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Champions trophy news
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26-11-07: Read more about yesterday’s game on the hockey Australia Website: “Kookaburra’s deny Black Sticks chance of history.” And in today’s Daily Telegraph: “Kookaburra’s in thriller”
25-11-07: The last game of the three game test against New Zealand ended in a draw again, this time it ended in 3-3, with the Kookaburra’s coming back from behind. Read the full story on the match on the hockey NSW website. For photo’s of the game out check out Getty Images. Tomorrow the Kookaburra’s will head off to Kuala Lumpur where they will compete in the Champions Trophy. Their first game is on the 29th of November against host country Malaysia. It will be an interesting opening match with a big crowd. Check Jamie Dwyer’s site out regularly and you will stay up to date with the latest news about Jamie and the Kookaburra’s.
23-11-07: The Kookaburra’s also drew their second game against the Kiwi’s 1-1. Read more here on the Hockey NSW site. To see the photo’s of the game check out Getty Images. The last game of the 3-game test event will be played Sunday the 25th in Sydney Olympic Park at 2pm.
21-11-07: The Kookaburra’s drew their first game played in Newcastle against New Zealand. Read more here on the Hockey NSW site.
test Matches vs NEW ZEALAND
BREAKING NEWS: 09-12-07: We are very excited to announce that Jamie Dwyer 
has won the prestigious FIH World Hockey Player of the year award in Kuala Lumpur last night. Jamie also won the award in 2004. Fellow Kookaburra and good mate Mark Knowles has won the Junior Word Player of the year. Congratulations to both of you! Read the FIH article here here. ABC News: “Dwyer named World Player of the year”
Jamie told us he was very happy and surprised that he won the award and it means a lot to him as he didn’t expect to win it again after winning it in 2004. Back in 2004 the awards were presented in Pakistan during the Champions Trophy and the Kookaburras did not play in that event for political reasons so Jamie was not there to receive the award in person. This time he was there to receive it in front the crowd and more importantly his parents who are there to watch him pay.
In an interview with FOX sports he said: “I'm not getting any younger. I'm 28 years old now and to know that I can match it with the best and to get voted by the players is something very special. I'm very, very happy,'' Dwyer said. “In 2004, I couldn't receive it because the Champions Trophy was in Pakistan and we didn't go to it, so I received it over the phone pretty much. “This time it was extra special with my mum and dad here and Mark's mum and dad here as well and they are very close to our family because Mark is from the same city.''
27-02-08: 
Jamie just got married to Leoni Doornbos on the 2nd of February on Brampton Island. You can read all about it in this weeks ‘New Idea’ magazine. At the moment Jamie is playing the AHL in Canberra from the 25th of February until the 8th of March. Jamie has updated his blog last week. If you want to read more about Jamie you’ll have to buy this month’s Alpha magazine because they are interviewing Jamie in this months edition. If you want to check out the photo’s of the wedding click here. Or click on the photo on the right.
10-04-08: The first hard weeks of training in the Kookaburras centralized training program are completed now. Jamie fills you in about what he has been up to the past few weeks in his latest blog. Click here to read more about how he is finding all of the training sessions, what he thinks about his new adidas signature stick and read more about how the Kookaburras are preparing for their big challenge in August; defending their Olympic title in Beijing. Keep an eye on this site to keep up to date with the up and coming home series the Kookaburras will be playing in Perth and Darwin, starting on the 23rd of April here in Perth.
27-04-08: The Kookaburras make it into the four nations final by beating Korea 3-2. The final is played today in Perth Hockey Stadium at 3pm against Korea. The kookaburras looked sharper in yesterday’s game and were able to bring some structure into their game. Today they’ll have to bring out their best performance to secure the first place in the home series in Perth. Read more about yesterdays game here.
15-06-08: Jamie and the rest of the Kookaburras are in Belgium at the moment and they will play their first practice match today against Belgium. They are in Belgium to prepare for the Champions Trophy which will start next weekend in Rotterdam (Holland). You can read all the latest news about Jamie and the Australian hockey team here. Jamie has just wrote another blog which you can read here. We have made a special news section for the up and coming Champions Trophy here, so check it out!
15-06-08: Jamie and the rest of the Kookaburras are in Belgium at the moment and they will play their first practice match today against Belgium. They are in Belgium to prepare for the Champions Trophy which will start next weekend in Rotterdam (Holland). You can read all the latest news about Jamie and the Australian hockey team here. Jamie has just wrote another blog which you can read here. We have made a special news section for the up and coming Champions Trophy here, so check it out!
10/07/08 “Diverse Kookaburras squad named for Beijing” Hockey Australia has named eight Olympic debutants in the Australian men's hockey squad the for Beijing Games. The Kookaburras will be chasing back to back Gold in Beijing. Read more here at the AOC website where you can find all the latest news about the Olympics. The players named in the squad of 16 that will be heading to Beijing are: Desmond Abbott (NT) Travis Brooks (VIC) Kiel Brown (QLD) Liam De Young (QLD) Luke Doerner (VIC) Jamie Dwyer (QLD) Bevan George (WA) David Guest (TAS) Robert Hammond (QLD) Fergus Kavanagh (WA) Mark Knowles (QLD) Stephen Lambert (QLD) Eli Matheson (NSW) Edward Ockenden (TAS) Grant Schubert (SA) Matthew Wells (TAS). For all the latest news about the Olympics and the Kookaburras click HERE.
10/07/08 “Faster, Stronger Dwyer” Athens gold is not enough for Kookaburras kingpin Jamie Dwyer, writes Richard Hinds. It happens in slow motion now. That fraction of a second that changed his life. Changed his sport. He can make that frantic blur last long enough to have the schoolkids or the sportsmen's nights crowd or reporters listening to his well-rehearsed version shifting to the edge of their seats. It is the dying moments of extra time in the Olympic hockey final in Athens. Australia 1, Holland 1. Read the rest of the Sydney Morning Herald article here. Click on the Beijing Logo for more press about the Kookaburras.
25/09/08: After a Bronze medal in Beijing and a long rest after that we are back online and sorry about not keeping you up to date so much lately. Jamie has had a good rest after the Olympics and is now back in Holland playing for his club team Bloemendaal. After the disappointment of not making the final in Beijing Jamie needed a good rest and he had a nice holiday back at his parents place. It didn’t last long because the club season in Holland started on the 21st of September, so he had to pack his bags once more and left for Holland on the 9th of September. After a few weeks in Holland everything is going good, he has settled back into Amsterdam and won his first competition match 4-0 and scored two nice goals, which is not a bad start. You can check out the highlights of the first match on the right. Or practice your Dutch and see the latest Video Interview with Jamie HERE.