The Americas Masters Games are coming to Vancouver in August of 2016. This is a massive multi-sport Games for athletes over the age of 35 and of any skill level! We are pleased to be helping organize the field hockey portion of the Games. Organization meetings are fully under way and the Games are starting to come together nicely. Registration has begun and we are happy to see that some teams have already registered!

There are two ways to register for the games. You can either register as an individual and be placed on a team, or your team captain can register your team and invitations will automatically be sent out to the rest of your team so they can register. To complete the registration process either as an individual or for your team, click here.

If you aren't playing in the Games, but still want to be involved, apply to be a Games Volunteer! Registration is now open for Volunteers. Click here for more information.

Field Hockey Canada is now accepting applications for technical officials and umpires for two 2016 National Championship tournaments this summer. The U16 Boys' & Girls' National Championships are being held in Calgary from July 19th-24th. The U18 Girls' National Championships are being held in Toronto from July 27th-31st. 

The deadline to submit an application is April 8th. For more information and to apply, click here.

April is set to be a very busy month for Team Canada! 

The Senior Women's National Team have recently landed in New Zealand for two test matches against the New Zealand Blacksticks ahead of the Hawkes Bay International Tournament. The test matches will be played on march 27th & 28th and the tournament will run from April 2nd-10th. Canada will play pool matches against Korea (No. 9), Japan (No. 10) and Australia (No. 3). This tour offers Canada a great opportunity to continue their steady path of improvement and to see where they rank against some of the best teams in the world! For more information on the tour, click here.

The Junior Women's National Team begin their quest for a Junior World Cup berth at the Junior Pan American Championships on March 30th in Trinidad & Tobago. They will face off against Bermuda, Mexico, Venezuela, USA and T&T in pool play before hopefully advancing to the quarter-finals. The top two teams from this tournament will qualify for the Junior World Cup at the end of 2016. There will be 7 athletes representing BC at this tournament. To see the full roster list, click here (Please note that since this article was written, Thora Rae has been selected to the Senior Women's team, and Robin Fleming has joined the Junior team set for T&T). 

The Senior Men's National Team are set to travel to Malaysia for the Azlan Shah Cup in April. This prestigious invitational tournament has become a staple in the Canadian team's yearly schedule. This year it will be extra important as it will serve as one of their last tune-ups before the Olympic Games in August. In Malaysia, they will be joined by other Olympic-qualified teams, Australia (No. 1), India (No. 7) and New Zealand (No. 8). Pakistan (No. 10), Malaysia (No. 13) and Japan (No. 16) will also be competing at the Azlan Shah Cup. For more information about the tournament, as well as the Canadian team roster (featuring 14 BC athletes), click here.