Social events are critical to the proper conduct of hockeyt festivals. Accordingly please be guided by the social activities planned during the festival. Be warned that games start at 9:00 am in the morning. The after effects of the case of Banks that you drank the night before will not deemed an acceptable excuse for being late. Also trying to keep pace with the ‘’Roosters” could be detrimental to your health.

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by MIKE KING Compliments of the Nation News

That's the report card assessment from chef de mission Craig Archer on Barbados' performance at the 20th Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games held jointly in Colombia and Santo Domingo.

Barbados captured a record 19 medals, way above the eight they collected at both the 1998 Games in Maracaibo, Venezuela, and the 2002 meet in El Salvador.

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March 16, 2006

BAJANS GET STICK. The going is already tough for the Barbados contingent at the 18th Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia in March 2006. The women's hockey team, in their first ever appearance at the Games, were beaten 4-0 by Canada yesterday. Here, Canada's Johanna Bischof (centre) tries to get the ball around fallen Barbados goalie Lana Als as defenders Chiaka Drakes (left) and Deborah-Ann Holder (second from right) move in. (AP Picture)

Compliments of the Nation News

Barbados Road Hockey League.

Melnyck HAS NO GROUSE WITH BTC. Eugene Melnyck's love for horseracing has not diminished and neither has his love for this island and the Sandy Lane Gold Cup. The reason why none of his animals has been listed to run in this year's pretigious horse race is that he just does not believe he has a quality animal to win the event. He does not have a grouse with the local authorities, but the lawsuit which surrounds his Kathir being stripped of the 2004 Sandy Lane Gold Cup remains. Yesterday, Melnyck and Canada's High Commissioner to Barbados, Michael Welsh, were honorary captains for a commemorative game showcasing the success of the Barbados Road Hockey League. Here, players compete in yesterday's exhibition hockey game that was played at the Commission's headquarters in Bishop's Court's Hill.

20th Banks International Hockey Festival - 2005

Date August 18, 2005

THERE HAS BEEN a slight improvement in the numbers for the 2005 20th Banks International Hockey Festival which is trying to rebound from last year's low-key event.

At a Press conference yesterday, Festival Committee chairman Mark Owen said there were 50 teams this year (up from 42), and overseas teams have started to return to the tournament.

The festival gets under way on Sunday at Banks Breweries and concludes next Saturday.

"We are proud to say we are one of the permanent fixtures on the sports tourism calendar for the past 20 years. We have never missed a year since 1986. < Read more >

Women’s Pan American Cup 2004

Eight hockey teams contested the Second Women’s Pan American Cup at the Wildey Astroturf.

As well as deciding who gets to take home the winner’s cup it will determine which of the eight teams earns a place in the next women’s World Cup and which of the Commonwealth teams taking part earns a place in the women’s hockey tournament in the next Commonwealth Games in 2006. Read more

Barbados’ women’s hockey team got a taste of the standard of competition to expect in the second Women’s Pan American Cup

In their final warm-up, they had a practice game against a Canadian team which put on an impressive display of running, fitness and positional and tactical play and came out winners by a convincing 8-0 margin. Read more

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Friday 23, April-2004 by EZRA STUART

Barbados’ goalscorer Tricia-Ann Greaves (left) blocking this pass by Meredith Keller of the United States.

Lack of experience and inadequate exposure to international competitions are the major obstacles in the way of Barbados’ progress in women’s hockey.

Coach Peter Norville lamented the lack of regular top-quality competition after Barbados were beaten 1-7 by the United States in the Pan American Women’s Hockey Championship at the Astroturf of the Garfield Sobers Complex, yesterday. Read more Information compliments of the Nation News

Barbados finished sixth in the Pan American Women’s Hockey Cup after going down 2-5 to Chile at the National Hockey Centre. Read more

-Friday 30, April-2004 by Sherrylyn Clarke

Maria de la Paz (left) battling with Kriston McCann in the final.

World champions Argentina successfully defended their title in the Pan American Women’s Hockey Cup at the National Hockey Centre with a 3-0 victory over the United States on Wednesday night.

They have also secured the lone automatic spot for the Pan Am region in the International Hockey Federation’s 2006 World Cup which will be held in Spain from September 27 to October 7. The United States will head to the qualifiers for yet another chance at making the World Cup. Read more

Sunday 02, May-2004

THE Barbados Hockey Federation came in for high praise following the successful staging of the Pan American Women’s Hockey Cup at the National Hockey Centre last week.

During the closing ceremony on Wednesday night, Tony von Ondarza, president of the Pan American Hockey Federation, congratulated the organising committee for staging “a top-level event here in Barbados”. Read more

Caribbean Hockey

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Banks Hockey Festival

The Banks Hockey Festival always lives up to its reputation as one of the best of its type in the world. Hosted annually at the Wildey Astroturf this years Festival promises to be as competitive as the ones before.


Barbadian Hockey is in a health state it has greatly improved since the Wildey Astroturf was laid some four years ago.





Youth hockey is on the increase and we can look forward to a long and health Hockey life in Barbados.

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