9th December 2011
Hockey Wales announce International Squad appointments
Hockey Wales is delighted to announce the appointment of the Senior Men's and all of the six National Age Group International Management Teams.
This years appointments come at a time where Hockey Wales looks to embed it's brand new coaching structure centring around the specific needs of each player and the development of a stronger and clearer "Welsh way". This has all been underpinned by the appointment of the new Head of Player Development Carl Douglas. "This is a really exciting opportunity to drive forward the performance, quality and profile of hockey in Wales, it's something that is really important to me." Carl, who has joined us with a wealth of experience from a number of other sports, added "I am looking forward to building on the great work already in place, and helping these players realise their potential and be playing for Great Britain."
Talking about the international management teams Carl said "We have assembled a fantastic team of committed dynamic people who really have a passion of driving performance and change to the top end of the game in Wales" Great Britain Hockey has been very supportive of the process and involved with the selection.
The other main change to the structure will be the involvement of the Head Coaches from the Senior squads to the Junior National Age groups allowing a greater involvement in the way in which the younger players in the Hockey Wales system will progress and develop. "This is a new way of thinking and a new way of encouraging the growth and development of a younger players from Welsh national stars to Great Britain players" says Helen Bushell – Chief Executive Hockey Wales, "Twin this with the work we have done in starting to put VISION 2020 into place this is an exciting time to be involved with Hockey Wales."
Appointments:
| SENIOR/U21 MEN | |
| HEAD COACH | Zak Jones |
| MANAGER | Naz Mohammed |
| ASSISTANT COACH | Danny Newcombe |
| SENIOR/U21 WOMEN | |
| HEAD COACH | TBA |
| MANAGER | TBA |
| ASSISTANT COACH | TBA |
| U18 BOYS | |
| HEAD COACH | Phil Capper |
| MANAGER | Jon Upton |
| ASSISTANT COACH | Chris Roberts |
| U18 GIRLS | |
| HEAD COACH | Clare Harvie |
| MANAGER | Rebecca Daniels |
| ASSISTANT COACH | Richard Chambers |
| ASSISTANT COACH | Mark Robinson |
| U16 BOYS | |
| HEAD COACH | Mark Moss |
| MANAGER | Rick Powell |
| ASSISTANT COACH | Lee Ible |
| U16 GIRLS | |
| HEAD COACH | Vicky Joel |
| MANAGER | Judith Powell |
| ASSISTANT COACH | Jon Elliott |
| ASSISTANT COACH | Sian Fowler |
PRESS: Head Coach Zac Jones and Manager Nazir Mohamed are available for comment and interview.
For more details contact Matt Davies at matt.davies@hockeywales.org.uk or 029-2033-4981
