Human Interest |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Altona Hockey Club: Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Medicine - The University of Melbourne: Australia |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Cricket, house music. (fieldhockey.ca, 17 Oct 2011) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
He was influenced by his brother, who already played the sport. |
General Interest |
Most influential person in career |
His parents. (fieldhockey.ca, 17 Oct 2011) |
Hero / Idol |
Australia hockey player Matthew Higgins. (fieldhockey.ca, 17 Oct 2011) |
Sport Specific Information |
Preferred position / style / stance / technique |
Forward |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began playing hockey at age nine at Shepparton Youth Club in Victoria, Australia. |
International Debut |
Year |
2008 |
Competing for |
Canada |
Opponent |
Great Britain |
Location |
South Africa |
Further Personal Information |
Languages |
English |
General Interest |
Other information |
DOCTOR He is a doctor in the emergency department of Williamstown Hospital in Victoria, Australia. (heraldsun.com.au, 03 Nov 2015)
CANADA CALL-UP He was born and raised in Australia, but has an Australian father and a Canadian mother, and holds dual citizenship. He spent a few years of his childhood in Alberta, Canada. As a teenager, he had little interest in representing Canada, but he changed his mind and in 2006 he sent an email to then coach Louis Mendonca, which led to a trial in Vancouver, British Colombia. (Moonee Valley Leader, 06 Jul 2010; chimp.net, 01 Jan 2016)
BAG CHECK When he was younger, he always forgot to put something important in his kit bag, so now he is an obsessive bag-checker to make sure he has everything. "First at home, before I get on the bus, when I get on the bus, and then just before getting off the bus at the field." (ritualhockey.com, 19 Mar 2016) |
Injuries |
He broke two fingers in May 2013 and was out for two months. (ritualhockey.com, 27 May 2013) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Scoring three goals in the first match of the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. (fieldhockey.ca, 17 Oct 2011) |
Famous relatives |
His father Bob played U19 and reserve grade Australian rules football for Carlton Football Club in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. (heraldsun.com.au, 03 Nov 2015) |
Ambitions |
To compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Facebook page, 02 Nov 2015) |
Awards and honours |
He was named in the Pan American Hockey Federation's 2013 Elite Team. (pushhockey.co.uk, 03 Jul 2014) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Ben Newell [club], AUS; Anthony Farry [national], AUS |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete, Doctor |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Guesty (ritualhockey.com, 18 Jun 2013) |
Sport Specific Information |
Coach from which country? |
Australia |