Eagles hockey players start new season on a high

The Brisbane hockey season starts in March – but Norths players have been training and playing hard on outdoor and indoor fields over summer.

The indoor hockey season has wrapped up with teams from the Ashgrove-based club winning grand finals and players achieving representative honours.

After being named the player of the tournament at the Australian Indoor Hockey Championships in Brisbane in January, Norths Eagles young gun Jessica Moffat was selected into the Australian Under 21 team to tour USA.

The Australian Platypups team made the final of the National Indoor Tournament in Virginia and will soon contest the Big Apple International Tournament in Pennsylvania.

Five Norths players were selected in Australian junior indoor hockey squads: Dylan Pember, Bryce Robinson, Zali Gough (Under 21), William Ready and Brayden Naess (Under 18).

Quin Carey captained the Queensland side which won the Australian Under 15 indoor hockey national title – and he won the player of the final award.

Holly Gilbar and Jessica Moffat were named in the Australian Hockey5s squad. The squad will attend a selection camp in Warrnambool in April, from which the Australian team to compete in World Cup qualifiers will be selected.

Turning to outdoor hockey, Diarmid Chappell, Oliver Harding and William Ready will represent Queensland at the Australian Under 21 Championships in Sydney starting March 22.