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Geraldine Combined Hockey Womens Division 1team: BACK ROW (FROM LEFT): Wendy Guthrie (coach), Jacinda McKenzie,<br />
Georgia Rees, Emma Leslie, Sophie Sullivans, Courtney Honeywell, Kaia McKenzie, Anna Hayward, Tayla Love and Julia Boothroyd.<br />
FRONT ROW (FROM LEFT): Shannon Graham, Kayla Wright, Emily Shearer, Tessa Wright, Jodi Westaway and Jacqui Swales.<br />
ABSENT: Megz McIvor. PHOTO: Supplied<br />
Hockey team philosophical after finals loss:<br />
we all play for the enjoyment of the game<br />
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Arelatively new Geraldine Womens<br />
Division 1team steered themselves into<br />
the HockeySouth CanterburyChampionship<br />
grand final, played out last Saturday at<br />
the TrustAoraki turf in Timaru. Despite<br />
losing 6-4tothe Cambridge team, player<br />
Julia Boothroyd says, The game was an<br />
end-to-end hockey game filled with<br />
excitement.<br />
We [were up] 2-0 after the first quarter,<br />
gettingastroketaken againstus. We came<br />
back in the second quarter, slotting three<br />
goals away to come to halftime at 3-2. <br />
[But] inthe last quarter, Cambridge<br />
managed to pullawaywiththe win.<br />
Julia says the team comprises ladies<br />
from around South Canterbury, with<br />
playersbased in Geraldine andfrom Fairlie,<br />
Albury, Pleasant Point and Timaru. We<br />
allplay for the enjoymentofthe game and<br />
our teammates. Geraldine has become<br />
stronger in the last two years, making the<br />
finalin2021and winningit, and then into<br />
the final again this year with apretty new<br />
team. We range in age from 16 through<br />
to 30s-40s.<br />
The season has been adifferent one<br />
due to Covidand being very luckytohave<br />
apool of players that we would call on to<br />
make up numbers. We have sat third on<br />
the points table for most of the year. The<br />
semi-finals were against Craighead, who<br />
we hadnt beaten outright all season, so<br />
we came in as the underdogs. But age and<br />
experience are what gave Geraldine the<br />
win in the semi-finals.<br />
Despite the loss, this achievement is a<br />
real positive for Geraldine Combined<br />
Hockey Club. Club president Meg<br />
Catherwood says, Its great that we have<br />
been able to have ateam reach the final<br />
for the past two years. Its acredit to the<br />
work the team hasput in. It will hopefully<br />
attract afew more players towanttoplay<br />
for our club in the senior competition.<br />
Our club has a strong primary<br />
contingent playing a small local<br />
competition. We havethree Year 5-8 teams<br />
playing inTimaru. At the moment, our<br />
weak area is at the Year 9-13 level, where<br />
we havent hadenoughplayerstoform a<br />
team. Local players have joined Roncalli<br />
College teams to continue their hockey.<br />
Wed like to think that when the new turf<br />
facility opens, itwill raise the profile of<br />
hockey in the community, and we will<br />
draw some more players from all age<br />
groups to become involved with the club<br />
and so be able to offer teams at all levels<br />
again.<br />
Julia adds, Geraldine, over the last<br />
three years, has gone through ahuge<br />
culture change, and that has made the<br />
game moreenjoyablefor players.Weplay<br />
avery good passing game where every<br />
player is avalued team member.<br />
We want to give ahuge thank you to<br />
ournew coachfor <strong>2022</strong>,Wendy Guthrie.<br />
Also, for the support the team gets from<br />
theGeraldine CombinedHockey committee<br />
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