Canberra Chill

Canberra Chill is an Australian professional hockey club based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The club was established in 2019, and is one of 7 established to compete in Hockey Australia's new premier domestic competition, Hockey One.^[1]

Canberra Chill

Full name	Canberra Chill
League	Hockey One
Founded	17 April 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-17)
Home ground	National Hockey Centre, Canberra, Australia (Capacity 2,000)
Website	hockeyact.org.au

The club unifies both men and women under one name,^[2] unlike the Australian Capital Territory's former representation in the Australian Hockey League as the Canberra Lakers (men) and Canberra Strikers (women).^[3][4]

Canberra Chill will compete for the first time in the inaugural season of Hockey One, which will be contested from late September through to mid November 2019.

History

Canberra Chill, along with six other teams, was founded on 17 April 2019 as part of Hockey Australia's development of hockey.^[5]

The club uniform and colours are based around the ACT flag, comprising mainly yellow and blue.^[6]

Home stadium

Canberra Chill are based out of the National Hockey Centre in the Australian Capital Territory, and Australia's capital city, Canberra. The stadium has a capacity of approximately 2,000 spectators.^[7]

Throughout the Hockey One league, Canberra Chill will play a number of home games at the stadium.^[2]

Teams

Men's Team

Men's team for the 2024 Season.

^[8]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 FW  AUS Aaron Knight 2 FW  AUS Benjamin Staines 3 DF  AUS Anand Gupte 5 FW  AUS Jesse Absolom 6 DF  ESP Xavi Gispert 7 MF  AUS Aidan Smith 8 DF  AUS Sean Baker 10 MF  AUS Owen Chivers 11 FW  AUS Garry Backhus 12 MF  AUS Jake Staines 13 DF  AUS Dylan Brick 14 DF  FRA Theo Ponthieu

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  AUS Hayden Dillon 16 MF  AUS Oscar Smart 17 FW  AUS Aiden Dooley 18 MF  JPN Kaito Tanaka 19 MF  AUS Hamish Morrison 20 FW  AUS Niranjan Gupte 22 DF  AUS Darcy Macdonald 23 DF  AUS Jay Macdonald 24 MF  AUS Davis Atkin 26 FW  AUS James Jewell 27 GK  AUS Max Robson 30 GK  AUS Andrew Charter

Women's team

The women's team was announced on 30 August 2022, via Canberra Chill's official Instagram page.^[8]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 FW  AUS Mikayla Evans 2 DF  AUS Isabelle Lovel 4 FW  NZL Madison Doar 6 MF  NZL Katie Doar 7 DF  AUS Naomi Evans (C) 8 MF  AUS Laura Reid 11 MF  AUS Sophie Gaughan 13 DF  AUS Edwina Bone 14 DF  AUS Emily Robson 15 GK  AUS Asta Johnson

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  JPN Shihori Oikawa 18 FW  AUS Olivia Martin 19 DF  AUS Riley Smith 20 FW  AUS Stephanie Kindon 21 MF  AUS Mikaela Patterson 23 MF  AUS Kalindi Commerford 24 MF  AUS Sarah White 25 DF  AUS Lauren Yee 28 FW  AUS Catriona Bailey-Price 32 GK  AUS Rene Hunter

References

1. "MEDIA RELEASE: Hockey ACT launches new national league team the Canberra Chill". hockeyact.org.au. Hockey ACT. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
2. "Hockey One – WHAT'S THE CONCEPT?". hockeyone.com.au. Hockey One. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
3. "Canberra Lakers". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
4. "Canberra Strikers". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
5. "A New Era Begins – Hockey One Is Here!". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
6. "ACanberra to have new, cold-hard look in revamped national hockey competition". the-riotact.com. RIOT ACT!. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
7. "Chill factor: Hockey league revamped". canberratimes.com.au. The Canberra Times. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
8. "Canberra Chill". hockeyone.com.au. Hockey One. Retrieved 15 October 2024.