Episode 3 of #FHC365 focuses on “making the cut.” The selection process for the 2014 Commonwealth Games rosters are long, arduous and highly competitive. But for sixteen men and sixteen women on the Canadian Men’s and Women’s National Field Hockey Teams that process pays off with a trip to Glasgow.
It’s a buzzword before any major competition. Typically, it’s something that, if you don’t have, you’re considered an underdog, and if you do have, a favourite. Experience.
If the Canadian National Field Hockey Program is Robin D’Abreo’s second family, then going back to the Commonwealth Games this year in Glasgow is like going back to his second home.
The Canadian Women’s Indoor National Team has qualified for the 2015 Indoor World Cup and is holding an open tryout in Toronto, Ontario July 25-27.
After a loss to Chile in their final match of the Irish Four Nations Tournament, the Canadian Women’s National Field Hockey Team is shifting its focus to Glasgow and the Commonwealth Games.
The chance to compete at an Olympics Games is not something that many athletes will ever have the opportunity to do, let alone by the age of eighteen. But that rare and unique opportunity has presented itself for twenty-five young Canadian athletes.
With the first stage of the Irish Four Nations tournament over and one game remaining, the Canadians are taking positives out of their round-robin performances.
After a close match with Chile in their first game of the Four Nations Tournament in Dublin, the Canadian Women’s National Team faced the host Irish on Sunday hoping for a better result.
In the first game of its pre-Commonwealth Games test tournament, the Canadian Women’s National Team dropped a 2-0 nothing decision to fellow Pan Am side, Chile.