Oceania: New partnership with Royal New Zealand Airforce

Oceania Hockey is happy to announce a brand new partnership with the Royal New Zealand Air Power. This partnership will assist to ship donated items to creating nations inside Oceania as a part of our “Champions Give Again” program.

The Champions Give again program was initiated in 2009 on the Champions Trophy in Sydney after recognition that many gamers within the Pacific didn’t have the mandatory gear, and that entry and value was prohibitive.

Our first supply of donated uniform went out to Tonga in Could, the place it was gratefully obtained. This has been distributed amongst some faculties collaborating in improvement packages with Hiko Fungavaka. Our second supply has now arrived in Samoa and can be distributed to native faculties as a part of their improvement program. 

We want to thank and acknowledge the RNZAF for his or her half in transporting this to Tonga on behalf of Oceania Hockey. We’d additionally wish to thank and acknowledge North Harbour Hockey and North Shore United for his or her variety donation of uniform and hockey balls. 

OBJECTIVES OF PROGRAMME 

To collect “used hockey gear” from developed hockey nations, golf equipment, secondary faculties, masters and people to supply to creating hockey nations inside the Oceania Hockey Federation 

To construct a constructive relationship with gear suppliers, similar to our sponsor, Simply Hockey, to establish gear wants and the place they might assist to produce outdated inventory, or returns from sponsored gamers or new gear at price value to Pacific Island nations. 

To develop an alternate community between a developed hockey entity e.g. Hockey Queensland and a particular creating hockey nation, similar to Papua New Guinea or Solomon Islands. Canterbury Hockey and Tonga – similar color of uniform.  

The alternate community to be strengthened by ongoing contact and alternate of concepts, sources, competitors fashions and personnel for workshops. 

For any queries round this program, or gear to be donated, please contact our Continental Improvement Officer Kirsten Stuckey on CDO@Ocenaia.hockey.