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Much is often made about the fantastic environments our hockey clubs produce around the country, of the support people receive from teammates, clubmates, friends and family in hockey. In this month’s Club of the Month we feature the extraordinary story of Chris Pelow from Sydney Uni Hockey Club and the touching actions of his clubmates in rallying around him when he needed them most. It was February...

Dear hockey participant, I am writing to you for two purposes: 1. The national database 2. To start to initiate better engagement from Hockey Australia to our key asset – our participants. Firstly, I want to thank all of our 125,000 hockey players, officials, coaches, umpires, administrators and volunteers for the hard work being put in at all levels to bring our national database into its second...

Australia completed a two-nil series win over England, taking the second game of the series 3-1 at Bisham Abbey on Sunday. Phil Roper gave England a first-half lead but the Kookaburras hit back with three unanswered second-half goals. The sides next meet on Saturday June 7 in a pool A game at the hockey World Cup in the Hague. See here for a full schedule. England coach Bobby Crutchley said: “Over...

Rules of Hockey.   ‘Free Hit’.    Free-ball as Self-pass. This article is a re-write and expansion of a previous one. It is a project that will take a considerable time to complete, so it will be on-going. . Pre- self-pass days, procedure for the taking of a Free Hit. 2007-9 In 2009 A Mandatory […] ...

England's Barry Middleton became England's most capped international hockey player when he led his country against Australia at Bisham Abbey on Saturday. The game was the 30-year-old's 203rd game for England. He also has 105 Great Britain caps giving him a total  one better than 1988 Olympic gold medallist Russell Garcia's 307 international appearances.   England coach Bobby Crutchley said: "As a...

Hockeyroos captain Madonna Blyth has declared the Aussie women are going into the World Cup with high expectations of themselves and the 28 year old ‘veteran’ of two previous World Cup tournaments says she believes that anything can happen. Speaking live to RSN Racing and Sport Melbourne on Thursday morning, the Brisbane born midfielder said, “We’ve got quite a young team. Our oldest player’s 28 at...

Hockeyroos captain Madonna Blyth has declared the Aussie women are going into the World Cup with high expectations of themselves and the 28 year old ‘veteran’ of two previous World Cup tournaments says she believes that anything can happen. Speaking live to RSN Racing and Sport Melbourne on Thursday morning, the Brisbane born midfielder said, “We’ve got quite a young team. Our oldest player’s 28 at...

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Swansea City's Abi Welsford will captain the Wales women's hockey side at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The midfielder is one of six Swansea players in the 16-athlete squad named by coach Amanda Partington today. Also in the selection is Birmingham University defender Xenna Hughes, daughter of Mark Hughes the Stoke City manager and former Wales and Manchester United footballer. Partington said:...

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World Cup Warm-Up Tour Kontich, Belgium Match 1 of 1 BELGIUM 1 (0) Aline Fobe 69 (PC) HOCKEYROOS 3 (1) Jane Claxton 2 (FG) Emily Hurtz 62 (FG) Emily Smith 66 (FG) Goals from Jane Claxton, Emily Hurtz and Emily Smith helped the Hockeyroos to a 3-1 win over Belgium in their final World Cup warm-up Test on the outskirts of Antwerp. The Hockeyroos led from almost start to finish with South Australian...

Goals to Jane Claxton, Emily Hurtz and Emily Smith led the Hockeyroos to victory in their last World Cup warm-up. ...

Three day visit included meetings with Rio 2016, City and Federal government representatives Top FIH official feels ´sense of urgency and momentum building´ around Deodoro venue cluster The Rio 2016 Organising Committee this week hosted a productive and progressive three day visit from the International Hockey Federation (FIH), which concluded today. The FIH became the 21st International Federation...

New Zealand have named an unchanged squad for the hockey World Cup, unchanged from the side which finished fifth at the Champions Challenge in Malaysia in April. The side won five of their six matches in Kuantan but an unexpected slip-up against the hosts in the quarter-finals (where they lost in a shootout after a 4-4 draw) left the Black Sticks outside the medal places. The squad is led by experienced...

Captain Maximilian Müller returns to the Germany side for the 2014 hockey World Cup as does corner specialist Christopher Zeller but former world player of the year Moritz Fürste has not recovered from a knee injury in time to make the tournament.   Germany coach Markus Weise said he had chosen a squad with which he could work intensively with in the last two weeks of  preparation. The Dusseldorf...

Hockey tickets for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games will go back on sale on Wednesday morning after a suspension for more than a week due to technical problems. 100,000 tickets across all sports went on sale last Monday, but the process was dogged by long queues and errors on the Ticketmaster-run website and difficulties getting through via phone. Sales were eventually suspended on Tuesday night with...

Bremen Four Nations Tournament Bremen, Germany Match 3 of 3 HOCKEYROOS 3 (2) Emily Smith 14 (F) Georgia Nanscawen 33 (F) Georgie Parker 70 (F) GERMANY 3 (2) Tina Bachmann 5 (PC) Lydia Haase 25 (F) Kristina Hillmann 46 (F) The Hockeyroos showed resilience and grit to take a share of the spoils in a 3-3 draw with Germany on Sunday, securing the World Cup warm-up tournament title in the process as they...

England lost  3-2 to Belgium in their final match of the nour nations men's hockey tournament in Germany in Dusseldorf on Sunday. Iain Lewers’ first half goal and Ashley Jackson’s strike late in the game came after England had worked hard to create good pressure on the Belgians, but too many chances went begging. “It was a game of contrast with plenty of good signs but also some disappointment,” said...

Reading's Dan Shingles scored a late equaliser  to earn England a 2-2 draw with the world's number-two ranked hockey side Germany in Dusseldorf on Saturday. A Thilo Stralkowski second-half open-play double saw the hosts take a 2-0 lead, but England hit back through Ashley Jackson before Dan Shingles pulled his side level from a 63rd minute penalty corner. “I was disappointed that we failed to impose...

England lost for the second time in the Four Nations hockey tournament in Bremen as they fell 3-1 to hosts Germany on Saturday. Alex Danson gave England a first-half lead before the hsosts hit back with three unanswered goals. “We were not up to our usual standards technically speaking, which meant we missed passing opportunities and receive opportunities and we missed tackles,” said England Jason...