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Ōrewa brothers Hamish and Ethan Greenwood are both playing for the Hibiscus Dairy Flat Hockey Club Premier 1 team this season – the first set of local brothers to do so in many a year according to club Life Member, Merv Huxford.
The boys started playing for the Hibiscus Dairy Flat club in the summer youth grade (under 13s) before stepping into senior club hockey. They worked their way up through the grades to make the top team alongside some of New Zealand’s top players.
The boys have also represented North Harbour Hockey and coached a number of teams.
Hamish first played hockey in Year 8 for Ōrewa College, ultimately captaining the college’s First XI in 2020.
Ethan was at primary school when he began playing hockey. He later played under Hamish’s captaincy at Ōrewa College, captaining the First XI himself in 2023.
Both boys say they benefitted from the facilities at Metro Park in Millwater, provided by the Hockey Hibiscus Trust, which opened in 2019.
Hamish says it is hard to develop your game when you practice on a tennis court, and the results that Ōrewa College achieved since the Millwater facility opened reflect the team’s access to a better training facility.
As part of the Duke of Edinburgh award they volunteered in the hockey field, including coaching youth hockey and turf maintenance at Metro Park. Ethan says it was nice to be able to give back and continue to grow the game.
The brothers are enjoying the season – their first game was a 5-1 win.
