Board and Committees
The Otago Hockey Board
The Board is the governance body of the Association, setting policy, controlling finances and supervising Association employees and Committees.
President- John Daniel
Secretary- Carolyn Parker
Board Members- Kate Wilson (chair), Karl Thom, Tania Cassidy, Anieke Brown,
Jolene Casey, Shirley Gillett, Ben Sinnamon
Club Committee
The Competitions Manager organises and supervises the Club Competition.
A Match Committee, made up of a representative from each club, and chaired by the Competitions Manager, meet when decisions are to be made surrounding deferrals and judiciaries.
Each season, clubs must submit up to 2x club delegates (1 of whom will be part of the Match Committee as above) who will represent and vote on behalf of their club at delegates meetings.
2020 Club Delegates:
Albany Hockey Club Liam Taylor, Hamish van Dyk
City Highlanders Hockey Club Carli Evans, Lucy Brown
Ketob/ Evergreens Hockey Club Tanya Flynn, Shirley Gillett
Ketob Men’s Hockey Club Jens Moller, TBC
Kings United Hockey Club Sam Chandler, Kishan Naran
Momona Hockey Club Sean Jones, Georgia Browne
Otago University Hockey Club Allan Carson, Maxwell Rasmussen
Taieri Hockey Club Deborah Nicolson, Matt West
West Taieri Ladies Hockey Club Jolene Casey, Wendy Clinch
Secondary School Committee
The Competitions Manager organises and supervises the Secondary School Boys and Girls Competitions.
Each season, all repsective teachers in charge of Hockey are invited to a pre-season committee meeting who will represent and vote on behalf of their schools.
2020 Secondary School Committee:
Bayfield High School Peter Spiers
Columba College Alena Wafer
East Otago High School Roz Croucher
John McGlashan College Stewart McDonald
Kavanagh College Brent Ford
Kings High School Dave Ross
Logan Park High School Murray Thompson
Otago Boys High School Craig Cumming
Otago Girls High School Colleen Hokianga
Queen's High School Lily Watt
South Otago High School Nigel Scarth
St Hilda’s Collegiate Erin Wellington
Taieri College Hayley McHutchon
Tokomairiro High School Tom Sinclair
Small Sticks (Junior Hockey)
The Competitions Manager organises and supervises the Hockey NZ Small Sticks competition, along with the Community Hockey Manager who manages the Hockey NZ Small Sticks program in schools.
Each season, all repsective teachers in charge of Hockey are invited to a pre-season committee meeting who will represent and vote on behalf of their schools.
For inquiries about the Small Sticks competition or to volunteer contact:
competitions@oha.org.nz
For inquiries about the Small Sticks program in schools contact:
Umpires' Committee
The Umpires' Committee is the body that recruits, supports and appoints umpires to our Otago Hockey competitions.
Sam Doran - Chairman
Club committee delegates: Sam Doran, Alex Stuart
Club Umpire appointment committee: Alex Stuart, Olivia West, Martin Glossop and Steve Knopp
For inquiries about umpiring or to volunteer contact:
otago.umpires@gmail.com