Tristram Woodhouse
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Tristram Woodhouse is a former field 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...

 forward from Australia
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...

, who made his debut for the Men's National Team
Kookaburras (hockey)
The Australia national field hockey team are the Australia's national men's hockey team, and one of the nation's most successful top level sporting teams. They are the only Australian team in any sport to receive medals at the last five Summer Olympic Games , and have placed in the top four in...

 in 2003 in a Test series against The Netherlands. That was in the second match of the test series in Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...

. Woodhouse scored his maiden goal in Australia's 3-3 draw in Buderim against the Dutch. In 2003 he competed in the Champions Trophy where the team won a silver medal.
He was also a member of the successful Kookaburra team when they won a gold medal at the Azlan Shah tournament in Malaysia 2004.

He was the SmokeFree WA Thundersticks
SmokeFree WA Thundersticks
The SmokeFree WA Thundersticks are a men's Australian field hockey team, representing Western Australia in the Australian Hockey League.The Thundersticks have been the most successful team since the inception of the National Hockey League in 1991...

' top goal scorer in the 2002 Australian Hockey League
Australian Hockey League
The Australian Hockey League is Australia’s premier national domestic field hockey competition. Despite its non-professional nature, AHL is considered one of the strongest and most competitive national field hockey leagues in the world. The AHL consists of both men's and women's competition...

 (AHL). He won 3 gold medals and three silver medals for his 6 year AHL career.

Tristram recently retired from first grade hockey at UWA Hockey Club, playing 267 First Grade match for The University of Western Australia Hockey Club
The University of Western Australia Hockey Club
The University of Western Australia Hockey Club , is represented in every level of competition wiithin Hockey WA which includes the top Men’s and Women’s Division, the Men’s Wizard Cup and the Women’s Wizard League competitions in Western Australia...

and scored 302 goals in his career. He has recently been awarded Life membership at University Hockey Club for his 14 year service to the club.

From 2007 to 2009 he coached at Wimbledon Hockey Club, London where he is the "Director of Hockey". He also worked at King's College School where he is involved with the development of juniors.
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