Faulds is director competitions of HIL

Hockey India League (HIL) Wednesday appointed Todd Faulds as its director competitions.

The second edition of the HIL will be played from January 23-February 23, 2014.

"I am delighted to welcome Todd Faulds to the Hero Hockey India League team. Todd worked as a Competitions Manager for the FIH Champions Trophy Men 2012 in Melbourne, International Super Series 2012 in Perth, and was also involved in Australian Youth Olympic Festival this year as Competitions Director." said Narinder Batra, chairman HIL.

"We are looking forward to working with Todd and utilizing his experience as Hockey Australia's Competitions Manager to bring additional expertise to Hero HIL and make season-2 more successful event," he added.

Faulds said: "I am extremely excited about the opportunity to join Hero Hockey India League and positively contribute to an organisation that is such a key figure in world hockey."

Faulds is currently representing Hockey Australia on Continental Federation Committees and has also been Project Administrator at Sports Technology International in 2010 and Business Developer at Grassports Australia in 2009.

Faulds also worked as a coach of numerous Club teams in Australia for more than nine years and during this period he worked with Mentone Club, Hawthorn Club, Old Aquinians Club etc. As a player, he represented Western Australia (U-21), Victoria (U-21) and Camberwell.