofingcanterbury.co.nz). As selectors will base their final selections on both local competition form and performance in the trials, it will be at the discretion of the selectors to decide if a player who misses one or more trials will be considered/selected.
The selectors reserve the right to identify players after each trial that are not of a suitable ability to progress to the following trial.
A Training Squad will be named by Tuesday, August 11, with the final Tournament Squad of 16 players to be named as soon as practical after August 11. If the selectors see no need for a Training Squad and feel comfortable naming the final Tournament Squad by Tuesday, August 11, then that will occur.
2009 Tournament Squad
The following players have to date been named in the squad to represent Canterbury at the 2009 National Senior Tournament:
Warwick Allen HSOB / Burnside
Steven Crossett Avon
Robert Dickie Avon
Patrick Ferry Avon
Craig Fowler Avon
Chris Goldsbury Carlton Redcliffs
Josh Hunt Selwyn
James Kearney Avon (withdrew due to injury)
Tim Nelson Selwyn
Daniel O'Reilly Avon
Chris Pooch Selwyn
Dan Quinn HSOB / Burnside
Ben Rutherford Avon
Jono Spence Harewood
Kevin Walker Avon
As a result of the withdrawal of James Kearney, Aaron Forde (Women's Assistant Coach) and Craig Reynolds (Men's Manager) were added to the Tournament Squad as cover during the National Senior Tournament in Wellington.
2009 National Senior Tournament Details
The Hockey New Zealand National Senior Tournament for 2009 will be held in Wellington from Monday, 28 September to Saturday, 3 October (inclusive). The Canterbury team will fly in (27 September) and out (3 October) of Wellington.
Management Group
Coach Nathan Maxwell
Manager Craig Reynolds
Previous Results
Canterbury Result Tournament Winner
2008 3rd North Harbour
2007 2nd Wellington
2006 Did not attend Wellington
2005 Did not attend Waikato
2004 2nd Marlborough
2003 1st Canterbury
2002 3rd Auckland
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