1. CALL TO OFFICIALS

Hope you have all had a good indoor season and are looking forward to getting outdoors again – even BC experienced more snow this year! The Officials Committee wish to give officials applying for selection to the Seniors and Under 16 as much notice as possible, thus please see the timelines for applications and appointments below:

Applications due by Monday 23 March 2009

Appointments announced by Friday 3 April 2009

A memo & availability forms from the officials committee are available here

Thank you all once again for your dedication and support of hockey in Canada. The Officials Committee looks forward to seeing many of you at the competitions over the summer.

Any questions please email fhc@fieldhockey.ca

2. Canadian Men's Team at Pan American Cup

With a successful, innovative and very motivational approach to maximizing its training opportunities in California, Canada feels well prepared for their upcoming objective of winning the Pan Am Cup in Chile.

The co-training environment with Alster allowed Canada optimize some tactical intelligence, train set plays in a competitive environment and collaborate on coaching techniques and strategies.

Alan Brahmst, Canadian coach, stated: "coaching collaboration and game simulation are an optimal way to train and our abilities to pioneer and further this type of training between the two sides, has proven successful and has tremendously benefited both sides in their preparation".

The following 18 athletes will travel to Sanitago, Chile:

1. Paul Wettlaufer (D)

2. Rob Short (M)

3. Ken Pereira (M)

4. Antoni Kindler (G)

5. Dave Carter (G)

6. Mark Pearson (F)

7. Connor Grimes (F)

8. Scott Tupper (D/M)

9. Peter Short (M/F)

10. Scott Sandison (D)

11. Hudson Stewart (D)

12. Ben Martin (F)

13. Ranjeev Deol (F)

14. Gabbar Singh (M/F)

15. Wayne Fernandes (D/M)

16. Mark Erickson (D)

17. Richard Hildreth (D/M)

18. Connor Meakin (M/F)

They will also be joined by the following support staff:

Alan Brahmst (Coach)

Hari Kant (Assistant Coach & Manager)

Kristy Franzen (Team Coordinator)

Peter Milkovich (Tactical Consultant)

Dr Saul Miller (Team Consultant)

Sean Campbell (Physiotherapist)

For more info please visit fieldhockey.ca

You can also follow along with a player blog of all events in Santiago Chile.

3. Results from FHC Senior Indoor National Championships

Field Hockey Canada’s 2009 edition of the senior men’s and women’s national championships of indoor field hockey where played over the February 27th weekend at the the Talisman Centre in Calgary, Alberta. This year’s event featured ten teams across three provinces competing for Canada’s indoor hockey championship. The province of Alberta was well represented in the women’s tournament with the Under-19 Provincial Team, two University of Calgary squads, and a select team of players from each the Calgary Ladies Field Hockey Association and the Field Hockey Association of Calgary participating. They will be joined by a strong Team Ontario featuring nationally-carded athletes Brittney Blount, Sherri Bradie, Malinda Hapuarachchi, and Kristen Shier.

Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta North, and Alberta South competed in a four-team round robin tournament to decide the men’s championship. Both the men’s and women’s gold medal games will be played on Sunday March 1st.

The senior indoor national championships are a priority competitive event in the Training to Win stage of field hockey’s Long-Term Athlete Development Model. The competition is open to men’s and women’s senior teams from across Canada as nominated by their respective Provincial Sport Organization.

for all results and more info please visit the web site

4. Canadian Womens Results from Pan American Cup

The Canadian national women’s field hockey team defeated Team Mexico 10-1 Sunday morning in their final match of the Pan American Cup in Bermuda. Canada finishes the nine-day continental qualifier for the World Cup in fifth place. “We came out hard today to prove that our fifth place finish doesn’t reflect what we are capable of,” said Canadian player Thea Culley of Rossland, British Columbia.

Teams finishing second through sixth will be invited to one of three last-chance World Cup qualifying tournaments in 2010. The tournament winner automatically qualifies.

Canada dominated play from start to finish led by a four-goal performance from Culley. Katie Baker, Cailie O’Hara, Natalie Wise, Shannon Elmitt (two goals), and Jessalyn Walkey also scored for Canada.

The goals were the first of their international careers for Wise and Elmitt.

For all news stories and results from the Pan Am Cup, click here

Starting Line Up: C. O’Hara, M. Oliver, S. Jameson, K. Rushton, T.Culley, S. Nesbitt, K.Baker, A.Raye, D. Roemer, J. Walkey, A. Liu

DNP: A. Stone, S. MacAulay