We will be running a Women’s and Men’s tournament in the Gold Gym. The pools and game schedule will be determined once applications are received.  Please fill out the attached form and return to confirm your team’s interest in entering the tournament.

Dates:

• Friday, February 13th, 3:00pm – 11:00pm
• Saturday, February 14th, 8:00am – 10:00pm
• Sunday, February 15th, 8:00am – 3:00pm

Place: University of Calgary – Gold Gym, Kinesiology Building

Accommodation: The University of Calgary host hotel is:

Four Points Sheraton
8220 Bowridge Cr. NW
Reservations: 403-288-4441, Toll-Free: 1-877-288-4441
Fax: 403-288-4442
Website: http://www.fourpointscalgarywest.com/
E-mail:
Contact: Sara Bibi Colbourne, 403-202-4405
Group Name: “U of C Field Hockey”

Room Rates: $99.00 + tax for Tradional Queen (2 queen-size beds) – 20 rooms available
$119.00 + tax for Queen Suite (2 queen-size beds + sofa bed) – 20 rooms available

** Some background – It is about 7 minutes drive from the University (but rooms are bigger and it is generally a nicer hotel).  There is lots of eating places around it.  For those of you familiar with Calgary, it is just west of the University, down 16th Ave. (Highway 1). 

If you intend to use this hotel, you must make your reservation by Jan 12st or the hotel will release the rooms back for public sale.

U of C Map: http://www.ucalgary.ca/map/map_big.html
http://www.kin.ucalgary.ca/CampusRec/Clubs/maps.aspx

Schedule: Please indicate what time your team is available to play on Friday afternoon. (Tournament starts at 3:00pm)

Entry Fee: $225.00 per senior team

Please send entry fee to:

c/o Jenn Swagar
KNA 154, Kinesiology Building
Dept. of Athletics
University of Calgary (Field Hockey)
2500 University Dr. N.W.
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4

Registration Form - click to download

*** Please submit registration by Fri., Jan. 9, 2009 **

If you are entering more than one team, please fill in separate rosters (see next page) for each team with the appropriate information.

Co-Ed Field Hockey Jr. Camp U18 (F08DYDFH01)

The Dinos Junior Performance Camp will be comprised of both boys and girls under the age of 18.  This league will consist of two full practice days to have the opportunity to learn and develop basic field hockey technical and tactical skills.  The camp will be coached by the current Dinos varsity players.

This camp is for boys and girls under the age of 18, and also for anyone who is a beginner or still raw in their skills.  Mouth guards & shin guards are mandatory.

Cost: $150.00
When: Start Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008
End Date:  Sunday, December 28, 2008
Time: 8am – 4pm
Where: Gold Gymnasium University of Calgary

Co-Ed Field Hockey High Performance (F08DYDFH02)

The Dinos High Performance Camp will be comprised of boys and girls who are at an advanced level in Field Hockey.  This league will consist of two full practice days to have the opportunity to learn and develop advanced field hockey skills from high level coaches.  The coaches include Jenn Swagar (Dinos Head Coach), and selected Dinos FHC Alumni.

This camp is for players who have played before and want to improve their skills.  Mouth guards & shin guards are mandatory.

Cost: $150.00
When: Start Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008
End Date:  Sunday, December 21, 2008
Time: 8am – 4pm
Where: Gold Gymnasium University of Calgary

More Information:

• All participants must complete a Medical Form online and print off & sign a Consent Waiver online before they can participant in the program. 
• In agreement with the University of Calgary Field Hockey Program, coaching staff from Field Hockey Alberta may be attending the clinic as part of their talent identification process to assess potential players for Provincial Teams.


Registration:

• To register for these programs, go to the Campus Recreation website.
• Login or Create a New User Online
• Click Programs on the menu bar
• Click the link for the Online Registration
• Click on “Camps for Kids” (left hand side), “Dinos Development Camps”, and then “Field Hockey”
• Select the camp of choice

Any further information or questions please contact .

The hockey events are underway in Beijing with one day of matches completed on both the men’s and the women’s sides of the tournament. Canada fell to #1-ranked Australia 6-1 in their first pool match but on the positive side, the entire match was broadcast live by CBC and in high definition! To find out when all the matches will be broadcast, either on the CBC network or on their website, just go to the CBCSports.ca full Olympic schedule page, select your location to get the right time zone and filter the schedule to show only field hockey.

CBC will broadcast Canada’s next match against Pakistan on CBCSports.ca and on CBC live starting at 3:49 a.m. Calgary time on Wed. Aug. 13. TSN is going to carry tape-delay coverage the CAN v NED game on their TV network on Friday and CAN v GBR on Saturday, in addition to those matches being live on CBCSports.ca. Just check the TSN schedule for more details.

The coverage of the men’s team has been terrific thus far - it’s important that we reward these broadcasters with our viewership and prove that there’s more than one kind of hockey in our country that we love to play!

To get the best coverage of all the Olympic field hockey action, go to WorldHockey’s Olympic website.

FHC’s cornerstone event, the Senior National Championships, wrapped up yesterday at Hawkings Field in Calgary. After some blistering days of heat and fighting a losing battle against mosquitoes, the medal ceremony on Monday was punctuated by ominous lightning strikes and the participants took cover just in time as the skies broke with warm showers. The timing was perfect as the games went without a hitch and the 5 days featured some terrific hockey played by DFHC players.

Three teams representing Alberta were entered and this year and DFHC was well-represented on both South teams. Alberta South 2 finished in 7th with an 0-6 record, Alberta North finished in 5th place at 2-4, and Alberta South 1 narrowly missed out on the Bronze Medal after a strong 4-2 round-robin record but eventually fell to Ontario on a single goal.

Special congratulations go out to Ashley Stewart (Alum) for scoring 6 goals, good for a tie at the top of the leader board, and being named to the Tournament XI. Also, Courtney Campbell’s performance impressed members of the Canadian National Team coaching staff so much she’s been invited to participate in a Junior Development Camp for which she’s flown out to Vancouver today!

Liz Allan (Alum) not only co-captained the Alberta South 1 squad, she acted as Co-Chair for the tournament which made her one incredibly busy person. Emma Guppy was Tournament Chair Assistant and captained the Alberta South 2 team, so she also lived at the pitch for 5 solid days.

Congratulations to all the players who represented Dinos so proudly, and thanks to everyone who volunteered at the technical table and assisted with the Advantage Field Hockey sales stall.

• Liz Allan (Alberta South 1) - Alum
• Heather Bain (Alberta South 1)
• Kaelyn Barrie (Alberta South 1)
• Kelsey Barrie (Alberta South 1) - Alum
• Burgundy Biletski (Alberta South 1) - Alum
• Courtney Campbell (Alberta South 1)
• Penny Cuthbert (Alberta South 2)
• Jenny Gobin (Alberta South 1) - Alum
• Emma Guppy (Alberta South 2)
• Megan Hart (Alberta South 2)
• Venus Kwan (Alberta South 1) - Alum
• Megan Lee (Alberta South 2)
• Serena Lockhart (Alberta South 2)
• Steph Maxwell (Alberta South 1) - Alum
• Adrienne McDougall (Alberta South 1)
• Lauren McDougall (Alberta South 1)
• Christen Robertson (Alberta South 1)
• Carolina Romeo (Alberta South 2)
• Jenn Swagar (Alberta South 1) - Alum/Head Coach
• Ashley Stewart (Alberta South 1) - Alum
• Heather Tanaka (Alberta South 1) - Alum

]]> tag:dinosfhc.com,2008:index.php/site/index/1.62 2008-06-25T17:36:01Z 2008-06-25T17:44:18Z Keely Dunn keely@keelydunn.com http://keelydunn.com

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) launches its YouTube service. Viewers can watch full length coverage of all matches of the WorldHockey Champions Trophy, currently taking place in Rotterdam.

FIH’s You Tube site complements its live, free of charge streaming on WorldHockey.tv. Following the Champions Trophy additional FIH content will be available on the site, such as highlights, player interviews and FIH’s monthly magazine show, “ABN AMRO WorldHockey”.

FIH President, Els van Breda Vriesman, commented, “I’m delighted that You Tube will bring hockey to a wider audience, especially the younger demographic of the majority of viewers on YouTube.”

]]> tag:dinosfhc.com,2008:index.php/site/index/1.61 2008-06-12T23:05:00Z 2008-06-12T23:09:40Z Keely Dunn keely@keelydunn.com http://keelydunn.com Great news from field hockey’s international governing body, who announced in a press release today that hockey fans all around the world will be able to watch one of the sport’s premier men’s events on the internet for free.

The WorldHockey Champions Trophy, taking place in Rotterdam from 21-29 June, will be streamed online by the International Hockey Federation (FIH).

Starting with the opening match between Australia and Korea at 1035 on Saturday 21 June, key matches from the event will be made available free of charge to viewers on FIH’s streaming site http://www.worldhockey.tv and will be powered by FIH’s streaming partner, Vienna-based unas media productions (http://www.unas.tv)…

Go to the story on WorldHockey.org for more.

]]> tag:dinosfhc.com,2008:index.php/site/index/1.60 2008-06-12T19:23:00Z 2008-06-12T19:23:56Z Keely Dunn keely@keelydunn.com http://keelydunn.com FHA is hosting a course for aspiring Provincial umpires on Aug. 9, 2008. Location is to be confirmed but will be at the University of Calgary in the Kinesiology building. Please see the Leadership Opportunities - Umpiring Courses page on the Field Hockey Alberta website. Deadline for registration is July 25th so please register early!
]]> tag:dinosfhc.com,2008:index.php/site/index/1.31 2008-03-12T23:26:00Z 2008-03-12T23:33:32Z Keely Dunn keely@keelydunn.com http://keelydunn.com

Dear Coaches,

We are very excited to host your team in the Fourth Annual High School Field Hockey Tournament at the University of Calgary, May 7-10. The coaching staff of the Dinos and the players have an invested interest in the development of field hockey players in the city of Calgary and interior of British Columbia. We appreciate the hard work that you are doing in providing these athletes with the opportunity to play the game of field hockey.

The fee for this tournament is $300.00 which can be made out to the UofC Field Hockey Club. Thank you to the teams that have already paid. We will be providing a variety of field hockey items and equipment from Advantage FH.  There will be awards for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place, players of the games and an overall MVP of the tournament.

At this time we would also like to introduce myself as the head coach of the University of Calgary field hockey program. I will be at the field throughout the tournament and will enjoy meeting you and your players.

There are many opportunities for players to achieve their goals both academically and athletically at the University of Calgary. This tournament will give us an opportunity to look at some of the best players on your teams. If you have any players interested in playing at the University of Calgary (in any grade) please let us know so that we can speak to them.

Dinos Field Hockey hopes that you have a positive experience and your players have fun. If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to ask.

I am looking forward to meeting and talking to each of you. Thanks for your interest.


Head Coach
Dinos Field Hockey
403-220-7800

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The University of Calgary will be hosting the 17th annual Dinos Field Hockey Jamboree on the artificial turf at the field hockey turf on the U of C campus (beside the oval). The Developmental Jamboree will combine a player’s clinic and game play experience for beginner players. University of Calgary field hockey coaches, varsity team members and alumni will provide instruction in field hockey skills and game situations. The High Performance Jamboree will feature current varsity players and in addition, guest provincial coaches and players, Dinos alumni and former national team members. Participants will receive a University of Calgary Field Hockey T-shirt. 

High school & Junior High school players of all levels are invited to attend. 

• High Performance and Goalkeepers (experienced players) Jamboree will be held on April 12 & 13
• Developmental (beginner players) Jamboree will be held on April 26 & 27

MOUTH GUARDS ARE MANDATORY

Goalkeepers - Please bring your equipment. The format will follow a similar direction as the field player’s clinic in that time on both days (Saturday and Sunday) will address specific technical instruction as well as provide mini-game and full game experience. U of C goalkeepers will provide specific instruction and coaching for goalies. (MUST HAVE A PROPER, SAFE, WELL-FITTING HELMET).

To register, players will need to complete the REGISTRATION / AGREEMENT AND WAIVER FORM and MEDICAL FORM and return them, along with the registration fee, to the following address. If you are unable to attend the Jamboree for both days, you can register for one day for a reduced fee of $50.00.  Cheques should be made payable to the U of C Field Hockey Club.

DINOS FIELD HOCKEY
Rm. A145, Kinesiology Building, Dept. of Athletics
University of Calgary
2500 University Dr. NW
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4
(403) 220-7800


In agreement with the University of Calgary Field Hockey Program, coaching staff from Field Hockey Alberta may be attending the camp as part of their Talent Identification process to assess potential players for Provincial Teams. High school coaches are welcome to observe or participate.

Application Deadline:


• April 12th (High Performance / Goalkeeper Clinic)
• April 19th (Developmental Jamboree)

Registration Fee:


• $150.00 - High Performance (Both Days)
• $100.00 - Developmental
• $50.00 (One Day ONLY)

Cheques Payable to: U of C Field Hockey Club

For further information, contact at 370-5166 (cell), or . 

]]> tag:dinosfhc.com,2008:index.php/site/index/1.27 2008-01-10T21:47:00Z 2008-01-11T01:57:10Z Keely Dunn keely@keelydunn.com http://keelydunn.com
]]> tag:dinosfhc.com,2007:index.php/site/index/1.25 2007-11-13T08:56:00Z 2007-11-16T21:51:28Z Keely Dunn keely@keelydunn.com http://keelydunn.com The DFHC community would like to congratulate this year’s Academic All-Canadians, who combined a stellar 3.7 GPA with the demands of varsity athletics in the 2006/07 year.

Teryn Buna
Kelly Baudru
Laural Kuntz
Lauren McDougall
Christen Robertson

Well done, ladies!

]]> tag:dinosfhc.com,2007:index.php/site/index/1.26 2007-11-01T09:01:00Z 2007-11-13T09:17:19Z Keely Dunn keely@keelydunn.com http://keelydunn.com Fourth-year defender Teryn Buna was named a Second Team All-Canadian at the CIS banquet in Toronto yesterday. Teryn capped off a tremendous season for the Dinos by scoring both goals in a 2-1 victory over UVic, helping break a winless streak dating back four years.
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