Declan Cooke

Hometown: Vancouver
Age: 14
School: Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School
Position: Forward
Current Club: Vancouver Hawks FHC
Began Playing Field Hockey: Age 10; Joined Hawks U11 just to give it a try
Biggest Sports Highlights: Being on one of the U15 BC teams
Other Sports: Soccer, track and field
Accomplished Family Members: Father played on Canada under 21 team in 1981 and 1982

Joban Grewal

Hometown: Surrey
Age: 15
School: Princess Margaret Secondary School
Position: Defence/Midfield
Current Club: India Field Hockey Club
Began Playing Field Hockey: Age 10; My cousins wanted me to try out the sport and I liked it a lot
Biggest Inspiration: My dad because he is hard working and made this all possible
Who do you admire most in sport: Jamie Dwyer because I love the way he plays
Long Term Sports Goals: Team Canada/Olympics
Biggest Sports Highlights: I won my team two games in shootouts
Accomplished Family Members: My dad won State Level Kabaddi Cup
Awards:
– 2016 Athletic Award
– 2016 Service Award
– 2017 MVP for Basketball

Jack Hamilton

Hometown: North Vancouver
Age: 15
School: Handsworth Secondary School
Career Aspirations: Architect or Fictional Writer
Position: Midfield/Forward
Current Club: WVFHC
Began Playing Field Hockey: Age 10; Family sport
Biggest Inspiration: Taylor Curran- he coached me when I first started the sport of field hockey and instilled a love for the game!
Who do you admire most in sport: Mark Pearson- he’s absolutely an amazing player and coach and inspires me to be the best I can be
Biggest Sports Highlight: Selected to U15 Boys Lions team and part of the WVFHC/Hawks team for Cal Cup U19 Boys 2018
Accomplished Family Members: Sister (Tara Hamilton)- U15 & U18 Provincial teams  2016, 2017, 2018

Samuel James

Hometown: West Vancouver
Age: 13
Position: Goalkeeper
Current Club: WVFHC
Began Playing Field Hockey: Age 10
Long Term Sports Goals: To represent Canada as a Goalkeeper at the 2024 Olympic games in Paris
Fun Fact: Samuel had his first game in goal when one of his teammates forgot his socks and the normal goal keeper didn’t make it. Samuel lent his friend his socks and played as the Goalkeeper. From the day he first played goalie, he never once thought about going back.

Manavdeep Johal

Hometown: Surrey
Age: 15
Position: Midfield
Current Club: India Field Hockey Club
Long Term Sports Goals: Joining Team Canada

Awais Khan

Hometown: Surrey
Age: 13
Current Club: India Field Hockey Club

Sebastien Kum

Hometown: Victoria
Age: 15
School: Lambrick Park Secondary School
Position: Defence
Current Club: Sailors Field Hockey Club
Provincial Teams: 2017 U15 BC Lions
Began Playing Field Hockey: Age 7; My dad previously played field hockey and wanted me to try another sport after my fall/winter junior league soccer season ended. He enrolled me in the Victoria Junior Field Hockey spring league
Biggest Inspiration: My parents because they are very supportive of me and hard working
Long Term Sports Goals: Play for the University of Victoria Varsity Men’s Field Hockey Team and maybe the Canadian National Junior Men’s Field Hockey Team
Biggest Sports Highlight: Being selected as a reserve for the 2018 U18 Team BC Lions Field Hockey Team in my first year of eligibility

Jake Manwaring

Hometown: Tsawwassen
Age: 15
Current Club: Burnaby Lake Field Hockey Club

Ravi Mehta

Hometown: Vancouver
Age: 14
School: Saint Georges Secondary School
Position: Midfield/Defence
Current Club: Vancouver Hawks
Began Playing Field Hockey: Age 7; Older brother and sister started playing
Other Sports: Rowing, cross-country, skiing

Graeme Mix

Hometown: Vancouver
Age: 15
School: Kitsilano Secondary School
Position: Goalkeeper
Current Club: Vancouver Hawks
Began Playing Field Hockey: Age 9; A summer sport to play when ice hockey ended
Biggest Sports Highlight: Making Team BC
Other Sports: Cycling, cross country skiing
Favourite Athlete: Henrik Sedin

Finn Murphy

Hometown: Victoria
Age: 13
Position: Full back/Half back
Current Club Team: Victoria Junior Field Hockey
Began Playing Field Hockey: In 2016; My friend Alec invited me to a practice; I used to watch my step-mom play when I was 3 years old
Biggest Inspiration: My dad because he is awesome
Who do you admire most in sport: Kevin de Bruyne. He is from Belgium, same as my mom, and is an incredible soccer player
Long Term Sports Goals: Playing for Canada in field hockey, volleyball or soccer
Biggest Sports Highlight: Winning the Victoria city championship race in the 800 m
Other Sports: Volleyball, soccer, track, cross-country
Accomplished Family Members: Father – professional musician, had songs on radio

Gavin Nagra

Hometown: Surrey
Age: 14
School: North Delta Secondary School
Position: Forward
Current Club: Panthers Field Hockey Club
Began Playing Field Hockey: Age 10
Biggest Inspiration: My Dad – caring, hardworking and never gives up
Who do you admire most in sport: Sidney Crosby
Long Term Sports Goals:Team Canada
Biggest Sports Highlight: Being selected for FHBC

Finlay O’Callaghan

Hometown: North Vancouver
Age: 15
Position: Midfield/Forward
Current Club: West Vancouver Field Hockey Club
Other Sports: Rugby, sailing, skiing, tennis, ultimate frisbee

Carter Skippen

Hometown: Vancouver
Age: 15
School: Point Grey Secondary School
Position: Forward/Midfield
Current Club: Vancouver Hawks
Began Playing Field Hockey: Age 7; Playing in spring league
Biggest Inspiration: Angus Maclean, my field hockey coach for 9 years. He has given his time to coach us for a lot of years and he has pushed us to be better and he always believed in us. Now 5 of us are on Team BC
Who do you admire most in sport: Too many athletes to name. I like that they work hard and play hard
Long Term Sports Goals: National Field Hockey Team
Other Sports: Basketball, tennis

Eoin White

Hometown: West Vancouver
Age: 14
School: West Vancouver Secondary School
Career Aspirations: Engineer
Position: Midfield/Forward
Current Club: WVFHC
Began Playing Field Hockey: Age 7; Siblings were doing it so I joined
Long Term Sports Goals: Improve Badminton and Field Hockey
Biggest Sports Highlight: Making Provincial Team in Field Hockey
Other Sports: Badminton, Basketball and Skiing
Accomplished Family Members: Sister – FHBC Provincial team 2016; Brother – FHBC Provincial team and 5th in world vex robotics team

Calder Wheatley

Hometown: Victoria
Age: 15
School: Reynolds High School
Career Aspirations: Engineer or Doctor
Position: Midfield/Defence
Current Club: Victoria Rebels
Provincial Teams: 2017 U15 BC Lions
Began Playing Field Hockey: Age 5; My parents both play Field Hockey
Biggest Inspiration: My Dad, he travelled around the world. He is also a great Field Hockey player
Who do you admire most in sport? Andy Murray – Tennis is such a hard sport to play and he is very good, but he makes mistakes
Long Term Sports Goals: Travel the world with field hockey
Biggest Sports Highlight: Making the BC Provincial team
Accomplished Family Members: Mom – All-Canadian Field Hockey player at St. Mary’s University, Dad – Chartered Professional Accountant
Awards:
– Royal Conservatory of Music, Piano Grade 3
– 4.0 GPA in Grade 9
Fun Facts: I play Piano and I am in French immersion

Reserves

Jakparn Dosanjh

Hometown: New Westminster
Age: 15
Current Club: India Field Hockey Club

 

 

 

 

Cole MacDougall

Hometown: North Vancouver
Age: 14
Current Club: West Vancouver Field Hockey Club

Benjamin Wheatley

Hometown: Victoria
Age: 12
School: Arbutus Middle School
Career Aspirations: Become a teacher
Position: Midfield/Defence/Forward
Current Club: Victoria Junior League
Began Playing Field Hockey: Age 3; My parents & brother play Field Hockey
Biggest Inspiration: My Dad. He has coached me and taught me how to play
Who do you admire most in Sport: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir because they competed at the Olympics
Long Term Sports Goals: To make the provincial team
Biggest Sports Highlight: Playing in the U15’s
Accomplished Family Members: Parents are members of the Canadian World Masters field hockey teams
Fun Facts: I am in French immersion and play the piano.

Coaches

Sujay Mehta

Graem D’Andrade