Nicholas Budgeon

Nicholas James Budgeon (born 28 December 1987)[1] is a former field hockey player from Australia, who plays as a defender.[2][3][4]

Nicholas Budgeon
Personal information
Full name Nicholas James Budgeon
Born (1987-12-28) 28 December 1987
Launceston, Tasmania
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club HGC
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Tassie Tigers 26 (11)
2016 WA Thundersticks 5 (2)
2016–2017 Den Bosch
2017–present HGC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Australia 38 (12)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Champions Trophy
2014 Bhubaneswar

Personal life

Nicholas Budgeon was born and raised in Launceston, Tasmania.[5]

He plays as a defender, and also specialises in drag flicking.[6]

Career

Australian Hockey League

At domestic level, Nicholas Budgeon has represented both his home state Tasmania, and Western Australia in the Australian Hockey League.[7]

From 2011–2013, Budgeon was a member of the Tassie Tigers.[8] In 2016, he transitioned to the WA Thundersticks.[9]

Kookaburras

Nicholas Budgeon made his senior international debut for the Kookaburras in 2013 at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.[10]

Following his debut, Budgeon continued to represent Australia until 2015, most notably winning a bronze medal at the 2014 Champions Trophy.[11]

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gollark: You throw big piles of training data and computing power at a neural network and it "learns" to do some task or other, but a human looking at the net might have no clue how it's managing it.
gollark: Actually, with lots of modern AI stuff people *don't* understand exactly how they work.
gollark: I mean, what are paper signatures actually verifying? That you... can print/write, somehow, a vaguely correct-looking squiggle on the page?
gollark: cryptographic signatures > paper signatures

References
  1. "Team Details – Australia". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. "Hockey star on his way to Kalgoorlie". thewest.com.au. The West Australian. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  3. "PL Player Profiles: #18 Nick Budgeon". bulldogs.org.au. North West Hobart Hockey Club. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. "Five uncapped players named in Kookaburras squad". ABC News. 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  5. "Triple treat from Tasmanian hockey player Nick Budgeon as Australia downs China 7-0 in Malaysian comp". themercury.com.au. The Mercury. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  6. "The drag flick technique of Kookaburras' Nick Budgeon". ahockeyworld.net. A Hockey World. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  7. "Hockey Australia Annual Report 2010–11" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  8. "Queensland Blades win Men's AHL". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  9. "BUDGEON Nicholas". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  10. "BUDGEON Nicholas". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  11. "2014 Champions Trophy medallists – Pakistan, Germany and Australia". abc.net.au. ABC News. Retrieved 10 October 2019.


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