Glenn Turner (field hockey) explained

Glenn Turner
Birth Date:1984 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Goulburn, New South Wales,
Australia
Nickname:Bangers, GT-->
Position:Striker
Clubs1:Canberra Lakers/Canberra Chill
Years1:2006-present
Clubs2:Mumbai Magicians
Years2:2012–2013
Clubs3:Dabang Mumbai
Years3:2014–2015
Clubs4:Kalinga Lancers
Years4:2016–present
Nationalteam1:Australia
Nationalyears1:2009–present
Nationalcaps1:124
Nationalgoals1:90
Updated:25 January 2016

Glenn Turner (born 1 May 1984) is an Australian professional field hockey player from the Australian Capital Territory. He is a member of Australia men's national field hockey team and won a gold medal with them at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games. Turner also competed at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Personal

Turner is from the Australian Capital Territory.[1] [2] In November 2011, he had surgery.[2]

Career

Turner is a striker.[3] In state and territory based competitions, he represents the Australian Capital Territory. In 2006, 2007 and 2008 he represented the side as a member of the Canberra Lakers.[4] [5] He was a member of the Canberra Lakers in 2010. In a June game against the Tassie Tigers that his side lost 2–1, he scored his team's only goal.[6] In 2011, was again with the team. He played for the team in the first round of the 2011 season.[7]

Turner is a member of the Kookaburras. In December 2007, he competed in the Dutch Series in Canberra.[4] In 2009, he was a member of the national team during a five-game test series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia against Malaysia.[8] He represented the country at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In the gold medal match against India that Australia won 8–0, he scored a goal.[9] In 2011, he was a member of the national team that competed at the Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia.[10] He had hip surgery during 2011 that kept him away from the national team for a while.[3]

In December 2011, Turner was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national training squad. This squad will be narrowed in June 2012. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in Perth, Western Australia.[11] [12] [13] His inclusion as possible 2012 Olympian came after having only made regular appearances with the team shortly before that decision was made.[2] In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the Netherlands and Argentina.[1] He played for Kookaburras during the series. He scored a goal in his team's 2–1 victory over the Netherlands.[14] In late February 2012, the Goulburn Workers Club in Goulburn, New South Wales hosted a fundraising event to help local Olympians, including Turner, compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics by assisting them financially.[2] [15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hockey Australia . Perth, Western Australia In 2012 the Canberra suburb of Turner was named after him in recognition of his contributions to hockey in the Canberra region. . Kookaburras begin their Olympic Games Campaign . 7 February 2012 . 7 March 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321013204/http://www.hockey.org.au/index.php?id=90&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=906&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=18&cHash=25584a5e4d . 21 March 2012.
  2. News: Goulburn Post . 7 March 2012 . In pieces... . 17 February 2012 . Lloyd . Bronwyn . Scroope . Haynes . Goulburn, Australia . 21 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321185815/http://www.goulburnpost.com.au/news/local/sport/hockey/in-pieces/2458295.aspx . live .
  3. News: 14 March 2012 . Canberra Times: Fit-again Turner does the hippy-hippy shake towards London . The Canberra Times . Canberra, Australia . 7 February 2012 . Financial Times Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire . 20 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140320011713/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ATMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13CC311125C65190&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9 . live .
  4. News: 9 March 2012 . Canberra Times: Lakers duo in Kookaburras side for series . The Canberra Times . Canberra, Australia . 14 November 2006 . Financial Times Information Limited — Asia Africa Intelligence Wire . 10 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131110080330/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004 . live .
  5. News: 14 March 2012 . Canberra Times: LEADING THE CAPITAL INTO BATTLE . The Canberra Times . Canberra, Australia . 23 December 2007 . Financial Times Information Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire . 9 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150209100639/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ATMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11DB7E7963515DD8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9 . live .
  6. News: 9 March 2012 . scoreboard . The Daily Telegraph . Sydney, Australia . 21 June 2010 . 49 . DTM_T-20100621-1-049-323313 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131804/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ATLB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13078D35046BCE30&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9 . live .
  7. News: 14 March 2012 . Scoreboard . The Daily Telegraph . Sydney, Australia . 13 June 2011 . 55 . 22 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222013643/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ATLB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=137D5ABBD5259EB8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9 . live .
  8. News: 14 March 2012 . Charlesworth welcomes son . The Australian . Australia . 2 October 2009 . Australian Associated Press . 37 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233442/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:AUSB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=12B162718C016128&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9 . live .
  9. News: 9 March 2012 . Australia rout India to win fourth men's hockey gold . The Sydney Morning Herald . Sydney . Abhaya . Srivastava . 14 October 2010 . 27 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227171010/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/australia-rout-india-to-win-fourth-mens-hockey-gold-20101014-16lw1.html . live .
  10. News: 13 March 2012 . Canberra Times: Charter charts a course for Malaysia . The Canberra Times . Canberra, Australia . 6 May 2011 . Financial Times Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221803/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ATMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1370E41C027CD358&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9 . live .
  11. News: 7 March 2012 . Kookaburras name training squad for 2012 Olympic Games . The Daily Telegraph . Sydney . 14 December 2011 . Australian Associated Press . 14 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200414022539/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes . live .
  12. News: 9 March 2012 . FOR THE RECORD . The Australian . Sydney, Australia . 15 December 2011 . 35 . AUS_T-20111215-1-035-447690 . 4 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150104003604/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:AUSB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13BA2D291920D0C8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9 . live .
  13. News: 9 March 2012 . SCOREBOARD . The Daily Telegraph . Sydney, Australia . 15 December 2011 . 116 . DTM_T-20111215-1-116-447684 . 3 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150103235059/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ATLB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13BA2D2E271CEC98&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9 . live .
  14. News: 6 March 2012 . A-classs win for hockey second-stringers . Gene . Stephan . The West Australian . 17 February 2012 . 6 January 2013 . https://archive.today/20130106030928/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/other/12935888/a-classs-win-for-hockey-second-stringers/ . live .
  15. Glenn Turner . https://web.archive.org/web/20161204025456/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/glenn-turner-2.html . 2016-12-04.

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