Hockey: Walton out in cold after goal drought

Lisa Walton's goal drought at the Champions Trophy appears to have cost her a place in the New Zealand hockey side for the Olympics.

The selectors yesterday added Michelle Turner (Canterbury) and Di Weavers (Wellington) to the 13 women players who had been named last month for Sydney 2000.

A third, Canterbury fullback Jenny Duck, will be the 16th player to be named, provided she passes a fitness test by July 22. Wanganui midfielder Robyn Matthews - who became New Zealand's most experienced international when she played her 153rd game at the Champions in the Netherlands - missed the chance of a second Olympics when she was dumped yesterday.

Kylie Foy, Anna Lawrence, Mandy Smith, Tina Bell-Kake and Kate Trolove - who all played at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics - get a second Games chance. Trolove, who did not play at the Champions, is set to join the exclusive "150 club" with her first Sydney outing.

Walton's omission leaves Trolove as first-choice centre-forward, with the back-up from Moira Senior and perhaps Smith.

The 15 now named are: Sandy Bennett, Helen Clarke, Kylie Foy, Anne-Marie Irving, Anna Lawrence, Skippy McGregor, Suzie Pearce, Rachel Petrie, Moira Senior, Mandy Smith, Tina Bell-Kake, Kate Trolove, Caryn Paewai, Michelle Turner, Diana Weavers.