Farrier, Natasha

BORN OCTOBER 11TH, 1989 in Adelaide Australia, she started rollerblading when she was eight years-old, graduated to inline hockey, then at fourteen made the transition to ice hockey, playing with the boys up until Bantam age and for South Australia's women's hockey team. Still in her rookie year, she seized an opportunity to participate in an IIHF development camp in Finland.

At 16, she joined the Adelaide Assassins in the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League (AWIHL); a 5-foot pocket rocket at Right Wing. Under coach John Botterill, she was a key contributor for her team and state in five straight AWIHL Championships—2006 to 2010—then again in 2012 with the Adelaide Adrenaline women. She was top point scorer 3 years running and in 2008, her final year of high school, she was honoured with the Caltex All-rounder Youth Award, in recognition of her contribution to school and community.

She first represented Australia in the National Women's Team in 2005 in South Africa under Coach Kathy Berg. Berg provided her with the opportunity to train at the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Canada. She worked with some of the Canadian Women's Olympic and National Team players while still a junior, learning the benefits of off-ice training. She represented Australia four more times under Coach Rocky Padgen (2007, '08, '11 and '12).

She was Best Forward at the 2007 IIHF World Championships in Sheffield, England; and again at the IIHF World Championships 2011 in Newcastle, Australia. "For Team Australia, 2007 was a great year for us as we won gold against the Poms in their own country at the IIHF World Championships".

Among her career highlights was playing in Canada for Mount Royal University Cougars in the 2010-11 season, arranged through an acquaintance who played for and coached with the University's Head Coach, Scott Rivett. She was one of the league's top scorers after the first 3 months and seventh in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference. Her six goals and two assists in ten games "helped support the reigning ACAC champions to a spectacular undefeated record through the first ten games of the season".

In 2012-13 she joined the Brisbane Goannas as player and co-coach with Tamra Jones, a mentor and major influence throughout her career. She also worked with Jones on the support staff of the U18 Australian Women's Team. She retired from the AWIHL in 2015 after returning to the Adelaide Adrenaline, but continues to play.

In 2018-19, the former ice hockey sniper was captain of the Woodville West Torrens Football Club, known as The Eagles in the South Australian National Football League Women. She was also captain of the Port Adelaide Women’s Football Club in the AFL Women's competition and was selected to represent South Australia in the State Team against Victoria.

She returned to the Adelaide Rush for 2019 AWIHL Season finishing top point scorer for her team on 16 goals 12 assists, and third in the AWIHL. After a 7-year absence, she represented Australia in the 2020 Div IIB Worlds in Iceland, winning Gold, leading assists in the tournament, and scoring equal top for Australia with Michelle Clark-Crumpton. Also that year, Farrier was GM of the Adelaide Xtreme with Head Coach Eric Lien and Assistant Coach Stu Henly, inaugural champions of the National Hockey Super League.