Central Zone U18 Underwater Hockey

The Wellington Underwater Hockey Association (WUHA) select a boys and girls squad of players from the Central Zones schools qualifying tournament. From the squads, 4 teams are selected to play at the annual U18 Interzone Championship.

The New Zealand U18 Interzone Championships are orgainsed for the top 8 zone teams from around the country.  At the Interzone Championships the New Zealand U18/19 Squads are selected for the international (Trans-Tasman or Worlds) championship the following year.

The tournament will be played at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre over Labour Weeken in October. The New Zealand U18 Squads are selected at this event for the upcoming international calendar events too.

Mini UWH League Coaching and Refereeing

The Wellington Underwater Hockey Association requires all U18 Squad members to coach or referee at least two of following Mini UWH Evenings: 
 If a squad member completes at least 2 Mini's then the full cost of U18 Championships will be reduced by $150. If 1 Mini is completed the cost will be reduced by $75.

2023 Results

The tournament was held over the weekend 21-23 October this year. Congratulations to all who played over the weekend! The Boy's A Team had an extremely hard fought final against Northern A but it slipped away in the final minute with a penalty shot against them, finishing with SIlver. The Girl's A Team played a magnificent tournament and narrowly missed out against Northern A in the final after taking it to 13mins of extra time, and claimed Silver.

2023 Teams
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Boys A's
Finlay Necklen
Nick Jones
Oli Necklen
Sam Kilduff
Will Adams
Sam Mitchell
Tom Curtain
Dom Heitger
Hamish Wright
​Cam Jones
Boys B's
Aidan Relph
Harvey Moffat
Rylee Poki
Zain Rabih
Hugh Hawley
James Ma
Campbell Burdon
Heath Dixon
Conrad Jones
Matt Beauchamp
Parker Rogers
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Coaches
Clark Samuel
Fergus Bewley
James Davies
Girls A's
Alice Egerton
Georgina Huttley
Lili O'Connell
Maddy Murdoch
Mila Smith
Abigail McPherson
Claudia Hopkins
Emma Mills
Milliann Lim
Natalie Groot
Paige Scoble
Girls B's
Bea Meade
Clare Savage
Gaia Passmore
Catherine Rombel
Chartlotte Cinque
Charlotte Parker
Charlotte Stewart
Emily Swarbrick
Isabel Harvey Green
Keira Seath
Lily Scott
Zara Benson-Phipps
​Coaches
James Keating
Abby Burdon