On April 27th, Field Hockey BC alumni and 2013 female athlete of the year, Abigail Raye, will become the youngest Canadian field hockey player to reach 100 International senior caps. The 22-year-old from Kelowna will reach this milestone in her native England as Canada takes on the English in an exhibition game ahead of the Commonwealth Games. Read more about Abigail's journey here.

Over the past weekend, 150 athletes participated in the Train to Train Festival at Tamanawis Park in Surrey. The athletes have been training for months for this festival in the hopes of receiving an invitation to trial for Team BC. Field Hockey BC selectors were very impressed with the level of skill displayed over the weekend and have invited a large group of athletes to trial. If you missed the Train to Train Festival, check out our Facebook album for the event. A list of those athletes invited to trial for Team BC can be found on the Field Hockey BC homepage. 

In April 1974, athletes from various regions competed in a tournament from which a select group were invited to trial for the first ever U19 Girls Team BC team. 14 athletes represented BC and won gold at the Junior National Championships in Ontario! 40 years later, 130 of our Train to Compete athletes will continue the tradition as they compete in the Train to Compete tournament for the chance to be invited to trial for Team BC. The tournament will take place at Wright Field, UBC, April 25-27. 

Leading the boys Learn to Train sessions will be Mathias Ahrens, former Canadian Men's Junior National Team Coach who led the junior men to silver in the Pan Am's and Junior World Cup qualification. Mathias has a long record of producing top class International players and is looking forward to helping our boys reach new heights in this program! For more information and to register visit our website. 

Boys born between (and including) the years 1996-1998 are invited to register for the Train to Compete Team BC trials taking place May 10th and 11th. Registration is open until May 8th. For more information and to register please visit the Field Hockey BC website. 

The Canadian Men and Women's Indoor National teams swept the finals of the Indoor Pan American Cup in Montevideo, Uruguay. The women defeated Argentina in the final to claim gold, while the men defeated the United States. With their gold medals in hand, both teams have now earned spots at the 2015 Indoor World Cup in Germany next February. For more information on the Canadian indoor teams and the tournament, visit the Field Hockey Canada website.