Earlier than the Perth Thundersticks journey to Canberra to kickstart their 2024 Liberty Hockey One marketing campaign, the groups have turned to Olympians and skilled gamers to steer the group.
Kookaburras Jake Harvie and Tom Wickham have been chosen to steer the Males’s crew as co-captains, whereas Hockeyroo Penny Squibb was chosen because the Girls’s captain.
Harvie takes on a management position after beforehand that includes in each season of Hockey One in its present kind in addition to making his Olympic debut in Paris in August.
He stated he felt deeply grateful and honoured to get the chance to be a pacesetter of the Perth Thundersticks.
“Having grown up idolising many profitable Perth Thundersticks groups and gamers it’s a dream come true for me to search out myself on this place,” Harvie stated.
“Hockey has all the time held a particular place in my life, and I don’t take this chance and accountability calmly.
“I stay up for empowering the taking part in group and inspiring the people inside it to try in the direction of fulfilling their potential as athletes and as males.
“It’s all the time about extra than simply hockey and I stay up for contributing to the Perth Thundersticks household like the various which have come earlier than me.”
Like Harvie, Wickham steps into the co-captain position after that includes all through every season of Hockey One, that includes for the Kookaburras in the course of the Paris 2024 Olympics, and profitable the Stiles Electrical Premier League Males’s Premiership with UWA.
Wickham echoed Harvie’s sentiments, describing the chance to steer the squad as “an honour and a privilege” that he doesn’t take calmly.
“We’re all leaders in our personal distinctive approach,” he stated.
“Tapping into the collective affect throughout the crew will give us the best alternative to go far this season and past.
“I’ll lead with my strengths and lean on others in areas of their strengths.
“This can be a younger group of males, nice younger males.
“As I stated to the group when Jake and I have been introduced as Co-Captains – I’ll shoulder the accountability and do my finest to steer this crew, all I ask in return is that they do the identical.”
Squibb has lengthy been thought-about a pacesetter for the Perth Thundersticks Girls’s crew, entering into the captain’s position off the again of constructing her Olympic debut with the Hockeyroos in Paris.
She stated it felt particular to have been voted to tackle the captaincy position by her friends.
“To be voted captain by your friends is a pleasant factor as a result of it’s good to be recognised,” she stated.
“Inside our group, we’ve all acquired management qualities, and we thrive on that, and we’re in search of everybody to deliver their very own qualities.
“I’m undoubtedly wanting ahead to serving to everybody deliver out their strengths and have a very good season.”
Becoming a member of Harvie and Wickham within the Males’s Management Group is fellow Kookaburra James Collins and Nationwide Growth Squad member Tom Harvie.
Flanking Squibb as Vice-Captains for the Girls’s crew are former South African worldwide Liné Malan, and Stiles Electrical Premier League Girls’s premiership participant Candyce Peacock.
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