Team Canada Ladies O55 Price A silver medal in Paraguay
The Field Hockey Canada Masters O55 team, coached by Laura Jacobs from Calgary, Alberta and managed by Fran Sloan-Saineas from North Vancouver, BC, consists of players from BC, Alberta and Ontario and participated in the 2025 World Masters Hockey Panam Championships In Asuncion, Paraguay from 21-28 September.
Team Canada met Argentina O55 in his first game, which eventually became a final preview, on Sunday 21 September. Team Canada kept Argentina scoreless until the middle of the third quarter; With temperatures absorbed at 38 degrees C (100 degrees F), high humidity and a skilled Argentina team, the final score Argentina was 4 – Canada 0.
On Tuesday, September 23, Canada played the home team Paraguay O55. Paraguay Lead with a goal in the second period, but three minutes in the second half, Liz Shortt from Calgary scored from a pass by Pat Macleod from North Vancouver. The final score was a 1-1 draw. The next match of Team Canada was on Wednesday 24 September versus a younger O50 Argentinian team. They were fit and fast; Canada, however, played an excellent defense and the team was proud to keep them up to three goals. To end the swimming pool, Canada headed with Argentina 60. It was a sleek ‘must win’ game for Canada to get a place in the 55+ age group final. In the 4th quarter, Teresa Schwartz from Vancouver, BC, joined a pass by Karina Wood from North Vancouver to put the ball over the goal line. Canada won 1-0 and founded a rematch against Argentina 55 in the age group final.
In the final, Canada again hit a solid Argentinian team. Argentina started quickly and furious pots with two goals in the first quarter. Canada settled a little and kept the game tight. In the end, Argentina scored a few at the end of the game that secured the victory. The impressive Run of Canada ended in Silver and contained those critical versions against the hosts, Paraguay at the O60 Argentinian teams. It was an exciting event for Team Canada and puts the team in position to succeed next summer at the upcoming Masters World Cups.
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