Levin Thunder's inline hockey players are ready for their overseas adventure. Photo / Darryl Butler
Levin Thunder's inline hockey players are ready for their overseas adventure. Photo / Darryl Butler
A group of players and a manager from Levin Thunder inline hockey club have been selected for prestigious international representation in their sport.
Players of various ages ranging from the club's under 12s to the senior team made the cut and will travel to several international tournaments in the comingmonths.
Amber Metcalfe, 14, was selected to play at the World Roller Games in Barcelona, Spain in July as part of the New Zealand Junior Women In-line Hockey team.
Samantha Heyward, 16, was also selected as assistant captain. Heyward currently plays for Capital Penguins in Wellington and coaches Levin Thunder's Under 10s team.
Sophie Walker will also be jetting off to Barcelona with the senior women's team the Inline Fernz as goalie.
Other club members will be travelling to the AAU Inline Hockey Junior Olympics 2019, to be held at Kapolei in Oahu, Hawaii from the July 5 to 17.
Jeremy Healy has been selected as captain for the New Zealand Under 12 team, while Zyran Hirst will captain New Zealand Under 14s.
Alyssa Smaling has also been picked for the Under 12s.
Smaling attended the Ice Hockey World Cup of Asia in Abu Dhabi in March with the New Zealand Under 18 team, which finished fourth, but beat Thailand, who won the competition.
