Hockey New Zealand (HNZ) is proud to announce that Phil Burrows has been appointed because the Vantage Black Sticks girls head coach.
A widely known determine inside New Zealand’s hockey panorama after a global taking part in profession spanning 16 years which included 343 worldwide caps and 151 targets scored (each New Zealand data).
For the previous six years he has been concerned with Hockey Victoria as their excessive efficiency athlete and coach supervisor the place he additionally coached Hockey Membership Melbourne within the girls’s Hockey One league, main them to a minor premiership this 12 months. Burrows additionally has expertise teaching in Europe and New Zealand.
Nonetheless, Burrows is happy concerning the alternative to return residence and stated, “having the ability to come again to New Zealand and lead the nationwide programme is an unimaginable privilege and I’m wanting ahead to getting began.
“The staff has proven large potential this 12 months and I’m wanting ahead to working alongside some nice individuals to proceed creating this younger squad as we play over 20 worldwide checks within the first half of 2023 culminating in a possibility to qualify for Paris 2024”
In what might be Burrows’ first check sequence on the helm, HNZ is happy to announce {that a} two-match girls’s sequence towards Spain will happen in Tauranga from 28-29 January, forward of the groups’ return to the FIH Professional-League in Wellington from 18-26 February.
Excessive Efficiency Director Darren Smith says it’s nice to have the ability to present Burrows with an early alternative to take the helm.
“Spain are one of many prime sides on the earth and can present a very good problem for Phil and our girls forward of a busy, aggressive worldwide season,” he stated.
“We all know that he’ll hit the bottom operating and brings in a wealth of expertise and information from his time in Australia – our total nationwide programme and pathway might be higher off with him on this position.”
