Simon Towns
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Simon James Towns is a field hockey player from New Zealand
, who earned his first cap for the national team, nickname
d The Black Sticks, in 1992 against Kenya
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Simon was the captain of the side and was awarded approaching two hundred international caps. Although he first appeared for New Zealand in 1992 he didn’t make the 1992 Olympic Team to Barcelona
. Towns was the captain of the Kiwi's, and an important midfield general for the team. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
in Manchester
. Towns, the son of Men's Head Coach Kevin Towns
, was based, in England
, where he played out his career at the highest level for Hampstead and Westminster Hockey Club, London.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, who earned his first cap for the national team, nickname
Nickname
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d The Black Sticks, in 1992 against Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
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Simon was the captain of the side and was awarded approaching two hundred international caps. Although he first appeared for New Zealand in 1992 he didn’t make the 1992 Olympic Team to Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. Towns was the captain of the Kiwi's, and an important midfield general for the team. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
. Towns, the son of Men's Head Coach Kevin Towns
Kevin Towns
Kevin James Towns is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who became a hockey coach after his active career. He led New Zealand Hockey Team to the silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. It was his second spell as coach of The Black Sticks...
, was based, in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, where he played out his career at the highest level for Hampstead and Westminster Hockey Club, London.
International senior tournaments
- 1995 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- 1997 – World Cup Qualifier1997 Men's Hockey World Cup QualifierThe sixth Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier for the World Cup in Utrecht, The Netherlands was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Tuesday March 4 to Saturday March 15, 1997. Twelve nations took part, and they were divided into two groups of six in the preliminary round...
, Kuala Lumpur - 1998 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- 1998 – World Cup1998 Men's Hockey World CupThe 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 9th Hockey World Cup held in Utrecht, Netherlands. The competition was held from June 20 — July 1. The trophy was won by the Netherlands national field hockey team. Spain came second and Germany came third. The Dutch made history by being the only country to...
- 1998 – Commonwealth Games1998 Commonwealth GamesThe 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations supplied 3638 athletes...
- 1999 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- 2000 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- 2001 – World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh
- 2002 – World Cup2002 Men's Hockey World CupThe 2002 Hockey World Cup for men is the 10th tournament of the Hockey World Cup, held from February 24 to March 9, 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
- 2002 – Commonwealth Games2002 Commonwealth GamesThe 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
- 2003 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- 2003 – Champions Challenge
- 2004 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- 2004 – Summer Olympics2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
- 2004 – Champions Trophy2004 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)The 2004 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy took place in the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan from December 4 to December 12, 2004.- :Head Coach: Bernhard Peters# Ulrich Bubolz # Adrian Kühn # Ulrich Klaus# Philipp Crone...
- 2005 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- 2011 – NYCFHC Man of the Match, vs Greenwich 2s