Hockey

St Cuthbert's fields approximately 20 teams each season from Year 5 and 6 teams up to the 1^st Xl.
The hockey programme under the direction of former Blackstick  Mr Simon Norton and Auckland National League representative  Dannaka Dorrington caters for serious and social players.  
All training and some matches are held on the schools full size artificial turf.
This is the venue for the St Cuthbert's ANZAC Hockey Festival. A secondary schools pre-season 3 day event, attracting visiting teams from all over the country.
Junior players, (years 5 to 8) train before and after school and compete on Saturday mornings in the Auckland Hockey Junior Competition.
Senior players, (years 9 to 13) compete midweek after school in the Secondary Schools Competition.

The St Cuthbert's hockey calendar is enhanced with additional fixtures for most year groups.
House Captains select mixed teams from Year 9 to 13 students to compete for the Lucy Talbot Inter-House Shield.
Inter-school exchanges (Year 7/8) against Southwell from Hamilton, and Arden School from Australia are played on a home/away bi-annual schedule and the Jane Goulding Trophy is hotly contested between St Cuthbert's Old Girls and the current 1^st Xl.


Please click here for further information and trial dates in 2012.

The “Scorcher Squad”  the college's high performance programme, is designed to develop players for higher representative status.
Between 20 and 30 of our players regularly attain age group representative status each year. In recent years the most notable of our “Old Girls” have been Kim Noakes (2008 Beijing Olympics), Lucy Talbot and Stacey Michelsen (2010 Argentina World Cup and New Delhi Commonwealth games).
Current 1st Xl captain Julia King captained the NZ Tiger Turf U16 team and in 2010 was selected to represent the NZ Tiger Turf U18 team. Julia was also added to the NZ Junior Blacksticks for the series against Malaysia earlier in the year.

Sports Coordinator: Dannaka Dorrington
Phone 520 4159 extension 7674
dannaka.dorrington@stcuthberts.school.nz

 

Old Girls Named in the Blacksticks

Old Girls Julia King, Stacey Michelsen and Lucy Talbot have been named in the Blacksticks. Julia King is the latest to join the team, following a flurry of old girls beginning with Kim Noakes (Beijing Olympics), Stacey Michelsen and Lucy Talbot, (World Cup Argentina).

Stephanie Mackie Selected for NZ U18 Tiger Turf Squad

Congratulations to Stephanie Mackie and old girl Alexandra Hunt who are now playing for the NZ U18 Tiger Turf Hockey Squad.
A training camp, a personalised strength and conditioning programme and even the potential opportunity to play test matches against Australia, is all part of the package for Stephanie Mackie and old girl Alexandra Hunt who have been named in this U18 New Zealand Tiger Turf Junior Hockey Academy Squad.

Old Girls are Commonwealth Games Silver Medallists

College hockey enthusiasts would have been thrilled to see their most recent hockey internationals, Lucy Talbot and Stacey Michelsen, starring prominently at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
Old Girls Lucy and Stacey received glowing accolades from the international commentary team throughout the two-week event. More importantly, both were singled out by former Olympian and SPARC CEO Peter Miskimmin as exciting prospects and the future of NZ hockey.
The College received a real fillip during the semi-final against South Africa when the commentary team described Lucy Talbot as a “prefect out of St Cuthbert's College, Auckland”.
Stacey’s sublime skills continue to astound the hockey world for a player so young. Her solo effort and reverse stick trademark goal against England was reminiscent of her days here at the College.
Both girls had mixed feelings about their well-earned silver medals. They felt the team had done enough to secure the gold medal against Australia in regulation time. However, the winning goal proved elusive and the loss in the ensuing penalty shoot-out was a disappointment.
It has been a hectic year for the two jet-setters, starting with home series against Australia, India and Argentina. They then travelled to Australia for a three-test series, on to England for Champions Trophy then to Holland for Rabo Cup, followed by the World Cup in Argentina.
After the Commonwealth Games, Lucy Talbot went to Holland to play in the semi-professional Dutch League whilst Stacey returned home with the Blacksticks to complete university studies here in Auckland.
Simon Norton Director Hockey