Field Hockey Canada
MEN'S JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM
Vienna Under-21 4-Nation Tournament
June 16-18, 2000
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| Austria | Canada | Slovakia | Switzerland |
Canadian Team
| Sean BARRETTO, ON |
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Aneal BASI, BC |
| Inderjit BATH, ON |
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Paul BUNDY, BC |
| Karl DA COSTA, ON |
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Stuart DICKINSON, BC |
| Casey FERGUSON, BC |
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William HAERING, BC |
| Ravi KALHON, BC |
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Peter KENDRICK, BC |
| Michael LEE, BC |
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Tim PERSHICK, BC |
| Shankar PREMAKANTHAN (gk), ON |
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Tyler REGAN, BC |
| Scott SANDISON, ON |
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Inderpal Singh SEHMBI, BC |
| Graeme SOWERBY, BC |
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Razmik VAROUJEAN (gk), QC |
Schedule and Results
| ROUND ROBIN |
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| Time | Friday June 16 |
Score | Goal Scorers |
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| 13:00 |  Canada | Switzerland |
1 - 2
| Tim Pershick | |
| 15:00 | Austria | Slovakia |
4 - 2 |
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| Time | Saturday June 17 |
Score | Goal Scorers |
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| 13:00 | Slovakia | Switzerland |
3 - 5 |
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| 15:00 | Austria | Canada |
4 - 4
Ravi Kalhon (2 pc),
Aneal Basi (fg),
Casey Ferguson (fg) | |
| Time | Sunday June 18 |
Score | Goal Scorers |
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| 13:00 | Austria | Switzerland |
2 - 1 |
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| 15:00 | Canada | Slovakia |
12 - 0
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Results Grids
| Scores |
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| Team | AUS | CAN | SLO | SWI |
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| Austria |
X | 4 - 4 | 4 - 2 | 2 - 1 |
| Canada |
4 - 4 | X | 12 - 0 | 1 - 2 |
| Slovakia |
2 - 4 | 0 - 12 | X | 3 - 5 |
| Switzerland |
1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 5 - 3 | X |
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| Standings |
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| Team | Pld | Won | Tie | Lst |
For | Agt | Pts |
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| Austria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 4 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 0 |
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Final Standings
- Austria
- Switzerland
- Canada
- Slovakia
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Team Diary !
Day 6, the day after our off day, though challenging at first, proved to be one
of the best days on the field for our team.
Though everyone was pretty drained after a day of exploring the beautiful city
of Vienna, we all still managed to get ourselves out of bed at 7:00am for an early
breakfast. After our breakfast we packed and left for the field for another practice.
After one and half hours of practice in the sweldering heat of Vienna (around
33 degrees Celsius...), we were all really hungry and tired. So after a most
filling lunch, we all went back to out hotel for what would prove to be a most
interesting rest period before our evening game.
It would seem that during our rest period some players wanted to try their
hands at the art of body painting and taping. Unfortunately, Tim and Inderjit
were the subjects of these experiments. Tim went for a short nap and woke up to
find a few interesting art designs on his back. Inderjit, unfortunately, got a
partial leg-hair removal during his nap, duct tape on your legs is not the most
pleasant thing...
Next on the agenda was our match against what we were told was the best team
in Austria. We were all now well rested and regenerated from our rest period and
were ready to play! The match itself was fairly competitive, both teams had their
chances but strong defence prevailed in the end and at halftime the score was
even at 1-1. Scotty scored our goal with a "beautiful" backhand shot.
In the second half, once we got down to our game plan, we slowly took over
the match and pulled away. We got two goals, one from Peter, who hammered home
a goal midway through the second half and one from Ravi on a "powerful"
short corner blast (how many times did it bounce?).
In all, we were very pleased with our efforts and we are all looking
forward to our upcoming tournament this weekend.
Today started off just as the past few days started with an early morning jog and
stretch followed by breakfast and then practice. Then we had the much anticipated
DAY OFF! For those of us who have been on the junior team for a while, this was
our first real day off and we could barely believe it was true. We were sure John
and Louis were just toying with us. We were able to use this time to explore the
beautiful surroundings of Vienna. There was plenty to see and I think everyone
burned up atleast 1 or 2 rolls of film.
As most of us have been struggling to abide by the "no going shirtless" rule,
Shankar came out wearing jeans to go on our full day tour. He kept telling us
he wasn't hot but I think that's just because he's got heat stroke and gone crazy.
Some of us also made time to do a little shopping. Tim did more than a little
as I think he'll need to buy another bag to bring home all his new atire. Others
just took the extra time to relax and watch some football as there has been great
coverage of Euro 2000.
Everyone came back around 7:00 after a full day of excitment in good spirits
with several stories to share. Especially the one about Raz and a sailor but
we'll save that one for next time!
Tuesday June 13:
by Tim Pershick
Allright... day four... how exciting it was! It started off at 6:30 in the morning
with a good ol' run followed by breakfast. We then got ready for practice and took
the field roughly at 11:00am. After our rough and tough practice, we left back for
the hotel and then on to the usual spot for lunch... mmmmmmmmmmm... bread. We had
some well deserved brake time after lunch and then had a good 1 hour meeting before
game time.
When we arrived at the pitch, emotions were high in anticipation of delivering
a good "butt-kicking" to the local Austrians. However when game time came around...
we found out that they were short a few and we had to supply them with two of our
own soldiers (witch included one of our goalies). Because of this news, we as
players decided we shouldn't destroy the opposition knowing that our players were on
the team (and we didn't want to harm our goalie with out forcefull shots!). So we
only beat them 3-0 (we could have scored much more but, like I said, we
didn't want to harm our own goalie physically or mentally). So we let the Austrian
boys leave the pitch we some dignity, having only lost by 3.
After the game we celebrated by hitting the local bar and drinking until the
cows came home and we didn't hear from Scott until 11:00am the next day...
NAW... Actually we went back to the hotel and showered, then off to the
restaurant to eat another fine meal. We all headed back to the hotel as a team
and went to bed together as a team!
Bonjour de Vienne!
Quelle journée chargée nous avons eu aujourd'hui! En voici un petit resumé...
A 7:45 am, nous sommes sortis pour faire notre jogging matinal. Les gars se sentaient
bien malgré la chaleur et le fait qu'on a pratiqué deux fois la journée d'avant.
Vers 9:00am, nous avons pris le déjeuner. La bouffe était à volonté, et par le
fait même, très bonne. A 11:00am, c'était le temps de sauter sur le terrain pour
une pratique. Elle a durée une heure et demie. C'était bien en masse car il faisait
une chaleur vraiment torride. Après un bonne douche, nous avons eu un diner d'équipe.
Nous avons eu droit à des pâtes comme repas. Vers 15:30pm, nous nous sommes rassemblés
pour un meeting d'équipe. Nous avons discuté du plan de match, plus particulièrement
de l'exécution des "petits corner". 16:15pm, c'était le temps pour les joueurs d'aller
voir Neetu (physiothérapeutre de l'équipe) pour se faire donner les soins nécessaires
en vue du match.
17:00pm, le réchauffement d'avant partie a eu lieu. Enfin, à 18:00pm,
l'Équipe Canada Junior à joué son premier match!
Ce match s'est conclu par une victoire décisive de 3 à 0 face aux joueurs étoiles
de l'Autriche. Nous avons nettement dominé cette rencontre et pratiquement laissé
aucune chance à l'adversaire d'amorcer une attaque. En fait, seulement un tir à été
dirigé vers Shankar, notre gardien de but. Cette victoire nous à apporté beaucoup
de confiance, car nous partons vraiment du bon pied en vue du tournois qui va
s'amorcer d'ici peu.
Voilà, c'est complet pour la journée de lundi, 12 juin 2000. C'était Razmik
Varoujean, gardien de but d'Equipe Canada Junior!
Au revoir!
Our first full day in Vienna. We were up early for a 7:30am run with our favourite
trainer R2 Neetu. My entire room (Pete, Indy, Scotty, and myself) woke up at 5:00am,
so we had some time to kill before the team run.
We knew we were in for a hot day because at 7:30 in the morning, in front of
our hotel, it was already too hot. After a good stretch and a hearty breakfast,
we spent some time loungin', before heading to the pitch for a 12:00 practice.
After almost 20 hours of traveling for the Vancouver guys, and a little bit
less for the TO boys, we were all ready to stretch out our legs and have a run.
It was a pretty good practice and an absolute scorcher of a day. 34 degrees and
80% humidity according to the Austrian weather people. Thankfully, our coaching
staff and trainer have got us on a strict regimen of constant drinking of water.
No coffee, no coke and lots of water.
Back to the hotel and out for lunch. Most of the guys just crashed for the
afternoon as the jetlag was beginning to kick in. The heat in our rooms is stifling
(except for Rav's room, which is the only one with no sun and a portable air
conditioner!). Interesting: how did the captain's room end up with the a/c?
Hmmmmm... I wonder... We'll have to go upstairs on that one.
With time to kill in the heat, no one has enough energy to do anything but
lie around. All I can say is: thank god for Euro 2000! We can watch the
same game 3 times in a row and we're getting live coverage without getting up
at some ungodly hour in the morning!
Evening saw us hitting the turf for the day's second practice which started
out as a technical session and ended up being a little more active. Good to see
we've got some legs left in us.
Ty, Pete and I have been busy checkin' out all the slammed european model
cars. Austrians drive with seemingly no organization and very fast, so I can't
figure out why all their cars aren't dinged up.
After a late dinner we were all ready for bed, so that's where we went.
PS - Thank you to Rick Roberts
for the German lessons. Unfortunately, no one can remember anything other than
Danke, which we cannot pronounce correctly, and a couple of choice words
which I shall not repeat.
Grosse-Got from Vienna!
Today was the first day of our Junior teams tour and I must say it was quite
an eventful one. We spent most of the day flying and for most it was a relaxing
flight. Unfortunatly I was not so lucky... I was seated behind a group of rather
unrully characters. They snuck aboard three bottles of Vodka and got super hammered
then proceeded to pass out and vomit all over each other. Their seats
were fully reclined leaving me little room. My drunk friends were being looked after
by a friend in the isleway. I got up to go talk to the boys sitting in front. I came
back to find the guy who was looking after his drunk friends sitting in my seat and
using my turban as a garbage can! He placed the cups they had been drinking in into
my turban. Needless to say I was rather upset.
Luckly I was able to find an empty seat and finish off the flight there.
We then enjoyed a 2 hour layover in Amsterdam. We used the time to take in
some Dutch culture. The highlight of our stay was our pictures of orange clogs.
On to Vienna, where we landed around 6pm. We were a little overwhelmed by the
heat: it is about 35 degrees and real humid. We found our way to the hotel which
is located close to the picturesque Danube river. It was good to meet up with
the boys from the east coast again.
We are all really excited and cannot wait to hit the pitch for our first match.
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