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WNT Chile Tour: Game 3 Report
Can vs Chile (Game 3 Report)Tuesday, April 5, 2011The Women’s national team came out hard in the third game of the Chile Series, here in Santiago. Playing at a private school, the field was packed with young ones eager to watch and cheer on their home country! Prior to the game, Canada’s Diana Roemer (Mill Bay, BC) was presented flowers and a card for earning her 50th International CAP today. Team Canada went down 1-0 at half time after a defensive scramble allowed a Chilean forward to speed in and get a straight shot from the top of the circle…
National Team defeats Chile in Santiago
Canadians defeat Chile 3-0 in Game 2April 4, 2011Looking to re-group from Game 1’s loss to Chile (2-3), Canada was fired up, mentally prepared and ready to go! They did not dissapoint in Game 2, with a stellar 3-0 win that saw the red team controlling not only the tempo of the game but also the posession and attack. Testing out the waters for awhile, goal #1 took a great run by forward, Jess Walkey, in the 25th minute to drive the ball in hard to the circle drawing a Chilean defender and goalie out…
WNT Chile Tour : Game 1 Report
CHILE TOUR: Game 1
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Canada came at Chile very quickly in the opening half of Game 1 at the Prince of Wales Country Club in Santiago, Chile. Forward and Ontario native, Kate Gillis put Canada on the board after picking up a loose rebound off one of Canada’s first short corners. The ball was struck in by captain Katie Baker and Gillis picked up the ball and put it into the net with great composure. Up 1-0, Canada looked to continue with their game plan but Chile was able to earn a short corner and capitalize on it in the 23rd minute…
WNT Chile Tour : Day 4 Update
Day 4 : Chile TourThe women’s national team has been down in Santiago for just over 3 days now and what may seem like almost 2 weeks. The team has been busy putting in double-duty on the pitch or at least a work out and practice each day. With lots on the line leading up the Champions Challenge II (May 2011, Austria) and Pan American Games (October 2012, Mexico), the team is looking for a great result in this series and a chance to build on and implement of some new strategies and tactics. Coaches, Louis Mendonca and Paul Bundy, have been working around the clock to help prepare the girls and Dr…
WNT: Training Update from Chile
Training Update from Chile Thursday, March 31st, 2011 The Women’s National field hockey team successfully landed in Santiago, Chile yesterday after a long flight down via Toronto. In Toronto, the team met up with team manager, Katie Henhawk, a previous Junior National Field Hockey team member and current Assistant Director of Athletics at Appleby College in Ontario. Travelling alongside the team as well, is Dr. Sean Richardson, a former elite rower, who will be here to help the team in mental training and preparation…
Junior Men's UK Tour Team Announced
Junior Men’s UK Tour Team
Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected to the Junior Men’s National Team tour of Europe. The tour is from April 21st – May 8th with matches in Scotland, England and Germany.
Last Name
First Name
Province
1
Bissett
Brendan
BC
2
Bissett
Stephen
BC
3
Brown
Josh
BC
4
Buttar
Arsh
BC
5
Curran
Spencer
BC
6
Curran
Taylor
BC
7
Gill
Gurteg
BC
8
Grewal
Harmann
BC
9
Henriques
Jeremaiah
ON
10
Johnston
Gordon
BC
11
Kirkpatrick
James
BC
12
Klenk
Tyler
SA
13
Loy
David
ON
14
Pereira
Keegan
ON
15
Pereira
Kevin
ON
16
Roggeveen
Nicolas
BC
17
Smith
Alex
BC
18
Wharton
Alex
BC
19
Wharton
Paul
BC
Reserve
20
Burgoyne
Tristan
BC
21
Dhaliwal
Justin
BC
22
Kanerva
Andrew
BC
23
Kingra
Manvir
BC
Staff
Coach
Aaron Guest
Assistant Coach
Indy Sehmbi
Videographer
Thji Aujla
Manager
Alvin Bisset
Physiotherapist
TB
Game Schedule:
MATCH
AGAINST
DATE
TIME
RESULT
Match 1
Scotland
Sunday, April 24 2011
2:00 PM
L 2-1
Match 2
Scotland
Monday, April 25 2011
12:00 PM
L 5-1
Match 3
England
Wednesday, April 27 2011
6:00 PM
L 4-0
Match 4
England
Thursday, April 28 2011
5:00 PM
L 4-0
Match 5
England
Friday, April 29 2011
11:30 AM
Match 6
Germany
Tuesday, May 3 2011
6:00 PM
Match 7
Poland
Wednesday, May 4 2011
4:00 PM
Match 8
Poland
Thursday, May 5 2011
4:00 PM
Match 9
Germany
Saturday, May 7 2011
1:00 PM
Senior Men's UK Tour Team Announced
Senior Men’s Europe Tour Team Announced
Congratulations to the following athletes named to the Men’s Senior National Team that will tour Europe from the 9th-26th of April 2011.
Last
First
Province
1
Carter
David
BC
2
Froese
Adam
BC
3
Guest
Matthew
BC
4
Hildreth
Richard
BC
5
Jameson
David
BC
6
Kindler
Antoni
BC
7
Laidman
Kevin
BC
8
Marsh
Elliott
BC
9
Pearson
Mark
BC
10
Pereira
Ken
ON
11
Pereira
Keegan
ON
12
Short
Robert
BC
13
Singh
Sukhwinder
BC
14
Smythe
Iain
BC
15
Stewart
Hudson
BC
16
Texeira
Devohn
ON
17
Tupper
Scott
BC
18
Watson
Jesse
BC
19
Wright
Philip
BC
COACH
Robin D’Abreo
VIDEO
Giles Wheatley
MANAGER
Ross Stewart
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Brad Curry
Game Schedule
Date
Time
Against
Result
Wed April 13
Match 1
11:30am
England
L 0-6
Thurs April 14
Match 2
11:30am
England
T 0-0
Sun April 17
Match 3
6:30pm
Ireland
W 2-1
Tues April 19
Match 4
7:30pm
Ireland
T 0-0
Wed April 20
Match 5
7:30pm
Ireland
T 0-0
Fri April 22
Match 6
7:00pm
Scotland
L 2-3
Sun April 24
Match 7
4:00pm
Scotland
W 3-2
Mon April 25
Match 8
2:00pm
Scotland
W 4-1
During this Tour, Ken Pereira and Rob Short will reach and overcome (probably together) the "mythical" Canadian record of Caps held by Paul "Bubli" Chohan with 317 Caps…
Junior Women's Blog: Day 7
Junior Women’s Team Blog
March 19, 2011
Day 7:
This morning was the earliest yet as our jog and stretch was scheduled for 6:10am. When we stepped outside, we were alarmed to see that it was still dark out, but continued on our routine warm up. After this we had some breakfast then prepared for our final game against the Americans.
Upon arrival at the field we warmed up then were ready to play! However, this game was not like the others; the Americans were pressuring constantly and it was evident that this was going to be a ver ycompetitive game…