Welcome to Fusion Hockey.
For the more competitive player, Swift Creek Field Hockey fields select teams in the U19, U16 and U14 categories and compete in regional events and US Field Hockey Association national events each year.
The Fusion Hockey season does not interfere with high school, middle school or Swift Creek Panthers play.
For 2009-10, there will be five seasons--Fall outdoor, Winter outdoor, Winter indoor, Spring outdoor and Summer outdoor.
The Fall outdoor U19 team will play in the USFHA National Hockey Festival in California over the extended Thanksgiving weekend.
The Winter outdoor teams (U19, U16, U14 and U12) will play in the USFHA's Disney Field Hockey Showcase in Florida in early February.
The Winter indoor season will include a variety of indoor tournaments in the U19, U16, U14 and U12 age categories from December-February. Tournaments will be either local or regional. Cost TBA
The Spring outdoor season will include a variety of outdoor playdays and tournaments in the U19, U16, U14 and U12 age categories from March - May. Tournaments will be either local or regional. Cost $400
The Summer outdoor season will prepare for the ESPN RISE games to be held at Disney's Wide World of Sports in Florida in July. This program is for the U19 team only.
Player inquiries regarding our upcoming season are welcome--e-mail
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The FUSION U19 Team will be traveling to the Virginia Beach to participate in the National Indoor Tournament sponsored by US Field Hockey. The team qualified for the tournament by winning the ESPN RISE Games last summer at Disney in Orlando.
2010 National Indoor Tournament
U14/U16/U19
March 5-7, 2010
Virginia Beach Convention Center
1000 19th Street Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Surendran is from a southern state in India and here on a H1B work permit. He is a software engineer working for SunTrust banks.
He has been playing field hockey for about 12 years, 7 years in school and 5 years after that in college and during work life in Mysore, India.
he has studied in Campion Anglo Indian higher secondary school, Trichy and then did his Engineering in Sona college of technology, Salem.
He was captain of his team in the school senior level, school super senior level and college level. He was selected for Tamil Nadu state's team for under17. And for the AnnaUniversity team during his college days. Also he has represented his team for the school’s state level for 3 years.
He plays right position (offense) in Field hockey. He has also played center half position during his early school days. "Hockey has been my passion since I started playing it though was not able to choose it as a career due to insufficient exposure and support for the game in India."
As far as coaching he has coached his team during school days as the team's captain and full time during his college days.
Fusion Hockey is very excited about the addition of Surendran bringing his knowledge and skill of the game to our program.
Swift Creek Field Hockey and Fusion Hockey would like to welcome Peggy Matthews to the coaching staff of the U19 FUSION TEAM.
Peggy Matthews has been teaching in Hanover for four years. She has taught on the Outer Banks and the Eastern Shore of Virginia prior to moving here. Ms. Matthews is "mom" to three daughters. Her eldest is attending her alma mater this fall, the University of Rhode Island! Her second daughter is a senior at Lee-Davis and currently plays on the U19 Fusion Team while the youngest attends Stonewall. When not teaching at LMES, Ms. Matthews can be found on the fields at Lee-Davis coaching Field Hockey.
The U19 Fusion team traveled to Indio, California to play in the US Field Hockey's largest tournament, The National Field Hockey Festival over Thanksgiving weekend.
View Digitalsports.com's team preview story and video here.
Front Row l to r: Caitlin Riblett (Maggie Walker), Taylor Colbert (Cosby), Courtney Gold (Manchester), Jessica Blanks (Manchester), Catherine Rogerson (Cosby), Hayley Stough (Godwin), Taylor Rotsted (Matoaca), Mary Beth Danaher (Matoaca); Back row: Siobhan Rigby (Maggie Walker), Katherine Brady (Monacan), Coach Brad Powell, Lexi Shortlidge (Colonial Hieghts), Lindsey Marr (Monacan), Kelsey Powell (Cosby), Coach Warren Nuchols, Katie Nuchols (Thomas Dale) and Carol Brinkley (Thomas Dale).
THE FUSION U19 TEAM TRAVELED TO ORLANDO TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INAUGURAL ESPN RISE GAMES AND AFTER 3 DAYS OF PLAY CAME AWAY WITH THE GOLD MEDAL. WITH THAT WIN THE TEAM NOW QUALIFIES TO TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA IN NOVEMBER TO PARTICIAPTE IN THE NATIONAL FIELD HOCKEY SHOWCASE.
(left) MICKEY MOUSE WELCOMES ALL ATHLETES TO THE FIRST EVER ESPN RISE GAMES! (right) WE'RE NUMBER ONE!!!
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The U19 Fusion select team competed in the 2009 National Field Hockey Festival in Indio, California over the Thanksgiving break. The team ended with a record of 3-2-1.
