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

The Under 18 A Girls' 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 Girls' 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 Girls' 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 Girls' 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 Girls' 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 Girls' team as opposed to the Under 16 B Girls' 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 Girls Team Information

Under 18 A Girls Tournament Squad
The following players have been selected in a 16 player tournament squad, to contest the National Under 18 Premier Tournament:
Sam Brown                         Tenille Burnside                            Sarah Byers
Kim Campion                      Kate Chapman                              Danielle Dore
Sian Fremaux                     Amelia Gibson                               Jordy Grant
Ari Ingle                             Charlotte Meo                                Olivia Merry
Kayla Murray                      Olivia Smeele                                Kate Spence
Rosie Studholme

The squad is training at Porritt Park on Tuesdays from 7.20pm to 8.40pm and on Thursday from 7.30pm to 9.00pm.