"All four sides have been evenly matched and three teams right up until the last 10 minutes on Saturday were all still in the hunt for a finals spot."
Local fans Jenny and her daughter Alice Kuzman were pleased with the quality of hockey on display.
Both had been watching the games all week and Ms Kuzman said it was a great way to show the young what they can achieve if they work hard.
"It has been very well run and it is good for Hawke's Bay having these professionals perform so close as we don't get a lot of international games here and it can inspire kids."
The Murfitt family were watching their first game last night and were also impressed with the quality of hockey.
Anna Murfitt, 16, who used to play the game enjoyed watching the top players compete on the turf she once played on.
"It is very cool seeing them live and the atmosphere makes it a lot of fun," Miss Murfitt said.
Mr Nancarrow said they were fortunate with the weather going in to the tail end of the tournament after water coming from both out of the sky and the ground at the beginning of the festival.
"The burst water main was not ideal and neither was the heavy rain but when you run an event like this you just have to deal with it."
According to Mr Nancarrow the live streaming via Facebook was a huge success and attracted global spectators.
The games from last Thursday were live streamed so people could interact with one another through commenting on the video.
"We had fantastic feedback and it was very popular especially among the younger audiences."
Di Mason from Havelock North was one who enjoyed the live streaming as she could keep up to date with all of the action before going to see the later games live after work.
"It is great and the coverage was superb, I have really enjoyed it."
Looking ahead to next year Mr Nancarrow hoped to attract more international teams again but said the four still worked well this festival.
"It meant we got an extra day of hockey and got to see the Black Sticks take on Australia twice."
The festival won't be held in April next year with the Commonwealth Games in Australia but Mr Nancarrow hoped to move it to later in the year.
"We hope to use it as a lead up event to the World Cup but we will be in touch with Hockey New Zealand and go from there."
The school girls Furnware Cup was also a success with Diocesan School for Girls', Auckland defeating Napier Girls' High School in the final 4-1.
The Affiliates Tournament which was held at Park Island wrapped up last Friday and Poverty Bay won the women's and the New Zealand Senior eleven took out the men's.
