They stuck it to the best in the country at the Australian Indoor Hockey Festival earlier this year and now the region's hockey stars are set to do it all again, this time at the outdoor nationals.
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Twelve Hockey New England and Tamworth players have been selected to represent NSW at the upcoming under-15 and under-18 national championships.
Dynamic New England duo Nathan Czinner and Jake McCann will play for the State under-18s boys side at the nationals in Launceston from April 16-24 while McCann's younger brother Tyler and Kieran Wicks (New England), and Tamworth's Oliver McGill and Nick O'Connor will feature for the Blues team.
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The girls' nationals will be played at the same time and see Lily Neilson (New England) and Chelsea Thornton (Tamworth) suit up for the State side. Adding extra excitement for the girls is that the side will be coached by former Hockeyroo Casey Sablowski.
Pip Constable (New England) has meanwhile been named in the under-15 girls State, and New England team-mates Emma Gray and Laura Smitham, and Tamworth's Morgan English the Blues' sides for their home title tilt in Bathurst from April 17-25.
Tamworth-based coach Helen Willis will also head to Bathurst as the assistant coach for the Blues team.
