Vision

The Academy vision is to build a Regional Hockey Academy superior to any other in New Zealand offering quality Hockey Camps and Hockey Programmes.

The Academy boasts top, full-time coaching talent, including Greg Nicol, current Assistant Coach for the Men's Black Sticks and Caryn Paewai, a current Black Stick with 100 caps.

Based at the Kelt Capital Hockey Stadium, the Academy has two international grade water turfs at its disposal. Full changing room facilities are provided along with cafe style area complete with sofas for players to relax in during freetime. The stadium also boasts full classroom/lecture room areas where thecoaching team utilise state of the art video analysis and presentation technology. The perfect venue for New Zealand's premier Hockey Camp provider.

"Hawke's Bay's new hockey academy will be internationally hard to beat. No other country in the world including Australia or Holland have anything that approximates the quality and range of programmes at provincial level that this academy offers New Zealand's young players."
Kevin Towns, current Women's Black Sticks Coach.

We aim to enable each hockey player whether they're a rep player or someone who just has a love for the game to have experiences that will optimise their achievement in and enjoyment of the game.