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Baeden Choppy
Baeden Ty Choppy (born 14 April 1976 in Mackay, Queensland) is a former field hockey striker from Australia, who was a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team, Men's National Hockey Team that won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Since 2004, Baeden has been working as a player-coach to a hockey team competing in the North Premier League, England. In 2017, Baeden returned to playing hockey in the Brisbane hockey league at the Kedron Wavell Wolves, re-uniting with former Olympics team-mate Matthew Smith (field hockey) who is the current top grade coach at that Club. References Australian Olympic Committee* External links * 1976 births Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players Living people Australian field hockey coaches Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Sportspeople f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackay, Queensland
} Mackay () is a city in the Mackay Region on the eastern or Coral Sea coast of Queensland, Australia. It is located about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is described as being in either Central Queensland or North Queensland, as these regions are not precisely defined. More generally, the area is known as the Mackay–Whitsunday Region. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's sugar. Name The city was named after John Mackay. In 1860, he was the leader of an expedition into the Pioneer Valley. Initially Mackay proposed to name the river Mackay River after his father George Mackay. Thomas Henry Fitzgerald surveyed the township and proposed it was called Alexandra after Princess Alexandra of Denmark, who married Prince Edward (later King Edward VII). However, in 1862 the river was renamed to be the Pioneer River, after in which Queensland Governor George Bowen travelled to the area, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
