News for 19 October 2023
All the news for 19 October 2023
Hockey at Pan American Games 2023: Race for Olympic Qualification set to begin in Santiago
From 25 October to 4 November, Hockey will be played at the Pan American Games 2023 in Chile, with the stakes going beyond the gold, silver and bronze medals, as the winners will join France (men and women), Australia (men and women), Netherlands (men and women), India (men) and China (women) in securing direct qualification to the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
SA Hockey Women named for African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 Qualifier
South African Hockey has today announced the SA Women’s Hockey Team to participate in the African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 Qualifier taking place in just under two weeks in Pretoria.
Hugely talented Jillaroos team named for Junior Women’s World Cup
Seven capped Hockeyroos are among the 18-player Jillaroos team announced to represent Australia at the 10th edition of the FIH Hockey Junior Women’s World Cup 2023 in Chile starting on 29 November.
Jillaroos Junior World Cup 2023 selection
Jillaroos Head Coach Stacia Strain has penned an open letter following the announcement of the players selected to compete at the FIH Hockey Junior Women’s World Cup 2023 in Chile.
I will take a call on my future before Paris Olympics: Sreejesh
Indian custodian keen to become a coach after he retires and dreams of being in charge of Indian team in Olympics
Prasanth Menon
PR Sreejesh. (PTI Photo)
KOCHI: No other player has seen the highs and lows of Indian hockey like PR Sreejesh in the last decade and a half. The save he made of Lukas Windfeder's drag flick during the game's dying moments against Germany to help India bag a historic bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics last year will probably be the most significant momennt of that storied career. Having booked a direct ticket to the next Olympics by bagging the Asian Games gold medal in Hangzhou, the Indian goalkeeper is keen to change the colour of the medal they won in Tokyo in the next edition in Paris but feels it won't be easy.
Solomon Islands Pacific Games Update
CDO Gill Gemming visited Honiara in late September, with the main aim of working with the Games Organising Committee (GOC), to ensure that all the requirements to run a successful event would be sorted.
Klein Named to USA Field Hockey U18 Junior High-Performance Staff
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. – Quinnipiac field hockey Head Coach Nina Klein was named to the USA Field Hockey, U18 Junior High-Performance staff as an Assistant Coach for the 2023-2024 cycle.
Worldwide Hockey fixtures - 19 October
Fixtures from the Hoofdklasse and Belgian leagues
Opportunities for teams to stake their claim in Round 3
Two rounds in and the JDH Hockey One League 2023 Season is in full swing ahead of a massive Round 3 of fascinating double header fixtures.
Nobbs ready to defend NSW Pride title
Kaitlin Nobbs is no stranger to pressure. With a hockey CV that includes two Commonwealth Games and an Olympic Games, she knows what it takes to perform at the highest level.
England Hockey League 2023/24: Weekend 4 Review
The England Hockey League 2023/24 continued with thrilling action in Division 1 and Conferences across the country. Here's the full round up of both Men's and Women's Leagues from the fourth weekend:
Melaka women scrape into Razak Cup semi-finals
By Aftar Singh
KUALA LUMPUR: Melaka came back from a goal down to hold Pahang 1-1 to finish Group B runners-up and seal a place in the Razak Cup women's semi-finals at the National Hockey Stadium today.
Navy reach national hockey quarter-finals
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Navy cruised past Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-B to move into the quarter-finals of the National Hockey Championship at the retired Lt Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmed Hockey Stadium in Rawalpindi on Wednesday.
No. 1 Northwestern prepares for pair of weekend matches with massive Big Ten implications
Alex Cervantes
Northwestern prepares for a penalty corner. The Wildcats converted four of their 10 penalty corners against Ohio on Sunday. Daily file photo by Micah Sandy
Northwestern’s senior class, one of the most decorated in program history, has a couple more boxes to check, coach Tracey Fuchs said after the team defeated Iowa on Oct. 6.
Field Hockey Clinches Playoff Berth With Wins Over Penn and Syracuse
By Ruth Abraham
Field hockey extends its win streak to five and has won nine out of its last ten games. Julia Nagel/Sun Photography Editor
Not having lost a single game in regulation since its season-opening loss against Syracuse on Sept. 6, No. 18 Cornell added two more to the win column with wins over Ivy-rival Penn, and a revenge, double overtime win over No. 13 Syracuse.
Vittese sisters use their experience to reinvigorate Temple Field Hockey
All Michelle and Carissa Vittese have known is field hockey, now the latest step in their journey is leading a lost program back to success.
Colin Schofield
The Vittese sisters have been a major factor in the resurgence of Temple Field Hockey. | RJ FRANCESCHINI / THE TEMPLE NEWS
Michelle and Carissa Vittese stumbled upon the sport of field hockey by chance. They spent grade school playing roller hockey with their dad and competed mostly against boys. Once Michelle Vittese tried field hockey in fifth grade gym class, her gym teacher knew she was meant for the sport, and Carissa Vittese quickly followed suit.
Day 7 Results: 1st Hockey India Junior and Sub Junior Women Academy Championship 2023 – (Zone A)
Gwalior: The seventh day of the 1st Hockey India Junior and Sub Junior Women Academy Championship 2023 – (Zone A), saw Ghumanhera Riser’s Academy and Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy winning their respective matches in the Sub Junior Women’s category while Khalsa Hockey Academy (Amritsar) and Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy emerged victorious in their respective games in the Junior Women’s category.
Day 2 Results: 1st Hockey India Sub Junior Women and Men South Zone Championship 2023
Chennai: The second day of the 1st Hockey India Sub Junior Women and Men South Zone Championship 2023 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, saw Kerala Hockey, Hockey Karnataka and Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu register wins in Women’s category, while Hockey Karnataka, Kerala Hockey and Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu secured wins in the Men’s category.
Jo Pinner: England and GB hockey player on becoming a mother
By Charlotte Coates
Jo Pinner has 77 combined caps for Great Britain and England
Creating history and inspiring the future have long formed part of GB Hockey's mantra, but Jo Pinner is going about it in a very different way to her team-mates.