The Canterbury Hockey Association (CHA) selects two representative teams at the Under 18 Boys' level each year. 

The Under 18 A Boys' team is the highest team at this level, with the best players at the Under 18 level selected to contest the Hockey New Zealand Premier Boys' National Tournament.  The philosophy in selecting this team is to pick a group of players that collectively have the best chance of winning the Under 18 Boys' national title.  However, there is still a development focus to the team and in attempting to achieve a national title it is expected that all players in the team receive a reasonably equal amount of game time so that all players experience high level competition and can continue along the high performance pathway in the future.  

The other team selected is the Under 18 B Boys' team and is selected on the basis of identifying talented players that are not ready for the A team just yet, but are likely to make that team in a subsequent year or have the potential with further development to make the Under 21 team in the future.  The focus of this team is therefore development and all players selected will receive reasonably equal game time at the Hockey New Zealand Under 18 Championship Tournament.  In some instances players from the Under 16 level who miss selection in the Under 16 A Boys' team and that it is believed would gain more benefit from playing against slightly older opposition may be offered the opportunity to play for the Under 18 B Boys' team as opposed to the Under 16 B Boys' team.  

Player eligibility stipulates a player may turn 18 in the year of the tournament, but anyone who is older than this (i.e. turns 19 or older in the year of the tournament) is not permitted to play.

2009 Canterbury Under 18 Boys Team Information

Under 18 A Boys Tournament Squad
The following players have been selected in a 16 player tournament squad, to contest the National Under 18 Premier Tournament:
Hitaua Arahanga-Doyle                    Matt Crake                         Dillon Cumberpatch
Elliot Dew                                       George Enerson                  Kyle Grabowski
Nico Griffin                                     Charles Hadfield                   Cam Hayde
Angus Hazlett                                 Graham Hobson                  Tom Loudon
Ian Daniel                                       Tom Mouldey                      Andrew Sherrat
Hayden Sinclair

Non Travelling Reserves:
Alex Lawry              Tom Paterson

The squad will train each week at Porritt Park on Tuesdays from 7.30pm to 9.00pm and on Thursdays from 6.30pm to 8.00pm.

Under 18 B Boys Tournament Squad
The following players have been selected in a squad of 16 to contest the National Under 18 Championship Tournament:
Scott Beatson                Alex Bouman                    Peter Clark                    Scott Gread
James Hampton             George Latty                     Alex Lawry                    Timothy Manning
Dominic McCann            Nick Morrison                   Tom Paterson                 Alex Patrick
Innes Redwood               Luke Rushton                   Sam Smith                    Matt Walcott

This squad will train at Porritt Park on Thursdays from 8.00pm to 9.00pm. 

National Under 18 Premier Tournament Details
The Hockey New Zealand National Under 18 Premier Boys' Tournament for 2009 will be held in Napier from Monday, 6 July to Saturday, 11 July (inclusive).  The Canterbury team will fly in (5 July) to Napier and out (12 July) from Wellington.   The team will drive from Napier to Wellington.

National Under 18 Championship Tournament Details
The Hockey New Zealand National Under 18 Championship Boys' Tournament for 2009 will be held in Tauranga from Monday, 6 July to Saturday, 11 July (inclusive).  The Canterbury team will fly in (5 July) to and out (12 July) of Auckland.   The team will drive to and from Auckland to Tauranga. 

Trials
The trial process will involve a series of skill tests at the first trial (March 26), followed by matches at the two subsequent trials (April 2 and 9) to allow the selectors to gauge the ability of all players in attendance.  The selectors reserve the right to eliminate any players deemed to not be of a desired ability level from the trial process at the conclusion of each trial.

Following the three trials a training squad of at least 20 players will be announced for the Under 18 A Boys' team for 2009.

A selection of players that do not make the Under 18 A Boys' training squad will be invited to a fourth trial (date to be confirmed) that will be used to finalise an Under 18 B Boys' training squad for 2009, with this trial likely to include selected Under 16 players who missed selection in the Under 16 A team and who are believed would benefit from playing at the Under 18 level. 

Following this trial a training squad of at least 16 players will be announced for the Under 18 B Boys' team for 2009.

Coach & Management Appointments
Under 18 A Boys Coach              Sunjay Ganda
Under 18 A Boys Manager           Max Enersen
Under 18 B Boys Coach              To be appointed
Under 18 B Boys Manager           To be appointed

Previous Results
Under 18 A Boys
                           Canterbury Result                Tournament Winner
2008                                4th                               North Harbour
2007                                3rd                               North Harbour
2006                                2nd                              North Harbour     
2005                                3rd                               Otago
2004                                1st                               Canterbury
2003                                6th                               Auckland/NorthHarbour
2002                                5th                               Auckland