New Zealand National Championships are over for another season. A thrilling nine days of inline hockey held at the Hamilton Devils venue in East Hamilton. We thank the local club and their members for putting in many hours preparing for our arrival and the teams were not disappointed.
Thank you to all the volunteers making themselves available to ensure the event ran smoothly. Stands were full, spectators enjoying the skills and pace of the game.
A special thank you to Kane Taylor for organising his referees and hosting our official from Australia, Daryl Hamilton, Julia Craig who organised the scorebench during the event scheduling in her assistants to cover all games. Familiar faces offered their help to cover the various tasks carried out over the week long event, Rob and Jenny Henry, Wendy and Derek McLean, Alethea and Craig Stove, Jason Dombroski, Brett Turia and Pete Shields. Thanks also goes to Gordon Tam for providing photos on demand and medical expertise as required.
Results are as follows
SENIOR GRADE
FIRST PLACE: CHRISTCHURCH SNIPERS
SECOND PLACE: RIMUTAKA RENEGADES
THIRD PLACE : LIGHTNING WANGANUI
MVP WINNERS: GOALIE: RICHARD BIGSBY (SNIPERS) – PLAYER: BEN THOMPSON (REBELS)
PREMIER DIVISION
FIRST PLACE: CAPITAL PENGUINS
SECOND PLACE: AUCKLAND SABRES
THIRD PLACE: CHRISTCHURCH SNIPERS
MVP WINNERS: GOALIE: MICHAEL HOPKINSON (SABRES), PLAYER ADAM SOFFER
SENIOR WOMEN
FIRST PLACE: HAMILTON DEVILS
SECOND PLACE: MT WELLINGTON PANTHERS
THIRD PLACE: NEW PLYMOUTH RAVENS
MVP WINNERS: GOALIE: MADDISON FOX (DEVILS), PLAYER PHILIPPA EDDY (DEVILS)
UNDER 19 GRADE
FIRST PLACE: MT WELLINGTON PANTHERS
SECOND PLACE: HAMILTON DEVILS
THIRD PLACE: NEWPLYMOUTH RAVENS
MVP WINNERS: GOALIE: HAMISH KENNEDY (PANTHERS) - PLAYER: JORDAN WILLIAMS (RAVENS)
UNDER 10 GRADE
FIRST PLACE: NEW PLYMOUTH RAVENS
SECOND PLACE: HAMILTON DEVILS
THIRD PLACE: MT WELLINGTON PANTHERS
MVP WINNERS: GOALIE: SAM PLANT (RAVENS), PLAYER:BROOKLYN JOSEPH-CASH (DEVILS)
UNDER 12 GRADE
FIRST PLACE: NEW PLYMOUTH RAVENS
SECOND PLACE: HAMILTON DEVILS
THIRD PLACE: MT WELLINGTON PANTHERS
MVP WINNERS: GOALIE: LILY FORBES (RENEGADES) – PLAYER: FLETCHER CLARK (DEVILS)
UNDER 16 GRADE
FIRST PLACE: HAMILTON DEVILS
SECOND PLACE: CAPITAL PENGUINS
THIRD PLACE: MT WELLINGTON PANTHERS
MVP WINNERS: GOALIE FINLEY FORBES (RAVENS), PLAYER AIDAN NELSON (DEVILS)
UNDER 14 GRADE
FIRST PLACE: NEW PLYMOUTH RAVENS
SECOND PLACE: HAMILTON DEVILS
THIRD PLACE: RIMUTAKA RENEGADES
MVP WINNERS: GOALIE: HANNAH GILES (PANTHERS) – PLAYER: JONNY HIGHAM (RENEGADES)
2016 Inline Hockey National Championships Schedule - Update Release Sept 22 v3.2
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Links to rresults can be found here: link to Facebook files
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Venue: Hamilton Inline Hockey Rink Hamilton Club are streaming games live. Here
Dates: September 24 to October 2
Grades and Block Schedule will be confirmed once regions have confirmed team numbers and grades.
Inter Regionals will be hosted by IHNZ and Lower North in Wanganui over Labour Weekend with Open League included in the line-up.
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