Registrations for Hockey WA U16 State Team trials are now open for players wishing to be considered for the 2026 State Under 16 Girls or Boys teams.

HWA will be choosing 2 teams for each gender to travel to the Hockey Australia U16 National Championship held 14th to 21st April in Hobart. Teams will be travelling 12th-22nd April which crosses over the start of Term 2 in WA. If selected, players will be required to obtain the written approval from their school principal to attend.

To be age eligible for the 2026 State Under 16 competition a player must be born on/after 01/01/2010.

Trial Details:

Trials will be held over 3 consectutive weekends, with genders split into seperate days, each weekend representing a new stage in the trial process:

Stage 1 Saturday 29th Nov and Sunday 30th. After this stage a selection of identified players will be invited to the following weekend.

Stage 2, by invitation only Saturday 6th Dec and Sunday 7th Dec. After this stage an extended squad will be invited to the final weekend.

Stage 3, by invitation only Extended Squad Training Saturday 13th Dec and Sunday 14th Dec. After this stage travelling teams and training partners will be annouced.

Annoucements of each stage will be emailed from HWA by close of business the proceeding Thursday. Please note, that as per our Selection Policy, no individual feedback is provided between phase 1 and 2.

Nominations for trials close 5pm Thursday 20th November. Confirmation of your registration and trial details will be emailed to you no later than 5pm Thursday 27th November.

Trial Dates | Girls:

Trial Dates | Boys

For further information on our Selection Policy, please refer here: HWA State Selection Policy

For all other enquiries, please contact joanna.vaauli@hockeywa.org.au 

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