Simon Towns
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| Full name | Simon James Towns | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 September 1972 Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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Simon James Towns MNZM (born 17 September 1972, in Wellington) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 1992 against Kenya. In the 2007 New Year Honours he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to hockey.[1]
International senior tournaments
[edit]- 1995 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- 1997 – World Cup Qualifier, Kuala Lumpur
- 1998 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- 1998 – World Cup
- 1998 – Commonwealth Games
- 1999 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- 2000 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- 2001 – World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh
- 2002 – World Cup
- 2002 – Commonwealth Games
- 2003 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- 2003 – Champions Challenge
- 2004 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- 2004 – Summer Olympics
- 2004 – Champions Trophy
- 2005 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- 2011 – NYCFHC Man of the Match, vs Greenwich 2s
References
[edit]- ^ "New Year honours list 2007". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 30 December 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Simon Towns". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
External links
[edit]- Simon Towns at Olympedia
- Simon Towns at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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