2012 – Executive Board Minutes 15 December
Minutes of the Executive Board Meeting EHF Office, Brussels, Belgium, 14th and 15th December 2012 The President welcomed the board to the fifth Executive Board meeting of 2012. She welcomed Gerry Ralph and Norman Hughes and looked forward to fruitful discussions about...
Irish Hockey announce Darren Smith as new Women’s National Coach
Irish Hockey is delighted to announce Darren Smith as new Ireland Women’s National Coach. Smith, a New Zealand native, takes up the role following 6 years as Assistant Coach to the New Zealand Men’s team who recently finished 9th at the Olympic Games in London 2012....
Carol Metchette retires from Umpiring
As moments go, Carol Metchette’s final international appointment could scarcely have been more emotional. One of world hockey's finest umpires, the two-time Olympic whistle-blower closed out her career on home soil, taking charge of the FIH Champions Challenge I final...
Gibraltar's Star of the London Olympics
It is fair to say that Gibraltar is not a world giant when it comes to sporting achievement. But this tiny British dot at the foot of Spain made its own contribution to the festival of sport that was the London Olympics of 2012. That contribution came in the form of...
2012 – EHF Executive Board Minutes 1 November
Minutes of the Executive Board Meeting Royale Chulan Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1st November 2012 Presidents Welcome: The President welcomed the Executive Board to Kuala Lumpur. The meeting began with a minute’s silence to mark the passing of Julia Gill and Guido...
Hockey under the (REAL) Colosseum
It was a real success the event held past Sunday, on 21st of October, in the view of the Imperial Forums in Rome called “SPQR Sports Day”. The Italian Hockey Federation did its part bringing a promotional pitch named “Fun Hockey village”, which is a mobile area where...
International Umpires Lambert and Whitehead die on same day
Last week was a sad one for English Hockey with not only the death of Julia Gill but also of Peter Lambert and John Whitehead, two of England’s former international umpires who both passed away on the same day (Oct 3). Lambert sadly lost a battle with cancer,...
Julia Gill passes away
It is with regret that the EHB has learned of the passing of Julia Gill. Julia died on 2nd October 2012 after a long battle with cancer. Julia was involved in many aspects of the game. She was a member of the Southern Counties Umpires Association before progressing...
2012 – EHF Executive Board Minutes 14/15 September
Minutes of the Executive Board Meeting FIH Office, Lausanne, Switzerland, 14th & 15th September 2012 President’s Welcome: The President opened the meeting by requesting a minute’s silence to mark the passing of Robert Watson, EHF Hon. General Secretary 1978 –...
Olympic Hopes of Moscow Region!
Eighth International Kids Hockey Festival «OLYMPIC HOPES OF MOSCOW REGION» will be held in Elektrostal (Moscow Region) from 7th to 9th of September. Girls and boys of 10 to 12 years old will take part in the event. The hosts of the tournament are Moscow Region Hockey...
FIH publishes Rulebook for 2013
The FIH has published its 2013 edition of the Outdoor Hockey Rulebook, which is now available to read and download on the FIH website rules page. The FIH believes hockey is enjoyable to play, officiate in and watch. Nevertheless, the FIH continues to seek ways of...
Today at the Riverbank Arena – its Women's Finals Day
Labelled ‘El Classico’ by Carlos Retegui, Friday’s final pits together the two dominant forces on the world stage as Argentina and the Netherlands (8pm, GMT). Between them, they have claimed every world level title dating back to 2006, including six Champion’s...
An all European GOLD medal Game as Netherlands and Germany win semi-finals
The Netherlands handed Great Britain one of the most painful defeats in recent memory, as they were thoroughly out-gunned in front of their home support. It was a breath-taking display as the interplay of Roderick Weusthof, Teun de Nooijer, Valentin Verga and Floris...
Today at the Riverbank Arena the Men are in action to determine the Gold Medal match
The world’s four highest ranked sides take the biggest stage in world hockey today aiming to move one step closer to Olympic glory at the Riverbank Arena as Australia, Germany, the Netherlands and hosts Great Britain are all within one result of a medal. First up,...
Spain overwhelmed by Australia
Spain v. Australia 0-5 (half-time 0-3) Australia continues to live up to its billing as the big favorite of the men’s tournament. The current World #1 had no problems dispatching Spain today in a 5-0 decision. Russell Ford opened the scoring 10 minutes into action...
Day 2 in London
Once again from the FIH site, here is the update from the Olympics today. Great Britain vs Argentina 4-1 (1-0 half-time) Great Britain made their opening statement of intent as they battered their way to an opening group win, running riot in the second half to beat...
Day 1 at the London Olympics
The FIH has a fantastic website covering all the games, www.fih.ch. Below is a summary of the opening games at the Riverbank Arena. Great Britain vs Japan 4-0 (4-0 half-time) Inspired by a partisan local crowd, hosts Great Britain powered into a 4-0 half-time lead,...
Showdown in Austria
Next weekend the Rohrmax Final Four 2012 takes place in Vienna, Austria. The best four teams of the women’s and the men’s league are fighting for the Austrian crown. The tournament starts on Friday, June 22, with the semi finals of the men: at 16:00 SV Arminen, the...
FIH mourns passing of Nicole Delaloye-Maye
The International Hockey Federation is deeply saddened by the passing of Nicole Delaloye-Maye, who worked as Operations Manager at the FIH offices in Lausanne from 2005 until 2010. “Everyone always knew that they could count on Nicole not just for her efficiency and...
French Umpires Seminar
The French Umpiring and Officials Committee organised an umpire seminar on Saturday June 2nd 2012 which was also the day of the Elite championship finales for both Women & Men at the superb RC France venue in La Boulie (West of Paris). 20 participants attended...
2012 – EHF Executive Board Minutes 8/9 June
Minutes of the Executive Board Meeting EHF Office, Brussels, Belgium, 8th and 9th June 2012 President’s Welcome: The President welcomed the Board to its 2nd meeting of 2012, and offered a special welcome to Guido Braca, Wiert Doyer and Dariusz Kurc. She thanked the...
Olympic Games Match Schedule released
The London Olympic Organizing Committee, together with the International Hockey Federation, unveiled the London 2012 Olympic Hockey competition scheduled, revealing when the teams will play each other in the preliminary rounds of the tournaments on the Olympic Park....
Sad news in the European Hockey Family
It is with deepest sadness that we record the sudden death of Ivan Hrupec in his 66th year, our great friend, the hockey official, the former International Umpire of the FIH grade, the hockey player and the member of the HK Zelina as the good ghost for the many...
Chris Pelow, A fighter
A lot of the Irish hockey community may be aware that Chris Pelow (aged 24) recently underwent surgery in Australia to amputate one of his lower legs in order to prevent the further spread of a very aggressive tumour which had developed in his foot. His parents, Ronan...
2012 – EHF Executive Board Minutes 9/10 March
Minutes of the Executive Board Meeting Hotel Marrols, Bratislava, Slovakia, 9th and 10th March 2012 The President welcomed the Executive Board to the meeting in Bratislava, and thanked Ludmila Pastorova for the kind invitation to Slovakia. Marijke informed the Board...
Danish Hockey – Livestreamed
Great news for hockey in Denmark, TOMORROW - Saturday 3rd March 2012 the Danish National Championships will be livestreamed via National Television (Danmarks Radio). You can follow bronze matches and finals live here:www.dr.dk/Sporten/MinSport/2012/02/29135252.htm The...
Zimbabwe launches its website
The Hockey Association of Zimbabwe announced the launch of its official website. Hockey fans looking for information about the game in the African nation can visitwww.zimhockey.co.zw. The site includes information on the various Zimbabwe national teams in addition to...
Finalists confirmed, Der Club an der Alster and HDM
East Grinstead v HC Luzern 2-2 (0-1) In relegation pool C at the EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup in Hamburg neither Swiss champion HC Luzern nor East Grinstead made a big step to stay in the division. They drew 2-2 in a dramatic match. Luzern scored a corner goal in...
Lousada becomes the most titled club in the age group of U18
The Lousada is the new Under-18 Indoor Hockey Portuguese National Champion. The formation of Vale do Sousa won fourth titles in three years at this age group, and is now the team with most national titles overcoming Club Futebol Benfica. The team that were in this...
Van Ass names Netherlands squad for winter camps
Netherlands men’s coach Paul van Ass has named his 22 man squad that will take part in two elite training camps this winter. The first of the camps takes place in Alicante, Spain from 16th to 25th January before the group heads to the Australian city of Perth for the...
Croatia Hockey mourns the loss of Branko Besednik
Branko Besednik, 87 Yrs old, the Croatian Hockey Federation Honorary President since 2008, and the CHF President in the several terms of office, suddenly passed away. He was the all around player and the leading official in the Zagreb, Croatian sport and Yugoslav...
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