Anna Willocks
| Personal information | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anna Grace Willocks | ||||||||||
| Born |
29 December 1996 Palmerston North, New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||
| 2019–2024 | Canterbury | ||||||||||
| 2024– | Central Falcons | ||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||
| 2023– | New Zealand | 12 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Anna Grace Willocks (born 29 December 1996)[1] is an indoor and field hockey player from New Zealand.[2][3]
Early life
[edit]Anna Willocks grew up in Palmerston North, a town on New Zealand's North Island.[4]
She is an alumnus of St Joseph's University, graduating with a psychology major and an autism behaviour studies minor.[5]
Career
[edit]National league
[edit]In the Premier Hockey League, Willocks plays for the Central Falcons.[6][7][8] She has also previously represented Canterbury in the Ford National Hockey Championship.[6][2]
Black Sticks
[edit]Willocks made her senior international debut for the Black Sticks in 2023. She made her first appearances during the Christchurch Leg of the fourth season of the FIH Pro League.[9] Later in the year she represented the team again during a test series against the United States in Charlotte.[10]
In 2024 she appeared in her first major tournament, taking the field during the 2023–24 FIH Nations Cup in Terrassa.[9][11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Details – New Zealand". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Black Sticks Women's Team". blacksticksnz.co.nz. New Zealand Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "Anna Willocks – Player Info". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "Anna Willocks". sjuhawks.com. St Joseph's University. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "Lifting up Youth, Both On and Off the Field". sju.edu. St Joseph's University. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ a b "WILLOCKS Anna". hockeynz.altiusrt.com. New Zealand Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "2024 FALCONS WOMEN". falconshockey.co.nz. Central Falcons. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "Falcons women claim Premier Hockey League title". thepost.co.nz. The Post. 9 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ a b "WILLOCKS Anna". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "VANTAGE BLACK STICKS HEAD STATE-SIDE FOR CRUCIAL QUALIFYING PREP". blacksticksnz.co.nz. New Zealand Hockey Federation. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "IRL Women beat New Zealand to reach FIH Nations Cup Final in Terrassa, Spain". hockey.ie. Hockey Ireland. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
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