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Issue 2 • Sunday 11
RESULTS CENTRE
Saturday 10 July 2010
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OPENING CEREMONY
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England victorious in
tournament opener
Sunday 11 July 2010
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Monday 12 July 2010
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Tuesday 13 July 2010
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Wednesday 14 July 2010
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WCT • Women’s Champions Trophy
M4N • Men’s Four Nations
WMCC • Women’s Masters Champions Cup
NC • Nottingham Cup
England's Alex Danson (middle) celebrates at the end
of the game with Hannah MacLeod and Susie Gilbert
What a day!
Wow! If you weren’t here
yesterday you missed quite
a day! A first win for England
over Argentina in 20 years,
the team leading the crowd in
singing the national anthem
and the first Team Referral,
which went the way of the
umpire’s original call after all.
This is our second daily
newsletter and you will see we’ve
had a busy time packing it full of
interesting items. There’s a bit of
an Argentine flavour with Luciana
Aymar our ‘One to Watch’ and umpire
Soledad Iparraguirre from Argentina
having received her Golden Whistle
ahead of the opening match between
China and Germany.
We’ve got another Volunteer of the Day
for you, showcasing the people that make
the event run like clockwork and match
reports from all of yesterday’s games,
bringing you right up to speed with the
tournament so far. Find out how Germany
came from behind to beat China, how
the Netherlands survived a scare against
Champions Trophy newcomers New Zealand
and re-live England’s memorable start.
Finally, if one of our Champion Crew
asks you to take part in our Fans’ Forum
question then who knows, your comments
might even make it into On the Ball
tomorrow.
On the Pitch
Match 1 Germany 2 (1) – 1 (1) China
Germany’s
Hannah Kruger
challenges with
China’s Xuejiao
Hiuang
Germany beat the Olympic Silver
medallists China 2 – 1 in the
opening match of the Samsung FIH
Champions Trophy in Nottingham.
the goalkeeper’s head.
The Chinese counter attacked with two
further attempts on goal.
In the second half, the Germans missed
an easy chance on goal and increasingly
both sides used the wings more to form
their attacks. The Germans were awarded
a free hit after 17 minutes and China
became increasingly frantic in their
defence. Hoffman scored her second goal
after 25 minutes, delighting the German
contingent in the crowd and making the
score at half time 1–1.
Both sides used the flick to gain territory
The game started off tentatively with
both sides testing the weaknesses of each
other. The Germans defended several
attacks before Xu Xiaoxu scored China’s
first goal after nine minutes. Eventually
Germany gained more confidence and
used the width of the pitch. Their equaliser
came 10 minutes later after birthday girl
Jennifer Plass fired a ball into the D which
Eileen Hoffman managed to deflect over
CHINA SCORER: Xu Xiaoxu 9 (F) • GERMANY SCORER: Eileen Hoffmann 17, 54 (F,F)
in the match. Two players were green
carded during the game, with the Chinese
captain Fu Baorong sent off for a bad tackle
in the second half and Germany’s Mandy
Haase 10 minutes later.
After the game, the German coach
Michael Behrmann said he was happy
with their first win in the tournament.
He said it was a very close match. He
praised the umpires, one of whom was
Soledad Iparraguirre who received the
Golden Whistle award for reaching 100
international games.
Report by Diana Peasy & Lianne Warnell
Match 2 England 2 (1) – 1 (0) Argentina
England opened their Champions
Trophy campaign with a closely
fought win over the current holders
and world number two Argentina in
front of a vocal Nottingham crowd.
This was a match of contrasting styles:
England, the more
organised with set pieces
and the Argentinians,
playing with flashes of
individual flair.
The first half saw the
Trophy holders have
more shots on goal than
England, despite the
home side having the most of the possession.
England went a goal up after 12 minutes
when Hannah Macleod finshed a well worked
passage of play that began by exchanging
passes with Crista Cullen in her own half.
The game was a physical encounter,
with several players picking up knocks. Alex
Danson, England’s best player, received a
warning for a hard tackle. Rodriguez left the
field shortly afterwards, after being struck
by a ball below the left shoulder.
Early in the second half, the umpires asked
for a referral , the first of the championship,
when Argentina appealed for a penalty
corner, but received only
a free hit. Ten minutes
later, England’s defender
Kate Walsh was issued a
yellow card but, this didn’t
impede the home side who
scored minutes later from
a penalty corner when
Danson got the rewards for
her endeavours, deflecting Cullen’s dragflick
into the net. The celebrations were shortlived,
however, after Argentina’s Noel Barrionuevo
managed to pull one back, with a low drag
flick past Storry.
England were kept on their toes by the
Argentinian captain, Luciana Aymar who
showed what a world class player she is.
All photographs © Ady Kerry / EHB
We know that
“England
are a
team that play
very well and
their lines are very
strong.
”
Several times she weaved her way through
the England defenders.
The final score was England 2 Argentina
1 and so a good start for the home side.
After the match the Argentinian coach
Carlos Retegui said: “It was a very difficult
game. We know that England are a team that
play very well and their lines are very strong.
They defend very well, play very well on the
counter-attack and they took all their chances.”
England’s captain Kate Walsh said:
“It was obviously a tight game when you’re
going to play the world’s number two team
that has some great players. We had a few
chances today and took them.
“We’re aiming for the trophy but we’re
coming into this tournament ranked fifth and
so we’re just taking one game at a time.”
Report by Diana Peasy & Russell Butt
ENGLAND SCORERS:
Hannah Macleod 12 (F), Alex Danson 53 (PC)
ARGENTINA SCORER:
Noel Barrionuevo 55 (PC)
Match 3 Netherlands 3 (1) – 1 (1) New Zealand
Netherland's Maartje Goderie (C) runs through the new Zealand defence
The Netherlands topped the table
at the end of the first round of
matches here at the Samsung FIH
Champions Trophy after coming
from behind to beat New Zealand 3
-1 in the last match of the day.
There were opportunities for the
Dutch to take the lead throughout the
first half but despite a penalty corner
after just ten minutes they could not
breach the Blacksticks’ defence. And the
Netherlands’ frustration boiled over when
Sophie Polkamp was green carded. Soon
afterwards, Janneke Schopman took a
blow to the head outside New Zealand’s
circle and play was held up as she was
helped from the field. The player was
clearly unhappy as she left the pitch and
her mood will not have been helped as her
teammate Eva de Goede was also green
carded.
The Dutch were then awarded a penalty
corner but New Zealand’s goalkeeper Beth
Jurgeleit blocked the shot and soon after
had to face yet another corner.
In the second half, Schopman was back
on the pitch showing no ill effects from
her first half injury (other than a bit of
dried blood!). The Dutch had several more
efforts on goal but it was New Zealand’s
girls who took the lead in the 48th minute
after a spell of pressure that resulted
in four penalty corners in six minutes,
culminating in Clarissa Eshuis scoring the
opening goal.
In response, the Netherlands stepped
up the attack and the effort was rewarded
when Eva de Goede equalised two
minutes later.
The goals opened things up and an
exciting period followed with end to
end plays as New Zealand missed the
opportunity to go ahead when Krystall
Forgesson shot over the bar.
The miss was to prove crucial as the
Dutch began to build momentum. Two
penalty corners followed, the second of
which Maartje Paumen scored for the
Netherlands’ second goal, putting them
into the lead. In the final minute of the
game the Netherlands netted their third
and the goal that would put them top
of the table overnight when a move
down the left flank that had started with
an aerial flick resulted in Kim Lammers
rounding the goalkeeper for 3-1.
NETHERLANDS SCORERS:
Eva de Goede 50 (F), Maartje Paumen 66
(PC), Kim Lammers 70 (F)
NEW ZEALAND SCORER:
Clarissa Eshuis 48 (PC)
Golden Whistle for Soledad Iparraguirre
Soledad Iparraguirre, the FIH World Panel
Umpire from Argentina, officiated her 100th
Senior International at the Rabo Trophy in
Bussum, Netherlands, when she umpired
the China v New Zealand match last week.
She has been presented the Golden Whistle
prior to umpiring her first match at the Samsung FIH
Champions Trophy (China v Germany) on Saturday
by FIH Executive Board Member Sue Neill and
Umpire Manager Jan Hadfield.
Soledad Iparraguirre started as
International Umpire in June 1997.
She umpired at two Olympic Games
(2004 and 2008), two World Cups
(2002 and 2006). Her appearance in
Nottingham is her fifth Champions
Trophy (2001, 2003, 2004, 2006
and 2010).
A Golden Whistle is awarded
to those FIH Umpires who
umpire 100 Senior Internationals
in recognition of this outstanding
achievement. Soledad Iparraguirre will be
the 28th female umpire to receive the Golden
Whistle.
Keeping it in the
Hockey Family
Nearly 1,400 hockey fans made the most of a scorching Family
Day at the Samsung FIH Women’s Champions Trophy yesterday.
The opening day of the tournament
saw some fantastic hockey played,
and plenty of off-field fun being
enjoyed by men, women and children
of all ages, as the event opened its
doors to allow youngsters in for
free with each paying adult.
Families from all over the UK flocked to
the stands for the three fantastic games on
offer, but also made the most of fun, food
and entertainment on offer in the Hockey
Village, where On the Ball caught up with
them, to find out if they were enjoying
their international hockey experience.
The Playdon family made the short
trek down the A52 to Highfields so that
brothers Archie, nine and Sam, six, could
take part in the Quicksticks tournament.
Coach of the England women’s team,
Danny Kerry, can rest assured he will get
decent support in the stands with three
generations of his family packed in to
watch yesterday’s action.
Mum, Teresa, and dad, Chris, have
travelled up from Norfolk, along with
Danny’s brother Sean and his sister-in-law
Kirsten, plus nephews James, eight, and
Alastair, five.
Sister Giselle travelled up from
Gloucestershire, and adding to the family
occasion, Danny’s pregnant wife Lisa came
up from Buckinghamshire.
Sunday’s One to Watch • Luciana Aymar – Argentina
A trip
down
Wembley
Way
11.00am • Sunday 11 July
For over 40 years, hundreds of
thousands of screaming fans wound
their way down Wembley Way to
support England’s women in their
annual fixture at London’s most
iconic stadium.
But the curtain fell on that stage in
1991 and it has lain dormant ever since
– that is until today. At 11.00 am, a side
made up of legends from the Wembley era
will go head to head.
Jill Atkins has had to withdraw from the
England side having sustained an injury in
the mothers race at her son’s sports day!
How do you solve a problem like Luciana?
Russell Butt takes a look at our ‘One
to Watch’ for today.
For five of the coaches at the
Women’s Champions Trophy this
year, this will be one of the questions
that plagues them the most.
How do you contain Argentina’s
marauding captain, Luciana Aymar?
The six-time FIH World Player of the
Year has a reputation that rightly precedes
her. There are few players in the women’s
game who can carry the ball between the
two 23-metre lines, with such poise, grace
and the ability to leave opposition players
dumbfounded in her wake.
The Rosario-born 33-year-old is the
perfect package: she can shoot, pass,
tackle, leads by example and is lightning
quick. A superstar in her home country,
talisman to her teammates, she has even
been compared to her fellow countryman
and footballing legend, Diego Maradona.
There is even a clip on website YouTube
that merges footage of the two players.
Technically, she has few rivals. In her
prime, Ukraine’s Tetyana Kobzenko, would
have pipped her for close skills, Germany’s
Heike Latsch had a similar gazelle-like
stride, but it’s probably fair to say she is as
close to the ‘perfect’player as any coach
could wish for.
A sentiment agreed by England head
England's Georgie Twigg (L) and Kerry Williams challenges with Argentina's Luciana Aymar
coach, Danny Kerry. Speaking about Aymar,
he said: “She was the World Player of the Year
so many times I have lost count. She is truely
phenomenal."
Aymar is one of those rare players who
creates an air of expectation the moment
she picks up the ball. And she rarely
disappoints.
In her opening game of the 2010
Champions Trophy, Aymar saw her side go
down 1-2 to a resolute England team.
But despite the result, there were
numerous times she left England players
floundering, sticks flapping helplessly
at her heels. She was at the heart of
everything positive the Argentines created,
and you can’t help feeling sorry for the
Germans, who will surely bear the brunt
of her frustrations when they clash with
Las Leonas for today’s first WCT fixture this
afternoon.
New Zealand coach, Mark Hager, said
any team would struggle to 'control' the
Argentine captain, and would be better off
just trying to limit her
He said: “I think, as you saw today, it's
very difficult to defend against her, because
she has got such skill. You have to double or
triple team her sometimes.
“I don't know whether you ever control
her, but you just try to limit the number of
possibilities she gets during a game.”
Argentina play Germany at 13:30 today.
Life begins at 40
If you’re passing pitch 2 today, you
may notice the familiar smell of
Deep Heat in the air, as the inaugural
Women’s Masters Champions Cup
kicks off.
This is the first time – and hopefully
not the last – that a Women’s Masters
event has been played alongside a major
international tournament. The event will
be contested between England, Scotland
and Australia, with the final England game
against Australia a hockey ‘Ashes’, with the
teams vying for the ‘Nottingham Cup’
International Women’s Masters hockey
has been established in countries such as
Australia and New Zealand for many years,
but it wasn’t until 2006 that England were
represented at this level. The first England
Masters team travelled to Leverkeusen in
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FOLLOWING
England’s 2-1
win against
secondranked team
in the world
Argentina
yesterday, it would be impossible to
not list their clash today against the
World’s number one side, reigning
Olympic and World champions, the
Netherlands as our Match of the
Day.
The Oranje girls Champions Trophy
history makes for daunting reading,
and no doubt strikes fear into the most
hardened of opponents: They have won
the trophy five times. They haven’t finished
outside the top three since 1991. They
have won more Champions Trophy medals
than any other country (15). They have the
trophy’s top scorer, with Maartje Pauman
who bagged five goals in Sydney in 2009.
And the most capped player with the tinybut-deadly midfielder, Minke Smeets (298).
The pool of players Dutch coach
Herman Kruis has to select from is
stunning. Joint 2009 FIH World Player
of the Year Naomi van As splits defences
with her mazy runs. And in Kim Lammers,
Marilyn Agliotti and Eve De Goede he has
one of the deadliest strike forces in the
women’s game.
This is a relatively young Dutch side,
with the oldest player, 29-year-old Kim
Lammers with 126 caps. But yesterday
Lammers scored a goal against New
Zealand with the kind of finish only a topclass player can provide.
There is likely to be no love lost
Germany to take part in an international
tournament where they secured the silver
medal. Since then the sport has kept
growing in England, with regional and
national tournaments held for teams over
40, 45 and 50 and plans for an over 55 team
in the future.
Looking through the England and
Scotland line ups for this tournament, there
will be some familiar names, including
England captain Lisa Prince, as several were
members of the bronze medal winning
team from the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
In fact many of the players on show at
this tournament are still to be found on
a Saturday competing in English National
League games, a testament to the talent
and fitness of these women and proof that
age is certainly no barrier in hockey. Several
are also ensuring the future development
of the sport, with their children competing
at U18 and U21 level for England.
The tournament kicks off with the
age-old rivalry of England v Australia and
then continues with a warm-up match for
Scotland against Teddington HC which
could feature a guest appearance from
the Champion Trophy’s very own project
manager, Sue Catton who could be taking a
rare and brief break from the world of event
management to pick up her stick!
Written by Lianne Warnell
between Maartje Pauman and the
England girls. When the sides clashed in
the EuroHockey Nations tournament in
Manchester in 2007 Pauman was injured
during a clash with an England player that
saw her sidelined for the remainder of the
tournament. The Dutch penalty corner
specialist will need little incentive to slot
one home, should the opportunity arise.
England’s record against the Dutch
in the Champions Trophy, separate from
performing as part of Great Britain, is
one win, one draw and one loss. When
the two sides last met in the European
Championships in 2009, the result was a
comprehensive 5-0 win to the Dutch. They
will be keen to stamp a similar scoreline on
today’s game.
The England team came into the
tournament off the back of a rigorous
training regime, some fantastic test match
results against the Aussies (playing as part
of the GB squad) and a great win against
Las Leonas yesterday.
Their confidence can only have been
buoyed by this. The Dutch went a goal
down early to New Zealand’s Black Sticks
in their opening fixture yesterday and
took a long while to find that trademark
confidence, which helps them exploit any
openings their opponents offer.
Maybe England can capitalise if the
Dutch procrastinate the same way today.
England were not short of confidence
themselves though. Alex Danson positively
buzzed yesterday, and looked a player
to have truly come of age. Some of the
squad’s less-capped youngsters also made
great impressions and did not look fazed
by their South American counterparts.
Behind the scene the cogs of progress
have clearly been turning.
At the core of the team, captain Kate
Walsh, and midfielder Helen Richardson
between them have more than 400 caps
and a wealth of international experience.
Combined with newer squad members
such as Georgie Twigg, Ashleigh Ball and
Laura Unsworth, there is a rich mix of
blood from which Danny Kerry can siphon.
England appear to be a squad on the
rise, testament to the hard work of the
backroom staff and the determination
of the players. England’s highest ever
Champions Trophy finish was a fifth
place in 2003. With the start they have
had today, England’s girls would be hard
pushed to not match that result, or dare to
dream of more.
Speaking in the press conference after
yesterday’s victory, captain Kate Walsh,
had her feet firmly on the ground.
She said: “We’re aiming for the trophy,
but we came into this tournament ranked
fifth, so we’re just going to take it one game
at a time.”
Asked if he had seen the England game
and whether he was worried, Dutch coach
Herman Kruis, simply said: “I didn’t attend
the game today, but my assistant did.
“We may analyse it later, then we will
make a plan.”
So the stage is set for what is sure to
an epic, breathless encounter. Maybe the
Dutch will be inspired by the success of
their football team, playing later today.
Or maybe the England girls will succeed
where their footballers didn’t and give the
crowd something to really shout about.
Preview by Russell Butt
Pic of the Day • Hannah Macleod celebrates England’s win over Argentina
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Coaching Conference comes in for
some sharp stick
Not in a bad way though – in fact, quite the contrary! Events like this do
not only provide the backdrop for a fantastic experience for players and
fans. They also give an opportunity for some specialist ‘Coaching Coaches’
tuition and this conference has had some creative input from John Trower,
a former javelin coach of two-time Olympic silver medallist Steve Backley.
The three-day coaching course has so far seen match analysis exercises and
an hour and a half session with Trower who gave a talk on the similarities in feet
positions between a javelin thrower and a penalty corner injector. This was an
interesting perspective from Trower and one which gave some additional insight
into the technicalities of this dead ball technique.
David Lancaster, coach of Bradford Wakefield HC in the England Hockey League’s
Women’s Conference North, speaks highly of the conference saying that “the match
analysis sessions have been of particular use to me in my role at Bradford Wakefield as
this is something we have to do throughout the season on an ongoing basis, but the
whole thing has been interesting and a very good learning opportunity – especially as
it’s also combining some event action as well.”
The delegates have also received a talk from England and GB Performance
Director David Faulkner on the importance of the role of coaching within the sport
and Ray O’Conner who was the Umpire Manager in Beijing. He was quizzed on
umpiring from a coaching point of view.
The conference concludes today with sessions from England and Great Britain
men’s assistant coaches David Bunyan and Bobby Crutchley.
For more information on coaching in England, visit www.englandhockey.co.uk
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CURRENT TABLE
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GD
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1
0
0
3
1
2
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1
0
0
2
1
1
3
GER
1
1
0
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2
1
1
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ARG
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1
1
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CHN
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Fans’ Forum
Quotes of the Day
Every day we’ll be asking a Question
of the Day. Sometimes it might be
vaguely hockey related. On other
occasions it’ll be totally off the wall!
Saturday’s Question of the day was “Who
will win the FIFA World Cup on Sunday
night?”
Despite the fact we have the Netherlands
here at the Champions Trophy, it seems our
visitors have a hankering for Spain. Here’s a
selection of some of the answers we had:
• "According to the squid, it’s going to be
Spain, so we think Spain."
• "Spain. We think 1-0 and Fernando
Torres to score."
• "Spain. Alastair got Spain in his class
draw."
• “My heart says the Netherlands but my
head says Spain will have too much”
• “Hup Holland” (we think this guy might
have been Dutch!)
• “Hopefully Torres will play and then
Spain will win”
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News in short
From left to right, England’s
Hannah Macleod, Natalie Seymour,
Chloe Rogers and Kerry Williams applaud
the crowd after the players sung the
national anthem due to techincal
difficulties with the sound system
England’s players lead the crowd a
rendition of God Save the Queen after
the national anthem refused to play over
the Public Address system! The players
are said to have enjoyed it so much that
they have requested an ‘a cappella’ version
ahead of every match!
Nine teams from the local area
participated in the finals of a Quicksticks
tournament which was just for fun! Thanks
to the National Hockey Foundation for
their support in making this possible!
England U18s and Germany U18s were
on hand to cheer on their senior sides on
Saturday after taking a break from their
three match series against each other
which currently stands at one win each
with the decider being played today at
Lilleshall in Shropshire.
Champion Crew •
‘Volunteer of the Day’
For the 19 year old psychology student
from Loughborough University, the last
few days have been a baptism of fire.
FANS FORUM
Question of the Day!
If you could
have one
superpower,
what would
it be?!
Jamie Hooper
Jamie is the Liaison Officer for the New Zealand
Men’s Team and as a newcomer to the role he has
gone above and beyond the call of duty. As the
New Zealand Women were without a TLO until
yesterday, he has been working with both teams to
ensure their tournament preparations went
without a hitch. It seems, though, he has played it
‘cool’ – tracking down 30 kilos of ice for the men
and
a hotel room fridge for the ladies!
Our reporters will be out and
Jamie’s efforts have not gone unnoticed. One
about asking you for your opinions
Champion Crew member likes to call him ‘an all
for publication in tomorrow’s
round good egg’ but particular praise comes from
newsletter.
Debbie, the New Zealand Women’s Team Manager
who we think would take him home in her
pocket if she could. Well done, Jamie – and
Ins and Outs – Programme Amendments
keep it up!
Team lists are available in the official souvenir programme, on sale at just
In addition, On the Ball has been asked to
£3.00, but there are a couple of changes, so to keep you up to date, here they
say a special thank you to Rachel Williams
are! CHINA: OUT No 19 Ting Hua, IN No 2 Mengyu Wang NETHERLANDS:
and Annie Allum for saying yes to a last
OUT No 4 Renske van Geel, No 5 Carlien Dirske van den Heuvel, No 6 Claire
minute request to become stewards at the
Verhage, No 20 Inge Vermeulen, IN 13 Minke Smeets, 15 Johanna Schopman,
England match! At least they got to see a
18 Naomi van As, 19 Ellen Hoog, NEW ZEALAND: OUT No 23 Anna Thorpe, IN
good result!
12 Ella Gunson
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