• Southern Regional Tournament: Training start date TBC – concludes with Tournament: 30th September – 4th October 2024
• 5-day South Island event (11-a-side).
• Full event to be played in Christchurch at Nunweek Park.
• It is expected athletes will be placed in teams with players of similar ability and age.
• Teams to be made up of players who are similar age where possible (i.e., Year 9’s grouped together, and Year 10/11’s to be grouped together).
• Teams attending from across the South Island (8 other associations).

Pre-event Training

• Teams will have one training per week leading up to the festival.
• Trainings will be either a Monday or a Wednesday evening (dependent on coach availability and team placed in). All training sessions will be at Nunweek Park, between 4pm-8pm on one of these days.

Please note, there will not be trials for these programmes/teams. Athletes will be grouped together with others of a similar ability with consideration being given to athletes playing experience and age.

All athletes will also require a Canterbury red paladin training t-shirt. This will be used as the playing top for the tournament. They can be purchesed from Just Hockey.

For any questions please contact: joe@canterburyhockey.org.nz