Perth has been the sport’s high-performance base since 1984,and WA Hockey were desperate to retain the program.
Australian hockey star Eddie Ockenden played his 400th game for the Kookaburras at the weekend. He is in elite sporting company.
Experts critical of Ballymore’s Olympic-fuelled rebirth as a major sports venue say there is a better option about two kilometres to the east.
The latest plan for Ballymore will see it welcome multiple sports and host Olympic hockey games in 2032. That’s quite a rebound for a site government officials deemed unsuitable for a major stadium “either now or into the future”.
Just how did Brisbane Olympic organisers expect the Herston stadium to host Olympic hockey,which is played on a synthetic blue surface?
Perth has been hockey’s high-performance base since 1984 but Hockey Australia,with its offices currently based in Melbourne,is seeking to create a single hub combining the departments.
One year on from the heartbreak of Tokyo,Australia’s men momentarily looked like missing another shot at gold before beating hosts England to set up a mouth-watering clash with India.
A bonanza of Australian Commonwealth Games women’s team action begins at midnight,with the hockey,cricket and netball teams all vying for gold medals one after another.
The anguish of recent years hasn’t disappeared,but it is no longer a motivating factor for the Hockeyroos,who will play England for gold.
Australia flexed a little early muscle to get their quest for women’s hockey gold off to a flying start with a 8-0 rout of Kenya at the Commonwealth Games.
The Canadian PM wants an end to the “culture of toxic behaviour” within the sport after revelations its peak body uses registration fees to settle lawsuits.