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Saskatchewan hiring Technical Director
Saskatchewan hiring Technical Director
May 3, 2010
The Saskatchewan Field Hockey Association is looking for a new Technical Director. Layton Clarke, current Technical Director, will be resigning from his position August 31 in order to return to school. SFHA is now accepting applications for this role.
Please click here to view the job posting.
National Newbie - Krissy Wishart
National Newbie – Krissy Wishart
May 3, 2010
By Cecilia-Carter Smith
She’s a national newbie living a childhood dream.
“I always had a childhood dream of playing for my country,” said Hamilton Ontario’s Krissy Wishart. “I started playing field hockey in grade nine (Hamilton Hill Park Secondary School), and since then the opportunities to play field hockey have been endless. I didn’t realize that playing nationally would be a possibility until I started playing university,” said the recent University of Guelph graduate…
Navy and Blue to play in final of Superleague
Team Navy advances to final with draw to Team Pink
May 1, 2010
Game 5 – PINK vs NAVY (2-2)
In the highly anticipated semi-final match up, the pink and navy teams came out strong right from the opening whistle. Team pink boasted a strong backfield line-up while the Navy team seemed to find ways to dominate coming down the outside channels. Solid defense in both ends was evident since both teams were only able to earn a single penalty corner each in the first half. Goal keepers Amanda Stone (Navy) and Kaitlyn Williams (Pink) were called upon to make some key saves…
Super League: Weekend 2 Results
Super League: Weekend 2 Results
April 26, 2010
Game 3: PINK vs BABY BLUE (2-1)
Mother nature was working against both teams Friday night in the rain as Nick Sandhu’s Pink team faced off with the Baby blue team, led by national team coach, Louis Mendonca. Good distribution out of the backfield by Christine De Pape and Amanda Bird allowed the baby blue team to own most of the possession in the first half. Throughout the half, blue continued to dominate the game though both goal keepers in opposite ends, Kaitlyn Williams and Bea Francisco, were hardly tested…
Start date of U16 Nationals moved back a day
Start date of U16 Nationals moved back
April 22, 2010
Due to the limited field the first matches of the 2010 FHC U16 National Championship tournaments will be played the morning of Wednesday, July 21st. Teams are expected to arrive by Tuesday, July 20th at the latest. Practices times will be available on Tuesday for teams. The final match will be played at 12:00 (noon) on Sunday, July 25th, followed immediately by a brief closing ceremony.
For more information please visit the 2010 U16 Nationals Website
Men's indoor camp to be held in Toronto
Men’s National Indoor Program to hold camp in Toronto
April 21, 2010
Field Hockey Canada will hold a national identification camp May 8th and 9th in Toronto for the Men’s Canada National Indoor Pan American Cup team.
This is an open identification camp open to all players that meet the eligibility criteria. Details for the identification camp are provided below. The purpose of the camp is to identify a squad of players that will train towards the goal of making the Canadian National Indoor Team that will participate in the Indoor World Cup Qualifier in Venezuela in August of this year…
Super League: Weekend 1 Results
Super League: Weekend 1 Results
April 19, 2010
Game 1 : Red vs Pink (2-1)
The 2010 Super league kicked off this weekend with the first game of the series on Friday night. Game 1 saw coach Nick Sandhu’s pink team face off with Aaron Guest’s red team, with red prevailing 2-1.
The first half saw the red team with more possession and attack with several penalty corners. The pink team had some solid organization in the backfield led by Anna Kozniuk and UBC alumni Sarah Saddler…
Baker wins Female Athlete of the Year in PEI
Baker named Sport PEI Female Athlete of the Year
April 15, 2010
Katie Baker, of Argyle Shore, Prince Edward Island, was named Senior Female Athlete of the Year Wednesday evening at the annual Sport P.E.I. awards in Charlottetown.
Katie is a member of the Canadian national field hockey team having competed for Canada in events such as the 2005 Junior Women’s World Cup, 2007 Pan American Games, 2008 Olympic Qualifier, and 2010 World Cup Qualifier.
The other award finalists were Megan Bryanton (powerlifting) and Susan Sobey (athletics).
FHC announces Super League this Spring
FHC announces first ever Women’s Super League
Photo: FHC/Paul Winstanley
April 13, 2010
Field Hockey Canada is proud to announce the first-ever Women’s Super League being held this April and May in Vancouver, British Columbia. The four-week league features four teams and is hoped to be the start of an annual event to encourage high performance hockey at the senior level and increase the number of games played for current and potential national team athletes in British Columbia…