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Hockey At The 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's Tournament
The men's field hockey event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games was held at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre from 25 July to 3 August 2014. Australia defeated India in the final to take their fifth consecutive gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, whilst England defeated New Zealand on penalties in the bronze medal match. Competition format Two groups each of five teams were drawn. Pool A consisted of Scotland, Australia, India, South Africa and Wales; whilst pool B consisted of Canada, England, Malaysia, New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago. The teams were required to play each other team in their group once in a group stage format. Three points were awarded for a win and one for a draw, with goal difference being necessary should the teams be tied on the same number of points. The top two teams from each group qualified for the semifinals (the winner of group A playing the runner-up of group B and vice versa) whilst the teams which did not qualify played the team which achieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 635,640. Straddling the border between historic Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire, the city now forms the Glasgow City Council area, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and is governed by Glasgow City Council. It is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands. Glasgow has the largest economy in Scotland and the third-highest GDP per capita of any city in the UK. Glasgow's major cultural institutions – the Burrell Collection, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Ballet and Scottish Opera – enjoy international reputations. The city was the European Capital of Culture in 1990 and is notable for its architecture, cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramandeep Singh (field Hockey, Born 1993)
Ramandeep Singh (born 1 April 1993) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a forward. He was named in the Indian squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. References External linksRamandeep Singhat Hockey India Hockey India plans, directs and conducts all the activities for both men and women hockey in India. It is recognized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India as the sole body responsible towards promoting Hockey in India. It w ... * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Ramandeep 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Gurdaspur district Indian male field hockey players Field hockey players from Punjab, India Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2014 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for India Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Asian Games gold medalists for India Medalists at the 2014 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shay Neal
Shay Neal (born 4 June 1990) is a New Zealand field hockey player. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where the men's team came seventh. His sister Brooke Brooke may refer to: People * Brooke (given name) * Brooke (surname) * Brooke baronets, families of baronets with the surname Brooke Places * Brooke, Norfolk, England * Brooke, Rutland, England * Brooke, Virginia, US * Brooke's Point, Palawan ... is also a representative Hockey player. References External links * * 1990 births Living people Field hockey players from Whangārei Olympic field hockey players of New Zealand New Zealand male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand {{NewZealand-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Nasruddin
Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the verb (''ḥameda'', "to thank or to praise"), non-past participle (). Lexicology As an Arabic name, it has its origins in a Quranic prophecy attributed to Jesus in the Quran which most Islamic scholars concede is about Muhammad. It also shares the same roots as Mahmud, Muhammad and Hamed. In its transliteration, the name has one of the highest number of spelling variations in the world. Though Islamic scholars attribute the name Ahmed to Muhammed, the verse itself is about a Messenger named Ahmed, whilst Muhammed was a Messenger-Prophet. Some Islamic traditions view the name Ahmad as another given name of Muhammad at birth by his mother, considered by Muslims to be the more esoteric name of Muhammad and central to understanding his nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trent Mitton
Trent Grant Mitton (born 26 November 1990) is an Australian field hockey player who plays for the WA Thundersticks and the Kookaburras. Mitton is a striker. Mitton first joined the Australian team as part of the 19-member Champions Trophy squad at the 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Mönchengladbach, Germany. He is part of the Australian team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. His father is Grant Mitton who represented Australia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and his grandfather is Don Mitton who did likewise in New Zealand in 1958. Mitton plays for the WA Thundersticks in the Australian Hockey League. He played for the team in the first found of the 2011 season. In December 2011, Mitton was named as one of fourteen players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national Olympic development squad. While this squad is not in the top twenty-eight and separate from the Olympic training coach, the Australian coach Ric Charlesworth did no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Middleton
Barry John Middleton (born 12 January 1984) is regarded as one of the greatest British field hockey players in history. He played as a midfielder and forward for England and Great Britain and is the most capped British hockey player in history and captained his country for many years. Middleton was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to hockey. Club career Middleton plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Holcombe. He has previously played club hockey for East Grinstead, Dutch club HGC, Cannock and Doncaster. On 28 June 2021 he was appointed Director of Hockey for Holcombe, whilst continuing to play for them. International career He made his international debut, aged 19, in April 2003 against Belgium and was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, fifth in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and fourth at the 2012 Summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignatius Malgraff
Ignatius Malgraff (born 17 February 1993 in East London, South Africa) is a South African field hockey player. Malgraff represented South Africa in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ... Honours Club * 2016 PHL Men - Player of the Tournament References External links * * Living people 1993 births Sportspeople from East London, Eastern Cape South African male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players {{SouthAfrica-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Inglis
Hugo Inglis (born 18 January 1991) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a forward for the New Zealand national team. He played for the Southern Dogs in the New Zealand Hockey League and he played in Europe for SCHC, Braxgata and currently Rotterdam. He also represented the Uttar Pradesh Wizards in the Hockey India League. Club career Inglis started playing hockey when he was five and he joined his local hockey club the Southern Dogs. In 2012 he signed a two-year contract at SCHC in the Netherlands. Due to his commitments to the national team, he would miss the preparation for the second half of the season so in January 2013 his contract at SCHC was annulled and he returned to New Zealand. In 2014 he joined Rotterdam where he played for one season. He returned to Europe in 2016 to play for Braxgata in Belgium. After three seasons with Braxgata, he returned to Rotterdam. International career Inglis made his international team debut in 2009. At the 2012 Summer O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Hykes
Julian Allen Hykes (born 6 October 1982) is a former South African field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament. After the 2018 World Cup he retired from the national team. He was also a cricketer, playing in two List A matches for Border in 2009. See also * List of Border representative cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for Border cricket team in South Africa. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons. A ... References External links * * 1982 births Living people South African male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for South Africa 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Commonw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Grassick
Christopher Douglas John Grassick (born 3 November 1990) is a retired Scottish international field hockey player who played as a midfielder for Scotland and Great Britain. Grassick announced his retirement from playing hockey, due to injury, on 27 September 2019. He played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton. He also played for Inverleith Hockey Club. He captained the Scotland squad that competed at the 2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ... Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. References External links * 1990 births Living people Scottish male field hockey players Sportspeople from Edinburgh Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Surbiton Hockey Club players Men's England Hockey League players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Gleghorne
Mark Gleghorne (born 19 May 1985) is a field hockey player from Northern Ireland who has represented Ireland, England and Great Britain at international level. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Gleghorne was a member of the England teams that won the bronze medals at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. He also represented England at the 2014 and 2018 Men's Hockey World Cups. At club level, Gleghorne was a member of the Instonians team that won the Irish Senior Cup in both 2002 and 2004. He was also a member of the Punjab Warriors team that won the 2016 Hockey India League title. Gleghorne is a member of a family of field hockey internationals. His younger brother, Paul, is an Ireland international. Two of his aunts, Margaret Gleghorne and Jackie McWilliams, were also Ireland and Great Britain women's internationals. Early years, family and education Gleghorne was born into a field hockey family. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Dixon
Adam Dixon (born August 13, 1989) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player. Life and career Born in Midland, Ontario, Dixon was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma in his right tibia in 1999 at the age of 10 and underwent a 10-hour surgery to remove the tumor and part of his tibia. After this surgery Dixon was unable to play able-bodied hockey and was introduced to sledge hockey at the age of 11. Dixon played 6 years with the Elmvale Bears and at the age of 17 was invited to try out for the Canadian National Sledge hockey team. At the conclusion of the tryout Dixon was asked to join the team for the 2006/2007 season. Dixon continues to play defence for the team and was a member of the 2007/2008 team that won gold at 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships The 4th IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships were held between March 29, 2008, and April 5, 2008, in Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States, at the New England Sports Center. Organized by Massachusetts Hockey in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
