Eddie Ockenden
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Edward Ockenden is an Australia
n hockey
player.
Ockenden grew up in Tasmania
. He started his hockey career at (and still continues to play with) the North West Hobart Graduates Hockey Club (the Bulldogs), enjoying success in his early days, winning the club's U12 Boys Best and Fairest award in 1997, aged 10. Eddie went on to win another club best and fairest award in U16s, as well as the prestigious 'Greg Brown perpetual trophy for the most dedicated player U17 Boys' back-to-back in 2004 and 2005.
After being awarded an AIS scholarship, Eddie moved to Perth
and first represented Australia in 2006 and was named best young player at both the 2007 and 2008 Champions Trophy tournament. He represented Australia at the Beijing Olympics, where the team won a bronze medal.
Ockenden is studying for a Bachelor of Business degree at Curtin University.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player.
Ockenden grew up in Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
. He started his hockey career at (and still continues to play with) the North West Hobart Graduates Hockey Club (the Bulldogs), enjoying success in his early days, winning the club's U12 Boys Best and Fairest award in 1997, aged 10. Eddie went on to win another club best and fairest award in U16s, as well as the prestigious 'Greg Brown perpetual trophy for the most dedicated player U17 Boys' back-to-back in 2004 and 2005.
After being awarded an AIS scholarship, Eddie moved to Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
and first represented Australia in 2006 and was named best young player at both the 2007 and 2008 Champions Trophy tournament. He represented Australia at the Beijing Olympics, where the team won a bronze medal.
Ockenden is studying for a Bachelor of Business degree at Curtin University.