46 Hockey Queensland Championship games livestreamed by www.couriermail.com.au
Forty-six games of the Hockey Queensland Championships will be livestreamed by www.couriermail.com.au, the Gold Coast Bulletin and News affiliates starting on Saturday in Toowoomba.
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Forty-six matches of the Hockey Queensland Championship starting on Saturday in Toowoomba will be livestreamed by www.couriermail.com.au, the Gold Coast Bulletin and News affiliates.
Your home of hockey, www.couriermail.com.au will livestream from two fields on Saturday (from 8.30am), Sunday (from 9am) and on Monday (from 7.30am).
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Competing teams: Women, Pool A: Toowoomba 1, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Townsville, Toowoomba 2; Pool B: Tweed Border, Ipswich, Gladstone, Gold Coast.
Men: Pool A: Mackay, Ipswich, Gold Coast, Townsville, Brisbane; Pool B: Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba 2, Rockhampton, Fraser Coast, Toowoomba 1.
The last time Queensland had a state open championship was in 2016 when Toowoomba (women) and Brisbane (men) reigned supreme, but this year’s championships would be different to 2016.
“The Hockey Queensland Championship was developed to create more opportunities for senior players across Queensland to play representative hockey, and to play for their local association,’’ said Hockey Queensland CEO Alison Lyons.
Regional Hockey Manager, Toowoomba Hockey Association Matt Cook said the arrival of around 300 players, plus spectators, would be an economic boost to Toowoomba which was still recovering from the COVID-19 disruptions of 2020.
Cook said it was important for regional areas to have big events such as the championships to both “stimulate the economy’’ but to also highlight to aspiring youth players the pathway forward in the sport.
Lyons agreed: “The ability to be able to bring the inaugural championship to a regional city allows Hockey Queensland to support regional Queensland, which we all know has been impacted by COVID-19.
“We also hope that the host association, Toowoomba Hockey, will also see an increase in participation and engagement in hockey due to these championships.”
Cook said Toowoomba had a “rich hockey history of producing top players’’, including Olympians, over the last few decades.
He said events such as the championships could inspire youngsters to work to try and replicate the deeds of past Olympians from the Darling Downs region including Nikki Hudson, Karen Smith, Angue Lambert and Michael Brennan.
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Country players will be competing for a place in the Queensland Country men’s and women’s representative sides to contest the national championships during August in Perth.
LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
8am Brisbane V Toowoomba 1
8am Men A T2 Ipswich V Mackay
9.25am Women A T1 Sunshine Coast V Townsville
9.25am Men A T2 Gold Coast V Townsville
10.50am Women B T1 Ipswich V Tweed
10.50am Men B T2 Rockhampton V Fraser Coast
12.15pm Women B T1 Gladstone V Gold Coast
12.15pm Men B T2 Toowoomba 2 V Sunshine Coast
1.40pm Women A T1 Townsville V Toowoomba 2
1.40pm Men A T2 Townsville V Brisbane
3.05pm Men B T1 Fraser Coast V Toowoomba 1
4.30pm Women A T1 Toowoomba 1 V Sunshine Coast
4.30pm Men A T2 Mackay V Gold Coast
5.55pm Women A T1 Toowoomba 2 V Brisbane
5.55pm Men A T2 Brisbane V Ipswich
7.20pm Women B T1 Tweed V Gladstone
7.20pm Men B T2 Sunshine Coast V Rockhampton
8.45pm Women B T1 Gold Coast V Ipswich
8.45pm Men B T2 Toowoomba 1 V Toowoomba 2
DAY 2 – Sunday - 2 May 2021
MATCH TIME DIV POOL FIELD TEAM 1 TEAM 2
8am Men A T1 Townsville V Ipswich
8am Women A T2 Townsville V Brisbane
9.25am Men A T1 Brisbane V Mackay
9.25am Women A T2 Toowoomba 2 V Toowoomba 1
10.50am Men B T1 Fraser Coast V Toowoomba 2
10.50am Women B T2 Tweed V Gold Coast
12.15pm Men B T1 Toowoomba 1 V Sunshine Coast
12.15pm Women B T2 Ipswich V Gladstone
1.40pm Men A T1 Ipswich V Gold Coast
1.40pm Women A T2 Brisbane V Sunshine Coast
3.05pm Men B T1 Toowoomba 2 V Rockhampton
4.30pm Men A T1 Mackay V Townsville
4.30pm Women A T2 Toowoomba 1 V Townsville
5.55pm Men A T1 Gold Coast V Brisbane
5.55pm Women A T2 Sunshine Coast V Toowoomba 2
7.20pm Men B T1 Sunshine Coast V Fraser Coast
7.20pm Men B T2 Rockhampton V Toowoomba 1
Monday
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