Hockey WA Under-23 Men’s Invitational Malaysia Tour

Hockey WA is excited to announce an Under-23 Men’s Invitational Tour to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 2 to 10 July 2023, for a series of return matches against the Malaysia National Junior Team (Under-21s).

In 2023, a reciprocal arrangement has been established with the Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) following two successful tours to Perth by the Malaysian National Junior Men’s Team in January and April 2023.

The Tour will include four matches in seven days in Kuala Lumpur with daily training sessions and cultural tours. 

Most of the costs will be subsidised by the MHC and Hockey WA, and the estimated cost to the selected athletes will be $1,600.

Selection:

Athletes currently aged 23 years and under are eligible.

Interested athletes are invited to nominate and have the approval of their coaches:

NOMINATE

Hockey WA will select those athletes considered to be at the required level to be competitive against the Malaysian National Junior Men’s team.

The final team selection will be at the discretion of Hockey WA and coaches.

Nominations close at 12.00pm on Thursday 15 June 2023. The travelling group will be confirmed no later than COB on Monday 19 June 2023.

Travel

Subject to flight availability, we anticipate that selected athletes will only miss one game of their 2023 club hockey commitments, namely Round 15, Thursday 6 July 2023 or Tuesday 11 July 2023.

Please consider the compulsory requirement of a valid Australia passport for international travel from Sunday 2 July to Monday 10 July 2023 to Malaysia.