HOCKEY IS THE WINNER IN THE END Overall Hockey was the major winner at the Commonwealth Games. In articles on Stuff, The Herald and Hindustan Times Hockey was named the “Most compelling Sport” of the Commonwealth Games. The venue was named the “Best Venue” of all the sports, with the “Nicest Stadium” and overall had [...]

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!!BLACKSTICKS WOMEN FIGHT IT OUT FOR GOLD!! The Blackstick’s women were O for Awesome in their 1-0 semi-final win over South Africa yesterday. They were extremely impressive with the way they took the game to South Africa and outplayed them in almost every area. Beth Jurgeleit was outstanding in goal and 2 fantastic saves on [...]

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BLACKSTICK’S MEN & WOMEN INTO SEMI-FINALS ACTION The Blackstick’s women made easy work on their route to the semi-finals than the men did. The women played extremely well all through pool-play to go through undefeated and top qualifier of their pool. They even outclassed the highly fancied English to comfortably win 4-1. They have now [...]

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Hey All, After a very tough performance we are through to the gold medal match. We have a rest day tomoza, then the gold medal match Wednesday. Thanks for your support Cheers Toni Cronk

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2 FROM 2 = 6 POINTS Everything has been going to plan so far with 2 wins from 2 games. Our first game was against Trinidad & Tobago which we won 7-1. STEVE EDWARDS FIGHTS FOR POSSESSION AGAINST TRINIDAD & TOBAGO This game also marked Phil Burrows 250th test becoming the 2nd only New Zealander [...]

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The games have finally started with quite a few road bumps along the way. We have had quite a few injuries amongst our squad including Nick W (knee), Brad S (ankle), Simon C (back), Nick H (Knee) and Blair T (Back). Most of the injuries have been minor although this meant we have struggled to [...]

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Hi All, Thought I would update you on some of the going on’s at the commonwealth games. So far we have met Prince Charles, Camilla and Prince Edward. We (Australia) had our flag raising ceremony which was a spectacular of Indian culture. Last night we marched in the opening ceremony which was an amazing life [...]

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Two games down and the Hockeroos are in a great position at the world cup. Yesterday we beat India 6-3 and our first game was 2-1 against Japan. Some really good performances in the chilly Argentinian conditions. Today we will all rest up for our big game against the Dutch tomorrow. Usual plan on a [...]

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After two days we are leading in the four nations tournament in Germany. Yesterday we beat Ireland 4-0 in quite a good match. Nic Arrold scored 3 goals which was a very good effort, with two of them being drag flicks straight over the top of the short Indian Keeper. Today we had another hat-trick [...]

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