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The Hockeyroos have reached the final of the six-nation tournament in New Zealand with a 4-2 win over the Black Sticks. ...

The world's number two and number four sides will meet in Sunday's final of the Hawke's Bay festival of hockey after Australia beat the hosts 4-2. Fifth ranked New Zealand will play world number seven team China for third place. “It was a very frustrating result, it was a close game and we certainly had opportunities to win,” said New Zealand coach Mark Hager.  “We now need to look ahead to China,...

England defeated Ireland 3-0 to take the NOW: Pensions Nations Cup in Reading on Thursday night. The home side played a controlled game and dominated the possession. They came up against a determined Ireland defence with all three goals coming from corners.  Ashley Jackson stepped around the lead runner after a mis-injection to roof a flick into the top right of David Fitzgerald's net in the 29th...

The Investec women’s hockey league season reaches a climax this weekend with the championship playoffs and the completion of the promotion-relegation tournament at Reading. Saturday 1030 - Investec WHL Play-Offs Match 3  Sutton Coldfield (Prem) v Brooklands Poynton (North) 1230 - Investec WHL Play-Offs Match 4  Holcombe (East) v Buckingham (West) 1445 - Investec WHL Championship Semi 1  Canterbury...

The Black Sticks women have kept their final hopes alive at the Hawke’s Bay Festival of hockey with a convincing 6-2 win against Japan on Thursday.   In other games. Argentina struggled to crack the China defence but ran out 2-0 winners and Australia defeated Korea 5-3. New Zealand now play Australia on Saturday at 3.30pm (3.30am UK) in a likely decider of who will join Argentina in the final. For...

Kate Richardson-Walsh, who captained the Great Britain women’s hockey team to Olympic bronze, was back at the Olympic Park yesterday when she and seven other members of the team led a Hockey Stars of the Future training session at the Copper Box. The event supported by Investec, the specialist bank and asset manager, saw young people from the social enterprise, Arrival Education, and the charity,...

The Hockeyroos have won their third consecutive game, beating Korea 5-3. ...

Six Nations Tournament Hawke's Bay, New Zealand Hockeyroos: 5 (2) Emily Smith 1 (FG) Jodie Schulz 11 (PC) Anna Flanagan 43 (FG) Kellie White 44 (FG) Jayde Taylor 64 (FG) Korea: 3 (1) Ju Ki Park 10 (PC) Mihyun Park 67 (FC) Lyoung Hye Han 70 (FG) * Note: Jodie Kenny (recently married) is recorded under her maiden name of Schulz and Kirstin Dwyer under her maiden name of Johnson as FIH regulations for...

Photo credit: Tim Myer / sportsmediagroup.com.au 21 candidates announced for FIH Athletes’ Committee All continents represented including FIH’s first ever female committee candidate from Iran - Sanaz Heidari Four of the eight seats to be elected will be voted for by athletes for first time ever Experienced Kookaburras star Liam De Young is one of 21 candidates announced by the International Hockey...

London 2012 hockey bronze medallist Anne Panter is one of 21 nominees for election to the International Hockey Federation (FIH) athletes' committee. Panter is one of only six women put forward by national associations for the committee. Four candidates (two men, two women) will be elected by athletes during the 2014 World Cup. The other four places will be chosen by the FIH executive commitee to be...

Rules of Hockey.   Describing the game of hockey. This (in blue text) is an introduction to hockey provided in the Rules section of the FIH website. I think it gives a poor description of the game, devoting nineteen lines to the penalty corner while failing to mention that hockey is a non-contact game and […] ...

The final squads have been named for Thursday's international between England and Ireland for the NOW: Pensions Nations Cup. The game, at 7.15pm at Reading HC has now sold out. Henry Weir, Andy Bull and Darren Cheesman have all been ruled out of England selection due to injury. Richard Smith is also still sidelined following surgery on his knee at the start of the year. England Alastair Brogdon (Wimbledon)...

Argentina's women's hockey side defied a New Zealand comeback to win 3-2, scoring with three minutes to go in today's test match at the Hawke's Bay Festival. All locked at 2-2 with the clock ticking down, both sides scrambled and dived for the winning goal and it was Carla Rebecchi who found the net and gave her side their third win of the tournament. In what was a great display of hockey from both...

The Hockeyroos took a 4-0 victory over China in their third match of the Hawke’s Bay tournament on Tuesday with Kellie White netting twice in the win.  A first international strike by youngster Mathilda Carmichael was sandwiched by goals from Georgia Nanscawen and White, whose late double gave the Hockeyroos a deserved margin of victory. Georgia Nanscawen broke the ice scoring the first goal in the...

The Hockeyroos beat China 4-0 in their third match at the six nations women's hockey tournament in New Zealand. ...

Six Nations Tournament Hawke's Bay, New Zealand Hockeyroos: 4 (2) Georgia Nanscawen 15 (PC) Mathilda Carmichael 23 (FG) Kellie White 59, 65 (FG) (PC) China: 0 (0) * Note: Jodie Kenny (recently married) is recorded under her maiden name of Schulz and Kirstin Dwyer under her maiden name of Johnson as FIH regulations for an official Test match state that an athlete must play under the name on their passport....

New Zealand men's hockey coach Colin Batch has named a strong side to compete at the 2014 Champions Challenge in Kuantan, Malaysia later this month.   The Black Sticks, hosts Malaysia, Korea, Ireland, Japan, Canada, France and Poland will compete in the tournament with the winner guaranteed a place in the 2016 Champions Trophy. The 18-man team includes plenty of experience with 11 players having amassed...

Ireland coach Darren Smith has named his squad of 18  for the Champions Challenge I in Glasgo from April 27-May 4. Megan Frazer of Holcombe in England's Investec women's hockey league conference east will captain the side both in Glasgow and in a series against India in Dublin from April 15-18. Smith said: "We have been looking at the talent over the past six months culminating in the completion of...

Almost continuous rain failed to dampen spirits on the pitch at Reading   this afternoon, as the NOW:Pensions Promotion Play-offs and Championship Finals were played. In the Promotion Play-offs, it was rumoured that already promoted Southgate had been celebrating last night, and their performance against Brooklands MU showed every symptom of an early morning hangover.   Brooklands, who needed...

Beeston have retained the NOW:Pensions men's hockey league championship title with a shootout win over East Grinstead after Sunday's final finished 1-1. As well as the title and the £2,500 winner's cheque, the Nottingham club will also take top seeding into next season's Euro Hockey League.  If England retain their third slot in the EHL, that will go to Surbiton, who defeated hosts Reading, also on...