Andrew Charter

Andrew Lewis Charter (born 30 March 1987) is an Australian field hockey player. He played club hockey for Central Hockey Club, winning a championship with the team in 2004 and 2008. He played for the Australian Capital Territory team in the Australian Hockey League. He is a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team.

Andrew Charter
Personal information
Full name Andrew Lewis Charter
Born (1987-03-30) 30 March 1987
Australian Capital Territory
Playing position Goalkeeper
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Australia 171 (0)
Last updated on: 8 September 2019

Personal

Charter is from the Australian Capital Territory.[1][2][3] In 2010, he moved from Canberra to Perth, Western Australia in order to train at the Australian Institute of Sport hockey academy.[4]

Field hockey

Charter is a goalkeeper.[4][5][6] In 2005, he represented the Australian Capital Territory in the national U21 Championships.[6] In 2006, he was a member of Australian U21 men's hockey team. He was supposed to make his international debut for the team in a game against Korea but lost the opportunity after he broke a toe while playing football.[6]

Charter used to play club hockey with the Central Hockey Club.[4] He was playing with the club in 2006.[7] His club had a three-week losing streak going into the senior men's ACT grand final. In the final, Charter was in goal and made several important key saves on goal during the game which allowed his side to win the game 3–0.[7] He switched club sides to compete for one in Fremantle in 2010 after moving to the west coast.[4] Charter currently plays hockey with the Westside Side Wolves when he's not on state or national duty. In 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011, Charter played for the Australian Capital Territory team, the Canberra Lakers. in the Australian Hockey League.[2][4][8] In 2007, he was a replacement goalkeeper in a game against New South Wales Arrows after Nathan Burgers injured himself while warming up for the game. He allowed two goals while his team scored two. The game ended in a 4–3 victory for his team after the game went to penalty shots. This was the first time in seven games where his team won when a game went to penalty shots.[9]

National team

Charter is a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team. In 2011, he was a member of the national team that competed at the Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia.[2] This was the first time he had been called up to play for the national team.[2] In July 2011, he traveled but not compete with the team when they toured Europe.[4] He won a gold medal at the Champion Trophy tournament in 2011.[5] In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national training squad. This squad will be narrowed in June 2012. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in Perth, Western Australia.[10][11][12] In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the Netherlands and Argentina.[1]

References
  1. "Kookaburras begin their Olympic Games Campaign". Perth, Western Australia: Hockey Australia. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  2. "Canberra Times: Charter charts a course for Malaysia". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Limited — Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  3. "Canberra Times: Fit-again Turner does the hippy-hippy shake towards London". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Limited — Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  4. Minns, Michael (10 July 2011). "Young keeper hopes to grasp his chance — REGIONAL SPORTS EXTRA — CANBERRA HOCKEY". The Sun Herald. Sydney, Australia. p. 57. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  5. Lowe, Robert (12 December 2011). "Kookas in flight for gold". The Courier Mail. Brisbane, Australia. p. 58. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  6. "Canberra Times: Charter to miss clash". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Information Limited — Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 7 August 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  7. "Canberra Times: Central end three-year drought - 3-0 win stops Wests streak". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Information Limited — Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 21 September 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  8. "Canberra Times: LEADING THE CAPITAL INTO BATTLE". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Information Limited — Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 23 December 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  9. "Canberra Times: Lakers working overtime". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Information Limited — Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 19 March 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  10. AAP (14 December 2011). "Kookaburras name training squad for 2012 Olympic Games". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  11. "FOR THE RECORD". The Australian. Sydney, Australia. 15 December 2011. p. 35. AUS_T-20111215-1-035-447690. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  12. "SCOREBOARD". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. 15 December 2011. p. 116. DTM_T-20111215-1-116-447684. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
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