Targeted areas for funding include promotion and development of field hockey skills, coaching for senior and junior men’s teams in Canada, training facilities, equipment and general participation.
The 2015 Indoor World Cup has come and gone. Yan Huckendubler provides an overall recap of this year’s tournament and looks closely at Canada’s performance.
Back to training next week for the Women’s National Team. Hear the Coach’s thoughts about the recent New Zealand tour and where the women stand before World League 2.
When the Canadian Junior Women’s National Team steps on field Thursday evening for the first match of their series with the United States Under-21 Women in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, they’ll be doing so with some rare experience for such a young squad.
So far it’s been an extremely busy month for Canada’s National field hockey teams, specifically the women. It continues this Thursday when the Junior Women’s National team begins a series with the United States.
The Canadian teams had mixed fortunes at the Indoor World Cup in Leipzig. The women had a draw (against Belgium) and a win (over (Kazakhstan) and will play for 10th place on Saturday. The men suffered two losses (against Poland and Australia) and will play for 11th.
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.