England continued their preparations for the hockey World Cup with a 3-0 win over Belgium at Bisham Abbey on Friday afternoon. Two goals from Birmingham University’s Lily Owsley and one from Beeston’s Ellie Watton helped England to victory – and they also won 4-3 in a post-match shootout trial, staged to give both sides added practice and confidence. “There are still a lot of things to improve,...
Australia will be without one of their most experienced defenders for the World Cup after the withdrawal of Teneal Attard due to injury. This summer's World Cup would have been the 29-year-old's third, but she has failed to recover from the stress reaction injury in her lower leg. West Australian Jayde Taylor, 29, replaces the Queenslander in the Hockeyroos squad. Taylor was a member of Australia's...
Beeston striker Ellie Watton (11 caps) and Buckingham defender Zoe Shipperley (four caps) are the two new faces in the England hockey squad for the 2014 World Cup. The news is not so good for veteran midfielder Helen Richardson-Walsh, 32, who has lost her battle to re-establish her place after in time for the Hague following back surgery. Richardson-Walsh's returned to the squad to face Canada last...
A change has been made to the Hockeyroos squad previously announced for the forthcoming World Cup in The Hague, the Netherlands. Having failed to recover from the stress reaction injury in her lower leg that kept her out of last month’s Hawke’s Bay Festival in New Zealand, two time World Cup defender Teneal Attard (Mackay, QLD) has been withdrawn from the squad. West Australian Jayde Taylor (Bunbury,...
Rules of Hockey. The unofficial changes. Moved from the article Four Quarters and other Rule changes to shorten it. I believe there are two major changes to the Rules which haven’t even been acknowledged to have occurred and are certainly not ‘Official’ i.e. they have not been introduced by the FIH Rules Committee, but […] ...
Ashleigh Nelson and Rachael Lynch are embarking on a new venture along side their upcoming hockey commitments of World Cup and Commonwealth Games preparation by ditching their hockey shoes for a pair of hiking boots. On Thursday it was announced that both girls would be walking the Kokoda Trail after Commonwealth Games from the 11th – 22nd of August 2014, raising much needed funds for the mental health...
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The women's South Africa hockey team for the 2014 hockey World Cup was announced at a farewell for the team held at Investec Bank in Johannesburg Tuesday afternoon. The players were also presented with their new World Cup playing, training and leisure clothing by kit sponsor adidas. The team is unchanged from that which represented South Africa at the Champions Challenge in Scotland, where they won...
Homeforce have signed a three-year deal with Hockey Wales to provide training kit for the senior women's squad. Lisa Pinney, finance director from Homeforce, the maintenance arm of RCT Homes, said: “Homeforce are delighted to announce a three-year sponsorship deal. "We feel our organisations have shared values in terms of excellence, encouraging participation in sport at both a grass roots and elite...
Photo credit: Dan Carson / DC Images Hockey Australia Chief Executive Cam Vale today confirmed the details of the recruitment process for the position of men’s National Coach as the organisation seeks to replace outgoing coach Ric Charlesworth. Following the announcement on 26 March that Charlesworth will step down as coach of the Kookaburras in August after the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Vale...
Black Sticks women’s head coach Mark Hager has announced a mix of experience and youth in New Zealand's team to compete at the hockey World Cup in The Hague. The team of 18 contains three players with more than 200 test caps and four with more than 100 caps, alongside four 19-year-olds who will play at the tournament from May 31 to June 15. Kayla Whitelock captains the side with support from other...
The USA have won the women's Champions Challenge final 3-1 against Ireland. Underdogs Ireland made the tenth-ranked USA team work for 70 minutes to earn their gold medal. Two penalty corner goals and a superb open-play goal from player of the match Paige Selenski gave the Americans their berth to the 2016 Champions Trophy event that will feature only six teams. Ireland came out of the gates fearless...
Ireland were defeated 4-2 by hosts Malaysia in the bronze-medal game of the Champions Challenge I. The tournament was won by Korea who defeated Canada 4-0 in the final in Kuantan. Ireland conceded a penalty stroke in the seventh minute to give Malaysia the first score of the match thanks to Ahmad Nasrudden. Malaysia doubled their lead in 11th minute on the counter this time Muhammad Baharom getting...
Cannock ended their season on a high to win the NOW: Pensions men’s cup for the first time since 2007 on Penalty Strokes against Brooklands MU. The game started with a fast tempo and the score was already 1-1 after just three minutes. Cannock took the early initiative, with David Beckett on hand to steer the ball home after good play from Arjan Drayton Chana. This lead only lasted a minute as Brooklands...
Trailing 3-0 with 20 minutes left, England hit back to salvage a draw against the Netherlands in Delft on Saturday. "I felt we had a very sluggish first half, despite forcing a corner in the very first minute we were very second rate for the remainder of the half,” said England coach Bobby Crutchley. “However, I was pleased with the big improvement in our ball retention in the second half and the...
Rules of Hockey. Acceptance of Risk. Comment from an Internet website about hockey. Link: – Questions from a new umpire Gingerbread. The problem is you can never have a “catch-all” guide to “danger / no danger on the line” when there is nothing to support it in any written rule, interpretation or edict – you […] ...
Rules of Hockey. Acceptance of Risk. Edited 7th. May 2014 . Comment from an Internet website about hockey. Link: - Questions from a new umpire Gingerbread. The problem is you can never have a “catch-all” guide to “danger / no danger on the line” when there is nothing to support it in any written rule, […] ...
More than 100,000 extra tickets across all 17 sports, including hockey, as well as both the opening and closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games will be available on a first-come, first-served basis f rom 10am on Monday May 12 . Ticket prices remain unchanged, starting from just £15 for adults and £7.50 for concessions (u16s and o60s). This latest exciting opportunity to be part of the Games...
Hockey Wales 2013/14 cup finals weekend take place on the long weekend of May 3-5 2014. 3rd . There is also have an extra match on Sunday night as the Welsh women’s take on Canada in the first of three test matches as they continue their preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Saturday's and Sunday's games will be at the at the National Hockey Centre, Cardiff. On Monday May 5 the junior...
Many of England Hockey's knockout competitions will be decided at Highfields, Nottingham (home of Beeston HC) this weekend. The main event is the NOW: Pensions men's cup final (we still call it the HA Cup) at 3.30pm on Saturday between premier division side Cannock and newly promoted Brooklands MU The match schedule is as follows: Saturday May 3 09:30 Men’s 2nd XI Plate Final: Brighton & Hove...