Hawkes Bay Today
  • Hawke's Bay Today home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Napier
  • Hastings
  • Havelock North
  • Central Hawke's Bay
  • Tararua

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Napier
  • Hastings
  • Dannevirke
  • Gisborne

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Hawkes Bay Today

See future Olympic hockey stars in action

By Jonathan Dine
Hawkes Bay Today·
27 Jan, 2016 04:00 PM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

ACTION AHEAD: Black Sticks Kirsten Pearce is pictured playing against Australia last year.PHOTO/FILE

ACTION AHEAD: Black Sticks Kirsten Pearce is pictured playing against Australia last year.PHOTO/FILE

If you want to see future Olympic stars then head to this year's Hawke's Bay Festival of Hockey.

The third annual festival will almost double the number of teams competing from last year.

Event creator Bruce Mactaggart said at least 42 teams would be competing in four tournaments during the festival which runs from April 2 to 10. This was up from 25 last year.

A major addition this year is the Oceania round one of the FIH World League.

However, the Hawke's Bay Cup remains the most coveted crown with eight international teams confirmed to play. Out of these eight teams, six have qualified for the Rio Olympics this year.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Tournament director David Nancarrow was excited about the continual growth of the festival.

"It is extremely gratifying that, in this Olympic year Hawke's Bay has won the bid to hold the Oceania round of the World League 1."

He said it would add another dimension and extra colour to a festival which Mr Mactaggart described as the pre-eminent women's invitational in the world. He said the expansion showed the great state of the sport nationally as the profile of Black Sticks continued to rise.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Hockey in the region was also excelling, with five Hawke's Bay secondary schools in the top tier of the country. There will be 30 leading officials in world hockey controlling the games at the Hawke's Bay Regional Sports Park and Park Island.

"The FIH (International Hockey Federation) has recognised that the tournament is of a very high standard and have encouraged its umpires to attend and hone their skills prior to Rio."

Mr Mactaggart said the economic benefit to the region was huge.

Last year's tournament lured huge numbers to the Bay.

Guest nights in Napier last April increased nearly 10 per cent from the corresponding time last year, according to Statistics New Zealand.

Hawke's Bay Tourism general manager Annie Dundas said April was a fantastic month for arrivals, helped by events in the region, such as the hockey festival.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Hawkes Bay Today

Hawkes Bay Today

Motorist dies after four crashes in 40 minutes in Hawke's Bay

Hawkes Bay Today

'We have you surrounded': Police stood down after Hawke's Bay stand-off, search continues

Premium
Hawkes Bay Today

Black Ferns: Tui pair on the big bird for matches in South Africa


Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Hawkes Bay Today

Motorist dies after four crashes in 40 minutes in Hawke's Bay
Hawkes Bay Today

Motorist dies after four crashes in 40 minutes in Hawke's Bay

Some roads remained blocked.

17 Jul 06:02 AM
'We have you surrounded': Police stood down after Hawke's Bay stand-off, search continues
Hawkes Bay Today

'We have you surrounded': Police stood down after Hawke's Bay stand-off, search continues

17 Jul 04:06 AM
Premium
Premium
Black Ferns: Tui pair on the big bird for matches in South Africa
Hawkes Bay Today

Black Ferns: Tui pair on the big bird for matches in South Africa

17 Jul 04:00 AM


Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

06 Jul 09:47 PM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Hawke's Bay Today e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Hawke's Bay Today
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP