Rebecca Sanders

Rebecca Sanders (born 9 July 1982) was an Australian field hockey player who represented the Hockyroos a total of 106 times with 17 goals.[2]

Rebecca Sanders
Rebecca Sanders at the 2005 Champions Trophy
Personal information
Born (1982-07-09) 9 July 1982
Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Sport
SportField hockey
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2006 MelbourneTeam

Club level

Rebecca started playing hockey at around 7 years of age for Raby Hockey Club within Campbelltown City Women's Hockey Association[3]

Australian Hockey League

Rebecca was part of the NSW Arrows Hockey Team from 2001 to 2009 and won the Women's Australian Hockey League Player of the tournament in 2007.

She was part of the gold medal-winning NSW Arrows team in 2009 beating the Qld Scorchers 5–3 in the final [4] scoring a total of 7 goals during this tournament to be the second highest goal scorer.

International hockey

Rebecca competed in a number of major international tournaments including:

  • 2001 FIH Junior World Cup (3rd place)
  • 2004 Champions Trophy (4th place)
  • 2005 Champions Trophy (2nd place)
  • 2006 Champions Trophy (5th place)
  • 2006 FIH World Cup (2nd place)
  • 2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne[5] (Gold medal)
  • 2007 Champions Trophy (4th place)
  • 2008 Champions Trophy (5th place)

Administration

Rebecca was elected to the NSW Hockey Board of Directors on 27 November 2010 and held this position until 2016.[6]

References
  1. "Eastham sheds tears for room-mate". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  2. "Profile". hockey.org.au. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  3. Association, Metropolitan South West Hockey. "About". www.mswhockey.org.au. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  4. 2009 Women's Australian Hockey League, 29 June 2020
  5. "Rebecca Leigh Sanders | Commonwealth Games Australia".
  6. 2016 Hockey NSW Annual Report (PDF), 29 June 2020


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