After four massive weekends in Goulburn for Indoor Hockey State Championships there has been seven Parkes athletes named in NSW representative teams.
Another nine have been named as shadows.
In September the Open Women's Indoor State Championships were played with Parkes competing in division one against Orange, Illawarra South Coast, Metro South West and Newcastle.
Meg and Emmie Searl and Eloisa Purtell were named in the under 21 state team and were also named as shadows in the Open Women's Blues State team along with Parkes representative Lara Watts named in the team.
In October Parkes fielded a side to compete in the Open Men's Indoor State Championships.
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The team competed in division one and placed fifth coming up against Illawarra South Coast, Nepean, Metro South West and Manning Valley.
Sam Carr was named in the under 21 men's state team with Tom Searl and Declan Daley named as shadows for the team.
Taylor Dolbel and David Reid were named as shadows in the opens team.
Meg Emmie, Eloisa and Sam will represent NSW at the Under 21 National Indoor Championships from December 19 to 22 in Canberra.
Lara will also play in Canberra at the Opens National Indoor Championships from December 14 to 18.
The Under 18 Boys Indoor State Championships were played from November 15 to 17.
The Parkes boys were up against some strong teams in division one including Newcastle, North West Sydney, Manning Valley and Central Coast.
The boys finished third in their pool and sixth overall.
Toby Collins and Flynn Thompson were named in the state team and team manager, Jordan Grosvenor was named as the Under 18 Boys Indoor State team manager.
James Robinson was also named as a shadow for the team.
Toby and Flynn will now compete in the 2025 Under 18 National Championships in Canberra from January 6 to 10.
Parkes Hockey acknowledged the incredible spirit the team showed.
The Under 18 Girls Indoor State Championships was held last weekend with the Parkes girls competing in division two.
The Parkes team was up against Orange, Bathurst, Southern Highlands, Nepean and Hockey Coffs Coast.
Parkes Hockey commented that the team certainly put pressure on their opponents and made them work hard.
Elly Thornburry was named as a shadow for the NSW indoor side.
This weekend in Orange the Under 16 Girls and Boys Indoor State Championships will be played and the following weekend the Under 14 Girls and Boys Indoor State Championships will also be played in orange.
Next year the Masters Womens Indoor State Championships will be played in Goulburn from January 31 to February 2.
The last indoor state Championships will be played in Wollongong during February with the Masters Men.
