Support Victoria’s Junior national team athletes who will represent Canada this year at the Junior Pan American Championship, a qualifier for the Junior World Cup.

Julia Boraston, Nora Struchtrup and Libby Hogg will be representing Canada

A bottle drive has been set up this Saturday, March 4 from 10am to 2pm at the Glanford Bottle Depot at 4261 Glanford Avenue. Bring your empties and all funds will support these three Victoria athletes who have to pay most of their way to represent their country.

Thank you Cheryl McCreary for organizing a BOTTLE DRIVE this Saturday to help Julia Boraston Nora Struchtrup and Libby Hogg fundraise for their upcoming trip to the Junior Pan Am’s! If you have any bottles lying around, please bring to the Glanford Bottle Depot this Saturday from 10-2!

If you need anymore information you can contact Cheryl at 250-888-4454 or shermacbookkeeping@gmail.com

LETS GO CANADA!!!!

Field Hockey Canada is putting out the call for players to sign up for the Canadian Women’s Masters teams. Players must be aged 35+ (born 1988 or prior) to complete the Expression of Interest Survey for the Pan Am Continental Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina from Dec 6-17.

Submit expression of interest by Tuesday, March 7.

This is a wonderful opportunity to play competitive hockey in an international arena. We encourage all players who are keen to develop their skills to complete this survey.

SAVE THE DATES:
Training Camp #1: March 30th, 7-9pm: Eric Hamber, Vancouver
Training Camp #2: March 31st, 5-6:30pm: Eric Hamber, Vancouver
Training Camp #3: April 7th, 4-6pm: Cowichan Sports Complex, Duncan
Women’s Masters Tournament #1: April 8-9, Shawnigan Lake School
Vancouver International Tournament #2: May 20-22, Burnaby Sports Complex

Out of province players are encouraged to complete the survey. The appropriate age-based coach will get back to players about assessment. Teams will be selected shortly after the VIT tournament in May.

Express your interest by registering here: https://www.rampregistrations.com/login?v3=7aa122cc

Field Hockey Canada has announced a U18 and U16 Canadian junior national squad to travel and play internationally this year. The Under-1u team will travel to France in April for a training tour and test series from April 12-23. Meanwhile, an Under-16 squad is set to compete in the prestigious International Den Bosch tournament in the Netherlands from May 27-29. In addition, a Junior National team roster was announced to compete in the upcoming 2023 Junior Pan American Championships held in Barbados this April

The island will be well represented as Victoria’s Monet Thurbide (Oak Bay High School – Lynx Club) and Neeve Unger (Glenlyon Norfolk School – Lynx Club) have been named to the U16 travelling roster. Victoria’s Kendyll Adams (St. Michael’s University School – Lynx Club) has been named a reserve.

See U16 announcement: https://fieldhockey.ca/field-hockey-canada-announces-u16-national-team/

The U18 roster will feature St. Michael’s University School’s Amanda Adams, Rebecca Stone and Wynn Brown, as well as Oak Bay High’s Maddie Hunter and Anais Chace. All five play for the Lynx Club in Victoria.

See U18 announcement: https://fieldhockey.ca/field-hockey-canada-announces-u18-national-team/

Heading to represent Canada at the Junior Pan American Championships in Barbados in April are Victoria players and UVic Vikes Julia Boraston (Lynx), Libby Hogg (Lynx) and Nora Struchtrup (Sailors). The trio are becoming a staple on the international scene having returned from a tour in Mexico in January 2023.

See Junior National team announcement: https://fieldhockey.ca/field-hockey-canada-announces-junior-womens-national-team/

All teams will be fundraising to cover their levies. You can make a donation to the respective NextGEN or Junior program pages or search the individual athlete pages to show your support: https://fieldhockey.ca/adopt-an-athlete/

Monet Thurbide – U16
Neeve Unger- U16
Kendyll Adams – U16 reserve
Amanda Adams – U18
Rebecca stone – U18
Wynn Brown – U18
Maddie Hunter – U18
Anais Chace – U18
Julia Boraston – U21
Libby Hogg – U21
Nora Struchtrup – U21

After a two-year hiatus of the annual VILFHA Awards, due to the pandemic, the awards will be returning. As a reminder, the entire league is asked for nominations (players, coaches and officials – not fans or parents) to submit their nominees but a selection committee chooses the final recipients.

Here are the steps to nominate:

1) Review the award criteria carefully
https://vilfha.teampages.com/leagues/1279/pages/82197

2) Review who is actually registered on what team as that is the only division they can win division-specific awards
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hxxde69seorcuig/VILFHA%20-%20team%20lists%20for%20awards.xlsx?dl=0

3) Nominate online here:
https://vilfha.teampages.com/forms/24973-2022-23-VILFHA-Award-Nominations

Please submit nominations by midnight on Sunday, March 5.

The year-end wrap up will be held on Tuesday, April 4 at 7:00 pm at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Center (still TBC). Awards will be given out on that night.

Questions: vilfha@gmail.com

The University of Victoria hosted Indoor Tournament returns for 2023. The two-day tournament will be a 6-team round-robin on Jan. 21-22 at the McKinnon Gymnasium at UVic.

If you haven’t had a chance to see the game of indoor (5v5 on hardwood floor with boards along the sidelines to stay in play) this is a great time to come and watch.

January 21:
9:00 am – UVic vs Wildcats Red
10:00 am – Wildcats White vs KIL
11:00 am – UBC vs West Van
12:00 pm – UVic vs Wildcats White
1:00 pm – Wildcats Red vs UBC
2:00 pm – KIL vs West Van
3:00 pm – UVic vs UBC
4:00 pm – Wildcats White vs West Van
5:00 pm – Wildcats Red vs KIL

January 22:
8:00 am – KIL vs UBC
9:00 am – Wildcats white vs Wildcats red
10:00 am – UVic vs KIL
11:00 am – Wildcats Red vs West Van
12:00 pm – UBC vs Wildcats White
1:00 pm – UVic vs West Van