News for 18 November 2021
All the news for Thursday 18 November 2021
Opportunity knocks for Canada in Bhubaneswar
It is exciting times for Canadian duo Manveer Jhamat and Chris Tardif as they prepare to head to India for the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup in Bhubaneswar.
'Little India' in the USA squad for Junior Men's Hockey World Cup
Jaspreet Sahni
NEW DELHI: When the US under-21 boys won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games, they didn't just end their long wait to stand on an international podium, but also said a silent prayer -- for the outside chance they earned to be on a flight to India for the Junior World Cup. Not that they wanted any team to withdraw, but in Covid times, you never know..
Passmore confirms squad for women’s Junior World Cup debut in South Africa
Ireland U21 co-captain Caoimhe Perdue. Pic; Adrian Boehm
David Passmore has named his travelling squad of 20 players to form Ireland’s first ever side to contest the women’s Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom, South Africa from December 5 to 17, 2021.
SA junior World Cup hockey side bolstered by Olympian Lenise Marais
By Herman Gibbs
South Africa U21 coach Lenise Marais during the 2021 Womens IPT quarterfinal game between the Northern Blues and South Africa U21 at Hartleyvale Stadium in Cape Town on 28 October 2021 © Shaun Roy/BackpagePix
Cape Town - After many years of playing the game at all levels, the experience and coaching pedigree of Olympian Lenise Marais will stand the South African team in good stead at the upcoming Junior Hockey Women’s World Cup in Potchefstroom, starting on December 5.
oung hockey squads selected for Afcon 2022
by Helge Schütz
Gina Olles of Saints has been called up to the national Afcon squad. Photo: Helge Schütz
THE Namibian hockey selectors have announced young men and women's squads that will compete at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ghana in January next year.
Canada captain Alison Lee thrilled to be returning to Indoor World Cup stage
As we build up to the sixth edition of the FIH Hockey Indoor World Cup, which is set to take place in Belgium early next year, we throw some light on the teams that will compete for the title at the intense, action-packed competition that will be played at Country Hall de Liège from 2-6 February 2022.
Team meeting set tone for Liberty field hockey’s trip to Final Four
Damien Sordelett 
Liberty midfielder Maddie Hosler dribbles the ball down the field against Northwestern on Sept. 7 at Liberty Field Hockey Field. Kendall Warner, The News & Advance
The Liberty field hockey team’s fall season began in the same place its spring campaign ended — inside the Liberty Football Center team meeting room. It is this meeting space in which Nikki Parsley-Blocker had to deliver the news to her team in late April the Flames were passed over yet again for an at-large spot in the NCAA Tournament.
Michelle Vittese Named Head Coach of Temple Field Hockey
PHILADELPHIA - After serving as the interim head coach of the Temple field hockey team for the 2021 season, Michelle Vittese has been named as the team's head coach, announced Temple University Vice President and Director of Athletics Arthur Johnson. A two-time Olympian, Vittese has served on the Owls staff since March of 2019.
Tribute - Donald Hugh James
“An Iconic & a Once in a Generation Member Of the Field Hockey Fraternity”
Jamaica Hockey Federation
Donald Hugh James
If privileged, an individual or group will have the opportunity to interact with a person who may be described as ICONIC … who embodies traits of a strategic and selfless leader, focused on the transformation of lives in their sphere of influence through a shared passion, while guided by a prodigious lifetime of overwhelming tangible results and achievements not attained by many. These people we only experience once in a Generation.