Jill Gohdes Explained

Jill Gohdes
Birth Date:1990 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Queensland
Position:Forward
Years1:2009–2015
Clubs1:QLD Scorchers
Caps1:62
Goals1:11
Nationalyears1:2008–2009
Nationalteam1:Australia U–21
Nationalcaps1:14
Nationalgoals1:5
Nationalyears2:2011
Nationalteam2:Australia
Nationalcaps2:10
Nationalgoals2:1

Jill Gohdes (née Dwyer) (born 19 May 1990)[1] is a former field hockey player from Australia, who played as a forward.[2]

Personal life

Jill Gohdes is married to fellow former Australian representative, Matthew Gohdes. The couple married in December 2015 and have one child.[3] [4]

Career

Domestic hockey

Club hockey

In her home competition, Division 1 of Hockey Queensland's BWHA, Gohdes represents the Easts Tigers.[3]

AHL

Gohdes made her debut in the Australian Hockey League (AHL) in 2009, as a member of the Queensland Scorchers.[5] Her AHL career spanned seven years, from 2009 to 2015. Throughout this time, she won two AHL titles, in 2013 and 2015.[6]

International hockey

Under–21

In 2008, Gohdes made her first appearance for her country as a member of the Australia U–21 side, the Jillaroos, at the Junior Oceania Cup in Brisbane.[7] At the tournament, Australia won gold, directly qualifying to the 2009 FIH Junior World Cup in Boston.[8]

Gohdes represented the team on two occasions in 2009. Her first tournament was at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney, winning a silver medal.[8] This was followed by an appearance at the FIH Junior World Cup, where the team finished 5th.

Hockeyroos

Despite being a member of the development squad,[9] Gohdes was called up to make her debut for Australia in 2011, during a four-nations tournament in Rosario.[10] She followed this with a string of appearances during test series' in October against India and China, respectively.[11]

She was again named in the development squad in 2012, however did not make any further appearances for the Hockeyroos.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jillaroos face Japanese senior squad . . hockey.org.au . 15 April 2020.
  2. Web site: History of the Hockeyroos . . hockey.org.au . 15 April 2020.
  3. Web site: Tigers strengthen BHL title hope . . quest.smedia.com.au . 15 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Family ties bind Kookaburras players as Rockhampton hockey trio heads to Olympics . . abc.net.au . 15 April 2020.
  5. Web site: Hockey . . clearinghouseforsport.gov.au . 15 April 2020.
  6. Web site: DWYER Jill . . hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com . 15 April 2020.
  7. Web site: Hockey Australia Junior Squad Announcements . . fih.ch . 15 April 2020.
  8. Web site: Hockey Australia Annual Report 2008-2009 . . clearinghouseforsport.gov.au . 15 April 2020 .
  9. Web site: 2011 Women's National Development Squad . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318134023/http://www.hockey.org.au/index.php?id=525 . dead . 18 March 2012 . . hockey.org.au . 15 April 2020.
  10. Web site: http://www.hockey.org.au/index.php?id=90&tx_ttnews[tt_news=531&tx_ttnews[backPid]=88&cHash=0a85858307 Dwyer replaces Flanagan in Argentina ]. https://web.archive.org/web/20110216071705/http://www.hockey.org.au/index.php?id=90&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=531&tx_ttnews[backPid]=88&cHash=0a85858307 . dead . 16 February 2011 . . hockey.org.au . 15 April 2020.
  11. Web site: Hockey Australia Annual Report 2011-2012 . . clearinghouseforsport.gov.au . 15 April 2020.
  12. Web site: DWYER Jill . . tms.fih.ch . 15 April 2020.