The Canterbury Hockey Association (CHA) selects at least two representative teams at the Under 16 Boys' level each year. 

The Under 16 A Boys' team is the highest team at this level, with the best players at the Under 16 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 16 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 next team selected at this level is the Under 16 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 18 or 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 16 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.)

The final team(s) that may be selected at this level are Under 16 Development teams.  These teams are effectively training squads comprising players not of a suitable ability to make a Canterbury team to attend a national tournament, but viewed as prospects for future Canterbury teams.  The main focus of these teams is development via attendance at squad practice sessions.  Where possible these teams may attend appropriate tournaments, with these tournaments usually of a South Island nature. 

Player eligibility stipulates a player may turn 16 in the year of the tournament, but anyone who is older than this (i.e. turns 17 or older in the year of the tournament) is not permitted to play.

2009 Canterbury Under 16 Boys Team Information

Under 16 A Boys Tournament Squad
The following players have been selected in a 16 player tournament squad to contest the National Under 16 Premier Tournament:
Sam Baker                               Lachlan Davidson                         Harry Fairgray
Issac Gray                               Carl Hastie                                   William Hayde
Hugo McDougall                       Kip Mouldey                                 Josh Murdoch
Ben Owers                              James Prentice                             Ben Radovonich
Steve Raika                             Paul Schultz                                 James Skurr
Jaymin Williams