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The Hockeyroos have gone down to New Zealand 4-2 in the third and deciding match of the Oceania Cup at the Tasmanian Hockey Centre in Hobart yesterday. The Australians who only needed a draw to take out the series on aggregate were unable to hold off a strong finishing New Zealand who dominated the second half of the match to ... Read More »

The Hockeyroos and New Zealand have played out a 3-3 in the second match of the Oceania cup at the Tasmanian Hockey Centre in Hobart. Photo: Krystal Forgesson finds her range during warm-up The result means the title of Oceania Cup Champions will come down to the final match of the series tomorrow. Down by two goals at half time, ... Read More »

The Hockeyroo’s have defeated the NZ Blacksticks 2-1 in the Game 1 of the best-of-three series today. In action for the G-Team was Aussie Jodie Schulz (pictured above) and for New Zealand Krystal Forgesson , Anita Punt and Katie Glynn. Photo: New Zealand’s lightning midfielder Anita Punt rebounding from defence in the first half In an evenly poised first half, it was New ... Read More »

The Finals on Day 7 at the 2011 Women’s Champions Trophy was always going to be a mouthwatering affair. The battle for third place was between Asian powerhouse Korea and an impressive young New Zealand, while Olympic champions The Netherlands were up against World Cup title holders Argentina for the Gold Medal. The finals day did not arrive without its ... Read More »

Photo: Lidewij Welten of The Netherlands under pressure against Argentina (Image Disclaimer: “Gryphon-Life is not a sponsor of the National Hockey Federation featured in these images or affiliated with adidas and claims no ownership rights to the hockey event”) Its now into the medal and qualification pool at the 2011 Womne’s CT11. There were some big games today, and none ... Read More »

Photo: Kate Walsh of England (Image Disclaimer: “Gryphon-Life is not a sponsor of the National Hockey Federation featured in these images or affiliated with adidas and claims no ownership rights to the hockey event”) Day 3 of the 2011 Women’s Champions Trophy has revealed the four teams that will be playing in the Medal round and the other 4 teams ... Read More »

The 2011 Women’s Champions Trophy kicks off tomorrow, 25 June, in Amstelveen, The Netherlands. It is an extended 8 team tournament this year, the first time in the Champions Trophy history. The normal format is a 6 team round robin with overall top 2 ranked teams earning a spot in the final. In the all new 8 Team format, teams are ... Read More »

It’s getting close. I mean really close. Down to days and not weeks before the 2010 World Cup kicks off on the 28th of this month. Each country is going about their business for preparation. Over in the Oceania part of the world the brother/sister nations of  Australia and New Zealand are having a small series of test matches.  The ... Read More »