News for 08 March 2023
All the news for Wednesday 8 March 2023
India and Australia Men's Hockey Teams arrive in Rourkela for the FIH Hockey Pro League 2022/2023
India will take on reigning World Champions Germany and World No.4 Australia in the forthcoming matches
Rourkela: The Indian and Australian Men’s Hockey Teams on Tuesday arrived in Rourkela for the upcoming FIH Hockey Pro League 2022/23, which will commence on March 10th. All the six matches are set to take place at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium, Rourkela. India, Australia, and the World Champions, Germany will lock horns with each other in the tournament.
Harmanpreet Singh & Co look to shift gears
The Australian team arrives in Rourkela. HI
The Indian and Australian men’s hockey teams arrived here today for the ongoing FIH Pro League season.
Most Experienced field hockey players (Part 2)
By Tariq Ali
The following players who have played for their country in senior international hockey for over 15 years.
Men's
Years Caps Players' detail
27. 324 Kwandwane Brown (Trinidad & Tobago (1992-2019)
23. 185 Dhayan Chand (India) 1926-1949
24. 317 Paul Chauhan (Canada) 1974-1998
21. 348 Kenneth Pereira (Canada) 1994- 2015
20. 288 Jorge Lombi (Argentina) 1991-2011
20. 294 Juan Vivaldi (Argentina) 2001-2021
20. 322 Kumar Subramaniyam (Malaysia) 1999-2019
19. 327 Ryan Archibald (New Zealand) 1997-2016
19. 350 Azlan Misron (Malaysia) 2002-2021
18 224 Patrick Burrows (Canada) 1980-1998
18 346 Robert Short (Canada) 1995-2013
18. 314 Jang Jong-Hyun (Korea) 2004-2022
18. 453 Teun de Nooijer (Netherlands) 1994-2012
18. 356 Matias Paredes (Argentina) 2001-2019
18. 306 Russell Simon Garcia (England & Great Britain) 1986-2004
18. 293 Pau Quemada (Spain) 2003-2021
17. 410 Waseem Ahmad (Pakistan) 1996-2013
17. 322 Pedro Ibarra (Argentina) 2004-2021
17. 412 Eddie Ockenden (Australia) 2006-2023
17. 312 Razie Rahim (Malaysia) 2006-2023
17. 293 Simon Child (New Zealand) 2005-2023
17. 304 Paul Amat ( Spain) 1995-2012
17. 323 Quico Cortes (Spain) 2004-2021
16. 221 Tom van't Hek (Netherlands) 1976-1992
16. 182 Sandeep Singh (India) 2004-2020
16. 329 Noor Saif Zaini ( Malaysia) 2985-2001
16. 329 Shea McAleese (New Zealand). 2005-2021
15. 365 Jamie Dwyer (Australia) 2001-2016
15. 322 Juan Martin Lopez (Argentina) 2006-2021
15. 301 Thierry Renaer (Belgium) 1993-2008
15. 441 John-John Dohmen (Belgium) 2008-2023
15 365 Felix Denayer (Belgium) 2008-2023
15 359 Thomas Briels (Belgium) 2006-2021
15. 359 Cedric Charlier (Belgium) 2008-2023
15. 258 Fu Borang (China) 1997-2012
15 282 Christopher Bechmann (Germany) 1991-2006
15. 222 Florian Fuchs ( Germany) 2008-2023
15 334 Tobias Hauke (Germany) 2005-2020
15. 432 Barry Middleton (England & Great Britain) 2003-2018
15. 412 Dilip Tirkey (India) 1995-2010
15. 339 Dhanraj Pillai (India)1989-2004
15. 337 Chua Boon Hyat (Malaysia) 1998-2013
15. 202 Ties Kruize (Netherlands) 1971-1986
15. 350 Sohail Abbas (Pakistan) 1998-2013
15. Sergi Enrique (Spain) 2004-2019
Women's
Years Caps Players'detail
20. 252 Katrina Powell (Australia) 1994-2014
18. 286 Rhona Simpson (Scotland) 1996-2014
18. 389 Natascha Keller (Germany) 1994-2012
17. 360 Nadine Earnsting Krienke (Germany) 1990-2007
17. 329 Jane Muller Wieland (Germany) 2002-2019
17. 306 Alex Danson Bannett (England & Great Britain) 2001-2018
17. 375 Kate Richardson-Walsh (England & Great Britain) 1999-2016
16. 376 Luciana Aymar (Argentina) 1998-2004
16. 317 Carla Rebecchi (Argentina) 2003-2019
15. 269 Rechelle Hawkes (Australia) 1985-2000
15. 303 Nikki Hudson (Australia) 1993-2008
Teams named for 2023 Trans-Tasman Masters
With the culmination of the National Masters Tournament in Tauranga, the New Zealand team selection process for the Trans-Tasman Challenge has now been completed. Between this event and the North v South series, over 800 Expressions of Interest were received across all age groups (Men O35-O75 and Women O35 – O65). Our team of coaches and selectors have given up a lot of time since the process began and faced some tough decisions, particularly as
Semi-Finals Results: 3rd Hockey India Senior Men Inter-Department National Championship 2023
Bengaluru:The penultimate day at the 3rd Hockey India Senior Men Inter-Department National Championship 2023 saw some thrilling performances with the four teams fighting for a place in the Final. In the first Semi-Final of the day, a star-studded Railway Sports Promotion Board broke little sweat in defeating Central Industrial Security Force 5-0 while Petroleum Sports Promotion Board defeated Services Sports Promotion Board 3-3 (4-2 SO) in the 2nd Semi-Final.
Jong Hyun scores four as Terengganu thrash UiTM 10-0
By Aftar Singh
Terengganu Hockey Club (THC) defender Jang Jong Hyun. -- NSTP Filepic
KUALA LUMPUR: Terengganu Hockey Club (THC) defender Jang Jong Hyun scored four goals in today's 10-0 thrashing of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) in a Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) match at the Batu Buruk Hockey Stadium in Kuala Terengganu today.
Big News for Polo: Belgium's success coach Shane McLeod comes to HPC
The New Zealander will coach the men's team with Matthias Witthaus
Shane McLeod has been the most successful field hockey coach internationally in recent years. With Belgium's men, the New Zealander won the 2018 World Cup title and the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, among other titles. After his retirement, he still acted as assistant coach to his successor Michel van den Heuvel for the last two years. Now the 54-year-old, who has twice been named FIH Coach of the Year (2017/2018), has announced that he will leave Belgium after eight years and will first continue his career as a consultant with the Hamburg Polo Club until the end of the field league season.
Shane McLeod: "I am excited to join the Hamburg Polo Club. It gives me the opportunity to work with some excellent players as well as learning a different playing style. My hope is that I can bring some new ideas to assist the performance of the team.
The club has been very welcoming and I look forward to working with Matthias Witthaus and the rest of the team."
At the German Vice Champion, the joy about the support from the successful coach is huge. happy to welcome Shane as a new member of the Polo family. He will inspire the team, the club and all hockey fans," says HPC board member Frank Schmidt. McLeod will mainly be active in the area of game analysis and training design. "For the team, it's a completely different approach for a change," says Matthias Witthaus, who has steered the fortunes of the Polo men almost single-handedly for eight years and has risen with the team from the Oberliga to the First League in that time. "There have already been a couple of meetings with Shane via Zoom. That has already shown that we will definitely benefit from the cooperation. I personally will also be able to take a few things with me there."
The former New Zealand national team player (1996 to 1998) already knows parts of the team well. Of the five "Black Sticks" playing for the Hamburg Polo Club this season, only Hugo Inglis was part of Shane McLeod's squad at the London Olympics in 2012, who led New Zealand's men into the top ten at both the Beijing 2008 and London Olympics, but Blair Tarrant, Kane Russell, Aidan Sarikaya and Nic Woods were also part of the New Zealand Hockey Federation's talent pool back then.
Also, for the participation in the final tournament of the Euro Hockey League over Easter in Amsterdam, the role of Shane McLeod is very valuable for the HPC, because he knows European club hockey well, as he had won two national titles as coach of the Waterloo Ducks (BEL) and participated with them in the EHL, before he took over full- time in Belgium in 2015 as the men's national coach.
Hamburger Polo Club media release
Amber Church: My success belongs to my family and community
In the lead up to the International Women’s Day 2023 we are speaking with women in hockey, who are inspiring passionate fans around the world, through their contributions to hockey. In today’s interview, we speak with Amber Church of New Zealand.
On International Women's Day, Hockey Stars urge youngsters to dream big
With more opportunities for women in sports, Savita says it's the right time to make a career in hockey
Bengaluru: On the occasion of International Women's Day, the Indian Women's Hockey Team's star players heaped praise on some of the new initiatives by Hockey India hailing it 'the right time to pursue hockey'.
Dilip Tirkey’s grassroot Program: A first step has been taken
K. ARUMUGAM
Certain things bring sustained success. All hockey power houses keep doing them over decades. That’s why they continue to be what they are. One of the fulcrums of such success formulae is to create, groom and sustain various age group teams. India has not done that. It has been a grey area. India’s wholesome junior program is devoid of sub-junior element! At last, we hear some movement on this virgin land.
We will get world-class players through grassroots: HI President Dilip Tirkey
Dilip Tirkey believes that grassroots is the way forward for Indian hockey and development of players at young age will help India. 
Dilip Tirkey belives the Grassroots program will help India improve at the global level. (Source: Hockey India)
With all the noise around Hockey World Cup settling down now, it looks like Hockey India is back with the promises made earlier during the election of President Dilip Tirkey.
Whk Gym, St Paul's win new Namibian hockey tourney
by Helge Schütz
Jaime Gillies in action for St Paul's during their 2-0 victory against Windhoek Gymnasium on 3 March 2023. Photo: Helge Schütz
WINDHOEK Gymnasium and St Paul's College emerged victorious to win the boys and girls first league trophies respectively in the inaugural Windhoek Hockey Tournament over the weekend.