Men's Hockey Open Series 2018

The Gibraltar men’s squad for the Hockey Series Open in Lousada has been announced. Gibraltar will be competing in Portugal on 4-9 September against Turkey; Portugal; Scotland; Russia; and Belarus with the top two progressing to the next stage – the Hockey Series Finals.

The Gibraltar men’s squad is on an upward curve over the last couple of years.  They have been working on core principals like rest and recover to aid their game working with Grahame Mansell-Grace on strategy to enahnce the on field play.

Now the sqaud will be leaving the rock, heading to Lousada in Portugal for their first major tournament in over 12months.

Open to all countries not in the Hockey Pro League, the Hockey Series gives developing hockey-playing nations the opportunity to test themselves against some of the world’s best, on the road to hockey’s flagship events.

The Hockey Series is composed of two rounds, played over two years preceding either an Olympic Games or Hockey World Cup.

From all teams competing in this round, a minimum of 15 teams will qualify for one of three separate Hockey Series Finals.

Gibraltar will face some tough opposition whilst in Lousada.  They play Scotland, who are the highest ranked team competing in Lousada at 22 in the world, closely followed by Russia (23); then Belarus (35); Portugal (36); Turkey (44); Gibraltar currently stand at 66th.

Head Coach 
Christian Zammit
Assistant Coach
Dominic Hernandez
Team Manager
Nathan Stagno MBE
Sports Therapist
Kelly Gooch
Massage Therapist
Kamyl Hammond

Please have a look at the profiles of the team.

Squad Number	Players Name	Position
1	Joseph Borg	GK
31	Malcolm Head	GK
4	Jorgen Haveland	Midfield
5	Carl Ramagge (C)	Midfield
6	Julian Lopez	Midfield
10	Shane Ramagge	Forward
11	Karl Lima (C)	Forward
14	Ryan Gabay	Defender
15	Giles Cerisola	Forward
16	Gabriel Benatar	Forward
19	Julian Hernandez	Midfield
20	Nicholas Pilcher	Midfield
22	Gareth Henwood	Forward
23	Kayron Stagno	Defender
24	Thomas Silva	Defender
25	Dion Durante	Defender
28	Jobim Torres	Defender
29	Julian Valarino	Forward

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