The National Hockey Festival

The world's largest amateur field hockey event, USA Field Hockey's National Hockey Festival traditionally attracts more than 3,500 athletes from across the United States, Canada, Europe and the Caribbean competing for titles in men's and women's divisions including women’s age group (Under 16 and Under 19), boy's age group (U16, U19), women’s open, men's open, sectional, masters (women 35+), veterans (men 30+)  and mixed.

Originating as the National Sectional Championships in 1922, the Festival adopted its current multi-divisional format in 1981 by introducing tournaments for high school-aged players and club and open teams.

Team Rush retains a Legacy Status with US Field Hockey and the Field Hockey Festival each year. Teams granted legacy status automatically are given a birth within the Festival Tournament and need 'NOT' qualify.

2008
National Hockey Festival
Indio, Calif.
Nov. 27-30, 2008 |Empire Polo Club

RUSH 2008 Festival Team Roster

(Festival Players Register Here)

RUSH 2007 Festival Team

RUSH 2006 Festival Team

CAL CUP

In 1972 three local men's teams were joined by a German team and two others from British Columbia, Canada for the first international competition that was to become the California Cup. That first tournament was planned in a few hours by two or three people. Today the California Cup Organizing Committee begins planning next year’s tournament the day after the medals have been awarded. The Committee works year round to find ways to maintain and improve the event. California Cup is now the premier Club Tournament in North America.

Thirty-seven years later, California Cup has grown to a field of over 140 teams playing in thirteen divisions over 4 days. Competition is held for nearly two thousand athletes, some as young as five and seniors who are of still unconfirmed ages. Teams from Canada, Mexico and Taiwan are regular competitors in multiple divisions. They have since been joined by teams from Armenia, Argentina, Australia, England, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Malaysia, Moldavia, Netherlands, Nigeria, and Russia featuring many Olympic & World Cup players. In 2007 the Field Hockey Federation replaced their artificial turf pitch on the campus of Moorpark College, the traditional site of the California Cup. This new venue is the showcase of hockey in a tournament played on twelve fields during the weekend
proceeding the last Monday in May. Super Division games begin Friday morning and the tournament conclude at approximately 4:00pm on Monday followed by the awards ceremony. The Champions of the Men’s & Women's Super Divisions vie for a $5,000 top prize. Furthermore, all the players on the top three teams in all divisions receive handsome gold, silver, or bronze medals.  A commercial center established in the main tent on the event grounds offer vendors a covered area from which they offer a variety of sports equipment, refreshments and snacks as well as professional photographers to catch the players, young and old in action.

May 23-26, 2008

Moorpark College, CA

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