Meredith Orr

Education

There she finished in sixth place with the Women"s National Team. Orr attended Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland and then attended Massey University to complete her business degree.

Career

Orr made her international senior debut for the Black Sticks in 2001 against of Korea in Wellington. In 2006 Orr ruptured her Anterior Cruciate Ligament but returned to hockey seven months later to Captain the Canterbury Cats hockey team in the New Zealand Hockey League. In a continual effort to keep developing her game, Orr played for the NSW Arrows team in the 2007 Australian Hockey League.

Orr has over 110 caps for New Zealand.

She was included in the squad from which the team to represent New Zealand at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing was chosen. 2001 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen

2003 – Champions Challenge, Catania

2004 – Olympic Qualifier, Auckland

2004 – Olympic Games, Athens

2004 – Champions Trophy, Rosario

2005 – Champions Challenge, Virginia Beach.

Achievements

• She was in the Black Sticks side which won the Oceania Cup in Queensland, Australia in September 2007 beating Australia in the final to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.