The Board of Hockey New Zealand has confirmed the decision to change the National Under 16 Premier and Championship tournaments back to an Under 15 age group, effective 1st January 2010. This decision was made based on strong Association preference for the change. This means that from 2010 onwards the Age Qualification ruling will be as follows:
“To be eligible to play in the National Under 15 Tournaments, the players must be under the age of 15 years old as at January 1 of the year in which the tournament is played. (A player whose 15th birthday is on or after 1 January is eligible, a player whose 15th birthday is before 1 January is ineligible).”

Rep, School & Club teams are welcome to submit their  hockey team photo & a selection of team action photos for the BOPHA website photo gallery. Maximum size 500 pixels. Email to jude@whainiho.co.nz

These clubs, schools & business have supported our hockey players by purchasing signage at our water turf:
BDO Spicers
Aces Hockey Club
Piako Tractors
Waiariki Institute of Technology
Te Nahu Law
Western Heights High School
Lakes Primecare
Lakes Radiology
Visque Optometrists
Tiger Turf
Health 2000
Hepburn Electrical
Rotorua Steel Structures
Andrew Young Earthmovers
Serious Fun
National Bank

You can help by getting one business interested, we can provide the information to help close the sale.
Every $ we raise here reduces the finance costs to our players and means that the Association can put more funding into development of players and coaches.