The new Investec Women’s Premier League season has crept up on us, starting as it does, this Saturday. Having had my hockey fix over the summer with some fantastic international competitions, The Top of the D is raring to go for the new domestic campaign. So, without further ado, here is part one of my preview. First up, the top five teams from last season. Continue reading
If you speak to most sports fans, their childhood dream is to represent their country. Having made her debut against South Africa in the Investec World League, Lily Owsley is already living that dream. I caught up with the 18-year-old forward after the opening games of the Investec World League to find out how she’s taken to being an international athlete and how she’s fitting in with her new team mates. Continue reading
Goals from Ashleigh Nelson, Kellie White and Emily Smith clinched this Investec World League competition for the Hockeyroos and sent a big crowd home disappointed, as England came up short in the face of a superb display from Adam Commens’ team.
Having overcome world number two Argentina 24 hours earlier, hopes were high for Jason Lee’s side, but Australia executed their plan to perfection and continued their excellent recent form to come out on top. Continue reading
Two goals from Argentina’s Carla Rebecchi, the second of which with just 24 seconds left on the clock gave Las Leonas the third place in this competition as they edged out China by three goals to two.
The game had looked set for a penalty shootout as goals from Meiyu Liang and Hongxia Li with her seventh of the competition had tied the game up at 2-2. However, Rebecchi had other ideas.
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Paige Selenski scored a fantastic hat-trick to give the USA 5th place in this competition as Italy were blitzed by a ruthless Stars and Stripes in their final game.
USA led 1-0 at half time but ran riot in the second period as Italy’s exertions from the earlier games this week, finally caught up with them and they just didn’t have enough. Continue reading
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