After a 4-1 defeat at the hands of the fourth ranked New Zealand Blacksticks, the Canadian Women’s National Team is back in action in Whangarei looking to bounce back.
The Canadian men’s and women’s teams both started the day with a loss, but reversed the trend in the afternoon with spectacular come-backs to tie their second matches of the day.
Like many who grew up in West Vancouver, Katarina Angus was given a field hockey stick at a very young age. At about the time she began grade school, Angus began what would become a lifelong dedication to field hockey.
The Canadian teams could not grab a point on opening day of the Indoor World Cup, but all their matches (apart from the women’s defeat at the hands of World Champions Germany) were very close affairs that would not have needed much to swing the other way.
They’ve been out of the country training for a couple of weeks already, but Wednesday evening the Canadian Women’s National Field Hockey Team puts all the hard work on the line when they begin a three-match test series with the New Zealand Blacksticks.
With only one day remaining before the beginning of the 2015 Indoor World Cup, have a listen to what some of our Canadian men and women have to say before the tournament kicks off.
The Indoor World Cups start on Wednesday in Leipzig, Germany. The Canadian men’s and women’s teams qualified by winning the 2014 Indoor Pan American Cups and will face European powerhouses in the action-packed competition.
The Indoor World Cups start on Wednesday in Leipzig, Germany. The Canadian men’s and women’s teams qualified by winning the 2014 Indoor Pan American Cups and will face European powerhouses in the action-packed competition.
Going to the World Cup is a big deal, but for the Canadian Men’s Indoor National Team, it’s becoming old hat. Canada is headed to its fourth Indoor World Cup and hoping for its best finish ever.