Register today for the Easter Weekend Masters Selection camps
A major event for Field Hockey Canada’s Men’s Masters program is the World Masters Hockey Masters World Cup (Outdoor) being held in Cape Town and Auckland in October/November 2024.
Camps are being organized to select players for the following three age division teams that have been approved by Field Hockey Canada to represent Canada at the Masters World cup in Auckland in November, 2024:
45 and Over – players born in the years 1970 to 1979
Coach: David Keogh
55 and Over – players born in the years 1965 to 1969
Coach: John Sacre
60 and Over – players born before 1965
Coach: Shiaz Virjee
The dates, times and locations for selection camps:
Monday, February 19th (Family Day)
CALGARY:
Time: 6 – 8 pm
Location: Accurate Field House
7575 57 St SE, Calgary, AB T2C 5M2
Accurate Fieldhouse
VANCOUVER
Time: 12-2, 60/65 and 2-4pm for 50/55
Location: Eric Hamber School
5025 Willow St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3S1
Eric Hamber Secondary School
DUNCAN
Time: 12-2pm
Location: Cowichan Sportsplex
5847 Chesterfield Ave, Duncan, BC V9L 3M3
Cowichan Sportsplex
March
ONTARIO:
Saturday March 16th, 12-2pm
RIM Park, Waterloo
Sunday March 17th, 10am-2pm
Manulife Soccer and Sports Centre, Waterloo
DUNCAN:
March 29th
Time: 4-6pm
Location: Cowichan Sportsplex
5847 Chesterfield Ave, Duncan, BC V9L 3M3
Pat Hall Masters Tournament
March 30-31
Time: all day
Location: Shawnigan Lake School
1975 Renfrew Rd, Shawnigan Lake, BC V0R 2W1
Easter Weekend
45 and Over
Friday, 29 March: 4:00 to 6:00 Tamanawis 2, Surrey
Saturday, 30 March: 2:00 to 4:00 Eric Hamber, Vancouver
Sunday, 31 March: 12:00 to 2:00 Eric Hamber, Vancouver
55 and Over
Friday, 29 March: 2:00 to 4:00 Tamanawis 2, Surrey
Saturday, 30 March: 2:00 to 5:00 Rutledge Field, West Vancouver
Sunday, 31 March: 10:00 to 12:00 Eric Hamber, Vancouver
60 and Over
Friday, 29 March: 4:00 to 6:30 Eric Hamber, Vancouver
Saturday, 30 March: 12:00 to 2:00 Eric Hamber, Vancouver
Sunday, 31 March: 12:00 to 2:00 Wright Field (UBC), Vancouver
Camp fee: $65
Estimated Cost to Participate:
All Women’s Masters Outdoor teams are self-funded. If selected to play at the World Cup, the individual/shared costs will include: airfare/travel, accommodation, tournament entry fees, facilities rental, uniforms, coaching and managing honorarium/costs, food. Depending on where a player is traveling from, the budget is expected to be between $4,500 – $5,200.
The shared costs to participate are to be collected through FHC while individuals will be responsible for individual costs such as purchasing their own airfares. You will also incur personal costs to participate in the training camps and tournaments as part of the preparation for the event. The host country has not yet shared the accommodation and local transport arrangements and any related payments.
This first levy for shared costs is $50 and will enable FHC Masters to pay the costs associated with running the selection camps. It is non-refundable and it includes a $25 administration fee for FHC. This levy is payable by all athletes requesting consideration for a team and is due by February 11th, 2024
Subsequent levies will be scheduled to meet the shared costs as they arise. Once the teams are selected you can anticipate the second levy of approximately $200 to follow shortly thereafter as the WMH registration fee will be required.
Field Hockey Canada’s Masters program is 100% self-funded by athletes selected for the World Cup teams. Athletes will be expected to pay all the costs of participation, including the costs of uniforms, airfares, accommodations, meals, ground transportation, team equipment, medical costs and supplies, and FHC personnel costs (coaching, managing and physiotherapy). Apart from airfare these costs are expected to be in the range of $3,500 to $5,500. There may be additional costs for training and tournament travel before the 2024 World Cup events.
BECOME A REGISTERED MASTERS PLAYER
To be eligible for selection for the Masters World Cup competition you must:
- be aged 35 or over as of 31 Dec 2023;
- be a Registered Participant of Field Hockey Canada and your Provincial Association;
- not be under suspension or sanction by Field Hockey Canada or Sport Canada for any doping or doping related offence;
- hold or be eligible to hold a Canadian Passport or have been a permanent resident of Canada for twelve (12) months;
- commit to sign any applicable Athlete Agreement as required by Field Hockey Canada https://fieldhockey.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Masters-Athlete-Agreement.pdf;
- be eligible under current regulations and not have played for another country’s International team in an FIH competition in the previous twelve (12) months.
- be the minimum age of the team’s age category
