Golden Oldies Hockey Festival gets underway in Edinburgh

 

The 15th Air New Zealand Golden Oldies Hockey
Festival got underway at Peffermill in Edinburgh this morning, with
over sixty teams from fourteen different countries, including
Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand and South
Africa, taking part in the competition.
Scotland is represented by two teams, ‘Furry Boots’
and the ‘Paisley Buddies’, who will look after the home nation’s
interest in the competition.
Lee Cousins, Festival Director and Scottish Hockey
President, said, “It’s great to see teams from all over the world
come to Edinburgh for the Air New Zealand Golden Oldies Hockey
Festival. I’m sure all sixty teams will have a fantastic time
during their visit to Scotland. As well as the hockey, the teams
also have a picnic day at Traquar House, a distillery visit, and a
ghost tour to look forward to this week. I welcome all our
participants and hope that they thoroughly enjoy their visit to
Edinburgh.”
Golden Oldies World Hockey Festivals were first
launched in 1983 when the inaugural Festival was held in Auckland,
New Zealand.
The philosophy of the Festivals has always been the
same; to provide an opportunity to travel to different places for a
fun week with like-minded enthusiasts. Its advent has changed
people’s lives and resulted in many of them travelling away from
their home countries for the first time.
Please visit the Air New Zealand Golden Oldies
Hockey Festival website for more information about the event.

The 15th Air New Zealand Golden Oldies Hockey Festival
got underway at Peffermill in Edinburgh this morning, with over
sixty teams from fourteen different countries, including Australia,
Bermuda, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand and South Africa, taking
part in the competition.

Scotland is represented by two teams, ‘Furry Boots’ and the
‘Paisley Buddies’, who will look after the home nation’s interest
in the competition.

Lee Cousins, Festival Director and Scottish Hockey President,
said, “It’s great to see teams from all over the world come to
Edinburgh for the Air New Zealand Golden Oldies Hockey Festival.
I’m sure all sixty teams will have a fantastic time during their
visit to Scotland. As well as the hockey, the teams also have a
picnic day at Traquar House, a distillery visit, and a ghost tour
to look forward to this week. I welcome all our participants and
hope that they thoroughly enjoy their visit to Edinburgh.”

Golden Oldies World Hockey Festivals were first launched in 1983
when the inaugural Festival was held in Auckland, New Zealand.

The philosophy of the Festivals has always been the same; to
provide an opportunity to travel to different places for a fun week
with like-minded enthusiasts. Its advent has changed people’s lives
and resulted in many of them travelling away from their home
countries for the first time.

Please visit the Air New Zealand Golden Oldies Hockey Festival
website for more information about the event.

 

 

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