Anna Grace Willocks (born 29 December 1996)[1] is an indoor and field hockey player from New Zealand.[2][3]
| 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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Early life
editAnna 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
editNational league
editIn 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
editWillocks 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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