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2016 Men's Australian Hockey League
The 2016 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 26th edition of the Australian Hockey League men's Field Hockey tournament. The tournament was held in the Western Australia city of Perth. For the first time, the Australian Hockey League hosted international teams from India, Malaysia and New Zealand. The VIC Vikings won the gold medal for the third time by defeating the WA Thundersticks 5–3 in the final. The NSW Waratahs won the bronze medal after defeating the India Under–21 side 5–1 in the third place match. Teams Domestic Teams * Canberra Lakers * NSW Waratahs * NT Stingers * QLD Blades * SA Hotshots * Tassie Tigers * VIC Vikings * WA Thundersticks International Teams * * * * Results First round Pool A ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- ---- ---- Classification Ninth to twelfth place classification =Crossover= ---- =Eleventh and twelfth place= =Ninth and tenth place= F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hockey Australia
Hockey Australia is an organisation that formed from the merger of the Australian Hockey Association and Women's Hockey Australia in 2000. It is the national body responsible for the promotion, development and administration of field hockey in Australia. Hockey Australia is a full member of the International Hockey Federation, and comprises the State and Territory associations. History The British Army has been credited with the spread of hockey throughout the world, but in Australia's case, the British Navy deserves the honours. In the late 1800s, Australia did not have a naval fleet of its own and relied upon the Royal Navy for the security of the coastline. The British Naval officers stationed in Australia taught the locals the game of hockey and laid the foundations for a sport which Australians have developed and mastered. National teams Hockey Australia is the governing body that oversees Australia's National Teams. *The Kookaburras (hockey), Kookaburras (Men) *The Hockeyr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bell (field Hockey)
Robert or Rob Bell may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Robert Charles Bell (engraver) (1806–1872), Scottish engraver * Robert Anning Bell (1863–1933), English artist and designer * Robert Bell (artist and curator) (1946–2018), Australian artist and curator * Robert "Kool" Bell (born 1950), American singer, songwriter, and bassist with Kool & the Gang * Robert Bell, musician and bassist with The Blue Nile * Rob Bell (TV presenter) (born 1979), British TV presenter Authors and editors * Robert Bell (writer) (1800–1867), Irish journalist & editor * Robert Charles Bell (1917–2002), author of several books on board games * Rob Bell (Robert Holmes Bell Jr., born 1970), American author, Christian speaker and pastor Law * Robert C. Bell (1880–1964), U.S. federal judge * Robert M. Bell (born 1943), Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals * Robert Holmes Bell (born 1944), U.S. federal judge * Robert D. Bell (born 1967), justice of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jared Jones (field Hockey)
Below are the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Pittsburgh Pirates: Players Carter Bins Carter Bins (born October 7, 1998) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Bins attended Angelo Rodriguez High School in Fairfield, California. He hit .313/.427/.447 with 9 RBIs in 67 at-bats in his senior year. He was First-Team All Monticello Empire League honors and was twice named Defensive Player of the Year. Bins was drafted in the 35th round of the 2016 draft by the Philadelphia Phillies but chose to attend Fresno State University. Bins started at catcher for the Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team for his three years there, earning Academic All-Mountain West honors each year. In his career at Fresno State, Bins hit .289/.383/.465 with 19 home runs and 96 RBI in 679 plate appearances. Bins was regarded as an excellent defensive catcher in college and was considered among the best in the 2019 draft. He was drafted by the Seattle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Kleinschmidt
Aaron Kleinschmidt (born 1 October 1989) is an Australian field hockey player. He attended Xavier College, an elite private school in Kew where he was often referred to as “The Goat” Kleinschmidt was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and made his senior international debut in at 2016 Trans-Tasman Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand. Kleinschmidt was part of the Australian men's team that won a record sixth Commonwealth Games gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2018 Games held in Gold Coast, Australia. References External links * * 1989 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players from Melbourne People educated at Xavier College Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Simpson (field Hockey)
Glenn Simpson (born 5 May 1987) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for the Victorian Vikings in the Australian Hockey League. He is a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team, and in 2011 he won a gold medal in the Champions Trophy. He is currently sponsored bRitual Hockey Personal Simpson was born on 5 May 1987 and is from Melbourne, Victoria. When not playing hockey, he is an electrician. Field hockey Simpson started playing hockey as a seven-year-old and played junior hockey for Greensborough. As a junior player for Victoria, he was a member of a team that won the U21 national championships. He plays for the Victorian Vikings in the Australian Hockey League, where is guernsey number is 21. He played for the team in the first found of the 2011 season. National team Simpson is a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team. His first national team cap was in February 2009 in a game against Belgium played in Canberra. As of early 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Simmonds
Joshua Simmonds (born 4 October 1995) is a field hockey player from Australia. Personal life Joshua Simmonds was born and raised in Ringwood, Victoria. He is a member of the Victorian Institute of Sport, and has referenced Floyd Mayweather as his sporting hero. Career Club level At club level, Joshua Simmonds plays hockey for Doncaster Hockey Club in the Victorian Premier League. He has also played for YMCA Coastal City Hockey Club in the Western Australia Premier Competition. State level Throughout his youth, Joshua Simmonds represented his home state, Victoria, in all domestic competitions. In 2014, Simmonds was recruited by the NT Stingers in the Australian Hockey League as an import player. Following his AHL debut for the Northern Territory, Simmonds returned to play for the VIC Vikings from 2015 onwards. This included winning the championship at the 2016 edition. Following the overhaul of the AHL in 2018, Simmonds was selected to represent HC Melbourne in Hoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Rintala
Joel Rintala (born 24 July 1996) is a field hockey player from Australia, who plays as a forward. Personal life Joel Rintala was born and raised in Townsville, Queensland. He is currently in a relationship with Australian swimmer, Shayna Jack. Career Domestic league Rintala is a member of the Brisbane Blaze in Australia's national league, the Sultana Bran Hockey One. He made his debut in the inaugural season of the league. Following his 2019 debut, he appeared in season two in 2022. National teams Burras Rintala made his international debut at under–21 level during the 2017 Sultan of Johor Cup. He was a member of the Burras gold medal winning campaign. Kookaburras In 2022, Rintala was named in the Kookaburras Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus ''Dacelo'' native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between in length and weigh around . The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri ''guuguubarra'', onomatopoeic of its call. The ... squad for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medal Round
A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be intended to be worn, suspended from clothing or jewellery in some way, although this has not always been the case. They may be struck like a coin by dies or die-cast in a mould. A medal may be awarded to a person or organisation as a form of recognition for sporting, military, scientific, cultural, academic, or various other achievements. Military awards and decorations are more precise terms for certain types of state decoration. Medals may also be created for sale to commemorate particular individuals or events, or as works of artistic expression in their own right. In the past, medals commissioned for an individual, typically with their portrait, were often used as a form of diplomatic or personal gift, with no sense of being an award for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tassie Tigers
Tassie Tigers is an Australian field hockey club based in Hobart, Tasmania. The club joined the Australian Hockey League in 1992 as a men's team. In 2019, the Tassie Tigers expanded to encompass both Tasmanian men's and women's teams, Tassie Van Demons, as one of 7 clubs to compete in Hockey Australia's new premier domestic competition, Hockey One. Tassie Tigers will compete in the inaugural season of Hockey One, which will be contested from late September through to mid November 2019. In 2014 the Tigers became the AHL champions, drawing 2-2 with the WA Thundersticks in the gold medal game, but eventually winning 3-2 in penalty shoot-outs. Home Stadium Tassie Tigers are based out of the Tasmanian Hockey Centre in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart. Throughout the Hockey One league, Tassie Tigers will play a number of home games at the stadium. Teams Men's Team ''Details and team rosters to be confirmed.'' Women's Team ''Details and team rosters to be confirmed.'' History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Hotshots
The Southern Hotshots are a men's Australian field hockey team, representing South Australia in the Australian Hockey League. The 4,000-capacity State Hockey Centre is their home stadium. Notable players Notable players who have played for the Southern Hotshots include: * Paul Lewis *Grant Schubert *Craig Victory Coaches Head Coaches of the SA Hotshots have been: * Melody Cooper from 2014-2016 Co-Head Coach with Mark Victory Home Stadium The team's home stadium is the State Hockey Centre (South Australia) (also known as the Pines Stadium) which is located north of the Adelaide CBD in Gepps Cross. The stadium has a capacity of about 4,000 with 330 permanent seats. The stadium was used for the 1997 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy The 1997 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 19th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held from in the Pines Hockey Stadium in Adelaide, Australia. Results ''All times are Australia Central Standar ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
