December 2022

Let's recap some of this year's highlights for field hockey in BC!



U18 Women Results:

2nd - BC Blue

4th - BC White

5th - BC Mainland

8th - BC Island

U18 Men Results:

1st - BC U18

5th - BC U16

U16 Women Results:

1st - BC Blue

3rd - BC White

5th - BC Yellow



Final Standings and statistics: https://fhc.altiusrt.com/

For more information and to meet the athletes, click here.

Want to see photos from the tournament? Access our Facebook Albums.

U18 Girls

U18 Boys

U16 Girls

U16 Boys

U14 Girls

U14 Boys

It was great to see the VIT return this year, and we all had lots of fun! Thank you to all the teams that participated, and the officials and vendors who made this year a success.

Divisional Winners - Women's Masters Division

1st Furious Tango

2nd Masters of Disaster

3rd Burnaby Lakers

Divisional Winners - Mixed Social Division

1st Wizards of Booze

2nd Spoon Squad

3rd Kozmopolitan

Divisional Winners - Women’s Social Division

1st Chilliwack

2nd Tri-City Eagles

3rd Rollie Pollie Ollies

Spirit of Judy Broom Award

Spoon Squad

Congratulations to the UVic Vikes team on their fourth-straight and 15th overall McCrae Cup as U SPORTS Canada National Champions! This marked the final game for Vikes graduating athletes and BC players Anna Mollenhauer, Erin Dawson, Judy Cristante, Stefanie Sajko, Cara Butler and Georgia Booker. This was also the last season for head coach Lynne Beecroft.

The Vikes took the game 2-1 in Game 2 of the best-of-three national championship series hosted at UVic against OUA Champions, the York Lions. The Lions boasted a number of BC players on their team including Jade Lew, Natalie Brown, Jewel Lew, Polly Campbell, Natalie Winter, Prava Sand, Alyssa Brooks, Caitlin Miller, Jocelyn Boyd and Hazara Sandhu. 

Game 1 Player of the Games: Prava Sandhu (York), Anna Mollenhauer (UVic)

Game 2 Player of the Games: Frankie St. Louis (York), Judy Cristante (UVic)

Tournament MVP: Anna Mollenhauer (UVic)

FairPlay Award: Frankie St. Louis (York)

Girls AAA

Congratulations to Handsworth Secondary for winning the 2022 BC School Sports AAA! The final against Oak Bay ended in 0-0 draw, and the title was decided on shootouts, similarly to the 2021 final between the two teams. However, this year, Handsworth came out on top and celebrated the championship!

FINAL RESULTS:

1 Handsworth

2 Oak Bay

3 Churchill

4 Heritage Woods

5 Kelowna

6 Cowicchan

7 Eric Hamber

8 South Delta

9 Tamanawis

10 Centennial

11 GW Graham

12 OKM

Girls AA

Vancouver Women's Field Hockey Association

The West Vancouver 5, winners of the women’s league Division 4 playoffs. Photo taken from WVFHC social media.

Premier: West Vancouver Premier A / Runner-up: Polar Bears Premier

Division 1: The Terrors / Runner-up: Burnaby Lakers 1

Division 2: Surrey Sharks 1 / Runner-up: Point Grey Bluebirds

Division 3: Chilliwack Pink Panthers / Runner-up: India 1

Division 4: West Vancouver 5 / Runner-up: Delta Saker Falcons

Division 5: India 2 / Runner-up: Vancouver Hawks 4

Division 6: North Vancouver Mariners / Runner-up: Vancouver Hawks 6

Vancouver Men's Field Hockey League

Premier: Vancouver Hawks A / Runner-up: Lakers-GS-A

Division 1: India B / Runner-up: Vancouver Hawks B

Division 2: United Brothers B / Runner-up: India-C

Division 3 Rec 1: Lakers-GS-C / Runner-up: West Vancouver C

Division 3 Rec 2: United Brothers C / Runner-up: India D

Vancouver Island Ladies Field Hockey Association

Division 1: Lynx 1 / Runner-up: Patriots

Division 2: Sailors / Runner-up: Cardinals

Division 3: Pirates / Runner-up: Demons

Vancouver Island Men' Field Hockey Association

Competitive: Tigers / Runner-up: Patriots

Recreational: Rebels 2 / Runner-up: Hawks

Congrats to our Team BC girls who won gold at the India Club Tournament.

🥇U16 BC Blue in U17 Div

🥇U18 BC White in U21 Div

Our U16 BC White team won bronzein the U17 Div!

And our U18 BC Boys won bronze in the U23 Division.

In 1979, Judy became the first full-time paid executive director of the BCWFHF working alongside Jenny John. The strength of Field Hockey BC today, especially on the women’s side, can be directly traced back to the groundwork laid by Judy from 1979-2005. During that time she helped organize countless tournaments at all levels of play including the 1979 International Women’s Field Hockey Championship (IFWHA) held at UBC and the Vancouver International Tournament, which she helped found in 1995-96, a trophy for which is still awarded today known as “The Spirit of Judy Broom Award.”

Later in her career, Judy helped merge the separate men’s and women’s BC and Canadian governing bodies into one joint organization at both the provincial and national level, today Field Hockey BC and Field Hockey Canada respectively.

Read more about Judy's legacy here.

Congrats to BC umpires Lelia Sacre (also an FHBC Board member) and Tyler Klenk for their appointments at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Both had great performances and closed out with Lelia as video umpire on the women’s gold medal game and Tyler umpiring the men's bronze medal game.

It was also great to see FIH Elite Panel member and BC umpire Lelia Sacre supporting some amazing work to promote female officials development in Ghana. Read here.

This year, Tyler Klenk went to Mendoza, Argentina, to officiate in the men’s and women’s FIH Pro League. Way to go Tyler!

Officials from BC share their experiences at the 2022 Masters World Cup

The FIH Masters World Cup returned in 2022 after a four-year hiatus. A strong Canadian contingent travelled to Cape Town, South Africa and this was more than just a team of players. Field Hockey Canada was represented by technical officials Tony Stewart, of Alberta, and Sanjya D’Silva, of Ontario, and B.C.’s Michelle McNaughton, also appointed assistant technical director of the tournament. Victoria’s Denise McGeachy was also present as an appointed umpire. B.C.’s John Sacre, Kent McKinnon and Nicky Graham were also present as coaching and staff for the Canadian men’s side.

“We were all very busy on a daily basis – especially Michelle who, as Assistant TD, was often at the pitch all day long”, recalls McGeachy, who umpired at the World Cup and was even selected to umpire the Over 60s Women’s Final. McGeachy and McNaughton are dedicated members of the Field Hockey BC Board of Directors – as President and Coaching Director.

Read the full article here.

KidSport

KidSport provides financial assistance for children 18 and younger from families facing financial obstacles to participate in organized sport #SoALLKidsCanPlay. Visit kidsport.ca and find your local Chapter for details on eligibility and how to help this project.

In 2021, the KidSport BC program distributed $1.3 million in funding to help 4,164 children participate in 45 different sports in 132 communities across the province, including field hockey participants. Help support KidSport and, if you are in need of assistance, reach out to your local Chapter!