Late last year Hockey NSW was notified that “The Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000” will be celebrating 50 years of Racing from 4-7^th October 2012. With this event being held a very short distance away from our proposed Championships venue in Lithgow, this has caused many issues for transport and accommodation options for the participating hockey teams and supporters.

Having gone through a detailed tender process for the hosting rights to this event, we regret the need to remove the event from one our regional Associations, Lithgow Hockey Association.  However, a number of significant factors have contributed to our decision to relocate the Championships. 

We have consulted with the other Associations that expressed an interest in hosting the event, along with the relevant Local Government bodies and will be relocating the 2012 U13 Boys Australian Championships to Nowra, hosted by the Shoalhaven Hockey Association.  Nowra is located 160km from Sydney; 150km from Mascot Airport and 200km from Canberra.

Australian U13 Boy’s Championships - 29 Sept-6 October 2012

Venue: Shoalhaven Hockey Centre,Bernie Regan Sporting Complex, West Cambewarra Road, North Nowra

Association: Shoalhaven Hockey Association

Shoalhaven Hockey in conjunction with Shoalhaven City Council has built a full size water based synthetic hockey pitch (Poligras Olympia) rated by FIH to “Global/International Standards” atShoalhaven Hockey Centre, Bernie Regan Sporting Complex at North Nowra, with the Field completed for play in late April 2011.

Within 30 minutes of the competition venues, there are over 600 beds available ranging in quality from motels, B&Bs to beachside caravan parks. We recommend that you make contact with the Shoalhaven Tourist Information Centre as soon as possible, for assistance in making your new accommodation bookings in this region.  Please see the attachment with contact details.