Thanks for answering some of these questions, firstly what is your full name name and nick name: 


Rogier Maarten van der Ouderaa


Dodge I guess   

1. 1.What is your shoe size? 
   
   
   

10.5, the ½ is very important!! 

1. 2.When did you first take up Hockey? 
   
   
   

A long time ago, when I was 13/14.  

1. 3.What positions have you played?  
   
   
   

Pretty much everywhere at the back and in midfield but mostly until recently at right half and center back     

1. 4.What is your favourite book and what are you reading at the moment? 
   
   
   

The hobbit, embarrassingly I haven’t read a book since I came back from my around the world trip and I am married to an English teacher so we have plenty of books!! 

1. 5.What is your favourite film? 
   
   
   

Loved the Lord of the Rings trilogy and showing my age now but the original Star Wars films were great too and Usual Suspects 

1. 6.Best player you have played with or against?
   
   
   

Lucky to have played against and with some pretty good ones, so this is really hard, I could probably name a whole team!! Chris Ashcroft was a great goalie and Bobby Crutchley knew where the back of the net was, would love to have seen the Robbie Smith in his prime on the grass! 

1. 7.Top tip, for Hockey? 
   
   
   

Train hard and practice the basics, there what gives you time on the pitch and makes the hard things easier.  

1. 8.What are you listening to, music wise at the moment? 
   
   
   

Quite an ecliptic mix, bit of Stereophonics mixed in which Snow Patrol, Jack Johnson and the Magic Numbers.   

1. 9.Best advice given to you? 
   
   
   

No regrets  


10.Who has been the biggest influence on your Hockey? 


Quite a few, Dave Peters, Robbie “the goat” Smith and Rich “toweling grip” Beswick 

1. 11.What next for NSWHC? 
   
   
   

A push back to the glory years, get to a stage where no players feel they have to move on to improve or to maximise their potential.

1. 12.Who would you have on your side, who is a present member of NSWHC in a full kicking scrapping fight and why? 
   
   
   

Not sure we would be that good, Gregor likes a bit of “Queensbury” so at least he know the rules.

1. 13.Where do you Splash the Cash? (What shops do you spend your Money?) 
   
   
   

On the kids now!  

1. 14.What was the best day of your life? 
   
   
   

Let’s make it days, wedding day and when my children were born.   

1. 15.Favourite food? 
   
   
   

Thai 

1. 16.Favourite drink? 
   
   
   

White Russian. 

1. 17.Your ideal weekend? 
   
   
   

A good win on the Saturday preferably a local derby followed by a few sherbets and some nice food and then nice day out with the family on Sunday at the zoo or something similar, in the summer it would have to involve a bbq! 

1. 18. Advice to the government? 
   
   
   

Cut tuition fees.

1. 19. Dogs or cats and if so name of you pet? 
   
   
   

2 cats, Punna and Shadow, would love a husky but that’ll have to wait till the kids are a bit older. 

1. 20. Can we improve NSWHC in any way? 
   
   
   

That’s difficult would love to see the first team back in National league but that will take some time. It has to be a fun place for people to enjoy their hockey and have a bit of banter.