2021 Premier/Reserve Coaches
Premier Men
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Vinesh Sima as Premier Men's coach for the upcoming season. Vinesh has had 15 years of experience playing at the Premier level in both Auckland and Dunedin, and has also represented Northland and Southern in the NHL for 4 seasons. Vinesh is looking forward to working with the Premier Men’s team this season.
Premier Women
On the women's side, Josephina Ah Sam and Graham Child will be continuing as co-coaches for the Premier Women's team. Both Josephina and Graham are ex-premier players for SLAM and University respectively.
Josephina has played Auckland premier hockey for 15 years and was co-coach of the 2019 Auckland U15 girls team who finished 2nd at National Tournament, while Graham has extensive coaching experience which includes Assistant Coach for the Blacksticks Men, University Premier Men, Auckland U21 Men, Auckland Collier and U15 Girl’s teams.
Josephina and Graham are looking forward to building a strong Premier women’s team.
The club believes that having quality coaching across all teams is a priority to ensure players are able to achieve their full potential.
Reserve Men
The club is still looking for a Reserve Men’s coach for the 2021 season. If you are interested in working with a group of talented and motivated players, please email secretary@auhc.org.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Sam McSkimming for this work with the team over the past few seasons, taking them to two consecutive championship finishes in the Auckland Reserve Men’s division.
Reserve Women
Grant Rumble will be continuing on as Reserve Women’s coach for the 2021 season. Grant was previously coach of the AUHC Premier Women's team for 7 years, and has also been involved in various levels of representative coaching for Auckland, including U13 Development Boys/Girls, U15 Development, U21 Men (co-coach), and NHL Women (co-coach in 2004, coach in 2005-2006). He has been heavily involved with the club's junior and youth teams for the past few seasons, and currently plays for the University Old Boys D1M team and Auckland Men's Masters team.