Local schools chase hockey repeat

PROMISING: National age group reps Megan Hull (above), Morgan Percy (right), and Katherine van Woerkom are in the Wairarapa College squad.

The top 16 ranked teams in the country are contesting the Federation Cup national secondary schoolgirls hockey tournament at Clareville this week, and locals will be hoping their two participants make a similar impact to that they made 12 months ago.

Then Wairarapa College won the title with St Matthew's Collegiate placing third.

Wairarapa College, which are yet to taste defeat in 2012, are drawn in pool A, along with Whangarei Girls High, Epsom Girls Grammar and Gisborne Girls High. Included in the Wairarapa College squad are three national age group reps, Katherine van Woerkom, Morgan Percy and Megan Hull.

St Matthew's Collegiate are in pool C with Rangitoto College, Villa Maria College and Craighead Diocesan.

In pool B are last year's runners-up Diocesan School, St Margaret's College, Kristin School and Christchurch Girls High and in pool D are St Cuthbert's College, Rangi Ruru Girls, Palmerston North Girls High and St Hilda's Collegiate.

Today's draw is: St Matthew's Collegiate v Villa Maria College at 8.30am, Whangarei Girls High v Gisborne Girls High at 8.30am, Rangitoto College v Craighead Diocesan at 9.45am, Wairarapa College v Epsom Girls Grammar at 9.45am, Diocesan School v Kristin School at 11am, St Cuthbert's College v Palmerston North Girls High at 11am, St Margaret's College v Christchurch Girls High at 12.15pm, Rangi Ruru Girls v St Hilda's Collegiate at 12.15pm, Wairarapa College v Gisborne Girls High at 2.30pm, St Matthew's Collegiate v Craighead Diocesan at 3.45pm, Whangarei Girls High v Epsom Girls Grammar at 5pm, Rangitoto College v Villa Maria College at 6.15pm.