WELLINGTON HOCKEY
Council Member Profiles
WHA Masters Advisory Council
Name: Ben Everist
Nickname: Benny
Town You Grew Up In: Kyabram, Victoria, Australia
Where you currently live: Island Bay
Occupation: Real Estate agent
Which Hockey team do you support: Depending on who plays who; Australia, Netherlands, Black Sticks
Sporting High: Winning the State Championship in NSW when I was 15 and being selected for NZ Masters
Sporting Low: Losing the grand final when I was a junior
Age you first got involved in Hockey: When I was in nappies
Most Influential person: Steve Jobs in business and Ken Wark in hockey
Hobbies: Watching the Melbourne Demons/AFL
Favourite TV Show: The Killing was the last series I really enjoyed
Favourite Food: Anything Italian or a Medium-Rare Steak
Favourite Music: I like all types of music depending on the occasion - Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine, Debussy, Chopin, Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis Powderfinger, Missy Higgins and the list could go on...
Name: Leah Murphy
Nickname: I don’t have one…. that I know about anyway
Town You Grew Up In: Upper Hutt
Where you currently live: Upper Hutt
Occupation: Legal Executive
Which Hockey team do you support: Argentina – they are always so passionate and are hard not to watch. I also love watching the Dutch teams they are so fast and can turn defence into attack so quickly
Sporting High: I have a couple – winning a bronze medal at the World Cup in Canberra and winning a gold medal in the 35s master’s tournament in Auckland in extra time
Sporting Low: Losing a Trans-Tasman gold medal in Whangarei
Age you first got involved in Hockey: 6 – I started out playing cricket and embarrassed my dad, so mum took me to hockey
Most Influential person: Sir Alex Ferguson
Hobbies: I love exercising and trail running – are they hobbies?
Favourite TV Show: Would have to be Suits – it’s so glam and so unlike law firms
Favourite Food: Would have to involve Venison
Favourite Music: I love old school tunes, something with a good beat – I’m terrible at singing but I’ll give anything a crack.
Name: Nev Parker
Nickname: To my Wellington M60 team mates - “Statler” (one of the two old men hecklers from the muppets)
Region You Grew Up In: Wairarapa
Where you currently live: Skinny house on the side of Mount Vic
Occupation: I’m a partner in a design and architecture business
Which Hockey team do you support: I currently play for YW/Petone but I support all hockey teams. I particularly like the way Masters works - with players happily playing for whatever teams needs the numbers. that’s community hockey at its best.
Sporting High: M60 gold 2020 and Rankin Cup win 1974 (if I’m allowed to go back that far)
Sporting Low: Early rep career ending injury 1977
Age you first got involved in Hockey: 8
Most Influential person: I’m at the age where my children have a great deal of influence about how I think about things
Hobbies: driving my tractor (1959 Massey Fergusson 3.3litre Perkins diesel)
Favourite Food: I’d like to perfect Paella before Alzheimer’s kicks in and I forget the ingredients
Favourite Music: Womad is pretty good for an introduction to new world music.
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