killing time in barcelona
ninth of January this year and PUSH was invited along with the European Selection Team (AKA The Ladykillers) to soak up the festivities and bear witness to some phenomenal hockey, all in a sun drenched Barcelona.
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eal club de polo de Barcelona held their 63rd edition of the Hockey Reyes festival from the sixth to the
The Hockey Reyes Festival has
been running since 1949 – a year when Spain’s Club de Campo came out on top. The festival is an invitation only event for senior and junior men and women. This year teams from Canada, Russia, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Scotland and England made the trip and as you can imagine with teams like RC Polo and Club de Campo playing there was a dazzling display of exhibition hockey on view. One moment of magic
sums up the whole tournament. In the second half of Ladykillers’ final game three-time German Olympian Bjorn Emmerling dribbled the ball to the baseline of RC Polo’s circle after a break down the right, and was about 10 meters from the opposition’s left post. To score from there looked impossible, but Bjorn somehow managed to let loose a ballistic flick which ended up in the
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the ladykillers
(Above) 2,415 International Caps, triple Olympians, gold medallists, world players of the year and more skill than you could shake a stick at!
Leandro Zurita Duncan Marsh
Bjorn Emmerling Pepe Borrell David Tyler Rory Marsh
William Blockley Fergus Dunn Tito Ferran
Sander v.d. Weide Mark Pearn Gareth Carr Jonny Mills
Bram Lomans Michael Green Ben Barnes
Geraint Hughes Christoph Eimer
Forward Forward Forward Forward Forward Forward Forward Forward Defender Defender Midfield Defender Defender Defender Midfield Midfield Defender Midfield
Marten Eikelboom Forward Guus Vogels Simon Mason Christian Munz Tobais Hauke Bobby Reichert Carl Ward Mike Webb
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Midfield Midfield Forward
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