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Connor Grimes reflects on stellar career
Connor Grimes reflects on stellar careerJuly 6, 2010By Cecilia Carter-Smith Imagine. You are 12 years old watching the summer Olympics. Your excitement escalates as you anxiously anticipate your sport of choice will soon appear on the big screen. The colour commentator announces, “Up next. Field hockey.”During the commercial break you edge ever closer to the screen. Your heart gallops as you await the arrival of your Canadian heroes. And when they finally appear, you think, “Hey, maybe that could be me one day…
BC Island, Men capture National Titles
BC Island, BC Men capture National ChampionshipsJuly 4, 2010The province of British Columbia once again proved to be the field hockey hotbed of Canada after both BC Island (women) and Team BC (men) captured their respective national championship titles Sunday afternoon in Victoria.Team BC men needed a penalty stroke competition to put away Ontario after both regulation and overtime ended in a 1-1 stalemate. BC’s Scott Tupper opened the game’s scoring in the 28th minute on a penalty corner. Ontario’s Jagdish Gill would net the equalizer in the 40th minute…
Ontario faces BC in gold medal matches
Ontario faces British Columbia in gold medal matchesJuly 3, 2010For the second straight year teams from British Columbia and Ontario will face each other in the gold medal matches of the men’s and women’s national championship. The games will go at 11:00am and 1:00pm PST respectively on Sunday.Saturday matches saw Team Ontario men defeat the United States 3-3 (5-3 on penalty strokes) in a thriller of a semi-final. British Columbia advanced to Sunday’s final after finishing first in the round robin ending Friday…
Nationals used as identification opportunity
Nationals used as identification opportunityJuly 3, 2010The athletes of the 2010 FHC National Championships have plenty to compete for in Victoria outside of a domestic title. From the national coaching staff of Field Hockey Canada to provincial representatives and scouts from academic institutions, everyone is seeking talent to improve their programs.The women’s national program is using the event to identify their extended squad for the upcoming test series with Chile as well as the Commonwealth Games…
British Columbia takes advantage into playoffs
British Columbia takes advantage into playoffsJuly 2, 2010 Teams from British Columbia have won their respective pools in the women’s and men’s divisions at the 2010 FHC National Championships in Victoria. Playoffs begin Saturday morning at the University of Victoria.Heading into day four of the event Women’s Pool A winner BC Mainland will take on the second place team from Pool B, Team Ontario, in the semi finals. Pool B winner BC Island will battle BC U18 Blue in the other semi final…
Teams battle for playoff positions in Victoria
Teams battle for playoff positions heading into final day of pool play
July 1, 2010
The second day of the 2010 FHC National Championships saw the BC Mainland team take a strong lead in Pool A in the women’s tournament while Ontario and BC Island continue to battle for top spot in Pool B. In the men’s tournament Ontario victories over Alberta and the United States leaves them in first place.
Four games took place in the men’s tournament including a double header for the United States as they suffered losses to both British Columbia in the morning followed by Ontario in the evening…
Organizers happy with Championship progress
Organizers happy with Championship progress
July 1, 2010
The local organizing committee of the 2010 FHC National Championships have put in a lot of time and work preparing for the five-day, two-tournament event. It appears all that work is paying off.
“We’ve already had our day of rain,” said local organizing committee chair Gail Williams referring to the showers covering the Thursday morning matches. “The competitiveness of the games is also increasing which is great…
Paul Wettlaufer announces retirement
Paul Wettlaufer announces retirementJuly 1, 2010 Canada’s defensive anchor on the men’s national team, Paul Wettlaufer, has announced his retirement from international Field Hockey. Paul joined the national team in 1998 after being introduced to the sport at the age of 14. His talent didn’t go unnoticed as it wasn’t long before he won the 1996 Fred Hoos Memorial Award, the North Shore Sport Award for outstanding achievement, was nominated for the 1998 British Columbia Athlete of the Year, and nominated for the 1999 Canadian team of the year…
Connor Grimes: Grasshopper to Olympics
Connor Grimes retires from National Team ProgramJune 30, 2010 By Cecilia Carter-Smith Some weeks ago I filed my final submission to field hockey Canada. Or so I thought. Upon review of my “sidebar submissions” I noticed a major imbalance. The field hockey pitch leaned heavily in favour of sketches about our national women excluding similar sketches about the remarkable young men on our national teams.I assure you it was not an intentional infraction. I simply got on a roll scribbling about the accomplished young women who suit up for the red and white and the ball kept rolling…