Kamo Black Sticks hockey factory turns out bright new star Katie Doar

Suzanne McFadden


Already extolled for her stick skills, teenage Black Stick Katie Doar controls a ball in the air during the TransTasman series with the Hockeyroos in Palmerston North in May. Photo: Dave Rowland/Getty Images

Just 19, Katie Doar has grabbed the attention of the hockey world with her silky skills, and is on her way to her first Olympics in Tokyo alongside her childhood idol, Stacey Michelsen.