Are you still keen to be part of the WGMA-style tournaments but too old for all the regular age-group teams from your country? Don’t despair there is still a place for you in a new Alliance O80 team which is being assembled by Peter Child to take on De Zestigplussers, LX and Southern Cross in an Over 80 section at The Hague in June 2024. Over 80s a
Bra HC hosted another enjoyable tournament in the heart of the Piedmonte region in northern Italy, home of Barolo wine and ‘slow food’. Among the highlights of the event was an old-time game of hockey played with antique curved sticks to old rules with players suitably attired to reflect the period! Teams from Australia and the United States gave t
WMH have announced that the Men’s O65, O70, O75 and O80 will be played at Cape Town, South Africa in October 2024. The Women’s O60, O65 and O70 as well as Men’s O60 will be held in Auckland, New Zealand the following month. Wc
WGMA announces with great sorrow the passing away of Eduard ‘Didi’ Wolter, aged 91, a pioneer of Grand Masters hockey, a “wonderful advertisement for Grand Masters hockey”, a “robust figure dominating the pitch”, an “inspiration … to many” and a cornerstone in the development of 60+ hockey in Germany. Didi Wolter Tributes
Cambridge, England : September 2024 The LX Club is holding a festival of social hockey at Cambridge University on 24-26 September 2024. Ladies (60+) and Mens (60+ & 70+) teams of all standards are invited. LX SEPTEMBERFEST
The umpires and officials community of WGMA is very sad to have lost one of its longest serving and most dedicated members and friend, Brian Moore.I first met Brian at my very first WGMA World Cup in Cape Town in 2010 and am happy to say that a new bond was forged that grew stronger, every tournament thereafter. In Memoriam Brian Moore
It is with great sorrow WGMA learnt of the demise, on July 12, of Nanda Siebers. She was a great contributor to WGMA and was very instrumental in creating a WGMA spirit within women’s Grand Masters hockey. In December 2014 Nanda Siebers was elected to the WGMA Board as a Vice President, to serve in office until the next WGMA Congress in Newcastle,
Pierre-Yves Chegaray (France Masters) has devised many posters in recent years for tournaments around the world, most notably the regular posters for Lille and one that was adopted for the World Cup in Tokyo in 2022. Here is his latest light-hearted offering (unofficial) for the Masters World Cup in Cape Town next year.