Category: Particularly Amazing People

A collection of the recently updated National players profiles

Champions Trophy 2009

Heres the final update on the Now finished Champions Trophy. Congratulations to Australia.

0,11410,1181-0-155784-0-custom,00Heres the official points, results and upcoming fixtures tables from the Champions Trophy being held in Melbourne at the moment as well as some images of an amazing save by germanys Tim Jessulat (even though he plays in TK its still a great save). Also check out this video of some amazing saves by Korean Goalkeeper Myung-Ho Lee.

Completed matches.

# Time Teams : Score
Saturday 28 November
01 13:05 Germany Germany : England 3:2 (1:1)
02 15:05 Australia Australia : Korea 4:0 (2:0)
03 17:05 Spain : Netherlands Netherlands 2:3 (0:2)
Sunday 29 November
04 13:05 Korea : Germany Germany 5:3 (1:1)
05 15:05 Netherlands Netherlands : Australia Australia 2:7 (1:5)
06 17:05 England : Spain 3:3 (3:2)
Monday 30 November
Rest Day
Tuesday 01 December
07 15:05 Spain : Germany Germany 4:5 (2:3)
08 17:05 Netherlands Netherlands : Korea 1:2 (1:1)
09 19:05 Australia Australia : England 2:1 (1:1)
Wednesday 02 December
Rest Day
Thursday 03 December
10 15:05 Korea : Spain 5:5 (1:4)
11 17:05 England : Netherlands Netherlands 2:3 (1:2)
12 19:05 Germany Germany : Australia Australia 3:1 (3:0)
Friday 04 December
Rest Day
Saturday 05 December
13 11:05 England : Korea 3:2 (1:1)
14 13:05 Australia Australia : Spain 10:3 (2:2)
15 15:05 Netherlands Netherlands : Germany Germany 4:3 (2:2)
Sunday 06 December
16 10:05 ENG (5) v ESP (6) 2:5 (1:3)
17 12:35 Netherlands NED (3) v KOR (4) 2:4 (1:0)
18 15:05 Australia AUS (1) v Germany GER (2) 5:3 (1:3)

Upcoming matches.

Sunday 06 December
16 10:05 England v Spain -:- (-:-)
17 12:35 Netherlands Netherlands v Korea -:- (-:-)
18 15:05 Australia Australia v Germany Germany -:- (-:-)

Current Results Table.

League Table
Team P W D L GF GA PTS
Australia Australia 5 4 0 1 24 9 12
Germany Germany 5 3 0 2 17 16 9
Netherlands Netherlands 5 3 0 2 13 16 9
Korea 5 2 1 2 14 16 7
England 5 1 1 3 11 13 4
Spain 5 0 2 3 17 26 2

Final Placings

Final Standings
1. AUSTRALIA
2. Germany
3. Korea
4. Netherlands
5. Spain
6. England

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Myung-Ho Lee Saves.

Keep an eye out for more updates coming soon.

Lukas Graser OBO Profile

Austrian mens goalkeeper Lukas Graser’s OBO profile.

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What club you play for: AHTC Wien

What Country you play for: Austria

Great achievements: Indoor: Winner of the U21 B-Pool Indoor European Championships 2005, 6th Place at the Indoor World Championship 2007 in Vienna / Austria, 3rd Place at the European Championships Indoor Pool A in Ekaterinburg / Russia, Austrian National Champion 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009; 2nd place at the European Championships B Pool in Lissabon / Portugal and promoted to the A Pool 2007, Euro Hockey Championship A Pool in Amsterdam 2009, Participation at many European Cups with my club. Playing in the first German Bundesliga for the HTC Stuttgarter Kickers in 2007.

List of gear you use: OBO Robo Hi Rebound Kickers and Legguards, OBO Pants, OBO Tackle Box, OBO Chestguard, OBO HI Rebound Gloves, OBO Fatboy, OBO Carbon Helmet

Best goalie memory: Saving 3 penalties during the penalty shootout in the half final at the European Championships B Pool in Lissabon / Portugal 2007 and through that getting promoted to the A Pool in Amsterdam / Nederlands 2009!!!

How often do you train: Club practice 2 times a week, national team practice 1 a week, gym and athletic every hockey free day 🙂

International caps: approximately 32

International debut: against Scotland 2003

Any secret tips: train hard, never give up, buy OBO and everything`s going to work out 😉

Goals in life: having a job, that makes me happy, staying healthy, being able to play hockey for a long long time.

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Toni Cronk OBO Profile

Australian womens goalkeeper Toni Cronk’s OBO profile

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What club you play for: South Perth
What Country you play for: Australia
Great achievements: Commonwealth Gold in Melbourne 2006
List of gear you use: Robo Hi-Rebound legs and kickers, Hi-control RHP, Hi Rebound LHP, ROBO FG Splat helmet,  skinny thing stick and ROBO BA.
Best goalie memory: every time I play for my country, it brings another special memory
How often do you train: 6 days a week
International caps: 65
International debut: October 2001 versus New Zealand in Melbourne
Any secret tips: Just be where the ball is…
Goals in life: Own several of my own business’s

Here is picture from the 09 Champion Trophy with my custom Aussie pads:

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Austria vs Germany European Championchip Video Highlights

An awesome video of Germany vs Austria from the European Championships submitted by Lukas Graser the Austrian Keeper.

Check out this awesome video submitted by Lukas Graser (Austrian keeper) on our Facebook page some great saves and action shots with nice audio too – lovin it lovin it lovin it!

The video is from the 09 European Championchips in Amsterdam.

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Best viewed on Facebook link here

If you not on Facebook – you can view a low quality capture below;

New Zealand NHL Wellington Vs Central

Highlights of New Zealand NHL game between Wellington and Central, plus an interview with Kyle Pontifex.

Here is some NHL game highlights between Wellington and Central mens game. The Wellington team featured Blacksticks keeper Kyle Pontifex. The game became a bit of a goal-fest so check out the highlights…

Check out Kyles custom pads; more info on this custom design soon.

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Floortje Engels

Here are a few snaps of Dutch goalkeeper and gold medal winner; Floortje Engels.

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The Dutch women recently won the Rabo Euro Hockey Nations championships and Floortje won player of the competition 2008-2009 which is a very special for a goalie. Congradulations Floortje!

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Here is a few shots of Floortje in action at the 2009 Samsung Champions Trophy in Sydney.

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Photo credit; Stanislas Brochier

Brand Use At The Womens Champions Trophy 09

Here is a table showing the goalkeepers from the women’s champions trophy and what kit brand they used.

Here are some interesting table stats from the recent women’s champions trophy in Sydney.

Tournament Position

Country

Goalkeeper

Shirt No.

Age

Caps

Brand Used

1

Argentina

Belen SUCCI

1

23

22

OBO

1

Argentina

Maria Laura ALADRO

13

26

17

OBO

2

Australia

Toni CRONK

1

29

61

OBO

2

Australia

Rachael LYNCH

27

23

21

OBO

3

Netherlands

Floortje ENGELS

1

27

12

OBO

3

Netherlands

Inge VERMEULEN

20

24

4

TK

4

Germany

Yvonne FRANK

1

29

79

TK

4

Germany

Barbara VOGEL

17

29

37

OBO

5

China

Yimeng ZHANG

16

25

68

OBO

5

China

Dongxiao LI

30

21

0

OBO

6

England

Beth STORRY

1

31

59

Monarch

6

England

Becky DUGGAN

24

26

26

Mercian

In percentage terms it equates to these figures;

Brand

Goalkeepers (12)

Total %
OBO 8 66.6
TK 2 16.6
Mercian 1 8.3
Monarch 1 8.3

OBO Goalkeepers are amazing people!

You can also check out these posts on brand use here; brand use.

Ross Meadows OBO Profile

We welcome Ross Meadows to OBO’s list of particularly amazing people.

Ross plays his club hockey for Hale Hockey Club in Western Australia and captains the SmokeFree WA Thundersticks in the Australian Hockey League.

Having recently received the call up to the Kookaburras squad for the 2009 season, Ross has the ideal opportunity to impress Australian coach Ric Charlesworth ahead of the World Cup Qualifiers in August and the 2009 Champions Trophy in Melbourne during November/ December.

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What club you play for:
– Hale Hockey Club, Western Australia
– SmokeFree WA Thundersticks (Captain)
What Country you play for: Australia
Great achievements:
– Australian Debut v Holland 2008
– AHL Championships 2008 & 2009
List of gear you use: OBO ROBO Hi Rebound pads, kickers, LHP, Hi control RHP, bodi arma, smarty pants and the all important groin guard
Best goalie memory: Being selected to play for Australia
How often do you train: Every week day
International caps: 15 (as of November 2009)
International debut: January 2008 v Holland in Busselton, WA
Any secret tips: Never dwell on the goal that you just conceded – you don’t know when the
next shot is coming
Goals in life: Represent Australia as often as possible and enjoy my hockey