2018/2019 ANNUAL REPORT FIELD HOCKEY CANADA FIELD05 HOCKEY IN CANADA FIELD HOCKEY15 CANADA PROGRAMS NATIONAL 22 TEAM PROGRAMS 6 - Mission, Vision, Values 16 - Coaching 23 - Women’s National Team 9 - Board and Staff Update 18 - Officials 26 - Men’s National Team 12 - Finances 20 - Hall of Fame 29 - NextGen 13 - Membership 32 - Indoor National Programs 34 - Canadian Masters Hockey SECTION 1 FIELD HOCKEY IN CANADA MISSION To inspire, develop, perform, promote and govern exceptional positive and fun field hockey experiences in Canada and to create and lead a world class field hockey system that reaches all our communities across the country. VISION Field Hockey Canada aspires to grow our sport, build our sport system and perform at all levels and in all environments. VALUES Integrity, Fun, Teamwork, Accountability, Respect, Transparency LETTER FROM THE CEO Welcome to the Field Hockey play-off games in the Fall and look As Field Hockey Canada moves its Canada Annual Report (2018-19). forward to supporting team Canada focus to 2019 and beyond, the This is time FHC has produced a in next year’s Olympic Games. coming year will be another year of Annual Report of this type and we change for Field Hockey Canada hope you will enjoy reading it! The These achievements would not be as we begin to implement our new aim of this report is to provide a possible without the contribution strategy. I look forward to working snapshot of our work over the from all the hockey family across together with our whole community 2018/19 fiscal year, illuminating Canada, in particular our members. to put the exciting new vision for some of the considerable progress I personally would like to thank our our sport into practice. We have an made over this period and team of highly committed staff, our ambitious and challenging agenda reporting on what has been an Board of Directors who work designed to change the landscape exciting year of change in Field tirelessly on our behalf, and the of field hockey across Canada and Hockey Canada. support from all our valued to challenge for podium positions members, partners and key on the International stage. As One As I prepare this report, it is the stakeholders. We are also very Team we can achieve this and my first time in more than 30 years grateful to the countless passionate thanks go to all our members, where we have both our Men’s and volunteers who drive hockey in all stakeholders and partners as it is Women’s National Teams on the areas and at all levels. From your support which improves the cusp of Olympic qualification. Our managing, coaching, umpiring and hockey experiences we can offer at senior national teams have made officiating, you are the untold all levels. incredible improvements over the heroes of our hockey nation: thank past year, moving up the FIH World you. With warmest regards, Rankings and are outstanding ambassadors and role models for The passion and energy of our sport. everybody involved in hockey across Canada is overwhelming SUSAN AHRENS We wish both teams our very best and I believe it will fuel us towards CHIEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of luck for the Olympic qualification our shared goals. LETTER FROM THE BOARD To all our Field Hockey Canada community members, players and supporters of this wonderful and challenging sport: Field Hockey Canada is responsible for the growth and development of our sport from grassroots to high performance. Known throughout the rest of the world as simply ‘hockey,’ Canada has a strong World Cup and Olympic hockey tradition. At home, Field Hockey Canada is proud of our diverse and inclusive community - one comprised of strong clubs and provinces throughout and across the country. 2018-2019 has proved to be one of the most daunting yet exciting of a series of challenges for the national sport leadership group, both Men‘s and Women’s National Team athletes, federal, provincial and club partners. Despite significant financial commitments and fundraising targets for both Men’s and Women’s National Teams, Pan American Games’ Silver medals were achieved by each team and a further opportunity for Olympic qualification. As Board Chair, I look forward to leading and providing the governance required to bring success at all levels and in all areas of our sport. Hopefully this annual report gives you some perspective to the amazing work our organization is doing and the challenges that are set in front of us. IAN BAGGOTT CHAIR OF THE BOARD BOARD OF DIRECTORS STAFF Ian Baggott - CHAIR Susan Ahrens - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Ann Doggett - VICE CHAIR Giles Bonnet - HEAD COACH (WNT) Gord Plottel - SECRETARY Paul Bundy - HEAD COACH (MNT) Patrick Oswald - TREASURER Patrick Tshutshani - NEXTGEN DIRECTOR (WNT) Deb Whitten - ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE Hugh Purvis - NEXTGEN DIRECTOR (MNT) Adam Froese - ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE Gregg Clarke - ASSISTANT COACH (MNT) Nancy Mollenhauer - DIRECTOR AT LARGE Celia Plottel - MANAGER (MNT) Rhonda Lewis - DIRECTOR AT LARGE Guy Robertson - IST LEAD (MNT) Peadar O’Riain - DIRECTOR AT LARGE Kevin Underhill - COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Mike Gunning - DIRECTOR AT LARGE 2018/2019 REVENUE 2018/2019 EXPENDITURES DOMESTIC PROGRAMS (3%) WNT LEVIES (5%) MEMBERSHIP (6%) JWNT (4%) COC (4%) SPECIAL PROGRAMS & MASTERS (5%) DONATIONS & FUNDRAISING (35%) WNT (29%) DOMESTIC PROGRAMS (9%) JMNT (14%) MNT LEVIES (9%) MNT (24%) SPORT CANADA (32%) ADMIN (21%) MEMBERSHIP NOTE: These totals only include registered participants and not the additional thousands who play in high schools and in unaffiliated clubs across the country. BC - 6908 ALBERTA - 1296 QUEBEC - 100 PEI - 140 ONTARIO - 1101 NOVA SCOTIA - 56 SECTION 2 FHC PROGRAMMING COACHING COACHING Field Hockey Canada’s Coaching Pathway prepares coaches from the FIELD HOCKEY CANADA NCCP COACH EDUCATION PATHWAY grassroots, community levels to NATIONAL COACHING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM - PATHWAY OVERVIEW high-performance. An athlete-centered, DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE HIGH PERFORMANCE TECHNICAL TRAINER coach led model ensures a holistic approach intended to serving the growth of the game. As of 2018, the Field Hockey CHARTERED PROF. COACH Canada / NCCP Coaching Pathway is TRAINER 3 CERTIFIED CERTIFIED CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR aligned to FHC’s Long Term Field Hockey ADVANCED Development (LTFHD) Strategy. COACH COACH COACH EVALUATION EVALUATION EVALUATION TRAINED TRAINED MENTORED TRAINER 2 The goal is an ‘athlete-centered, COACHING INSTRUCTION INTERMEDIATE MULTISPORT MULTISPORT coach-led’ model, with the pathway TRAINED ADVANCED MODULES (3) MODULES (6) COACH serving both the community and DIPLOMA COMMUNITY COMPETITION COMPETITION performance streams of athlete COACH COURSE INTRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT COACH ENTRY TRAINER 1 COURSE COURSE REQUIREMENTS development. This flexible delivery model INSTRUCTION COMP-DEV BEGINNER CERTIFIED enables clubs, schools, provincial sport MULTISPORT MULTISPORT MULTISPORT MODULES (3) MODULES (4) MODULES (6) MAKING ETHICAL DECISIONS organizations and other community leaders to deliver courses which suit the particular needs of their own environment. NCCP COMMUNITY NCCP COMPETITION NCCP COMPETITION NCCP COMPETITION NCCP INSTRUCTIONAL COACH INTRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT - ADVANCED STREAM OFFICIALS OFFICIALS Certified umpires are recognized as meeting or exceeding the high standards embraced by the member clubs and provincial branches in Canada. Fostering confidence at all levels of field hockey, certification is a benefit shared by athletes, parents, sport organizations and our communities. In this Annual Report, we would like to recognize all those officials who 2018 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS represented Canada on the international and national stage. Well done! Scott Davis Joanne Wudrich Trevor Martin Kurt Du Bois Courtney Watson Margaux Brand Juliette Bideshi Kim Scott Denise Pelletier 2018/2019 INTERNATIONAL Keely Dunn Sandra Smith Amar Dhesi OFFICIALS Madge Johnson Amy Hollingsworth Pamba Manikandan Laurie Hogan Marta Jolly Jennifer Chohan Tyler Klenk Alan Waterman Alan Waterman Harpreet Singh Jhamat Natalie Buttinger Wendy Stewart Keely Dunn Deric Leung Jasbir Singh Tatla Hillary Tobin Laurie Hogan Brenda Rushton Ozias D’Souza Mike Dykema Alex Miles Austin Paquete Megan Robertson Hannah Erhardt Meghan Rooney Lauren van Rooyen Denise Pelletier Bryan Haigh Amar Dhesi Stewart Cawthray Baljit Randhawa Margaux Brand Erin de Sousa Natalie Buttinger Hannah Erhardt Paula Parks Meghan McLennan Douglas Rodricks Sam Timmerman Lelia Sacre Alex Miles Jaslan Stirling Harbhajan S Walia Sacha-Rae Teixeira Tony Stewart HALL OF FAME HALL OF FAME The Field Hockey Canada Hall of Fame was created in 2018 INDUCTEES 2014 to recognize those who have made a significant contribution to the sport of field hockey in Canada. In 2019 a new Hall of Fame Committee was formalized, chaired by Dr. Sue Neill and supported by Ann Doggett (Ontario, FHC Board representative), Carla Corbett (Alberta), Yan Huckendubler (Quebec), Mario De Mello (Nova Scotia), Nancy Mollenhauer (British Columbia), Susan Ahrens (CEO). With Chair and Hall of Fame inductee, Sue Neill at the helm, the committee is leading the evolution of processes and format of the Hall of Fame to ensure Field Hockey Canada recognizes those who have led our sport. LOUIS MENDONCA MARGARET LANNING BUILDER BUILDER SHEILA FORSHAW KATHY BRODERICK ATHLETE BUILDER SECTION 3 NATIONAL TEAM PROGRAMS WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM TEAM CANADA INTERNATIONAL RESULTS CAP MILESTONES STAFF & SPECIALISTS 2018/2019 EVENTS COACHING STAFF 2018 2019 GILES BONNET - HEAD COACH MAJOR GAMES 200 - Kate Wright 100