Bianca Joyce

{{short description|Australian field hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Bianca Joyce | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|03|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Nantawarra, South Australia | height = | weight = | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | nationalyears1 = 2011–2013 | nationalteam1 = Australia | nationalcaps1 = 38 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Champions Challenge I}} {{MedalGold|2012 Dublin|Team}} }} '''Bianca Joyce''' (née '''Greenshields'''; born 21 March 1990)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/620/reports/teams |title=Team Details – Australia |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=12 September 2019}}</ref> is a former Australian field hockey player, who played as a midfielder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hockey.org.au/Governance/History/History-of-the-Hockeyroos |title=History of the Hockeyroos |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockey.org.au |accessdate=12 September 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life== Bianca Joyce was born in Nantawarra, South Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portpirierecorder.com.au/story/1169759/hockeyroos-player-visits-pirie/ |title=Hockeyroos player visits Pirie |publisher=Port Pirie Recorder |website=portpirierecorder.com.au |accessdate=12 September 2019}}</ref>

She married her husband, Tom, in 2013 and the pair now reside in Crystal Brook.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockey.org.au/News/bianca-joyce-retires |title=Bianca Joyce retires |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockey.org.au |accessdate=12 September 2019}}</ref>

==Career== ===Club level=== During her career, Joyce was a member of Port Adelaide District Hockey Club before she moved to Perth, Western Australia in 2011 to join the Hockey Australia High Performance Program, as a member of the Hockeyroos squad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/get_file.cgi?id=1181028 |title=Bianca is a Hockeyroo! |publisher=Port Adelaide District Hockey Club |website=sportstg.com |accessdate=12 September 2019}}</ref>

===Hockeyroos=== Following a successful campaign in the 2010 AHL, Joyce was called up to make her debut for the Australian national team in 2011. She made her official debut in February 2011, in a test match against Argentina.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hockey.org.au/Governance/History/History-of-the-Hockeyroos |title=HOCKEYROOS PLAYERS |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockey.org.au |accessdate=12 September 2019}}</ref>

In November 2011, following her string of performances throughout the year, Joyce was named in the Hockeyroos 27 player training squad for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/sa-pair-in-hockeyroos-training-squad/news-story/5963645908a322755ab47dc80fd73935?sv=a894fcfe5183ec4a0e9b7462b0a0da91 |title=SA pair in Hockeyroos training squad |publisher=The Advertiser |website=adelaidenow.com.au |accessdate=12 September 2019}}</ref> After failing to make the Olympics, Joyce was a member of the team at the 2012 Champions Challenge I in Dublin, Ireland, where she won a gold medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/112 |title=GREENSHIELDS Bianca |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=12 September 2019}}</ref>

Joyce retired in 2013 after making 38 appearances for Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockey.org.au/News/bianca-joyce-retires |title=Bianca Joyce retires |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockey.org.au |accessdate=12 September 2019}}</ref>

====International goals==== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" width=97% |- !style="font-size:95%;" data-sort-type=number|<br/>Goal !align=center|Date !Location !width=90|Opponent !data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%"|Score !data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%"|Result !Competition !{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 1 || 18 October 2011 || Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia || {{fhw|IND}} || align="center"|'''6'''–0 || align="center"|6–0 || Test Match || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/Library/archive/digital_archive/hockey/Hockey_Australia_Annual_Report_2010-11.pdf |title=Hockey Australia Annual Report 2010-2011 |publisher=Government of Australia |website=clearinghouseforsport.gov.au |accessdate=12 September 2019}}</ref> |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Joyce, Bianca}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Australian women's field hockey players Category:Women's field hockey midfielders Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen Category:Field hockey people from South Australia Category:Sportswomen from South Australia