Simon Towns

Simon Towns

Personal information
Full name	Simon James Towns
Born	(1972-09-17) 17 September 1972 Wellington, New Zealand
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  New Zealand Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Team competition

Simon James Towns MNZM (born 17 September 1972 in Wellington) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 1992 against Kenya. In the 2007 New Year Honours he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to hockey.^[1]

International senior tournaments

• 1995 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
• 1997 – World Cup Qualifier, Kuala Lumpur
• 1998 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
• 1998 – World Cup
• 1998 – Commonwealth Games
• 1999 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
• 2000 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
• 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament
• 2001 – World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh
• 2002 – World Cup
• 2002 – Commonwealth Games
• 2003 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
• 2003 – Champions Challenge
• 2004 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament
• 2004 – Summer Olympics
• 2004 – Champions Trophy
• 2005 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
• 2011 – NYCFHC Man of the Match, vs Greenwich 2s

References

• "Simon Towns". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 

Simon Towns – International Tournaments
New Zealand squad – 1997 World Cup Qualifying Tournament 1 Derham 2 Gosling 3 Russ 4 Parag 5 D. Smith 6 Timlin 7 Leaver 8 Buckley 9 Robinson 10 J. Smith 11 Towns 12 Radovonich 13 Tattershaw 14 Van der Bent 15 Anderson 16 Croft Coach: Cahill New Zealand squad – 1998 FIH World Cup 1 Timlin 2 Gosling 3 Derham 4 Parag 5 D. Smith 6 Hastie 7 Leaver 8 Radovonich 9 Robinson 10 J. Smith 11 Towns 12 Gill 13 Tattershaw 14 Hari 15 Anderson 16 Bevin Coach: Cahill New Zealand squad – 1998 Commonwealth Games 1 Timlin 2 Gosling 3 D. Smith 4 Parag 5 McIndoe 6 Hastie 7 Leaver 8 Buckley 9 Robinson 10 Archibald 11 Towns 12 Gill 13 Patel 14 Hari 15 Anderson 16 Bevin Coach: Cahill New Zealand squad – 2000 Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1 Towns 2 Patel 4 D. Smith 5 McIndoe 6 Hastie 7 Reynold 9 Leaver 10 Archibald 11 Parag 12 G. Russ 13 C. Russ 14 Hari 15 Anderson 17 Woolford 18 Burrows 19 Timlin 20 Gill Coach: — New Zealand squad – 2001 World Cup Qualifying Tournament 1 Towns 2 Patel 3 Kosoof 4 Smith 6 Gosling 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 9 Leaver 10 Archibald 11 Parag 12 Puna 14 Hari 15 Bevin 16 Woolford 18 Burrows 20 Gill Coach: — New Zealand squad – 2002 FIH World Cup 1 S. Towns (c) 2 Patel 3 Kosoof 4 Smith 6 Gosling 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 10 Archibald 11 Parag 12 Puna 14 Hari 15 Bevin 16 Woolford 17 Robinson 18 Burrows 19 Shaw 20 Gill 23 Stafford Coach: K. Towns New Zealand squad – 2002 Commonwealth Games 1 S. Towns (c) 2 Patel 3 Kosoof 4 Smith 5 McIndoe 6 Gosling 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 10 Archibald 11 Parag 14 Hari 15 Bevin 16 Woolford 18 Burrows 19 Shaw 24 Stafford Coach: K. Towns New Zealand squad – 2003 Champions Challenge 1 Towns (c) 2 Patel 3 Kosoof 4 Smith 5 McIndoe 6 Gosling 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 9 Henwood 10 Archibald 11 Parag 14 Hari 16 Woolford 17 Pontifex 18 Burrows 19 Shaw 21 Collins 24 Brooks Coach: Oscroft New Zealand squad – 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1 S. Towns (c) 2 Patel 3 Kosoof 4 Smith 5 McIndoe 6 Gosling 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 10 Archibald 11 Parag 13 Puna 16 Woolford 17 Pontifex 18 Burrows 19 Shaw 20 Nation 22 Stephenson 24 Brooks Coach: K. Towns New Zealand squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – 6th place 1 S. Towns (c) 2 Patel 3 Kosoof 4 Smith 5 McIndoe 6 Gosling 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 11 Parag 14 Hari 16 Woolford 17 Pontifex 18 Burrows 19 Shaw 20 Nation 24 Brooks Coach: K. Towns New Zealand squad – 2004 Champions Trophy 1 S. Towns (c) 2 Patel 3 Kosoof 4 Smith 5 McIndoe 6 Gosling 7 Hopping 8 Couzins 10 Archibald 12 B. Shaw 13 Puna 14 Hari 16 Woolford 17 Pontifex 18 Burrows 20 Nation 22 Stephenson 24 Brooks Coach: K. Towns