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Canada vs Australia Report: 10 May 2010

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Exhibition Game 1

Monday May 10th, 2010

The first exhibition match of Australia’s visit began Monday night at Ryerson University’s Kerr Hall. Both the Canadian and Australian sides have had practices at the University of Toronto Varsity gym so, the longer and narrower court at Ryerson was new to both teams. The Australian’s were backing a mixture of experience in their line up from captain and star center player Melissa Eastwood to international rookies Lauren Richards, Olivia Chiu and Tegan Boucher…

Canadians fall to Aussies on Day 2

Canadians fall to Aussies on Day 2 of Indoor Series

May 12, 2010

The Canadian men’s and women’s indoor national squads fell to Australia Tuesday evening in their second exhibition matches of the Series held at Ryerson University.

The men’s game saw Satnam Singh and Jonathan Roberts net goals for the Canucks.  However the Aussies proved too strong cruising to a 7-2 victory.

The Canadian Women’s Team lost their match 5-2.  Amanda Woodcroft and Jessica Buttinger scored Canada’s goals…

Australia defeats Canada in indoor exhibition

Australia defeats Canada in indoor exhibition

May 11, 2010

The Australian men’s and women’s indoor national teams each earned a victory over their Canadian counterparts in the first of four exhibition contests Monday evening at Ryerson University in Toronto.

Emily Rix scored the lone goal for the Canadian women in a 4-1 loss.  In the game prior, Jonathan Roberts and Devohn Teixeria scored for the Canadian men in a 4-2 loss.

The men’s and women’s teams will face each other again at Ryerson on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening…

Women's Indoor Squad Wraps up Camp

Women’s Indoor Squad Wraps up Camp

May 10, 2010

By Ali Lee

More than five years have passed since Canada has sent a Women’s team to the World Cup Qualifier for Indoor Field Hockey. That qualifier took place in 2005 on home soil in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario where both the men’s and women’s teams captured the gold medal and a chance to represent Canada at the World Cup in Vienna, Austria in 2007. This past weekend was the first open camp trials held for the 2010 Indoor World Cup qualifier that is to be held in Venezuela in August…

Team Blue wins inagural Superleague Title

Team Blue wins inagural Superleage Title

May 9, 2010

See also – Thank you to Superleague Supporters

Game 8: BLUE vs NAVY (4-1)

The weather was co-operating for the final match of the 2010 AK Pro Super League cup. Saturday morning’s final match-up was between the Blue Dolphins and the Navy Seals. Coaches Nick Sandhu and Aaron Guest were eager to get their teams on the pitch for this face off. The last time the two teams met was in week 1 of the Super League where the Blue Dolphins were able to capture a 3-1 win…

Confidence built at Pan Am Youths

Confidence built at Pan Am Youths

May 10, 2010

By Cecilia Carter-Smith

“Teach them well and they will lead the way…” – Whitney Houston

Canada’s U-17 field hockey team found a silver lining at the Pan Am Youth Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay earlier this year (March 13-21). A sterling performance by the young nationals ranked fourth entering the eight team tournament.

Emma Plasteras, a grade 11 student at Carson Graham Secondary School in North Vancouver exemplified the trust and confidence that coach Robin D’Abreo had in his young charges…

Thank you to Superleague Supporters

Thank you to Superleague Supporters

May 10, 2010

This past weekend, the Superleague finished after several weeks of exciting competitions.  These events would not be possible without the leadership and contribution of many people who are passionate about developing field hockey at all levels.  We would like to acknowledge and say a BIG thank you to the following people who made this event possible:
 
Roxanne Perry for organizing the entire event and Diane Gillis for being the league manager…

Red defeats Pink for Superleague Bronze

Red defeats Pink for Superleague Bronze

May 7, 2010

The  final weekend of the 2010 AK Pro Superleague kicked off on Friday with the Red team taking a 2-0 lead over team Pink for third place. From the opening whistle the Red team looked to take charge and generate a lot of attack. Most of the attack was credited to some good midfield possession by Erin Mason who was able to thread the ball to forwards Megan Scraper and Emily Neill on numerous occasions. Lucy Shaw and Laura Dowling were strong on defence for Red, with Dowling tossing some brilliant aerials up the field…

U18 women's camp to be held in August

U18 Women’s identification camp to be held in August

May 7, 2010

Field Hockey Canada has announced an identification camp will be held in Vancouver from August 10 – 15 for under-18 female athletes.

Athletes will be invited to attend based on performance at the 2010 Senior National Championships (June 30th – July 4th Victoria, British Columbia), 2010 U18 Canada Cup (July 15th – 18th Calgary, Alberta) and 2010 U16 National Championships (July 21st – 25th Mississauga, Ontario),

Field Hockey Canada is committed to supporting the Women’s program to consistently qualify for major competitions such as the Olympic Games and the World Cup…