ORANGE’S Michael Dillon and Nic Milne, along with Bathurst’s Riley Hanrahan, helped their NSW Country side kick off its 2016 Australian Country Hockey Championships campaign with back-to-back wins in Darwin on Sunday and Monday.
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Bathurst’s Jaden Ekert is coaching the NSW outfit, which picked up a 3-0 victory over the Australian Defence Force (ADF) on Monday after hammering South Australia 7-0 on Sunday’s opening day, keeping a clean sheet through the opening two games.
Dillon scored NSW’s fourth goals in the latter victory, while Hanrahan netted the side’s last against the ADF.
The two victories have NSW in top spot. They took on Northern Territory on Wednesday night.
NSW’S women’s side, which includes Bathurst quartet Kristy Ekert, Sarah Watterson, Maddy Boyce and Kelly Baker, is third after two games.
They scored a win over South Australia (5-0) and a draw with Queensland (3-0).
Matt Findlay
Formerly a sports specialist, I'm based at Orange and shift between wide-spread range of subjects here and, often, across the entire Central West region of NSW as well. I have almost a decade of experience in the media and marketing industries both here in Australia and internationally, along with journalism I have experience in content strategy, brand development, and digital and social media. Along the way, I've been fortunate to win a handful of media awards and be nominated for several others too.
Formerly a sports specialist, I'm based at Orange and shift between wide-spread range of subjects here and, often, across the entire Central West region of NSW as well. I have almost a decade of experience in the media and marketing industries both here in Australia and internationally, along with journalism I have experience in content strategy, brand development, and digital and social media. Along the way, I've been fortunate to win a handful of media awards and be nominated for several others too.
