PATO x TNL x VIDEO

Gryphon ambassador Mark “Pato” Paterson speaks to Thursday Night Live about the Australian Teams success at the recent Men’s Champions Trophy and doesn’t burn a snag nor onion in the process…Nice!

TABOO DEKODA x CT10 SIGNATURE EDITION x ON SALE NOW

To commemorate the amazing success of the Australian Mens Hockey team, winning three straight Champions Trophies, Gryphon and Premium retail partner F-H-E have joined for a special stick offer indeed. We’ve got the Gryphon Guns that were a part of that third Gold Medal team to come to Gryphon HQ and sign a limited stock of 25 Taboo Dekoda sticks. And now thanks to F-H-E, they are available for sale right now.

This deal is great value in three amazing ways:

1/ You get a stick signed in gold pen by Fergus Kavanagh (Australian Captain during this last campaign), Mark Paterson, Joel Carroll and Graeme Begbie.

2/ A massive $175 discount on the price!

FHE are taking $175 off the price of the normal Dekoda making this Taboo only $250 which includes the signatures!

3/ Limited to 25 sticks only

To buy simply go to www.f-h-e.com.au  or  click here for the direct product link.

Go through the usual process of the online shopping system, to get the special price at STEP 2 of 3 during the CHECKOUT process enter the COUPON CODE: 3xChampions

This offer is only valid for a limited time so hurry to secure your piece of history!

From all of us at Gryphon we would like to congratulate the guys for their amazing achievement and we hope that now you can be a part of that with this limited edition stick.

CT10 x PHOTO MONTAGE VIDEO

The Gryphon guns that played during the Champions Trophy in Mönchengladbach this year have been compiled into a short video montage. These are photos taken during the event from angles that you the TV tends not to get of the player, their emotions, actions frozen in time. That mid-air leap to the ball or the strain shown on their face to make the perfect pass.

Enjoy.

Photos: Daniel Carson | www.dcimages.org

CT10 x DAY6 x ALL FINALS x VIDEO REPLAYS x THANKS

And so it is. The Champion has been crowned for another year, legends made and destroyed, stars born and others have faded.

The CT10 has been one of the highest scoring tournaments in the history of the game. Hockey has never looked so good, been so fast and exciting as what we just witnessed over the past 9 days. Gryphon was there every day to photograph this monumental tournament to bring you closer than ever before to one of the great major events in World Hockey. We reported on the story behind the game, the characters that give identity to the sport we love and those that represent our great brand with passion and pride.

We need to send a massive shout out to photog Daniel ‘DC’ Carson whom spent countless hours behind the lens to capture some truly great moments in time. He has befriended many of the teams and gets access to area’s that others dream to walk. Also to the crew at the Gryphon Store that were there all week welcoming the fans and showing off the best that we have to offer. They explain the product and R&D behind our weapons like no one else so hopefully the faithful, fanatical and punters alike got to experience the vibe of our brand and the movement of our company.

In the end we think this tournament has been a great success on many level’s and that Hockey has never looked so good. A final shout out needs to go to the G-Team, the Gryphon players that were out there all tournament representing themselves, their team, country and the Gryphon name. You guys are the reason the fans come and the reason they’ll return. Awesome stuff.

Finally, if you missed any of the action, you can watch the full match of your choice on demand for free courtesy of FIH and LOLA1.tv and be sure to watch out for the Gryphon crew representing and tearing it up .Click on the game of interest below, sit back, relax and enjoy!

FINAL AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND

3rd/4th NETHERLANDS v GERMANY

5th/6th SPAIN v NEW ZEALAND

Photos: Daniel Carson | dcimages.org

CT10 x DAY5 x ALL GAMES x MATCH REPLAYS ONLINE x FREE

Day 5 of the CT10 was a day where 4 teams could stand up and qualify for the final against Australia should they win. Everyone of the three matches played were effectively a semi final, pending other results and the scores of those games.

Watch the full match of your choice on demand for free courtesy of FIH and LAOLA1.tv and keep an eye out for the Gryphon crew representing and  tearing it up on Day 5 of this goal scoring festival that is the  CT10. Click on the game of interest below, sit back, relax and enjoy!

AUSTRALIA v SPAIN

NETHERLANDS v GERMANY

ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND

Photos: Daniel Carson | dcimages.org

RIC CHARLESWORTH x “QUOTE UNQUOTE” x RADIO INTERVIEW

In his playing days he was one of the best, and he composed his game with a Gryphon. In his coaching days, he is arguably the best, and now he orchestrates his play with young chargers from all over Australia. Here’s what Ric had to say after his teams undefeated defence of the Champions Trophy title in Monchengladbach…

“Six matches, six wins – if you have told me that before the tournament, I would have been very happy. Certainly, you do not expect that to happen; I know how difficult that tournament is. We came here with the most inexperienced team. That’s good because we deepen in the belief in young players that they can play at this level. My view is that every game we play I see more things we can improve. We have to be vigilant about that. If not, there might be a better team in a year’s time. Today we are practically two years from the middle of the Olympics. And I think that is the goal for most of us. And we got a lot of work to do in that time.”

Want more of Ric’s thoughts? Listen to his Sport 927 radio interview on his teams winning result here

So the Aussie’s are good, but the coach isn’t satisfied. Only time will tell us just how far his team can go and what legacy they will leave on the world sporting landscape.

PHOTO: DANIEL CARSON | DCIMAGES.ORG

CT10 x FINAL x ENG v AUS TRIPLE CHAMPIONS

The result may not be a surprise. The way it happened may not shock you. The players that stood up when it counted may not be news.  Story is in what.

What did Australia do?

They won the Champions Trophy in 2010. They won the World Cup in 2010. They won the Champions Trophy in 2009. They won the Champions Trophy is 2008. Today they beat England, the European Champions and a team that defeated Australia in the World Cup rounds. In today’s win, the what is the achievement with a young group. A new crop of players against the best in the World.

Having won all 6 games in this tournament including the final they go into the record books for a clean sweep.

Fergus Kavanagh adds his third straight Champions Trophy Gold Medal to the pool room. Also in the squad include Greame Bebgie (world champion) with debutants in this tournament including Joel Carroll, Mark Paterson and Trent Mitton.

Australia controlled the game from start to finish. England never looked like breaching the incredibly strong defense bolstered by Begbie’s return. Up front Pato was in sparkling form creating space where there was none at all.

England had no answers. Injuries crept in due to the extra effort exerted, but it just couldn’t stop the controlling hand guiding them in this match.

A three to nill half time score was what needed to be pondered for some time as the heaven opened up and Monchengladbach flooded. The pitch couldn’t handle the deluge and the break was much longer than usual. Funny enough when the game resumed the sun was shining. And so were the Aussies. Another goal to the tally and the game was won.

Four goals to zero and Australia take home the gold tonight and that very very heavy trophy back to Australia.

Photos: Daniel Carson | www.dcimages.org

CT10 x FINALS x HOL v GER

Warm weather has left us. Now we have grey skies and an Australian winter here. Perfect conditions for two western European sides to battle for the bronze medal here at the Champions Trophy. They played yesterday and the Dutch exposed the Germans but only managed a one to nil win.

Today it was a chance for the home side to counter and stamp their world number two ranking on Holland.

Reversed.

Holland came out like the world number two and germany looked like they were struggling. Matter of a few short minutes and the home crowd was done. The visiting people in orange were dancing and jumping around. Orange was back. Their attacking style was working both with field play and generating short corners. Their backs strong and keeping the Germans at bay.

In short, a whitewash. Holland outplayed Germany in every respect. An amazing turn around for both teams in this short tournament. Germany finishing second at last year’s CT and also at the World Cup this year have finished fourth. Holland take the Bronze.

It was a pleasure to see the Dutch style of play come together and only good things will come from this and their young team.

Holland (bronze) 4, Germany (4th) 1

Photos: Daniel Carson | www.dcimages.org

CT10 x BOSCO x VID INTERVIEW

Bosco Perez-Pla de Alvear, a young and upcoming defender for Spain stops to have a talk about his game and the future of Spanish Hockey, after their win over New Zealand.

CT10 x FINALS x NZ v SPN

If you thought that the game for 5th and 6th was a non-event, you’d be wrong. Both New Zealand and Spain yesterday were fighting for a place in the Final but as this is an exceptionally tight tournament they fight for relegation avoidance.

Fiery. Intense. Fast. Vocal. All these words can be used to describe this game. New Zealand broke early and looked likely the run the Spanish off their feet, creating a heap of field goal and corner chances. Against play the Spanish tied the game and the large crowd was left none the wiser at half time.

Relegation is a powerful motivator in its ability for a deterrent. Spain took control of the game and scored with efficiency. All this did was spark more NZ attack, but what looked like a growing confidence in this event was stifled over and over with great Spanish defense until Simon Child once again broke through scoring to make more tension around this game.

Spain saw the rise of tempo from New Zealand and countered with everything they could to stop them, using the video referral system time and time again with success.  In the end time slipped away from a very frustrated New Zealand but very happy Spain, who with another young team, could have easily gone further in this tournament. Spain survive, only just, for next years Champions Trophy but New Zealand will be relegated once more to the Champions Challenge.

New Zealand 2 (6th), Spain 3 (5th)

Want to hear Bosco’s take on the game and tournament? Watch on..

Photos: Daniel Carson | www.dcimages.org

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