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Olympic Ring Wanted: austRalian head cOach
Minke Smabers, a member of the Dutch Hockey Australia are advertising for a
hockey team which won gold at the Olympic new men and women’s national coach.
Games in Beijing, accepted a marriage Responsible for the performance of the
proposal during the closing ceremony on National Program incorporating 2010
Sunday. Baseball player Tjerk Smeets went Commonwealth Games, 2010 World Cup
down on one knee and presented her with an and the 2012 Olympic Games the post is an
engagement ring. exciting opportunity to lead one of the world’s
best hockey nations. Following his resignation
pakistan cOach Resigns from Indian Hockey, Ric Charlesworth is
Pakistan’s head coach, Khawaja Zakauddin, favourite to take the post although current
announced his resignation following his assistant coach and former Olympian Mark
team’s humiliating eighth-place finish at the Hagar is also in the frame.
Beijing Olympics. Zaka said that he takes
responsibility for the Olympic performance: men’s hOckey WORld cup
“Believing that I’m responsible for our bad A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for
showing at the Olympic Games, I’ve resigned the organization of the Men’s Hockey World
as head coach,” he said. “I hope that the new Cup in India was signed by President of the
team management will succeed where we International Hockey Federation (FIH) Mrs.
failed.” Els van Breda Vriesman and Mr. Suresh
Kalmadi, President of the Indian Olympic
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malay cOach Association (IOA) in Beijing. The agreement
The Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) is a vital step in making sure that the 2010
council recently endorsed K. Rajan as the World Cup in New Delhi, India will be a major
new National Juniors coach following the success.
resignation of V. Muraleedharan. Rajan has
been entrusted to whip up a team for the uk schOOl games
2009 Junior World Cup, which Malaysia England U18 Boys and Girls squads have
and Singapore will be co-hosting: ““We both won Gold at the UK School Games
have started training, and I will continue in Bristol. To top off a successful showing
even during the fasting month to build their the girls’ coach, Martin Rodgers, won two
fitness,” he said. coaching awards at the final evening’s awards
ceremony. Martin collected the awards for
Open tRial fOR iRish seniOR WOmen Best Team Coach and Best Individual Coach
An open try-out, in the form of mini-games in recognition of the work he has performed
and physical testing, will be held in Ireland in with this squad having had just three days
October to allow the assessment of possible with them together prior to the tournament.
national squad players. Contact
joan.morgan@hockey.ie by 15th September.
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