News for 10 September 2021
All the news for Friday 10 September 202
FIH Hockey Pro League 2021-2022: match schedule confirmed
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the participating National Associations are glad to announce that the match schedule of the third season of the FIH Hockey Pro League is now confirmed. The global home-and-away league involving the best teams in the world will start with the reigning Women’s World Champions Netherlands welcoming their Belgian neighbours on 6 October 2021. It will finish on 30 June 2022, also with World Champions involved - the Men’s one, this time - with Belgium hosting Spain.
Retirements & coaching switches dominate post-Tokyo 2020
Photo credit: Frank Uijlenbroek / World Sport Pics/Yan Huckendubler
It is just over four weeks since the conclusion of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and as usual, the landscape has been dominated by news of athletes across all sports deciding to lower the curtain on their stellar international careers.
Annan adds to Legend status with Tokyo Gold
Now that the dust has settled after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, among the celebrations of medals a Hockeyroos legend has made history.
Ireland stalwart Shirley McCay retires from international hockey
33-year-old earned a record 316 caps as team went from obscurity to world elite level
Johnny Watterson
Ireland World Cup silver medal winner Shirley McCay has decided to call time on her international career following a ground-breaking 14-year spell with the Irish women’s hockey team.
Shirley McCay: Experienced Ireland international retires after 316 international appearances
Shirley McCay has decided to call time on her international career after 14 years playing for Ireland.
The 32-year-old was part of the Ireland side that reached the 2018 World Cup final, before helping them qualify for the Olympics for the first time.
Ground-breaker Shirley McCay calls time on Ireland hockey career
Shirley McCay celebrates after World Cup 2018 semi-final PIC: Worldsportpics
Ireland’s Shirley McCay has ended her international career following a brilliant 14-year spell with the Green Army.
Adrian Lock extends contract with Spain women ahead of World Cup
By Lucas Ball
Adrian Lock, Spain women's coach PIC: World Sport Pics
Adrian Lock has extended his contract with Spain women until 2024, ruling out any potential moves from GB Hockey as they look for a new women’s head coach.
Uruguay will be on the attack at Junior World Cup
Sarah Juggins
2021 Junior Pan American Championship - Uruguay (Silver Medal). Photo: Federación Uruguaya de Hockey
Uruguay U22 women’’s national team made history in August when they secured a place at the FIH Women’s Junior World Cup after finishing runners-up to Canada in the final of the Junior Pan American Championships.
Junior hockey men to return home on Friday
by Walter Alibey
T&T’s Justin Beharry controls the ball closely watched by USA’s Wyatt Katz and Christian De Angelis in their Pool A opening match at the Junior Pan American Men’s Hockey Championship at the Prince of Wales Country Club, in Santiago, Chile on August 24. The USA won 3-2. Photo: PAHF/Rodrigo Jaramillo
T&T's junior men's hockey team will return home on Friday at 10.50 pm.
Lachlan Sharp Signs for Amsterdam
Amsterdam stuns at the last minute before the start of the competition by attracting Lachlan Sharp. 
The 24-year-old international was one of the stars in the Australian squad that won silver at the Tokyo Games this summer. Sharp says in a comment that he is looking forward to playing together at Amsterdam with his two Australian teammates Matthew Dawson and Trent Mitton. “I have always wanted to play in the premier league. It’s the best competition in the world,” said Sharp.
Premiership Hockey Returns
The Premiership emerges on Saturday after an enforced closure of 18 months – but what will have changed?
Weekend College Games: September 9 - 15
Each week, USA Field Hockey' highlights some of the top college games in Division I, II and III.
North Carolina field hockey team regains momentum after unusual 0-2 start
By Kaitlyn Schmidt
UNC junior forward Erin Matson (1) attempts to regain posession of the ball during UNC field hockey's 4-3 national championship victory over the Michigan Wolverines on Sunday, May 9. Photo by Ira Wilder | The Daily Tar Heel
North Carolina's dynastic field hockey program shocked fans with its 0-2 record to start the season.
No. 2 Iowa field hockey set for home matchups with Ohio and Saint Louis
The Hawkeyes will welcome Ohio and Saint Louis to Grant Field in Iowa City this weekend.
Ben Palya
Iowa midfielder Esme Gibson runs down the field with the ball during the second quarter of a field hockey game against Maryland on Friday, April 2, 2021 at Grant Field. The Hawkeyes were defeated by the Terrapins, 1-0. Hannah Kinson
Iowa field hockey checked in at No. 2 in this week’s National Field Hockey Coaches Association poll, marking the second time in as many seasons the Hawkeyes have risen to No. 2 in the NFHCA rankings.
Maryland field hockey prepares for familiar faces at Terrapin Invitational
Shane Connuck
Maryland field hockey coach Missy Meharg during her team's 5-1 win over Michigan State on Oct. 25, 2019 at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex. (Gabby Baniqued/The Diamondback)
For the last four decades, Maryland has been one of field hockey’s powerhouses.
Field Hockey Renews City Rivalries with Drexel, at Villanova
Senior Maddison Woods
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania field hockey team begins a three-game stretch in which it renews some city rivalries. The first two of those games take place this weekend, starting with the Quakers looking to gain neighborhood bragging rights by hosting Drexel on Friday. On Sunday, the Red and Blue make the trip out to the Proving Grounds in Conshohocken for a meeting with Villanova.
Hockey needs to take leap into the dark to reflect our overall society
All children can gain equal access to hockey facilities but there is no easy short-term solution, writes PHIL BAILEY
From what has been reported into the current debate into the inclusiveness of hockey and the divide between the private/state school sectors, it seems clear that at the highest level there is a disparity in international participation between those who went to private schools compared to those who attended state schools.