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Hockey player turned TV star

_{Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 February 2010 18:50}

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Recently, an international survey rated Australian men as the World's Worst Husbands. This was obviously picked up by all the major Australian media services, including the evening news broadcasts.

Thanks to the promotions running prior to the news, I was lucky enough to have a little advance notice of this item, and recorded it.

Why you may ask? Simple really, it features a prominent member of our Veterans Hockey community!

Now, thanks to the wonders of modern technology, you can check out the video below, and have a laugh. I am sure the player concerned will be more than happy to accept a little gentle ribbing from the rest of us!

What I want to know is, where was the plug for Sydney Veterans Hockey?

Grand-Final draw released

_{Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 February 2010 18:50}

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The Sydney Veterans Hockey committee have released the draw for the 2009 Grand-Finals, and the match details can be found in our fixtures list.

Full details on the matches, teams and playing conditions can be found here on the Sydney Veterans Hockey website.

Upsets a features of the semi-finals

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The grand finalists for the 2009 Sydney Veterans Hockey competition have been decided, and upsets, or almost upsets, were the feature of the day.

In The C Division semi-finals, Glebe continued their dominance of the competition, but were made to work very hard by Sydney Uni, who held them out until very late in the match. Glebe's 1-0 victory gave them a spot in the Grand Final, where they will meet Northern Districts, who finished a distant third to Southern Highlands in the round-robin, but proved too strong on the day, winning 4-1.

In the B Division, Macarthur had gone through the season undefeated, two draws being the only blemish on their record. However in the semi-final, Sydney Uni, last years beaten finalist showed they were not going to go without a fight. Taking the lead early in the first half, Sydney Uni withstood tremendous pressure, before conceding an equaliser with 15 minutes to go in the match

2009 Vets Nationals - Draw

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For those of us attending the Australia Veterans Hockey Championships in Melbourne, you will be very aware that they commence in a little over 4 weeks.

As always, we all wait to see the draw, so we can plan activities for the rest days, invite friends and family to come and watch, or simply find out when we are playing the dreaded enemy - Queensland!

Thanks to our contacts in the community, you can now download a copy of the draw date 15th August 2009, from here. This file will be updated periodically, so check back here for updates.

*** Update 27/08/2009 ***

The FINAL draw has now been published on the Australian Veterans Hockey website. It can be found here.

2009 World Masters Games

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An initiative of the New South Wales Government, Sydney will host the seventh World Masters Games from 10-18 October 2009. The World Masters Games have been held every four years since they began in Toronto, Canada in 1985. Australians have a strong Masters sport presence and the 2009 event will be the third time that the World Masters Games have been staged in Australia after Brisbane (1994) and Melbourne (2002).

Open to people of all abilities and most ages, the World Masters Games are the world's largest multi-sport event, attracting twice as many competitors than the Olympic Games. A significant, fundamental difference between the World Masters Games and the Olympic Games is that World Masters Games are open to people of all abilities rather than just elite athletes, with the emphasis on participation. To compete at the Sydney 2009 World Masters Games, people only need to satisfy their sport's minimum age, which ranges from 25 to 35, depending on the sport.

Sydney players included in NSW 40's

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The NSW Over 40's State Championships were held recently. Following the victory by the Sydney "B" team, a number of Sydney players were named in the NSW sides to contest the national titles later in the year.

Congratulations to the following Sydney players on their selection: -

Sydney Over 40's strike gold!

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Both Sydney Over 40's sides made the semi-finals in their respective divisions at the NSW State Championships held over the weekend.

The "A" team finished second in their pool, and for the second time in three years, were desperately unlucky to be defeated by Newcastle on Penalty Strokes in the semi-final. Illawarra were subsequently defeated 2-0 by Newcastle, giving them their fourth consecutive NSW State Championship.

The "B" team went through their pool undefeated, including a last-second victory over Dubbo on day one. Struggling for numbers in the week leading up to the championships, during the course of the weekend the side was able to call on the services of 16 players, and going into the semi-final, were able to utilise the slightly fresher legs to defeat the Central Coast 1-0 and set up a final against the Newcastle "B" team.

Sydney Over 40's teams named

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The teams for the NSW Over 40 State Championships, to be held in Newcastle over the weekend of 29th - 31st May 2009 have been named.

Congratulations to the following players on their selection: -

NSW Women show the way

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At the start of 2009, NSW appointed a new Women's Coaching Co-Ordinator, naming former NZ Captain Anthony Thornton to the role. Having coached ACT for the last 3 years, Anthony and his family have made the move 3 hours north to take on the challenge of leading the NSW coaching staff.

And what a year they have had so far. The NSW Arrows enjoyed an undefeated run through the AHL tournament, ultimately defeating the Queensland Scorchers 5-3 in the grand final.

This has been followed this week by the NSW Under 21's (shown at right) enduring a heartbreaking grand final loss to the surprise team of the tournament, Tasmania, going down 1-0.

Champions Trophy Women 2009

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This year, we are presented with a fantastic opportunity to watch the best teams in the world playing in Sydney, with the Womens Champions Trophy being played at Olympic Park, 11th - 19th July 2009.

Show your support for Hockey by purchasing tickets now for the matches.

Hockey NSW have some fantastic offers for tickets which you can read about here, and includes a way that your club can earn money from it's members going to the matches. Support your club and Hockey and get out to watch the best players in the world.