Simon Towns

Simon Towns

Personal information
Born	17 September 1972 (1972-09-17)
Medal record Men’s Field Hockey Competitor for New Zealand Commonwealth Games Silver 2002 Manchester Team Competition

Simon James Towns (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.

Simon was the captain of the side and was awarded approaching two hundred international caps. Although he first appeared for New Zealand in 1992 he didn’t make the 1992 Olympic Team to Barcelona. Towns was the captain of the Kiwi's, and an important midfield general for the team. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Towns, the son of Men's Head Coach Kevin Towns, was based, in England, where he played out his career at the highest level for Hampstead and Westminster Hockey Club, London.

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

• sports-reference