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Julie Towers
Julie Gail Towers (born 12 October 1976 in Taree, New South Wales) is an Australian field hockey player. She was born in New South Wales. She won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Towers competed in the Gladiators (Australian series 3), Gladiator Team Sports Challenge in 1995. References External links * 1976 births Living people Field hockey people from New South Wales Australian female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Australian twins Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting circle and then into the goal. The match is won by the team that scores the most goals. Matches are played on grass, watered turf, artificial turf, synthetic field, or indoor boarded surface. The stick is made of wood, carbon fibre, fibreglass, or a combination of carbon fibre and fibreglass in different quantities. The stick has two sides; one rounded and one flat; only the flat face of the stick is allowed to progress the ball. During play, goalkeepers are the only players allowed to touch the ball with any part of their body. A player's hand is considered part of the stick if holding the stick. If the ball is "played" with the rounded part of the stick (i.e. deliberately stopped or hit), it will result in a penalty (accidental touches ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
