Peter Noel Explained

Peter Geoffrey Noel (born 28 March 1963), known as the Guru, is a former field hockey player from Australia, who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for his native country.^[1] He was a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team, best known as the Kookaburras.

Personal

Noel lives in Adelaide, South Australia.

Field hockey

Club hockey

Noel played club hockey for Campbeltown Hockey Club in South Australia – now North East Hockey Club. He now plays for Adelaide Hockey Club, for their Metro Competition M5 Men's division.

State hockey

Noel played in the Southern Hotshots team in the National Hockey League (now Australian Hockey League) in 1994, 1995 and 1996.^[2]

International hockey

He made his Olympic Games debut where he was a Goal Keeper in 1988 in Seoul where the Kookaburras finished fourth.^{[3] [4] [5]} He played in the same team as Ric Charlesworth and Graham Reid (sportsman) who would go on to coach the national teams themselves.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hockey SA About Us - South Australian Olympians . 9 January 2017.
2. Web site: State Representatives . North East Hockey Club . 14 July 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311213120/http://www.nehc.asn.au/customdata/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_main&ItemID=55691&OrgID=11596 . 2016-03-11.
3. Web site: Australian Athletes in Hockey . Australian Olympic Committee . 14 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160914193359/http://corporate.olympics.com.au/sports/hockey/athletes/page/5/ . 14 September 2016 . dead .
4. Peter Noel . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114153/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/peter-noel-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 14 July 2016.
5. Web site: History – Olympians . Hockey SA . 14 July 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160619073042/http://www.hockeysa.com.au/About-Us/History . 2016-06-19.