Richmond Field Hockey Club history Forms of hockey, perhaps one of the earliest stickand-ball Teams from Indiaand Pakistan have dominated olympic field hockey competition, but teams http://www.rfhc.ca/history/info.html
Extractions: The modern form of field hockey was first played in BC. In 1896, the first recorded match in Canada was played by Vancouver girls, and the Vancouver Ladies Club was formed. Men were also playing at the turn of the century in Vancouver and Victoria, and a Vancouver league was in existence in 1902. The first women's organization in Canada was formed in Vancouver in 1927. During the first half of the 20th century, field hockey was played on Vancouver Island and in the Vancouver area, and contests were recorded with teams from California and Australia in the 1930s. History Forms of hockey, perhaps one of the earliest stick-and-ball games, were played by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Persians, Romans, and Arabs. Hurling, a sport similar to hockey, is known to have been played during the 1st millennium BC in Ireland, and similar sports were adopted by other Europeans in the Middle Ages (5th century to 15th century). In pre-Columbian times (before the 16th century) Native South Americans also played similar sports. The name hockey, thought to have been adapted by the English from the French word hoquet (shepherd's crook), was first given to the sport in the 18th century, but was not in common usage until the 19th century. It is likely that a sport resembling modern field hockey was played in public schools in England early in the 19th century. By the 1880s the sport's popularity was becoming established, and women had begun to play. The first women's hockey club was founded in London in 1887. In 1924 the Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH, International Federation of Hockey) was founded as the governing body over the men's game, and in 1927 the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations was established to govern the women's game. In 1982 the men's and women's games were united under the auspices of the FIH, which is located in Brussel, Belgium. By the 1990s the FIH had more than 100 member nations. The United States Field Hockey Association, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, governs the sport in the United States.
Guam Special Olympic. History First activity beyond olympic event weekend camping trips organized for from 26 statesand Canada competing in track and field, floor hockey and aquatics http://specialolympics.org.gu/history.htm
Extractions: Please click each photo to ENLARGE to actual size. Some photos of Guam athletes were taken from national special Olympics competition venues. We are a non profit, all volunteer organization Our office is located at 301 E. Sunset Blvd., Tiyan. (next to the Salvation Army on the airport side of Tiyan.) Because all of our members have other jobs, we do not man the office daily. Instead we have Voicemail 475-4876 or you can email us at special@chamorro.net. Our mission is to provide year round sports/fitness training and competition for youth and adults with develpmental disabilites. On Guam, we include individuals with other disabilities: Learning, physical, emotional, autism... We also include Unified Partner sports: Bowling, Basketball, Relays, Swimming. Unified partners are athletes without disabilities, who are of similar age and skills of the Special Olympics athletes on their team. Unified partners are ages 8 through adults. Our current officers are: National director: Carole Peircy; Vice Chair: Marlon Molinos; Sports Director: Francisco Reyes; Special Projects: William Fitzegerald; Office Assistant: Julia Domescik; Treasurer: Jessica Villaverde; Volunteer Chairperson: Scott Lawry; Other members of our reorganization committee include government of Guam employees, private business employees and community members. This group has just begun and we welcome more members of our community.
International Competition India is the most powerful field hockey nation in olympic history a fact whichis not as unusual as one might think, since the sport there is comparable to http://www.hc-olten.ch/english/history/international competition/international c
Extractions: International competition began in 1895 and men's field hockey first appeared in the Olympics in London (1908), then again in Antwerp (1920) and became a permanent fixture in the Games of 1928 in Amsterdam. The call for more international matches led to the introduction of the World Cup (1971) and some of the other major international tournaments include the Asian Cup, Asian Games, European Cup, and Pan-American Games. India is the most powerful field hockey nation in Olympic history - a fact which is not as unusual as one might think, since the sport there is comparable to what college football is to the state of Nebraska (people who follow American college football will understand this comparison). Between 1928 and 1956, India won six gold medals and 30 consecutive games. The streak ended in 1960 with a loss to Pakistan in the finals. So that you can get an idea of the major countries which participate in field hockey the following is a list of the nations which competed in the last olympics: Australia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, India, Pakistan, Germany, South Africa, United States of America, Argentina, Spain, Korea, and Malaysia.
Rutgers Athletics Olympic Hall Of Fame Class Of 1999 The Rutgers olympic Sports Hall of Fame. the fourthbest effort in Rutgers lacrossehistory at the Heather Jones 97 (field hockey, Lacrosse) One of the most http://www.scarletknights.com/history/hof_99.htm
Extractions: FOOTBALL SOCCER-MEN SOCCER-WOMEN CROSS COUNTRY ... RU ALUMNI COMMUNITY Select a Sport - Fall - Football Soccer (M) Soccer (W) Field Hockey Cross Country Volleyball (W) Golf Tennis (M) Tennis (W) - Winter - Basketball (M) Basketball (W) Fencing Gymnastics Swimming Track (M) Track (W) Wrestling - Spring - Baseball Softball Lacrosse (M) Lacrosse (W) Crew Golf Tennis (M) Tennis (W) Track (M) Track (W) Cheerleading Athletics Bands The Rutgers Olympic Sports Hall of Fame Class of 1999 A former team MVP and captain of the cross country and track and field teams at Rutgers, Nancy Seeger-Jones was an outstanding runner from 1978-1981. Seeger-Jones was a five-time New Jersey state champion in cross country and outdoor track and earned EAIAW All-East honors seven times during her collegiate career. During her senior season in 1981, Seeger-Jones was an AIWA All-America selection in cross country, and set the school record in the 10,000 meters outdoor event, as well as the 5,000 meters indoor and outdoor records. Following her career at Rutgers, Seeger-Jones qualified for the 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials in the marathon.
Rutgers Athletics Olympic Hall Of Fame Class Of 1998 hockey goalie, she was named College field hockey Association Regional is the sixthmen's track and field star to team as a member of the 1988 olympic team and http://www.scarletknights.com/history/hof_98.htm
Extractions: FOOTBALL SOCCER-MEN SOCCER-WOMEN CROSS COUNTRY ... RU ALUMNI COMMUNITY Select a Sport - Fall - Football Soccer (M) Soccer (W) Field Hockey Cross Country Volleyball (W) Golf Tennis (M) Tennis (W) - Winter - Basketball (M) Basketball (W) Fencing Gymnastics Swimming Track (M) Track (W) Wrestling - Spring - Baseball Softball Lacrosse (M) Lacrosse (W) Crew Golf Tennis (M) Tennis (W) Track (M) Track (W) Cheerleading Athletics Bands The Rutgers Olympic Sports Hall of Fame Class of 1998 FRANK ELM - A 31-year veteran of the coaching ranks at Rutgers, Frank Elm was recognized as one of the finest swimming and diving coaches in America. Three times he was named to the coaching staff of the U.S. Olympic team; twice as an assistant (1968 and 1976) and in 1980 he was named head coach of the U.S. team, the largest American swimming and diving team assembled at that time. He also coached the 1967 U.S. Pan American Games team, and two U.S. National Teams that toured Japan in 1975 and the Soviet Union in 1981. At Rutgers, Elm can best be described as the driving force in the development of the swimming and diving program. He developed 10 Olympic swimmers- two gold medal winners, several Pan Am Games swimmers, five of whom won gold medals. He also tutored several individual and national championship swimmers as well as national relay champions. He oversaw the development of the women's swimming and diving program at Rutgers, a team that went undefeated from 1973-75. Near the end of his career, he was able to help oversee the construction of the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center, one of the finest swimming and diving facilities in America.
Official Athletic Site, Michigan State Field Hockey the Spartans to one of the best seasons in school history, leading the olympic coachingstaffs, Madison was manager for the US olympic field hockey Team that http://www.fansonly.com/schools/msu/sports/w-fieldh/mtt/madison_michele00.html
Extractions: Since arriving at Michigan State in 1993, 10th-year head coach Michele Madison has continually raised the level of expectations for the Spartan field hockey program on and off the field. Consider that in her tenure in East Lansing she has won more games than any other coach in the 30-year history of the program; her players have been named to various All-America teams nine times; she has coached two Big Ten Freshman of the Year performers; and MSU has been ranked in the top 25 at various times in each of the last eight years. Last year, Bridget Cooper earned second-team All-America honors, giving Madison an All-America performer in six of the last seven years. Cooper was also named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year. In 2001, Madison led the Spartans to one of the best seasons in school history, leading the team to 16 wins, a share of the Big Ten regular season championship and the programs first berth in the NCAA Tournament. Her efforts, which included her third career trip to the NCAA Elite Eight, earned her Big Ten Coach of the Year honors and the Athletic Directors Award for Excellence at MSU. The Spartans reached as high as No. 3 in the national polls, and were ranked in the top 10 the entire season. Along with the All-America honors that Madisons players have earned, in the last six years Spartan players have also been awarded all-region honors 23 times and All-Big Ten kudos on 21 occasions.
Official Athletic Site Of The University Of Maryland US Pan American Tournament team 1996 Assistant Coach, US olympic Team 1997 the YearBecame the winningest coach in Maryland field hockey history ACC Champions http://www.fansonly.com/schools/md/sports/w-fieldh/mtt/meharg_missy00.html
Extractions: Missy Meharg could be thought of as a coach who has guided the Maryland field hockey program to two NCAA titles and six national semifinal appearances. She might be referred to as a leader who has won five Atlantic Coast Conference championships, directing the Terrapins to four straight titles from 1998-2001. She could be recognized as a motivator that has been named the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) National Coach of the Year four times, most recently in 2001. She might also be known as a mentor whose student-athletes have garnered 57 All-America citations on the field and 131 ACC academic honor roll awards outside the lines. Further, she could be seen as an instructor that has developed 35 players who have competed internationally or that four of her former players are currently playing at the highest level with the U.S. National Field Hockey team. Though Mehargs numbers are extraordinary, Marylands leader, now in her 15th season, is much more. As gifted an educator as she is a coach, Meharg recognizes the ability of athletic competition to teach life lessons. The mentor emphasizes the characteristics of sports that can be used as a vehicle to develop successful lifelong qualities. Empowering student-athletes to develop character traits that transcend athletic performance can shape the manner in which the athletes approach everyday life experiences, says Meharg. A successful life lends the opportunity to be a national champion. Keeping hockey fun keeps live more enjoyable.
Extractions: HOCKEY HISTORY Before the home run there was a ball and a stick. One of the oldest of competitive pastimes, the sport of field hockey dates back well before the Ancient Olympic Games. Although the exact origin of the game remains unknown, 4,000-year-old drawings found in the tomb at Beni-Hasen in the Nile Valley of Egypt depicted men playing the sport. Throughout the following centuries, variations of the game were played by a spectrum of cultures ranging from Greeks and Romans to Ethiopians and Aztecs. Hockey first appeared on the Olympic program at the 1908 London Games and again in 1920 at Antwerp. The sport was again featured on the program at Amsterdam in 1928 and has been an Olympic sport ever since. Women's hockey became a fixture on the Olympic program in Moscow in 1980.
Pakistan Hockey Federation five goals in 1952 to lead his team to gold.Womens field hockey was added in 1980.Through the short history of the womens olympic tournament, Australia http://www.phf.com.pk/history1.php
Extractions: The only country other than India to claim top honours more than once since then is Pakistan, which won in 1960, 1968 and 1984.The women began competing in Olympic field hockey in 1980 at the boycotted Games in Moscow. The only repeat winner since then has been Australia, which captured gold in 1988 and 1996. Page
'HOCKEY Pakistan's fortune in field hockey for men have fluctuated during four World Cupvictories and three olympic gold plus past fifty years of her history as an http://www.sports.gov.pk/html/hockey.html
Extractions: HISTORY Hockey has a very old history. From the obscurities of the primitive form in which it was played hundreds of years ago it passed through different stages to attain its present form. This very popular field game originated in Persia, though the persian game shows little resemblance to the hockey played today. A form of hockey was played in Britain. In America a stick game was played by the Indian tribes for 5 hundred years, the ball being usually made of wood or deer skin and the stick some times a dear leg. In Ireland, the game of Harley was a primitive type of hockey; as were shinty in Scotland and bandy in England and Wales. The modern game dates from the middle of the 19th century and it was taken up seriously by England. Gradually the game developed and from England it spread to other parts of the world. The combined India took a fancy to it and in a very short time it became very popular. The technique suited to the Indians and Pakistanis. Hockey was included for first time at the IV Olympic Games in London in 1908. Only six teams entered - the four United Kingdom countries besides France and Germany. The first-ever Olympic Hockey match was played on October 29, 1908 between Scotland and Germany. Scotland won 4-0 and the honour of scoring the first Olympic goal went to inside-left Ian Laning. England had a very strong team and won the gold medal.
WebGuest - Open Directory Sports Events Olympics Skating (2); Gymnastics (12); Ice hockey (1); Judo (2 2006@ (1); Track and field (9);Triathlon (2 Austrian olympic history Historical results of Austrian athletes http://directory.webguest.com/index.cgi/Sports/Events/Olympics
Indiana University Athletics - Field Hockey News Update Series history The Hoosiers have played the Redhawks consecutively since She spendsher summers coaching the USA field hockey's olympic Development program as http://iuhoosiers.com/fieldhockey/news/02-03/wfh08-29-02.html
Extractions: Robertson began her coaching career in 1988; she spent one year as a student assistant coach at UMass. She left in 1989, to take a position as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, where she remained until 1992, and earned a master's degree in sports psychology. Robertson joined the Hoosiers after serving as an assistant coach at Wake Forest for three seasons. Robertson has coached 10 athletes who have played on the National Team, during or after their collegiate careers, 10 All-Americans along with six Under-18 and Under-21 National Team members. Robertson was directly responsible for recruiting three of the National Team members, one of the Under-21 players and a pair of the Under-18 players.
CollegeSports.com - Field Hockey the second appearance for OSU in the history of the Team, as she participated in the1996 olympic Games in as the head coach of the Rush field hockey Club (2001 http://www.collegesports.com/sports/w-fieldh/stories/011503aac.html
Extractions: The NFHCA announced its 2002 Division I All-Americans and Ohio State's forward Vanessa Immordino was named a Second Team All-American for the second consecutive year. Immordino led the Buckeyes in scoring during the 2002 season with 11 goals. She also led the team in points (26) and shots (54). In three years, Immordino has played in all 58 games for the Scarlet and Gray. BUCKEYE RECAP
Field Hockey html. 2, US Team. US field hockey information on the olympic Games.Rosters, results, history, olympic symbols and tradition. Category http://www.ad.com/Sports/Hockey/Field_Hockey/__Olympics/
History first woman to join a Japanese olympic contingent track and field, swimming, equestrianevents, and field hockey. the largest teams in its history 179 athletes http://www.jinjapan.org/access/olympics/history.html
Extractions: Under the urging of Kano Jigoro, a judo athlete, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) was established in 1911. Two athletes were sent to participate at the Fifth Olympiad in Stockholm the following year. The first 2 Japanese to participate as members of a Japanese team were Mishima Yahiko, a sprinter, and Kanaguri Shiro, a long-distance runner. Though the next games were to be held in 1916, they were canceled due to World War I. By the 1920 Games at Antwerp, Japan had fielded a team of 15, and earned its first awards: a pair of silver medals in singles and doubles tennis. At the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, Japan took its first 2 gold medals, in track and field, and swimming. Athlete Hitomi Kinue became the first woman to join a Japanese Olympic contingent. She received a silver medal in the 800-meter event, and her success encouraged more women to take up competitive sports. A contingent of 131 members represented Japan at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles, including 16 women. Japanese athletes earned a total of 7 gold, 7 silver, and 4 bronze medals in track and field, swimming, equestrian events, and field hockey.
Hickok's Sports History: Index By Sport Top of Page E. Equestrian Sports Top of Page F. Fencing history;Fencing in America; olympic Fencing; olympic Champions. field hockey http://hickoksports.hypermart.net/sprtindx.htm
Extractions: Its not the fame, prestige, or awards Old Dominions Beth Anders is after for the last 20 years Anders has been doing what she has always done best, coaching the game she loves. Anders has cemented her status as one of the greatest in field hockey in all facets of the game. As player, Anders has participated at every level possible, including World Cup and Olympic events and as a coach, her achievements are nothing short of impressive, including nine national collegiate titles and a bronze medal at the Pan American World Cup Games. Considered by many to be a pioneer of her sport, Anders resume is dotted with a long list of incredible achievements and monumental firsts. In the world of field hockey, nothing short of excellence describes Anders, which draws people to Old Dominion University when looking for success in the world of collegiate athletics. Anders, who enters her 21st season at the helm of the Lady Monarch field hockey program, has helped lead Old Dominion to nine NCAA national championships, with the most recent in the fall of 2000. In 2001, she became the first Division I field hockey coach to capture 400 career wins and she holds an incredible .866 winning percentage with a 408-60-7 record that places her among the top of all field hockey coaches in NCAA history.
Field Hockey Canada - Nicole Colaco University of Toronto (urban studies and history). of Interest Interests (outsidefield hockey) squash, volleyball anything in the world) olympic medalist in http://www.fieldhockey.ca/profiles/women/ncolaco.html
Extractions: First picking up a field hockey stick in grade 9, while attending Agincourt Collegiate in Toronto, Nicole COLACO has played field hockey for 12 years. From there, she has made a name for herself at the University of Toronto and with Canada National Women's Field Hockey program. In addition to playing for Canada, Nicole Colaco plays for the University of Toronto, during the fall, where she is completing her joint major in urban studies and history. Nicole Colaco has traveled extensively with the Canadian National Team, the most recent trip to San Diego in February 1997. There the Canadian team spent two weeks training at the Arco Olympic Training Centre and playing numerous test matches against the US team. Following that trip, she has been working with the team towards the World Cup Qualifier, to be held this summer in Harare, Zimbabwe. Practicing approximately six hours a day, five days a week, at Livingstone Park, Vancouver, the Canadian team is preparing for the next year of competition.
Field Hockey Canada - Hari Kant field hockey Background started to play in the 1981 Sydney International Challenge(preolympic test event reading (theology, physics and history), all sports http://www.fieldhockey.ca/profiles/men/kant.html
Extractions: 2002 Indoor Pan Am Cup 1988 Junior Pan American Games, Port of Spain ( 1995 Pan American Games, Mar del Plata ( 1996 Olympic Qualifier, Barcelona ( 1996 World Cup Preliminary, Sardinia ( 1997 World Cup Qualifier, Kuala Lumpur ( 1998 World Cup , Utrecht ( 1998 Commonwealth Games , Kuala Lumpur 1999 Pan American Games , Winnipeg ( 2000 Americas Cup , Cuba ( 2000 Olympic Games , Sydney ( Indoor Pan American Cup , Rockville, USA ( Indoor World Cup , Leipzig ( Feb. 4, 2003 - pre Indoor World Cup
Extractions: USA Women's Ice Hockey Team Tribute Site - Fan site dedicated to the USA Women's Ice Hockey Team that features pictures of present and past players, photos of past tournaments including the Olympic Games, Four Nations Cup, World Championships and photos from player families and friends. Also includes web polls, team news, announcements and links.
