Illawarra Academy of Sport Hockey Graduate Montana Marsh is one of eleven NSW athletes who’ve been selected in the 2016 National Futures Group. These athletes have been earmarked for their potential to play at the international level in the future and having 11 NSW athletes selected is no small achievement. This is the same group that Grace Stewart was selected in back in 2014/15 before going on to make her Hockeyroos debut in 2016 then representing at the Rio 2016 Olympics. The 30 talented young athletes have been identified as potential international athletes of the future. The National Futures Program is designed to ensure that Hockey Australia’s world renowned international standing and success is sustainable into the future. It is a rolling program that focuses on athlete development rather than competition. In the long term it is expected that the Futures group will benefit the performance of the national teams through the creation of a larger and better-prepared pool of talent from across the country. We’ll be keeping a close eye on these athletes over the course of the next twelve months. Morgan Blamey Lindfield, New South Wales Julia Bradley Coogee, New South Wales Isobel Cowell Euberta, New South Wales Litiana Field Double Bay,New South Wales Jaime Hemmingway Wingham, New South Wales Grace Jeffrey New Lambton,New South Wales Montana Marsh Kiama,New South Wales Zoe Newman Gymea Bay, New South Wales Courtney Schonell Narellan Vale,New South Wales Emma Spinks Chain Valley Bay, New South Wales Neva Williams Whitebridge, New South Wales
