Moira Senior
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Moira Anita Senior is a field hockey
striker from New Zealand
, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney
. She competed at the Commonwealth games
either side of the Sydney Olympics, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
in Kuala Lumpur
and the 2002 Commonwealth Games
in Manchester. Injury suspended her career until a return to international hockey in late 2004 when she was named in the Champions Trophy side after completing the 2004 NHL as one of the top goal scorers. She scored eight goals for the Central Mysticks, who won the women’s title.
Senior missed selection for the USA tour in May 2005 to make way for developing players but was recalled to the side for the Champions Challenge in Virginia Beach in July. A shin injury prevented her from making the trip. She is one out of three players who survived from the Sydney team. The others are Diana Weavers
and Suzie Muirhead.
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
striker from New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. She competed at the Commonwealth games
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
either side of the Sydney Olympics, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
1998 Commonwealth Games
The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations supplied 3638 athletes...
in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
and the 2002 Commonwealth Games
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
in Manchester. Injury suspended her career until a return to international hockey in late 2004 when she was named in the Champions Trophy side after completing the 2004 NHL as one of the top goal scorers. She scored eight goals for the Central Mysticks, who won the women’s title.
Senior missed selection for the USA tour in May 2005 to make way for developing players but was recalled to the side for the Champions Challenge in Virginia Beach in July. A shin injury prevented her from making the trip. She is one out of three players who survived from the Sydney team. The others are Diana Weavers
Diana Weavers
Diana Elizabeth Weavers is a field hockey defender from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...
and Suzie Muirhead.
International senior competitions
- 1998 – World Cup1998 Women's Hockey World CupThe 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup was the ninth edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It was held from May 20 to May 31, 1998 in Utrecht, Netherlands alongside the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup. The Australia won its second world title after defeating Netherlands 3–2 in the final...
, Utrecht - 1998 – Commonwealth GamesCommonwealth GamesThe Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
, Kuala Lumpur - 1999 – Champions Trophy1999 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey)The sixth edition of the Women's Champions Trophy took place from Thursday 10 June until Saturday 19 June 1999 in the State Hockey Centre in Brisbane, Queensland. Participating nations were: titleholders and hosting nation Australia, Argentina, Germany, The Netherlands, New Zealand, and South Korea...
, Brisbane - 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Milon Keynes
- 2000 – Champions Trophy2000 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey)The 8th edition of the Women's Hockey Champions Trophy took place from Saturday May 27 until Saturday June 3, 2000 in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen. Participating nations were titleholders Australia, Argentina, Germany, hosting nation The Netherlands, New Zealand, and South Africa...
, Amstelveen - 2000 – Summer Olympics2000 Summer OlympicsThe Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, Sydney - 2002 – Commonwealth GamesCommonwealth GamesThe Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
, Manchester - 2004 – Champions Trophy2004 Women's Hockey Champions TrophyThe 12th edition of the annual Women's Champions Trophy took place from Saturday November 6 until Sunday November 14, 2004 at the Country Jockey Club de Rosario in Rosario, Argentina...
, Rosario