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Hey G Team,   I had the great pleasure to recently take part in the 1st ever International 5′s event in Hong Kong last weekend. This was an exhibition event on the same weekend as the Hong Kong 6′s which is an event held annually over the Easter weekend including participants from the local clubs in HK and some teams ... Read More »

    The Kookaburras bagged a clean sweep against the New Zealand Blacksticks with a 3-0 series win. The friendly was played in Cairns and was to be the last international warm-up matches as the London Olympics approaches. This form seems to be coming at the right time, with the Kookaburras flying out in a matter of weeks. Have a ... Read More »

Australia, The Netherlands, Argentina and Australia-A are all in Perth, Western Australia for the 2012 Kookas Cup, as 2-Challenge round robin tournament. Games are played every 2nd day and it kicked off on Wednesday night with Australia defeating Australia-A 3-1 in a tough, fast encounter. The Netherlands played Argentina and won 7-4 in a very high scoring affair. There are ... Read More »

The 2011 edition of the F-H-E Cup is about to get underway, from the 25th to 27th November. The F-H-E Cup started in Australia as a junior event to allow the younger players to experience hockey on an International and professional stage. The F-H-E Cup Australia is focussed around the Under 16 tournament which is held on a first class ... Read More »

Several weeks back I received a phone call from Murray Fitzpatrick explaining that he and Brian Fitzpatrick were heading to Vanuatu to assist with some coaching for the National Team and that they were looking for some sticks for the guys. The call came about because of a mutual friend. The Fitzpatrick’s are great mates with Gryphon Legend and 3 ... Read More »

Gryphon’s Jodie Schulz (pictured above) netted twice in the first half for Australia, both coming from direct corner flicks, to help the Hockeyroo’s to a 3-1 win over world #4 China last night in Busselton, Western Australia. The win follows on from the Hockeyroo’s Lanco International Super Series (Hockey 9′s) championship last week. Despite China’s world ranking, which is 3 ... Read More »

Gryphon young guns Aran Zalewski and Tristan Clemons (pictured above) will make their official debut for Australia in the international test series starting today.  Australia, India and Pakistan will slog out the series which is being played in Busselton, Bunbury, and Perth, Western Australia. Clemons is an explosive goal keeper who got his first taste of senior action in the recent ... Read More »

The Australian Men’s National Team recently returned from a tough European Tour that covered 3 countries, 3 series and 9 games all within 3 weeks. A heap of G-Team ambassadors were in action for the Aussies, the likes of World Champions  Fergy Kavanagh and Kiel Brown, Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist Trent Mitton and breakout talents Jono Charlesworth, Joel Carroll, Jake Whetton and Mark Paterson  This tour makes ... Read More »

Sabadell, Terrassa and Barcelona. Ole! Our European tour began in Spain with great weather in Sabadell, Terrassa and Barcelona. The first was a long strip of ice cream shops, cafes and senoritas which our hotel happened to live on; the second a selection of hockey turfs set against mountainous backdrops and the third an endless city of architecture and sangria. ... Read More »

  Hello Fellow Gryphon peeps.. Quick update from the Kookas European Tour 2011. We left perth on the 9th of July set for Barcelona, Spain. We had a 10 hour stop in London on the way there and was able to get out and see some sights with teammate Matthew Butturini, then it was back to the airport and on ... Read More »