“I will definitely be scouting for the Women’s Junior National Squad,” says Head Coach Peter Milkovich.
Other CIS major award winners were Toronto’s Amanda Woodcroft, who captured the Joyce Slipp award as rookie of the year; Calgary’s Lindsay Koch, who received the Gail Wilson Outstanding Contributor award; as well as Denise Pelletier, who referees in the OUA conference and was named umpire of the year.
The Championship, hosted by the University of Calgary, gets under way Thursday at Hawkings Field. The round-robin portion of the tournament runs until Saturday, with the event culminating Sunday at 1 p.m. Mountain with the gold-medal final.
This is the 3rd Annual club based field hockey game played between a collection of local high school all-stars and the Tri-City Eagles Field Hockey Club. You’re invited to bring your family and friends out to enjoy this worthwhile community event in support of the BC Cancer Foundation.
The reigning national champion University of Toronto Varsity Blues have been established tournament favourites.
“I’m pleased to be visiting Mexico and what an honour it is to attend the Pan American Games, where I will have the opportunity to see our top Canadian athletes compete against the best athletes in the Americas,” said the Governor General.”
“Obviously it was a really disappointing game,” says Team Captain Katie Baker. “I don’t think we played the way we wanted to today. It’s really disappointing, but at the end of the day we still have another chance to qualify for the Olympics. So we’ve got to keep working hard.”
The Canadian men won a hard fought battle to reach the final of the Pan American Games for the tenth time in a row. Only one more win and the men will qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games!