Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Goulburn, New South Wales | 22 October 1992||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||
Current club | Goulburn Hockey Club | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2018 | Canberra Lakers | ||||||||||||||||
2019– | Canberra Chill | ||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Australia U–21 | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aaron Kershaw (born 22 October 1992)[1] is a field hockey player from Australia.[2]
Aaron Kershaw was born and raised in Goulburn, New South Wales.[3]
His pre-game pump-up song is The Horses by Daryl Braithwaite.[4]
In Hockey ACT's 'National League One', Kershaw plays hockey for Goulburn Hockey Club.[5]
Over a period of three years, from 2015 to 2017, Kershaw was awarded the 'Brophy Medal' back to back. The award is presented to the best and fairest of the competition.[6][7]
Despite coming from New South Wales, Kershaw represents the Australian Capital Territory in domestic competitions.[8]
Kershaw first represented the Canberra Lakers, the ACT's top men's side, at the Australian Hockey League (AHL) in 2011.[9] Since his debut, Kershaw represented the team every year until 2018, when the AHL was disbanded.[10]
In 2019, with the introduction of Hockey Australia's new national league, Hockey One, Kershaw was named captain of the ACT's new team, the Canberra Chill.[4]
Aaron Kershaw has only represented Australia at junior level, in the Under–21 division.[11]
Kershaw made his debut for the 'Burras' in 2013, at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival where he won a gold medal.[12][13] He followed this up with an appearance at the Junior World Cup, where Australia finished fifth.[3][14]