Friday, February 15, 2008

Blakeney in West Australia squad

Peter Blakeney’s sojourn in Australia has seen him selected to the Western Australia squad to play in the Inter-state tournament in Canberra. In recent weeks, his Western Australia side has beaten Ireland’s nemesis France twice as well as winning 4-2 against India and drawing with China 2-2.

Blakeney, though not a primary short corner striker, has bagged three goals in these games but said “if I was honest I could definitely play better. I feel like I’ve improved but still playing within myself. Typical Peter Blakeney hockey!”

The tournament is a two week affair consisting of a round robin of the eight Australian states. This is followed by semis and a final. And the former Trinity and Rovers man was in bullish mood about his side’s chances.

“There isn’t any reason why we cant win, they [West Australia] lost in the final last year and by all accounts the set-up is much better this year. It has been an incredible experience, it’s fantastic consistently playing with the likes of Bevan George, Aaron Hopkins, Fergus Kavanagh and Kiel Brown among others.”

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

good to hear a bit about the irish abroad - best of luck in the tournament!

Anonymous said...

Great to see Peter doing well. He was always seriously talented but needed to be really pushed and that is probably happening in Australia.

Bestof luck to you lad.

Anonymous said...

he plays an australian type of hockey. fair play to him

Anonymous said...

Great player! Should be forgiven for his mistakes and brought back into the irish team. Im sure that Western team could beat our irish team. Does this highlight the politics in Irish hockey?

Stephen Findlater said...

From my understanding, Dave Passmore was instrumental in Peter's move to Australia, helping him with contacts at his club over there in Freemantle.

Anonymous said...

good man blakers, i here he is earning 1/4 of a mill oz dollars. livin the dream, passmore would be lucky if he came back. ps say hello to everest. great mellons...